anyone around when it came out will remember the excitement of super mario twins

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all that fancy tech and yet if it bumps into the smallest pebble it FUCKING EXPLODES.

Well, the 3D wasn’t the best and it lacked the “true” transparencies that helped both 2D and 3D games (something other consoles had). It also didn’t have the video processing of the PSX.

Bad hardware design (with its difficult development) is what helped tank it. It had a great head start in sales, but quickly lost out to the PlayStation.

I know it had some decent 2D games available (the Saturn version of X-Men vs. Street Fighter is the only one that was nearly arcade-perfect), but what exactly was the hardware specialized for?

Despite the literal mountains of shit that has come out of China, they are capable of making some nice things.

The RG35XX hit the right spot of having “good enough” hardware at a low price. It’s been a smash success.

If you look at something like the RG353M, it costs more than twice as much as the RG35XX, is a little faster, but its design feels ultra premium like something Samsung or even Apple would make. It’s compact, metal, and has quite a bit of heft.