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Sure, but the snes game came with a second processor, you might not have counted that. (But it probably doesn't matter)


What I mean is that the SNES cartridge for Super Mario RPG had a SA1 enhancement chip which is a processor that's faster than the one shipped with the original console, the Ricoh 5A22.

So unlike most games today which are mostly a ROM device, SNES games were actual computers on a cartridge.


Oh I see.. I thought you were saying that the switch cartridge had an embedded controller that was faster than the SNES processor (and probably the SA1 chip too)


In a roundabout way, yes.

But I think they were saying the chip in the cartridge this time is faster than the chip in the cartridge last time (which was still faster than the SNES's processor)




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