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jlauro on 14 March 2010
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Viper1 said:
chaospluto said:

You're making things sound way more glorified then they should be.  

Cartridges couldn't hold much media, nor could it push FMVs like the PS1, sure RE2 showed FMV in N64 but how many games came out on N64 that could actually do it?  Not many, most of the FMVs were stripped from the game in order to release on the N64.  Sure later on they released an Addon RAM Pak, that allowed more detail, but unfortunately it was a little too late.  Also, the sound quality was no where near CD quality the PS1 could push out.

and Cartridges protected against piracy?  Yeah, OK, because my brother had every N64 game that came out, it required a simple Mod.  He definitely wasn't the only person to do this, since he was showed by a friend.  I'm not saying PS1 was protected, it was rather easy to pirate PS1 games.  But it was equally as easy on both systems.  I'm not one to pirate any games, I just gave my input on it.

Oh and my bad on the Mini-DvDs.  What I meant to say, it was a tech that just didn't catch on.  MiniDvD was nothing more than just that, a miniature sized DvD.   It held more, read/write faster, but other than that, it was still a DvD.

 

Yes I know the Wii is using DvD because well BluRay no one knew it would be big as it is today.  DvD is still fine, I'm just saying, by Next-Gen it will be old.  I would expect Nintendo to use something different by that point anyways.

I wouldn't call what Nintendo used "High-Tech".  High tech is something that is Vastly superior, not minimal.

The RAM pack has no relevance on the inclusion of FMV or pre-rendered CGI on the N64.   The carteidge medium itself came in several sizes ranging form 8 MB's to 64 MB's (32Mb's to 512 Mb's).  Most titles were in the 32 MB's (256 Mb's).   The lack of FMV or pre-rendered CGI is relevant only in presentation.  In game graphics were not as limited by the smaller medium capacity as several titles proved to show a graphical superioty than PS titles.  Especially mutliplatform titles.  The N64 always looked better.

I didn't say it guranteed protection against piracy, I said it protected against it and it did so much better than the PS's optical CD medium. 

Indeed Mini-DVD basically was just a smaller sized DVD but that hardly makes it old tech.  Especially given it was more advanced than the standard DVD.

And high tech doesn't mean vastly superior, it just means the latest technological advancement in a given field.  I could give you a long list of high tech components utilized by Nintendo over the years but I have the impression you would simply do all you could to spin those and make it look bad to support your preconceived notions instead of actually learn something and concede he facts.

Garnett said:
Snesboy said:

HD still is just a goddamn screen resolution.

Yes but there are graphical enhancements, Those graphical enhancements cannot be seen on a SD tv.

It IS a huge difference.

 Why don't you list those graphical enhancements that can only be viewed at 720 and higher resolution?  I'm really curious to know what graphical effects are invisible below 720 resolution. 

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