wraggster
January 10th, 2017, 20:35
Over at Eurasia they have posted about a recent talk about the Gameboy revealing facts that we just didn't know before, heres more info:
"In the 'better late than never' department: Michael Steil (Mist) had an
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CImyDBJSTsQ"]interesting talk[/URL] over at 33C3 about the original Game Boy, also covering a bit of the differences compared to the later Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance models. Lots of great in-depth technical information squeezed into one hour. Quote: 'The 8-bit Game Boy was sold between 1989 and 2003, but its architecture more closely resembles machines from the early 1980s, like the Commodore 64 or the NES. Source (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CImyDBJSTsQ attempts to communicate 'everything about the Game Boy' to the listener, including its internals and quirks, as well as the tricks that have been used by games and modern demos, reviving once more the spirit of times when programmers counted clock cycles and hardware limitations were seen as a challenge.'"
[URL="http://www.eurasia.nu/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3572)
"In the 'better late than never' department: Michael Steil (Mist) had an
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CImyDBJSTsQ"]interesting talk[/URL] over at 33C3 about the original Game Boy, also covering a bit of the differences compared to the later Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance models. Lots of great in-depth technical information squeezed into one hour. Quote: 'The 8-bit Game Boy was sold between 1989 and 2003, but its architecture more closely resembles machines from the early 1980s, like the Commodore 64 or the NES. Source (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CImyDBJSTsQ attempts to communicate 'everything about the Game Boy' to the listener, including its internals and quirks, as well as the tricks that have been used by games and modern demos, reviving once more the spirit of times when programmers counted clock cycles and hardware limitations were seen as a challenge.'"
[URL="http://www.eurasia.nu/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3572)