18 Jun
2007
18 Jun
'07
8:49 a.m.
At 7:38 AM -0700 6/18/07, Cameron Kaiser wrote:
Actually, I see a lot more Z80-based games than 6502 or
68000. Ready
supplies and familiarity with most contemporary programmers, I would expect.
Not that there aren't surfeits of 6502 and 68K games, of course.
The Z80 was used in Neo Geo MVS games up until a couple years ago.
It is amazing what they accomplished with that platform after the
first few years.
Sega still uses a lot of SuperH-based systems
(particularly NAOMI, basically
a Dreamcast on steroids).
This is what made the Dreamcast such a great system for Arcade ports.
You basically had the port done when you released the game in the
arcade. Name any other console with that many *good* arcade ports!
Zane
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