3rd June 2024, 6:50 AM
A video from one of my favorite deep-dive ROM hackers, making that absolutely incredible new Mario game for the system.
The video outlines two things. One, the N64 actually does have a CPU with a 64 bit mode. Two, it's not a useful mode and actually hurts game clock speed to run any code in that mode. 32 bit code runs better considering all the other limitations of the system, and 64 bit modes were rarely used even by official developers.
A third thing... The Gamecube, Wii, and Wii U all run on 32 bit CPUs that have no 64 bit mode.
The video outlines two things. One, the N64 actually does have a CPU with a 64 bit mode. Two, it's not a useful mode and actually hurts game clock speed to run any code in that mode. 32 bit code runs better considering all the other limitations of the system, and 64 bit modes were rarely used even by official developers.
A third thing... The Gamecube, Wii, and Wii U all run on 32 bit CPUs that have no 64 bit mode.
"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)
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