It is important to point out that adding WATER makes it taste better.

You are talking about displaying, not rendering. Also, the assumption that rendering would take place in real time.

The thing is, if you are actually using the imaging chip, and displaying a series of sprites on the screen in a way that makes it look like a 3d animated image, you can definitely display a higher quality image than the one presented.

No, the important part is the CPU. The image processor has nothing to do with rendering a 3d image. It is physically incapable of doing it. It is only capable of rendering flat sprites onto a screen. If it was doing that, it wouldn’t be rendering anything, it would just be animating a pre-rendered image.

if what you say is true then there is no 3d image being rendered. There is just an image being animated by displaying the correct sprites at the right time. The image would have been pre-rendered. If this were true, the Nintendo could still do better than that, as it can handle more sprites concurrently than what…

correct. That would make optimization a bit harder, cuz, it would take 3 bits to express a pixel. But, at that point, why not add another color? Mapping pixels to memory would also be pretty unpopular.

Chuck E Cheese ruined the Rock-afire Explosion. I’m still bitter.

Ultimately, the only thing holding it back would be the amount of memory necessary to hold a frame of the render. The CPU is more than capable of doing the math necessary for 3d rendering. The system only has 2k of memory, but the reduced palette (4 colors) would stretch that, getting 4px per byte. A 64x64 frame would…

I had a 2c. The original Apple ][ was capable of high res color (280×192, 8 colors). But, we aren’t talking about rendering and displaying. We are just talking about rendering. Spitting out a series of sprites in a way to look like an animated 3d image isn’t rendering a 3d image.

Using the CPU and RAM alone, a Nintendo should have been able to render a better 3d model than that. The Image processing chip would be incapable of rendering 3d images. It would only be able to feed pre-rendered tiles to the screen.

Every single one of our inbound and outbound support calls are recorded. This includes the support staff bitching about the phone ringing and nobody picking up. The customer bitching while they are on hold while being transferred. Everything.

A NES could render much better than that.

I have a pretty decent collection of cheapo Kiwi knives. I used a pull through sharpener for a long time because it was better than nothing. I lost it and had to go back to the stone. My knives are much sharper and stay sharper longer.

I feel they should, provided they peacefully assemble. The moment they leave the very limited space of “peaceful protest”, they should be held accountable to the full force of the law and prosecuted for the denial of that very same right that they abused. I feel that showing up to a protest openly carrying falls…

Yep, and proof that they pointed to themselves and called themselves nazis can and should be presented at trial where a court of law can decide to lock em up for it for it.

Part of a fair trial is to demonstrate that the person in question holds those beliefs that you find so repugnant that a suspension of the rule of law is appropriate.

These kits are pretty solid. They use slightly cheaper parts, but the parts are generic enough that it is quick and easy to find replacement and the actual filters are common and cheap.

These kits are pretty solid. They use slightly cheaper parts, but the parts are generic enough that it is quick and…

Commercial espresso machines typically operate between 8-10 bar. Higher pressure causes fines to migrate to the bottom of the portafilter, clogging it.

Commercial espresso machines typically operate between 8-10 bar. Higher pressure causes fines to migrate to the…

I occasionally bartend weddings. I can say with certainty that every single one of these songs played at the last 3-4 which I was tending. I don’t know if it was the booze, but it looked like people were having a good time, despite the crappy music.

I encourage everyone that eats rice to have a rice machine. Even the cheapo 20$ ones will reliably produce an acceptable product with little fuss. Sure, you could get better rice on the stove vs one of the budget models, but you could also end up with a mess. I prefer reliable mediocrity to not knowing if it’s amazing…