▲ 46 ▼ Why do GBA games boot so damn fast? (lemmy.ml) submitted 3 months ago by kuiskaaja@lemmy.ml to c/retrogaming@lemmy.world 21 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago (3 children) The games are tiny so it doesn't take long to load stuff. permalink fedilink source hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] hayvan@piefed.world 3 points 3 months ago Not really correct. The games are tiny sure, but they don't need loading at all, they run directly from the cartridge. permalink fedilink source parent [+] kuiskaaja@lemmy.ml [S] 2 points 3 months ago (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] asmoranomar@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago Emulators don't necessarily try to mimic all aspects of hardware. It would be more appropriate to say most emulators are translation programs. There are some emulators that do emulate all aspects of hardware though. So "it depends". permalink fedilink source parent
[–] hayvan@piefed.world 3 points 3 months ago Not really correct. The games are tiny sure, but they don't need loading at all, they run directly from the cartridge. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] kuiskaaja@lemmy.ml [S] 2 points 3 months ago (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] asmoranomar@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago Emulators don't necessarily try to mimic all aspects of hardware. It would be more appropriate to say most emulators are translation programs. There are some emulators that do emulate all aspects of hardware though. So "it depends". permalink fedilink source parent
[–] asmoranomar@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago Emulators don't necessarily try to mimic all aspects of hardware. It would be more appropriate to say most emulators are translation programs. There are some emulators that do emulate all aspects of hardware though. So "it depends". permalink fedilink source parent