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- From: jarnis@mits.mdata.fi (Jarno Kokko)
- Subject: Re: [SNES] Question concerning non-converting games.
- Organization: Microdata Oy, Helsinki, Finland
- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 02:20:43 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Dec30.022043.21853@prime.mdata.fi>
- References: <C00rsw.Lt4@sus.edu.eur.nl> <C01HJq.Iyq@cleo.abt.com>
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- In article <C01HJq.Iyq@cleo.abt.com> todd@cleo.abt.com (Todd Nix) writes:
- >In <C00rsw.Lt4@sus.edu.eur.nl> cspas164@sus.edu.eur.nl (R.M. Hutjes) writes:
- >>Lately I received the rumor that US Super Mario Kart won't work on European
- >>SNES with converter. The problem was described as the European SNES being too
- >>slow to cope with all the actions happening. I think that hasn't to do with
- >>anything, since US SF2 works perfectly on European SNES...
- >>Hmm, anybody on the net has some experiences with this problem ?
- >>Has Nintendo put a new lockout-chip in their carts ?
- >
- >I remember reading that Nintendo is working on a new GFX co-processor
- >chip to be placed inside some future cartridges. The same article mentioned
- >that SMK contains a proto version of this chip which is supposed to
- >offload some of the processing from the main SNES unit. This may be
- >the cause of any alleged problems. Don't know that I would call it
- >a lock-out chip, but it may have that function as a side effect.
- >
- >--
- >Todd Nix todd@abt.com
- > Movement1981-1982Power,Corruption,andLiesLowLifeBrotherhoodSubstanceTechnique
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- What a load of bull. The DSP chip that's inside the Mario Kart is
- 1:1 same thing that's in Pilotwings - no new tech here.
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- / Jarnis
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