-=> On The 01 Apr 98  11:43:16 Dave screamed Re: Cartridge Space at Tom <=-
 -=> Quoting Tom Arkhit to Dave Morrow <=-
 
 DM> I though megabits were less. But there is another thing i read that
 DM> says that psx games and n64 games take up ABOUT  the ssame amoubnt of
 DM> space for the Actual games  
 DM> then the psx just adds movies and sound. 
 
 TA> An average PS game (Excluding the FMV) uses up more space than an
 TA> average N64  game, but The n64 uses Cart Compression (like the old 
 TA> Genesis/Snes carts that could store almost a 100 megabit in 
 TA> a 32 megabit cart)..
 TA> Compare Turok on PC & N64, Virtually identical games but 
 TA> the N64 version only takes up 64 megabit (8 Megabyte) of 
 TA> space..
 TA> With todays compression techniques you could theoretically 
 TA> fit 150 Megabyte on a cart (256 megabit cart)
 DM> But you don't see cd games that use all their space for
 DM> games. It's mostly all the extra's like cd quality music
 DM> and movies and sounds effects.
Exactly..
 DM> Compare Mortal Kombat Mytholigies on psx (whats the x for? ) and
 DM> the n64. Both are the same. But the n64's version doesn't have
 DM> cut scenes. But it does include screen shots from psx's movies.
And both versions are bad..  ;)
 DM> WWF WARZONE is the same: Both versions are indentical, but psx
 DM> has each wrestler's music when he enters the ring. And it has
 DM> movies.
Warzone is said to have each wrestlers theme music..  But it's not out for 
another two weeks tho', So we'll just have to wait & see..
L8r
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