Community projects like the "Parallel N64" graphics plugin and the "SM64 decomp" project allowed coders to uncouple the game from the N64's bottlenecks. They discovered that the game logic—Mario's movement, gravity, and speed—was often tied to the graphical rendering speed.
What an "optimized ROM" means
Community projects like the "Parallel N64" graphics plugin and the "SM64 decomp" project allowed coders to uncouple the game from the N64's bottlenecks. They discovered that the game logic—Mario's movement, gravity, and speed—was often tied to the graphical rendering speed.
What an "optimized ROM" means