oni ᓚᘏᗢ@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 6 days agoNintendo Switch 2 should have been called Super Nintendo Switchmessage-squaremessage-square113linkfedilinkarrow-up1513
arrow-up1513message-squareNintendo Switch 2 should have been called Super Nintendo Switchoni ᓚᘏᗢ@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 6 days agomessage-square113linkfedilink
minus-squareBuddahriffic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 days agoOut of the big three, Nintendo is the only one that hasn’t had an x86/x64 based console.
minus-squarehalcyoncmdr@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·6 days agoAt the time, most home computers were still 16-bit. The N64 released in 1996. Mac System 7 released in 1991 with 32-bit support. It took until Windows 95 for the first consumer 32-bit version of Windows.
minus-squareBuddahriffic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 days agoPfft. You say that like anyone needed more than 64k of addressable memory. Chrome wasn’t released for another 13 years after Win95.
Just realized that was for 64 bit
Nintendo x86
Out of the big three, Nintendo is the only one that hasn’t had an x86/x64 based console.
At the time, most home computers were still 16-bit.
The N64 released in 1996. Mac System 7 released in 1991 with 32-bit support. It took until Windows 95 for the first consumer 32-bit version of Windows.
Pfft. You say that like anyone needed more than 64k of addressable memory. Chrome wasn’t released for another 13 years after Win95.