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@lynnesbian i love the fact that the "blast processing" was literally the only edge the megadrive had over the SNES, tech-wise. In every other aspect it was inferior. It couldn't handle graphics better at all and sure the Yamaha FM Synth chip the Megadrive had could do WAY better electric guitar songs than the SNES's sample based playback could do... but yeah... hands down the SNES was better.

(I had a megadrive as a kid. I don't hate it, but I do wish I'd had a SNES maybe.)

@lynnesbian we both know they'll load Sonic Jam, Virtua Cop (1, not 2 of course), Virtual Hydlide, Shinobi Legions and Megaman X3 onto it.

oh they'll tease Guardian Heroes being on it, and Nights, but they won't actually do it.

that'll be on the Saturn Classic 2! ... which will never come out bepcause the Classic 1 sold nothing.

@lynnesbian and yet it still won't be able to recognise you wanting to buy Fez on the store with your voice.

@007@mastodon.xyz tired: gamers
wired: 🅱️amers

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inspired: cucumberandtomatoon🅱️izza

@daylight if I could draw I totally would but I'd be fucking up the shot hugely because I am TERRIBLE at these games. like literally I once slipped and gave it too much power and launched the cue ball right off the table and into the next room.

jftr

you know that "call your cat a nandos because they're full of purry purry sauce" toot I did?

i do that

i do that now i call my kitties "nandos" sometimes.
Especially Kami.

@lynnesbian welp! 2009 they got bought by Panasonic and are now a wholly owned subsidiary company of them. welp

@lynnesbian oh shit sanyo's a brand I haven't heard from in years I wonder if they still exist

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@007@mastodon.xyz my only regret is i did not think of this sooner

@tom big chonker phone is awkward in pocket and awkward to hold and use I guess. I get it, but yeah it would be nice if we could move to a more sustainable tech future

oh dang my back feels great now after all the usage of the TENS machine, fuck.

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@007@mastodon.xyz tomato and cucumber on pizza

@tom yah I got what you meant. NOBODY in their right mind would defend missing jacks and soldered-on storage...

...except maybe apple. and apple fanboys.

@Nine imo, there's a tradeoff in compactness and repairability.

I'm def. not advocating for companies here but even if we could safely assume that everything was done w/o malice and the intent of making money, we'd still see certain things people complain about today.

Lotsa people want the smallest and most efficient things possible (and BOY do tech nerds get horny over numbers) and at some point, you gotta switch to stuff like soldered components if you wanna shave that last mm off

old tech has a great aesthetic

but wwwwwooooowwwwww new tech is def. superior.

except in terms of repairability I suppose.

Like really, a lot of newer tech is basically "haha fuck you buy a new one if something breaks".

With odler tech at least you could repair it or fix it most of the time, or get a replacement part pretty easily and cheaply. Heck these days with 3d printing tech you'd think you'd be able to MAKE replacement bits, but nope. sealed units and system-on-chip bullshit.

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