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ponker on July 26, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: Typometer: A tool to measure and analyze the visua...

Does n64 have a frame buffer?

nwallin on July 27, 2020 [–]

Yes.

The N64 had a unified memory architecture, so the frame buffer was just a region of memory within the unified system RAM that was drawn to. The Z buffer was the same way. (assuming the programmer chose to enable to the Z buffer) It was still a frame buffer though.

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