Video Game Programming

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Video Game Programming

• Radical Entertainment Inc.

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Console Architecture
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What is a Console?

• Consoles are dedicated game machines
• Current Consoles
• PS2
• XBox
• Dreamcast
• Game Cube

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Console components
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Example Playstation
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Differences between console and PC Game components

• TV Output
• No Harddrive
• No Virtual Memory
• No complex saved games
• Memory Cards
• Limited Memory
• Limited CPU power

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Benefits of Console programming

• Fixed target

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Game Design is often influenced by hardware
limitations

• PC games are often networked