thejbw

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[–] thejbw@lemm.ee 15 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Are you saying that Wii Sports is nearly as old now as Super Mario Bros was when Wii sports released? Because Wii Sports came out in 2006?

Because SMB came out in 1985 and …

Jesus Christ.

[–] thejbw@lemm.ee 14 points 1 month ago

Essentially the “program” was baked into the hardware design itself. It didn’t have a rom chip or something, it just had hardware circuits dedicated to each function, like drawing the paddle etc.

[–] thejbw@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Man, scummvm has come a long way since I used it to play Sam and max on my GP32X

[–] thejbw@lemm.ee 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I mean, yeah, agreed in general but this wasn’t plastic.

The article doesn’t really highlight it, just says it in passing, but:

The structure itself is made of mortar, layered like dull-green frosting by a 3D-printing nozzle

So, it’s made of mortar (the stuff that holds bricks together normally).

[–] thejbw@lemm.ee 5 points 3 months ago

Have they approached Madagascar? Feels in character for them to…