Essentially the “program” was baked into the hardware design itself. It didn’t have a rom chip or something, it just had hardware circuits dedicated to each function, like drawing the paddle etc.
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thejbw@lemm.eeto RetroGaming@lemmy.world•Found a brand new, unused Pong console from 1979 in an Edinburgh charity shop for 20£English14·11 months ago
thejbw@lemm.eeto RetroGaming@lemmy.world•Comparison between graphics modes in Space Quest III (1989)English3·11 months agoMan, scummvm has come a long way since I used it to play Sam and max on my GP32X
I feel obligated to post this song: Capybara
thejbw@lemm.eeto World News@beehaw.org•Japanese railway shelter replaced in less than 6 hours by 3D-printed modelEnglish4·1 year agoI mean, yeah, agreed in general but this wasn’t plastic.
The article doesn’t really highlight it, just says it in passing, but:
The structure itself is made of mortar, layered like dull-green frosting by a 3D-printing nozzle
So, it’s made of mortar (the stuff that holds bricks together normally).
thejbw@lemm.eeto World News@beehaw.org•US and Israel approach African countries to resettle GazansEnglish5·1 year agoHave they approached Madagascar? Feels in character for them to…
Aww. Makes me miss my void. Not that I don’t miss her every day.
thejbw@lemm.eeto Funny@sh.itjust.works•Every state can have a little beach, as a treat.English20·2 years agoSplit Seattle like that and you would turn those four other states blue, lol.
You forgot that Australia / Oceania existed at all though.
The best part is that the sponge was a real sea animal that was mudrered and speared on the end of a stick.
thejbw@lemm.eeto Star Trek @lemmy.world•Any love for the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-F?English3·3 years agoIt’s the only canon enterprise we haven’t seen the interior of, right? Hard to love it too much.
Wait…it’s not tooting anymore?
thejbw@lemm.eetoVenture Bros.@lemm.ee•The Venture Bros is Better than You Remember by Isiah Young2·3 years agoBeen a fan of Venture Bros since the day the pilot aired on Adult Swim. Sad to see it end, but at least it’s getting a real send off.
Sure high speed rail sounds great, but realistically, we’d make a way bigger impact getting decent intercity mass transit everywhere first.
thejbw@lemm.eeto Daystrom Institute@startrek.website•What is the purpose of Voyager's miniature transporter?English2·3 years agoPerhaps it was not an expected hazardous sample / the transporter chief was not notified the sample was present.
thejbw@lemm.eeto Daystrom Institute@startrek.website•What is the purpose of Voyager's miniature transporter?English31·3 years agoI’m struggling for a non shitpost response to be perfectly honest. Voyager was a science vessel… so Perhaps some sample return with quarantine?
thejbw@lemm.eeto The Andromedus Galacticus Collection@lemm.ee•[x-post] - Microsoft wins lawsuit and will go ahead with the purchase of ActivisionEnglish2·3 years agoI’ll be honest, as much as I dislike consolidation by mega corporations, AvB is such a garbage company that I feel like the only fix is a complete change of ownership, and MS is the only one big enough.
Are you saying that Wii Sports is nearly as old now as Super Mario Bros was when Wii sports released? Because Wii Sports came out in 2006?
Because SMB came out in 1985 and …
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Jesus Christ.