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Title: Do later Hu cards have Bank switching, extra ram etc....?
Post by: dsi0103 on October 10, 2007, 12:38:00 PM: For example, Street Fighter have the largest ROM capacity but does that wonderful game have a extra RAM on the Hu card itself.

Thanks,
Title: Re: Do later Hu cards have Bank switching, extra ram etc....?
Post by: SignOfZeta on October 10, 2007, 01:09:12 PM: None do, and I don't really see why they would need to.

There is one HuCard game with battery save (Populous), but that's about it.
Title: Re: Do later Hu cards have Bank switching, extra ram etc....?
Post by: Joe Redifer on October 10, 2007, 01:58:47 PM: I'm pretty sure that Street Fighter II uses bank switching. I think the HuCard limit without it is 8 MEGA POWER. Super Street Fighter on the Genesis has 40 MEGA POWER and it also uses bank switching since the Genesis can only handle 32 or less. Same goes for the Neo Geo and it's games above 380 MEGA POWER.
Title: Re: Do later Hu cards have Bank switching, extra ram etc....?
Post by: Black Tiger on October 10, 2007, 02:01:59 PM: Quote from: Joe Redifer on October 10, 2007, 01:58:47 PM
Same goes for the Neo Geo and it's games above 380 MEGA POWER.

You mean when they go beyond the Pro-Gear Spec? :wink:
Title: Re: Do later Hu cards have Bank switching, extra ram etc....?
Post by: Keranu on October 10, 2007, 03:58:17 PM: Quote from: Black Tiger on October 10, 2007, 02:01:59 PM
Quote from: Joe Redifer on October 10, 2007, 01:58:47 PM
Same goes for the Neo Geo and it's games above 380 MEGA POWER.

You mean when they go beyond the Pro-Gear Spec? :wink:
You're all gonna crap your pants when you play Neo Geo games with GIGA POWER!
Title: Re: Do later Hu cards have Bank switching, extra ram etc....?
Post by: Black Tiger on October 10, 2007, 04:02:42 PM: Quote from: Keranu on October 10, 2007, 03:58:17 PM
Quote from: Black Tiger on October 10, 2007, 02:01:59 PM
Quote from: Joe Redifer on October 10, 2007, 01:58:47 PM
Same goes for the Neo Geo and it's games above 380 MEGA POWER.

You mean when they go beyond the Pro-Gear Spec? :wink:
You're all gonna crap your pants when you play Neo Geo games with GIGA POWER!

I'm still 100 Mega Shocked! :shock:
Title: Re: Do later Hu cards have Bank switching, extra ram etc....?
Post by: Bonknuts on October 10, 2007, 04:05:39 PM: Quote from: dsi0103 on October 10, 2007, 12:38:00 PM
For example, Street Fighter have the largest ROM capacity but does that wonderful game have a extra RAM on the Hu card itself.

Thanks,

No. No games that I know of add extra ram on the hucard except system card 3.0 and the Arcade card. It would have been nice if they did. More RAM benefits games in that more complex compression could have been used (packing more animation and more tiles/sprites). Only 8k of ram can be pretty aggravating at times depending on what you're trying to do.