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The 3dfx Voodoo Worked So Well Nobody Saw the Problem (playstationcouch.com)
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The 3dfx Voodoo wasn’t the first 3D card, or the most complete. It was the first that made games feel smooth. Four years later, Nvidia bought what was left of the company. What went wrong? #Voodoo #Gaming

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[-] RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 6 points 21 hours ago

To be fair, the N64 was ahead of most PCs at the time, antialiasing wasn't a common option on PCs at a comparative price point, but on N64 it was default.

[-] creamfresh@lemmy.world 3 points 21 hours ago

I was a kid and was only bummed that video and sample-based audio was out of the question in most cases.

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