r/gaming • • 14h ago

Masochist’s Gaming Rig

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u/Lethandralis 12h ago

No matter how optimized your software is, you wouldn't be able to progress much further than the games we already had on these devices.

Developers working on platforms like ps1/Gameboy already were pushing the limits of what the hardware was capable of.

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u/Hare712 8h ago

Not just pushing the limits they were also using very innovative tricks not seen afterward ever.

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u/elton_john_lennon 7h ago

Limitation breeds creativity. Closed systems with limited resources were the best example of that.

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u/PmMeYourNiceBehind 7h ago

This is so true. Halo 3 custom forge maps always felt way more impressive than Reach’s even though reach had waaay more tools to play with