Comment on Why do low framerates *feel* so much worse on modern video games?

• VinesNFluff@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Framerates weren’t really a

  Thing.

  Before consoles had frame-buffers

  The first console with a framebuffer was the 3DO. The first console people cared about with a framebuffer was the PSX.

  Before that, you were in beam-racing town.

  If your processing wasn’t enough to keep up with the TV’s refresh rate (60i/30p in NTSC territories, 50i/25p in PAL) – Things didn’t get stuttery or drop frames like modern games. They’d either literally run in slow-motion, or not display sprites (often both!)

  You had the brief window of the HBlank and VBlank intervals of the television to calc stuff and get the next frame ready.

  Buuuut, as of the PSX/N64/Saturn, most games were running anywhere between 15 and 60 FPS, with most sitting at the 20s.

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  • otp@sh.itjust.works ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    The first console with a framebuffer was the 3DO. The first console people cared about with a framebuffer was the PSX.

    I cared about the 3DO…

    Thanks for the info though!

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