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Chapter 115 : How Can "Pinball" Still Deceive People?
"Well, theoretically it is like this…"
Vivian put down the control board in her hand and turned off the television, "But practically it cannot be done."
She directly poured a basin of cold water.
There will always be a gap between ideal and reality.
And this gap is particularly prominent in graphics cards.
W e_ḃn̆ о.v е̂ľ Е̌num а̌_
"I understand, it's a problem with video memory, right?"
Lin Lixin sighed, going around in circles, it was ultimately still about capacity.
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No matter what era, memory is one of the most expensive components in digital products.
"Even for 256 colors, at a resolution of 640x480, we need over 300KB of video memory."
"That's right," Vivian also nodded regretfully, "And if we want to make it a general-purpose graphics card that PCs can also use, the transmission bandwidth is also not enough."
At a resolution of 640x480, the communication data volume of 16 colors has already reached the limit of the ISA bus.
Ẽ ǹü ṁa. і̃ ď
If it were on a highly integrated architecture like the NovaBox, it would be fine, but if it were made into a general-purpose graphics expansion card according to Lin Lixin's idea, that would be troublesome.
This point was not significantly improved until the implementation of modern slot standards like PCI.
"The money to be thrown into NAND technology is not any less than here…"
Lin Lixin rubbed his temples.
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The semiconductor industry is truly too money-burning. Even though they have now become the top game manufacturer in the US and have grabbed a large chunk of market share in the Japanese region, facing the bottomless pit of semiconductors, they still seem like rookies.
"I will figure out a way for the video memory later. Let's push this standard first. Where is Dr. Jim?"
Е ǹ um а̀.іd̂
"Over at SGI, he said he wants to make a workstation using RISC architecture."
"Alright, 16 colors it is. Produce the first batch of VGA standard graphics cards as soon as possible."
Lin Lixin pondered for a moment.
He only needed to adjust this standard slightly to make it support both 640x480 16 colors and 320x200 256 colors simultaneously.
This level is completely sufficient for current game consoles.
To deal with IBM, this Big Blue, they must be fast.
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They must seize the right to define before the other party can react.
And to achieve this goal, directly releasing ISA slot graphics cards that can be plug-and-play for those PCs is obviously necessary.
"This product line… let's call it Radeon, Nova-Radeon."
Nova Radeon, it has quite a nice ring to it.
Of course, for a general-purpose graphics card, having only hardware is definitely not enough.
Lin Lixin had sent Carmack over here a long time ago, naturally also to prepare for this part.
Wе́b̆ ñо̌ v̊ё l̀ Е ǹu mа́
It must be able to provide standard calling libraries for the DOS system.
This is also the prerequisite for OpenGL.
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After arranging all this, Lin Lixin stood up and planned to leave.
"No, no, I almost forgot the main business of this trip."
He slapped his forehead, "I need an MMC enhancement chip for the new game."
[Feelings from playing "Pinball", Game Physics Experience ++]
Е̊ ń ú.ṁ a.і̆d
[Feelings from playing "Pinball", Game Physics Experience ++]
If there was any work from Nintendo that Lin Lixin dreamed of getting, the first choice would definitely be "Pinball", which was already released in early 1984.
This was one of the earliest games for the Famicom, and also one of the launch titles for the NES.
Its developer, HAL Laboratory, was a direct descendant of Nintendo in every sense.
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Later works like "Kirby" and "Super Smash Bros." all came from this developer. Even Satoru Iwata, who would later succeed Hiroshi Yamauchi as president, was still studying at HAL Laboratory at this time.
"Pinball" was exactly one of Iwata's works.
We̊b̈_n о_v̄ е̂l_ Е̇ num̂а
Lin Lixin looked at the pinball bouncing back and forth between the mechanisms on the screen, constantly refreshing a higher score, his face full of suspicion.
"It's strange, how did the NES's crappy performance manage to create this level of physical simulation?"
You have to know that the NES's processor is only a 1.8MHz Ricoh 6502, its performance left far behind by the NovaBox.
With the performance of that thing, even if it were a 2D physical simulation, it couldn't possibly be this smooth.
"Could it be that Iwata also has black technology?"
If he were to design it with his current technology, Lin Lixin believed he could write physical simulation effects far exceeding "Pinball".
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But he couldn't make these effects take up so little performance.
You have to know that "Double Dribble" has a full 10 characters moving at high speed. He really couldn't spare more performance redundancy to do a large amount of physical calculations.
[Ding!]
[Skill Acquired]:
[The Smartest Deception]: [Master beginner game physics, gain hardware-related attribute growth multiplier 1.4]
"Hmm?"
Е n u m a ._і̀d
Lin Lixin had such a bizarre feeling for the first time.
Obviously, his mastery of game physics had improved a bit, but he still had no clue about the problem in front of him.
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"No."
He stared carefully at that pinball, staring at the moment it was hit flying by the movable flipper, and suddenly a sense of incongruity flashed by.
Perhaps because his understanding of game physics had improved, in Lin Lixin's eyes, the physical effects of "Pinball" were suddenly not so perfect.
It was full of bizarre "flaws" everywhere.
Еń ũ m а̃. i̇ d
The movement of the pinball was too stiff.
Lin Lixin originally thought this was a low running speed caused by the insufficient performance of the NES.
This situation also often appeared even on the NovaBox.
But as he observed more carefully, he really saw some clues.
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This was not a problem caused by performance, but came from the "physical simulation" of "Pinball" itself.
Every movement of the pinball seemed free, seemingly moving randomly within the pinball machine, but as long as you observed carefully, you would find that every change in its state was exactly the same.
W̊ е̊b no.v еl̈ Е̊nǔ m̄ a
"No wonder it's called a deception, so it's like this…"
He had completely thought wrong. "Pinball" didn't do any simulation based on physical formulas at all.
In essence, it was actually looking up a table!
Lin Lixin grabbed a draft book from the side and quickly recorded on it.
"Slow rolling, fast rolling, free fall, bouncing…"
In different states, the speed of the pinball was predefined.
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"If it's on a slope, increase according to a fixed value…"
"When hitting a bumper or flipper, take the normal direction…"
"No, even the collision detection is fake??"
The deeper he researched, the more surprised Lin Lixin became.
This seemingly perfect physical simulation was actually a magic trick carefully prepared for the players.
"Pinball" used the least amount of calculation to create an effect that could deceive all players.
Ӗn̈ û m̌â . і d
"This is the wisdom of the ancients, truly amazing."
In this era where performance and capacity were extremely precious, only these whimsical ingenious tricks could allow them to create these seemingly impossible effects.
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This point was exactly the ability that Lin Lixin, a latecomer accustomed to modern development, easily overlooked.
"I've been busy with hardware recently, and really got stuck in a dead end."
Lin Lixin suddenly realized.
No matter what its process was, or how its underlying implementation was achieved.
Е̃ nu m̂ а .і́ d̃
Video games are made, ultimately, to serve the players.
As long as the final presented result meets expectations, then its implementation method doesn't matter at all.
(End of Chapter)
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