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[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 20 points 1 month ago (1 children)

When Sony saw Crash Bandicoot running on a PS1 for the first time, they had no idea how the PS1 actually was able to run it.

When even the developers of the system you are using have no idea of how a program is running on their new system, they you know you have some advanced stuff:

https://youtu.be/pU_7Id8D-1A

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 14 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I'm 3:30 in and they're just rambling. Who makes this kind of content?

I know the story because I've seen this video where the developers actually talk about how they did it. Watch it instead.

https://youtu.be/izxXGuVL21o?si=7bslPryvGApcJqqm

[–] Juvyn00b@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

I was thinking of this exact video too.

[–] con_fig@programming.dev 3 points 1 month ago

I love that video!

[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 month ago

Karl Smallwood makes this content, some like it, others don't.