• pastel_de_airfryer@lemmy.eco.br
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    11 months ago

    They also pulled a really cool hack on Jak and Dexter. They were able to hack into the PS1 chip hidden away in the PS2 for backwards compatibility to get some extra processing power!

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        11 months ago

        I read about it over a decade ago. Something about the game being difficult to emulate because of it. Now I can’t find anything :(

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      Another interesting fact concerning the ps1 chip, Sony used it as an Io controller so backwards compatibility was essentially built in to the design of the ps2

      PlayStation 2 software is distributed on CD-ROM and DVD-ROM. In addition, the console can play audio CDs and DVD movies, and is backwards compatible with original PlayStation games. This is accomplished through the inclusion of the original PlayStation’s CPU which also serves as the PS2’s I/O processor, clocked at 36.864 MHz in PS2 mode.

      From Wikipedia

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    11 months ago

    That was a fun watch. Hard to believe naughty dog started with 5 people and a million dollars worth of hardware

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    Already saw this a year or two ago, it’s a great watch and would highly recommend anyone who hasn’t seen it yet does watch it

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    11 months ago

    I found this so interesting that I then went and watched the full version, absolutely fascinating view into how you make a video game in the brave new 3d world of the 90s!

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    11 months ago

    I want more Ars Technica War Stories. They’re the reason I subscribed to the channel.