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Why were pack-in games not usually incorporated on the console mainboard?
In the old days, game consoles were usually sold with a pack-in game, including some iconic titles like 2600 Combat and NES Super Mario Brothers. This makes sense; it provided clear value for the customer, thereby presumably increasing sales.
One…
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What was the first games console to support linking consoles together for local multiplayer?
Most video game consoles allow you to connect multiple controllers to them, for multiplayer gaming. Handheld game consoles, on the other hand, were designed to be used by one person at a time, but many supported the use of a link cable to connect…
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Is the NeoGeo capable of raster effects?
The Neo Geo has incredibly powerful sprite based hardware, but can it do raster effects?
Raster effects are where changes to the graphics hardware registers are made mid frame, usually timed to be in the horizontal blanking period between scanlines…
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Which pong console is this?
Sorry for the poor quality of the image, I'm trying to recognize the exact model of this console, you can see it on the movie "Stridulum" a.k.a "The visitor" 1978 USA at minute 00:18 and 00:51
the console is for sure made in USA(the European…
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