i've found a picture of the dev computer used for super mario bros

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LP0 ON FIRE: Jan 25, 2006; _{beep boop}

what is the computer to the left of the printer? find out this, then we can find out more about how this legendary game was made

# ? May 26, 2017 01:58

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pram: Jun 10, 2001

stop posting op

# ? May 26, 2017 06:14

polyester concept: Mar 29, 2017

thats my uncle

# ? May 26, 2017 06:47

atomicthumbs: Dec 26, 2010; We're in the business of extending man's senses.

That's not a computer, it's a VCR. You can see where the video cassette goes in.

# ? May 26, 2017 11:34

SpaceAceJase: Nov 8, 2008; and you
have proved
to be...

a real shitty poster,
and a real james

Coding with a track ball is pretty cool

# ? May 26, 2017 11:47

LP0 ON FIRE: Jan 25, 2006; _{beep boop}

atomicthumbs posted:

That's not a computer, it's a VCR. You can see where the video cassette goes in.

it's clearly a computer with a floppy disk drive

i zoomed and enhanced:

come on ppl i thought you were good at identifying computers

# ? May 26, 2017 13:34

SmokaDustbowl: Feb 12, 2001; by vyelkin; Fun Shoe

super mario bros is the best video game ever created

# ? May 26, 2017 14:40

Aix: Jul 6, 2006; $10

they already had the disk drive before mario bros came out?? yowzers. somebodys uncle must have been working at nintendo

# ? May 26, 2017 15:14

akadajet: Sep 14, 2003

it appears to be a beige box pc, op

# ? May 26, 2017 15:23

akadajet: Sep 14, 2003

let's talk about that dweeb's outfit instead

# ? May 26, 2017 15:24

LP0 ON FIRE: Jan 25, 2006; _{beep boop}

akadajet posted:

it appears to be a beige box pc, op

do you think it's an IBM? if so, what model?

# ? May 26, 2017 16:08

LP0 ON FIRE: Jan 25, 2006; _{beep boop}

what os are they running?

# ? May 26, 2017 16:09

Kthulhu5000: Jul 25, 2006; by R. Guyovich

Since I'm a tryhard for useless poo poo: It appears to be a Fujitsu FM-16β (yes, literal beta character in the model name).

Information Processing Society of Japan museum page:

http://museum.ipsj.or.jp/en/computer/personal/0014.html

I'm not sure if all models supported it, but I see a lot of talk that one could apparently use 8086/80186 and Zilog Z80A CPUs at the same time in the machine by means of installing special CPU daughtercards. This also meant that it could run both DOS and CP/M, and software developed for those OSes.

Check the image at the bottom of the link above and compare to the one in the OP.

1. Off-center disk drives.
2. The vertical grate to the left of the drive bays.
3. The horizontal channel at the bottom of the case.
4. The position of the buttons on the lower right of the case seem to correspond with the ones on the case in the OP.
5. The FM-16 logo on the system is prominent enough that it would be a blurry dark smudge, same as in the upper right of the OP image when captured through a camcorder, digitally converted, and then badly compressed as a JPEG image.

NES game development was probably more boring and frustrating than anything. Bob Pape's book about how he developed a version of R-Type for the old ZX Spectrum microcomputer perhaps gives some insight into it. Namely (see page 63 of the PDF) he used a then-fancy 286-based DOS PC with some cross-platform compilers / assemblers and a special interface board to send code from the 286 PC to the Z80-based Spectrum.

# ? May 26, 2017 19:50

akadajet: Sep 14, 2003

Kthulhu5000 posted:

Since I'm a tryhard for useless poo poo: It appears to be a Fujitsu FM-16β (yes, literal beta character in the model name).

Information Processing Society of Japan museum page:

http://museum.ipsj.or.jp/en/computer/personal/0014.html

Wow, that looks like a real piece of poo poo.

# ? May 26, 2017 20:18

LP0 ON FIRE: Jan 25, 2006; _{beep boop}

Kthulhu5000 posted:

Since I'm a tryhard for useless poo poo: It appears to be a Fujitsu FM-16β (yes, literal beta character in the model name).

Information Processing Society of Japan museum page:

http://museum.ipsj.or.jp/en/computer/personal/0014.html

I'm not sure if all models supported it, but I see a lot of talk that one could apparently use 8086/80186 and Zilog Z80A CPUs at the same time in the machine by means of installing special CPU daughtercards. This also meant that it could run both DOS and CP/M, and software developed for those OSes.

Check the image at the bottom of the link above and compare to the one in the OP.

1. Off-center disk drives.
2. The vertical grate to the left of the drive bays.
3. The horizontal channel at the bottom of the case.
4. The position of the buttons on the lower right of the case seem to correspond with the ones on the case in the OP.
5. The FM-16 logo on the system is prominent enough that it would be a blurry dark smudge, same as in the upper right of the OP image when captured through a camcorder, digitally converted, and then badly compressed as a JPEG image.

NES game development was probably more boring and frustrating than anything. Bob Pape's book about how he developed a version of R-Type for the old ZX Spectrum microcomputer perhaps gives some insight into it. Namely (see page 63 of the PDF) he used a then-fancy 286-based DOS PC with some cross-platform compilers / assemblers and a special interface board to send code from the 286 PC to the Z80-based Spectrum.

i love you

# ? May 26, 2017 20:35

Leldorion: Jan 26, 2007

maybe it was a bit more like this?

# ? May 26, 2017 20:45

LP0 ON FIRE: Jan 25, 2006; _{beep boop}

Leldorion posted:

maybe it was a bit more like this?

this is loving awesome. so he used a twin famicom with a trackball to program a gameboy game?

# ? May 26, 2017 20:53

SmokaDustbowl: Feb 12, 2001; by vyelkin; Fun Shoe

LP0 ON FIRE posted:

this is loving awesome. so he used a twin famicom with a trackball to program a gameboy game?

dude think how lovely japanese character support was back then

# ? May 26, 2017 20:59

ConanTheLibrarian: Aug 13, 2004; dis buch is late; Fallen Rib

SmokaDustbowl posted:

super mario bros is the best video game ever created

actually its witcher 3

# ? May 26, 2017 21:20

Sniep: Mar 28, 2004; All I needed was that fatty blunt...

King of Breakfast

hey anyone remember Dr. Halo?

# ? Jun 8, 2017 04:49

Sniep: Mar 28, 2004; All I needed was that fatty blunt...

King of Breakfast

pc paintbrush was scrub poo poo dr halo was on a black bg not white

# ? Jun 8, 2017 05:10

qhat: Jul 6, 2015

Kthulhu5000 posted:

Since I'm a tryhard for useless poo poo: It appears to be a Fujitsu FM-16β (yes, literal beta character in the model name).

Information Processing Society of Japan museum page:

http://museum.ipsj.or.jp/en/computer/personal/0014.html

I'm not sure if all models supported it, but I see a lot of talk that one could apparently use 8086/80186 and Zilog Z80A CPUs at the same time in the machine by means of installing special CPU daughtercards. This also meant that it could run both DOS and CP/M, and software developed for those OSes.

Check the image at the bottom of the link above and compare to the one in the OP.

1. Off-center disk drives.
2. The vertical grate to the left of the drive bays.
3. The horizontal channel at the bottom of the case.
4. The position of the buttons on the lower right of the case seem to correspond with the ones on the case in the OP.
5. The FM-16 logo on the system is prominent enough that it would be a blurry dark smudge, same as in the upper right of the OP image when captured through a camcorder, digitally converted, and then badly compressed as a JPEG image.

NES game development was probably more boring and frustrating than anything. Bob Pape's book about how he developed a version of R-Type for the old ZX Spectrum microcomputer perhaps gives some insight into it. Namely (see page 63 of the PDF) he used a then-fancy 286-based DOS PC with some cross-platform compilers / assemblers and a special interface board to send code from the 286 PC to the Z80-based Spectrum.

lol

# ? Jun 8, 2017 05:12

qhat: Jul 6, 2015

ConanTheLibrarian posted:

actually its witcher 3

The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask

# ? Jun 8, 2017 05:14

Captain Foo: May 11, 2004; we vibin'
we slidin'
we breathin'
we dyin'

chome

# ? Jun 25, 2017 04:56

maskenfreiheit: Dec 30, 2004

atomicthumbs posted:

That's not a computer, it's a VCR. You can see where the video cassette goes in.

not many people know this, but at one time computers used magnetic media

# ? Jun 25, 2017 17:18

r u ready to WALK: Sep 29, 2001

In soviet russia, computer watches video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9g9FXdGDMww

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEeNbkvVE7g&t=1110s

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ArVid

# ? Jun 25, 2017 17:36

akadajet: Sep 14, 2003

imagine going to work in a button up and khakis instead of a t-shirt and shorts. *shudders*

# ? Jun 25, 2017 17:36

Silver Alicorn: Mar 30, 2008; 𝓪 𝓻𝓮𝓭 𝓹𝓪𝓷𝓭𝓪 𝓲𝓼 𝓪 𝓬𝓾𝓻𝓲𝓸𝓾𝓼 𝓼𝓸𝓻𝓽 𝓸𝓯 𝓬𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓽𝓾𝓻𝓮

akadajet posted:

imagine going to work

# ? Jun 25, 2017 18:36

Slow-Scan Shep: Jul 11, 2001

whatever he's working on, it's probably the jp mario 2 (aka lost levels). the fds wasn't around until 1986

# ? Jun 25, 2017 21:16

Hammerite: Mar 9, 2007; And you don't remember what I said here, either, but it was pompous and stupid.; Jade Ear Joe

SmokaDustbowl posted:

dude think how lovely japanese character support was back then

umm mario is actually an italian plumber??? fucker

# ? Jun 26, 2017 10:13

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# ? May 9, 2024 08:34

Condiv: May 7, 2008; Sorry to undo the effort of paying a domestic abuser $10 to own this poster, but I am going to lose my dang mind if I keep seeing multiple posters who appear to be Baloogan.

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mario is missing was originally supposed to be about mario searching the world for peach, but the original programmer was red-green colorblind

# ? Jun 26, 2017 12:26

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