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How were old console games made?
I was wondering how the old games for consoles like Sega and Nintendo were made in the 80s and 90s. I mean, did they use DOS only or windows 3.1 or what software was needed? How were graphics entered into the system?
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05-26-2007, 02:50 PM
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They didn't use a standard Operating System per-say. Each console had its environment hard-coded into the hardware. What's different about the consoles today is that they're more like PCs than anything else. The consoles of yesteryear were more akin to VCR players.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game_console#Bits
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