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HowStuffWorks: How Video Game Systems Work

HSW: "Video games have been around since the early 1970s. The first commercial arcade video game, Computer Space by Nutting Associates, was introduced in 1971. In 1972, Atari introduced Pong to the arcades. An interesting item to note is that Atari was formed by Nolan Bushnell, the man who developed Computer Space. He left Nutting Associates to found Atari, which then produced Pong, the first truly successful commercial arcade video game. "

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riddlesticks5360d ago

I love howstuffworks!

For the forward thinkers among us, get the "Stuff You Should Know" podcast from howstuffworks.com

:D

Pandamobile5360d ago (Edited 5360d ago )

According to HowStuffWorks, the PS3's CPU is nearly identical to the ones found in the G5 Mac computers from 2005.

:|

They also compare its transistor count to the Intel Pentium Extreme Edition 965 (which is terrible by today's standards).

Pandamobile5360d ago

Nothing. Just pointing that out.

LostDjinn5360d ago (Edited 5360d ago )

What you're saying is pretty one-sided. Why are you leaving out the rest of what the piece says?
http://electronics.howstuff...

Oh, and what are current computer CPU's based on?

I'll just leave you with the last line of the article on the Cell.
"All of this amounts to unprecedented power for a piece of consumer electronics."

Pandamobile5360d ago

What hate?

"All of this amounts to unprecedented power for a piece of consumer electronics."

Unprecedented for 2005 hardware. The cell's not that great by today's standards.

LostDjinn5360d ago

I'll answer it for you.
Let's take, say, the i7.
It's based on the Conroe architecture first released in 2006. The same year the Cell released. Care to guess which is the better CPU for gaming, video or audio? Which has more cache memory? Which has more power?
Now you're correct in that today’s CPU's are ahead of the Cell in most tasks. You do however seem to be overlooking the fact that a G5 is what the Cell is based on. Not what the Cell is.

As for your "what hate?" question, "According to HowStuffWorks, the PS3's CPU is nearly identical to the ones found in the G5 Mac computers from 2005.

:|

They also compare its transistor count to the Intel Pentium Extreme Edition 965 (which is terrible by today's standards)." tell me that's not a backhand.

Pandamobile5360d ago (Edited 5360d ago )

No, the i7 is Nehalem. The Core 2 series was Conroe. Nehalem was made in 2008.

The i7 has more L2 cache too.

The only thing the Cell will beat a modern CPU at is video encoding. That's about it.

LostDjinn5360d ago

My comparison was between Cell and Conroe.
Look Panda. The Cell is being beaten now by current chips but not by as much as you let on. It's bound to happen. It's taken a long time in tech terms to get there though.
If I were to say my PS3 beats my work station (not the little Pentium D I use for surfing or my 360 for that matter, as it does) I'd be lying. I've got an i7 (that's the work station) and it blows the Cell away in almost all areas. After three years of the Cell being released, how by the grace of God could it be any other way? For what it is, the Cell is still a very nice piece of equipment. To state otherwise seems to be an attempt on you part to downplay that fact.

Pandamobile5359d ago

I know it's still pretty good.

But it's no where near as good as the PS3 fanboys play it out to be. I'm not really badmouthing it.

LostDjinn5359d ago

I'm glad we had this little back and forth.
It shows me you're no fanboy yourself.
;)
Good to have met you.

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Ranking the Devil May Cry Series

VGChartz's Mark Nielsen: "Upon finally finishing Devil May Cry 5 recently - after it spent several years on my “I’ll play that soon” list - I considered giving it a fittingly-named Late Look article. However, considering that this was indeed the final piece I was missing in the DMC puzzle, I decided to instead take this opportunity to take a look back at the entirety of this genre-defining series and rank the entries. What also made this a particularly tempting notion was that while most high-profile series have developed fairly evenly over time, with a few bumps on the road, the history of Devil May Cry has, at least in my eyes, been an absolute roller coaster, with everything from total disasters to action game gold."

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VersusDMC3h ago

First to last for me...3,4,5,1,2.

VersusDMC1h ago

Me leaving it out should be telling of my thoughts on it. Better than 2 as a DMC game.

Still a good game though.

Friendlygamer2h ago

3,1,4,5 to me, never played 2. 5 gameplay is amazing but level design was really disappointing to me, just a bunch of plain arenas, the story felt like a worse written rehash of the 3rd and the charater models looked weird ( specially the ladies ). Another problem with 5 was that there was not enough content for 3 charaters so I could never really familiarize with any of them

monkey6022h ago(Edited 2h ago)

2.
Dmc.
4.
5.
1.
3.

God DMC2 was an awful game.
And in case this isn't obvious it goes worst to best

Yui_Suzumiya18m ago

1 and DmC. The rest are unimportant.

DarXyde11m ago

Order changes depending on your focus. I tend to focus on gameplay/fun factor, so...

5, 3, 1, 4, 2.

I really didn't like 4 but commend Dante's weapon diversity. The retreading of old ground was pretty unacceptable to me.

But even then... Still more enjoyable than 2 for me

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Marvel: Ultimate Alliance Has Appeared On The Xbox Store

Activision and Raven Software's 2006 action role-playing game, Marvel: Ultimate Alliance, has found its way to the Xbox Store.

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LG_Fox_Brazil8h ago

Used to love this one, but X-Men Legends 1 and 2 will always be my favorites, especially Rise of Apocalypse. Would pay some good money to play it today with online multiplayer, back then I had no way to get a modem

RavenWolfx1m ago

Yeah, I loved the Legends games so much.

ZeekQuattro7h ago

I remember buying them dirt cheap on the PS4 and then a few days later I read they were delisted. I was wondering why the bundle was price so low and got my answer when that happened.

Knightofelemia5h ago(Edited 5h ago)

Sad to say this is one game franchise next to the Xmen that needs a sequel. I use to play the hell out of Xmen Legends and Marvel Ultimate Alliance. Was great when my cousin had the OG Xbox play with four other people and then playing online. Great games glad to see it reappear even though I own the discs love the mechanics of this game.

Terry_B5h ago

It got a sequel..but for dumbass #reasons as a switch exclusive.

shinoff21835h ago

It looked so horrible to. They should've kept it similar to the first two.

Asplundh5h ago

Because Nintendo funded it, they did the same for Bayonetta.

Knightofelemia4h ago

I totally forgot about the Switch sequel.

jukins5h ago

Misleading. This page is whats available for people who owned the game prior to delisting.

Abnor_Mal4h ago

The first game was the best imo.

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Comedy Central New Animated Series Based on Golden Axe

Get the scoop on Comedy Central's exciting new cartoon show inspired by the iconic Golden Axe video game

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Knightofelemia1d 3h ago (Edited 1d 3h ago )

Golden Axe is a great game I enjoyed it on the SMS, Genesis and in the arcade. Great game but it truly was a quarter eater back in the day. I wish Sega could get the rights to the arcade port of Moonwalker another great arcade game I enjoyed. Collect so many monkeys and become Robo Michael lol.