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Videogame facts that blow your mind (SuperMarioBros. SHOCKING SECRET INSIDE p #70)

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drizzle

Axel Hertz
MNC said:
No doubt, but is it really that noticeable? I thought they would just use larger filesize'd chips, not actual size.
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Memory back then was different to what is today.

Today, bigger memory chips cost less.
Back then, bigger memory chips used cost more, so they just added more of the smaller ones.

At least that's how I remember... :p

Cartridge size varied[56] from 4 MB (32 Mbit) (e.g. Automobili Lamborghini and Dr. Mario
64) to 64 MB (512 Mbit) for Resident Evil 2 and Conker's Bad Fur Day.
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One of the nicest views is to open a cartridge and see both the front and the back of the board stacked with memory chips..

I've never seen the insides of a n64 cartridge, so I could be totally wrong, but that's what common sense dictates.
 
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Philanthropist

Banned
The weigh thing is obviously false, but now that it is mentioned, can anyone post open cartridge pics of various Game Gear, Master System, Genesis, Gameboy, NES, Super Nintendo, Nintendo 64 and others? I just realised I never saw the innards of any of these.
 
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drizzle

Axel Hertz
There we go.

Tell me which one weights more? :D

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Ocarina of Time is 256 megabits, Mario64 is 64mbits. Of course, those are not direct representative of gameplay content. But you get the drift.

Diddy Kong racing, however, is (I think) 96mbits:

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And I'm pretty sure Mario is longer than Diddy Kong Racing, even tho they are the same weight and Diddy Kong Racing is bigger... :p

So while the affirmation that heavier means longer gameplay is incorrect, heavier does mean more graphical content, which COULD (but doesn't necessary means it will) translate to bigger gameplay (more places to visit need different textures which need more space to be stored).

Whatever, this is just an excuse for me to post N64 cartridge differences, since I'm bored out of my mind today. :p
 
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revolverjgw

Member
rutgerhauerrambo3.jpg


Rutger Hauer is in Rambo 3 for the Genesis, but he never appears in any Rambo movie. Genesis does what Nintendon't, the console of the stars.
 
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KevinCow

Banned
LLaMa-Tech said:
Long time lurker, first post so be nice :p

So there I am playing Heavenly Sword for the first time in months last night, when I decided to take a break. I was watching the dev videos and saw the actress who played Nariko. I thought she was a hottie so I googled her.

Anna Torv (born April 15, 1979) is an Australian actress who plays FBI agent Olivia Dunham on the FOX series Fringe. She is also known for her role as the voice, motion capture performer, and face of the main character Nariko in the Playstation 3 game Heavenly Sword.

http://www.breakitdownblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/fringe_show_anna_torv_heavenly_sword_nariko.jpg[IMG]

Could just be me and the fact I didn't know this, but

[IMG]http://daisyfae.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/youre-totally-shitting-me.jpg[IMG][/QUOTE]

AHA!

I've been watching this show lately, and there's been something on the edge of my mind every time she's on screen. Thank you for scratching that itch.
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123rl

Member
It may be old knowledge but I found out last night that the woman who does the voice acting for Zoey in Left 4 Dead also does the voice for Princess Peach and Cortana from Halo !:lol
 
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Roto13

Member
123rl said:
It may be old knowledge but I found out last night that the woman who does the voice acting for Zoey in Left 4 Dead also does the voice for Princess Peach and Cortana from Halo !:lol
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I've discovered that there are only five voice actors in the whole entire world and they do all of the voices for every game or cartoon or anything else ever. Tara Strong is their leader.
 
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Htown

STOP SHITTING ON MY MOTHER'S HEADSTONE
Roto13 said:
I've discovered that there are only five voice actors in the whole entire world and they do all of the voices for every game or cartoon or anything else ever. Tara Strong is their leader.
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Phil LaMarr is their second in command.
 
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Punchy4486

Banned
Zodzilla said:
Wow, I didn't notice that at all! Good one. I guess it also makes sense that
Lamiroir would be blind, as the bracelet she once had on gives Apollo "enhanced" vision.
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Actually,
during that case, you find out that her blindness and nationality are both stage stories created by her agent.
 
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Jasoco

Banned
drizzle said:
There we go.

Tell me which one weights more? :D

108ivs3.jpg


Ocarina of Time is 256 megabits, Mario64 is 64mbits. Of course, those are not direct representative of gameplay content. But you get the drift.
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Why doesn't the Mario 64 have a battery? It stored its games in memory, but where?
 
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Grooveraider

Banned
revolverjgw said:
rutgerhauerrambo3.jpg


Rutger Hauer is in Rambo 3 for the Genesis, but he never appears in any Rambo movie. Genesis does what Nintendon't, the console of the stars.
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I thought it was Rutger Hauer when I purchased Rambo III decades ago :lol
 
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hirokazu

Member
HUELEN10 said:
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Wha?
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DAMN!
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I noticed that long ago. MGS4 uses the same font for subtitles and general text. Fire Emblem GC uses it for text too, probably so does FE Wii. I'm pretty sure a bunch of other Wii games and possibly PS3 games use it too, but I've lost track of which.
 
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Triple Da G.O.D!

Member
Roto13 said:
I've discovered that there are only five voice actors in the whole entire world and they do all of the voices for every game or cartoon or anything else ever. Tara Strong is their leader.
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Htown said:
Phil LaMarr is their second in command.
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If that's the case then Cree Summer is the mastermind and Steve Blum is her right hand man.

Jennifer Hale and Kari Walgren are the eye candy.

And Yuri Lowenthal and Johnny Bosch are the gofers.

Every now and then people like Michelle Ruff and Jamieson Price show up to the facility for shits and giggles.
 
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gamergirly

Member
123rl said:
It may be old knowledge but I found out last night that the woman who does the voice acting for Zoey in Left 4 Dead also does the voice for Princess Peach and Cortana from Halo !:lol
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Now that's new to me lol
 
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Pizza Luigi

Member
As we all know, Koji Kondo likes to steal or borrow some pieces of music from other artists. I don't care, but it's fun to find more examples. Two here today:

Bill Evans Trio - Someday my Prince Will Come

the first chords...hey isn't that

Yes it is....


I love this piece of music which is played here by the legendary Tommy Emmanuel. I mean the second part of the song, Lady Madonna. What do we hear there?

Tommy Emmanuel - Day Tripper/Lady Madonna (the important part is after 1:30)

wait, isn't that...oh you sneaky bastard!

He did it again indeed!!
 
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drizzle

Axel Hertz
Jasoco said:
Why doesn't the Mario 64 have a battery? It stored its games in memory, but where?
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Flash memory as opposed to SRAM?

Flash doesn't require an electric current to keep data, while SRAM does. GBA games were like this as well, and some even used EEPROM.
 
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batbeg

Member
Pizza Luigi said:
As we all know, Koji Kondo likes to steal or borrow some pieces of music from other artists. I don't care, but it's fun to find more examples. Two here today:

Bill Evans Trio - Someday my Prince Will Come

the first chords...hey isn't that

Yes it is....


I love this piece of music which is played here by the legendary Tommy Emmanuel. I mean the second part of the song, Lady Madonna. What do we hear there?

Tommy Emmanuel - Day Tripper/Lady Madonna (the important part is after 1:30)

wait, isn't that...oh you sneaky bastard!

He did it again indeed!!
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Both of those seem like incredible reaches to me...
 
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Jasoco

Banned
drizzle said:
Flash memory as opposed to SRAM?

Flash doesn't require an electric current to keep data, while SRAM does. GBA games were like this as well, and some even used EEPROM.
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But which one is superior? The Mario 64 one didn't use the battery. Wouldn't that be more superior than having to use a battery? Or is the battery superior? I guess price cost? Still, if Mario can have it and didn't cost any more than the other games did....
 
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drizzle

Axel Hertz
Jasoco said:
But which one is superior? The Mario 64 one didn't use the battery. Wouldn't that be more superior than having to use a battery? Or is the battery superior? I guess price cost? Still, if Mario can have it and didn't cost any more than the other games did....
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Flash is more expensive.

Mario was the same price, but then again, It was only 64mbit as opposed to Zelda's 256mbit.
So Mario was cheaper to manufacture. Maybe they could add Flash memory without driving the price up.

It was a problem until recently, since, like I said, GBA suffered the same issue. Different games had different saving mechanics.
 
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Drkirby

Corporate Apologist
Jasoco said:
Why doesn't the Mario 64 have a battery? It stored its games in memory, but where?
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Many N64 games used a Memory Chip for the Save that didn't need a battery, like most GBA games. I guess it was cheaper somehow to use a battery backup for Zelda though.
 
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Anticitizen One

Banned
The Halo series is actually the prequel to the Marathon series

The ending of Halo 3 shows
master chief crashing on the marathon alien planet which is exactly where Marathon 1 begins
 
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CultureClearance

Banned
Anticitizen One said:
The Halo series is actually the prequel to the Marathon series

The ending of Halo 3 shows
master chief crashing on the marathon alien planet which is exactly where Marathon 1 begins
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And the gravitational pressure from that planet makes the master chief's helmet expand and become spherical.
 
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EmCeeGramr

Member
Anticitizen One said:
The Halo series is actually the prequel to the Marathon series

The ending of Halo 3 shows
master chief crashing on the marathon alien planet which is exactly where Marathon 1 begins
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Marathon 1 took place on Deimos, one of Mars' moons, which was converted into a space station by humans.
 
HUELEN10

HUELEN10

Member
Drkirby said:
Many N64 games used a Memory Chip for the Save that didn't need a battery, like most GBA games. I guess it was cheaper somehow to use a battery backup for Zelda though.
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What is that form of saving called again? The name escapes me...
 
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faceless007

Member
Found this one out recently.
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Michelle Forbes, the actress who played the most evil maenad ever in True Blood last season, was also the voice of:

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Judith Mossman in Half-Life 2.
 
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