Comments on: Now, Paranoia Radio! http://blog.thefurryone.net/2007/02/13/now-paranoia-radio/ Ramblings and musings of John Zeitler. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 01:10:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Ismail Saeed http://blog.thefurryone.net/2007/02/13/now-paranoia-radio/#comment-6508 Ismail Saeed Tue, 13 Feb 2007 17:15:41 +0000 http://blog.thefurryone.net/2007/02/13/now-paranoia-radio/#comment-6508 Kirby's Adventure is "large"? I finished it in one sitting on emulation when I just went to inspect what the ROM was years ago. It was really fun, I will say, and it's not the only game I played in my youth which would've been a one-sitting game now, but yeah, it doesn't strike me as particularly large. How large is the filesize of the ROM itself? (Wii VC size can't be equal comparison due to added encryption) No, the truth is, although Super NES games tended to larger sizes, they didn't necessarily have to be all that large to do a lot. At least, speaking in terms of size considerations today. There are NES games and SNES games that were at most 256-512k apart in size. I did find it funny how long it took to download Super Mario Brothers. 40 k + encryption + attached functionality (instructions I guess?) took a while... :P Hmm. Kid Icarus. You know, the truth is I have the cartridge and didn't get around to playing much "yet" (I did intend to play through eventually) so I'm not sure money spent on this would be that wise, but damn... it's KID ICARUS! Kirby’s Adventure is “large”? I finished it in one sitting on emulation when I just went to inspect what the ROM was years ago. It was really fun, I will say, and it’s not the only game I played in my youth which would’ve been a one-sitting game now, but yeah, it doesn’t strike me as particularly large. How large is the filesize of the ROM itself? (Wii VC size can’t be equal comparison due to added encryption)

No, the truth is, although Super NES games tended to larger sizes, they didn’t necessarily have to be all that large to do a lot. At least, speaking in terms of size considerations today. There are NES games and SNES games that were at most 256-512k apart in size.

I did find it funny how long it took to download Super Mario Brothers. 40 k + encryption + attached functionality (instructions I guess?) took a while… :P

Hmm. Kid Icarus. You know, the truth is I have the cartridge and didn’t get around to playing much “yet” (I did intend to play through eventually) so I’m not sure money spent on this would be that wise, but damn… it’s KID ICARUS!

]]> By: John http://blog.thefurryone.net/2007/02/13/now-paranoia-radio/#comment-6507 John Tue, 13 Feb 2007 16:54:03 +0000 http://blog.thefurryone.net/2007/02/13/now-paranoia-radio/#comment-6507 My best guess is that the Wii's internal memory is 256 MB, divided into just over 2000 "blocks" (given that my 128 MB SD card has about 950 blocks free). I've yet to buy a VC game that's larger than 40 blocks or so, but that's not saying much-- I've not purchased any N64 games. Remarkably, SNES SimCity is 33 blocks while NES Kirby is 27. Either one's compressed or they're both pretty similar in size... which would follow, as Kirby was one of the larger NES games near the end of the machine's lifespan. My best guess is that the Wii’s internal memory is 256 MB, divided into just over 2000 “blocks” (given that my 128 MB SD card has about 950 blocks free). I’ve yet to buy a VC game that’s larger than 40 blocks or so, but that’s not saying much– I’ve not purchased any N64 games. Remarkably, SNES SimCity is 33 blocks while NES Kirby is 27. Either one’s compressed or they’re both pretty similar in size… which would follow, as Kirby was one of the larger NES games near the end of the machine’s lifespan.

]]> By: Ismail Saeed http://blog.thefurryone.net/2007/02/13/now-paranoia-radio/#comment-6504 Ismail Saeed Tue, 13 Feb 2007 15:43:30 +0000 http://blog.thefurryone.net/2007/02/13/now-paranoia-radio/#comment-6504 I'm not sure I'm up to listening to the piece. However, don't worry, it's one person with one opinion. They're just worried about their own kids and speaking out loud about it. Most parents extend their thoughts about their kids further than that anyway. Kid Icarus dropped on the VC? Woop! Ah, and the title is Ice Climber, unless they retconned it by listing it as "Climbers." Hey, how much space does the Wii have on its save memory? Just seeing how much "going to town" on NES games on my nephew's Wii would be too much. I’m not sure I’m up to listening to the piece.

However, don’t worry, it’s one person with one opinion. They’re just worried about their own kids and speaking out loud about it. Most parents extend their thoughts about their kids further than that anyway.

Kid Icarus dropped on the VC? Woop!

Ah, and the title is Ice Climber, unless they retconned it by listing it as “Climbers.”

Hey, how much space does the Wii have on its save memory? Just seeing how much “going to town” on NES games on my nephew’s Wii would be too much.

]]>