DisplacedGamers

Why is Metroid so Laggy? Part 1 – Loading Rooms and Running out of Time – Behind the Code

I’ve wanted to do a video on the lag of Metroid since I first started Behind the Code, and that day (or period of about three months) has finally arrived. If you’ve played NES Metroid, you know there are many instances of unexplainable lag. No enemies on the screen, and it stutters. Why? We get […]

Ray Commend

Verizon and Amazon Working on Game Streaming Services

With the advent of 5G service looming on the horizon, it looks like both Amazon and Verizon are ready to take a piece of the gaming pie away from industry giants Microsoft, Nintendo, & Sony.  Recently, an article published by The Verge states that

SmokeMonster

Guardian Force Arcade – De-Lag Patch Playable on Darksoft STV Multi

Daifukkat.su AKA trap15 released a patch to cut down on some of the input latency built in to the Sega Titan ST-V Arcade game Guardian Force. GF is beautiful shoot ’em up, but suffers from 5-7 frames of input latency built in to the sloppy code. The patch removes 2 frames of lag from the […]