[HN Gopher] Street Fighter II, Spin when you can't
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       Street Fighter II, Spin when you can't
        
       Author : ibobev
       Score  : 132 points
       Date   : 2021-12-24 11:21 UTC (11 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (fabiensanglard.net)
 (TXT) w3m dump (fabiensanglard.net)
        
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       | markus_zhang wrote:
       | Love this Fabien guy. Every piece in in depth research on curious
       | topics. Very entertaining.
        
       | nsxwolf wrote:
       | I always thought this effect looked janky, even on a CRT.
        
         | skhr0680 wrote:
         | I think it shows how much raw computing power we have now and
         | how much we take it for granted. "What do you mean it couldn't
         | rotate sprites? Why didn't they just rotate the sprites?"
        
       | G3rn0ti wrote:
       | I must admit I did not know MAME is able to emulate the SNES.
       | Does it run Genesis games, too? I only used MAME to run Neo Geo
       | and other arcade games.
        
         | Keyframe wrote:
         | My sweet dude, MAME can run IRIX even! For years i longed for
         | an IRIX emulator and it was there all along. It's not oerfect
         | of course, but MAME overall is just plain great.
        
           | eb0la wrote:
           | Thanks for the tip! I have somewhere in the basement Irix 5.x
           | CDs and I would like to play a bit before trying to resurrect
           | an old SGI Indigo
        
         | fredoralive wrote:
         | The MESS emulator was merged into MAME a few years ago so it
         | gained non-arcade emulation.
        
       | peanut_worm wrote:
       | With how much work went into the sprites and animations for SF2
       | you would think the title screen would have got more scrutiny
        
         | skhr0680 wrote:
         | The guy punching the other guy out is pretty iconic IMO
        
       | schnitzelstoat wrote:
       | The SNES version is one of the first games I ever remember
       | playing. And I played it a lot.
       | 
       | I really love these articles.
        
         | lostgame wrote:
         | I still regularly play the insanely solid Saturn port
         | practically every other day. What a solid title.
        
           | zyemuzu wrote:
           | The Saturn was a powerhouse for sprite based games, it's a
           | console I'll keep playing as long as I'm able to buy the
           | capacitors to repair them!
        
         | flatiron wrote:
         | They really are the best. So I'm depth but at the same time
         | very accessible.
        
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