Xbox and PowerPC Technology

[takao]

Originally posted by Mav451
I remember one time that i left the SNES in the basement on for a few days. I came back down fer some classic Mario Kart...lo and behold it's already at the Character Select Screen (I'm like...oops).

The SNES wasn't even hot to the touch
'course those are the golden days when everyone developed for SNES, and then the turn down of the CD-based system...and the rest is history (ugh).

yeah the SNES is still one of the best ever made... "super mario land" is even nowadays still a first class jump and run... on the GBA

as for the G5/developer discussion:
the microsoft console switching away from x86 is a very good thing: the question is: will keep microsoft directX for their console ? if _not_ the chance of faster release on mac etc. will go up _perhaps_

 

[Snowy_River]

Originally posted by Mav451
haha inferior hardware...if i recall, the sega genesis had to be shut down every 2 or 3 hours because it would over heat easily...

Well, that never happened to me with my genesis. I used to play that thing for hours, and it would only slightly warm. There was one time a bunch of friends and I played from 6PM to about 3AM. When I finally unplugged it and put it away, it was not too hot to the touch...