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Anonymous Mon Sep 9 15:05:52 2019 No.5870790 [Reply] [Original]

>pic related outsold Master System in America
what the fuck really? how?

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 9 15:07:43 2019 No.5870792 the 7800 was based

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 9 15:09:26 2019 No.5870794 Atari had over a decade of brand power & name recognition. Sega was a literally who newcomer at the time.

Anonymous Mon Sep 9 15:37:04 2019 No.5870848

>Hey, how do we make the 7800 backwards compatible with the 2600? That has a huge library of software that people still want to use, we can't ignore it
>Hmm, the 7800 uses a completely different architecture... Oh I know, just jam a 2600 in there with it

Genius.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 9 15:39:05 2019 No.5870852 >>5870790 It was a great console with good games. Also it had the best version of Ballblazer which on its own it better than the entire SMS library.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 9 15:46:55 2019 No.5870873 Who wouldn't want to own a console made by the devs of Ms. Pac-Man?

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 9 15:48:26 2019 No.5870881 >>5870852 >Also it had the best version of Ballblazer That's not the Amiga version.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 9 15:52:18 2019 No.5870893 >>5870848 I mean, that's literally how most backwards compatibility works. Only exceptions are stuff where the successor is just an OC'd predecessor with a facelift, like gamecube and wii.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 9 15:53:19 2019 No.5870897 >>5870852 Sure but Master System was all of that, had better specs and wasn't made by the sick man of gaming. >>5870794 >Sega was a literally who Really? What about things like Hang-On, Outrun or Space Harrier?

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 9 15:53:54 2019 No.5870903 >>5870893 That really isn't how most backwards compatibility in video game systems works at all, neither is your "exception" example. Also stop misusing the word "Literally", you don't know what it means.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 9 15:56:46 2019 No.5870915 >>5870903 literally kys

Anonymous Mon Sep 9 16:06:47 2019 No.5870939

>>5870903
It's a bit more complicated than that, but he's basically correct. Backwards compatibility had to be done in hardware because software emulation wasn't feasible. Where the newer chips weren't compatible with the old ones, the old ones were simply included as well. The Genesis used a Z80 for Master System compatibility, the PS2 included an R3000 for PS1 compatibility, the Game Boy Advance has an LR35902 in it, etc.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 9 16:33:15 2019 No.5870996 File: 284 KB, 960x639, soyboy_words.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>5870893 >I mean

Anonymous Mon Sep 9 16:35:24 2019 No.5871002

>>5870897
Sega was active in arcades in America but wasn't a household name at all. Space Harrier, OutRun, Hang-On, they were never a huge deal in the US. The first Sega game to really capture US attention was Sonic, and that series remains synonymous with Sega in the country.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 9 16:39:09 2019 No.5871017 >>5870790 it was backwards compatible with the 2600, which had a massive gave library.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 9 17:10:19 2019 No.5871119 >>5870881 putting "hi-res" borders around the playscreen doesn't make a port better, just tackier.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 9 17:10:54 2019 No.5871121 >>5870897 Master System doesn't have Ballblazer and therefore pales in comparison.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 9 17:14:55 2019 No.5871137 >>5870996 This collage is missing >imagine...

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 9 17:17:56 2019 No.5871143 >>5870790 Brand recognition and loyalty. Moderate amount of hype. People bought them so they could play their 2600 games after their original VCS broke. Small numbers of people who actually wanted certain arcade ports.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 9 17:19:41 2019 No.5871150 >>5870996 add "imagine" to and "enjoy your" to that

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 9 17:23:04 2019 No.5871162 >>5870790 >arcade perfect ports >brand name literally anonymous with video games >backwards compatibility unlocks largest software library of all-time >two words; Ninja Freaking Golf

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 9 17:27:02 2019 No.5871178 File: 470 KB, 800x585, Screenshot 2019-09-09 at 6.23.04 PM.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>5870939 >>5870790 >>5870893 >>5870903 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuYonZaiV8k

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 9 18:14:29 2019 No.5871306 >>5871121 epic meme bro

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 9 19:05:13 2019 No.5871373 File: 137 KB, 502x297, ballblazer amiga.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>5871119 Look at the fucking sprites and background. >Atari 7800 >flat blue background >simple sprites >Amiga >gradient colored background >detailed sprites

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 9 19:45:19 2019 No.5871438 >>5871373 That sprite is a mess and looks like it's slapped into the frame.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 9 20:48:55 2019 No.5871526 >>5870790 Pong is a helluva drug

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 9 21:05:08 2019 No.5871550 >>5870790 Backwards compatibility with 2600, and SEGA was still a nobody in America at the time. SEGA didn’t really take off in the states until Genesis.

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