13th July 2023, 4:43 AM
(12th July 2023, 8:39 PM)A Black Falcon Wrote: I mean, wouldn't it be pretty shocking if it WASN'T a number that high? Games are made for specific platforms, they aren't something on a universal medium like printed words or music. It's not like you can just release a game made for one system on another one without putting in a lot of work either porting it or getting an emulator working. That's one of the things that makes gaming special, designing games which make use of the limited hardware they were programmed for...
You really should watch the video first. This is addressed.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)