
The Dual-Processor Labyrinth: How Sega Saturn's Complex Architecture Doomed the Console
Eight specialized processors, square polygons instead of triangles, and a 90s programmer's nightmare. Why Sega's engineering masterpiece proved insurmountable.
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Eight specialized processors, square polygons instead of triangles, and a 90s programmer's nightmare. Why Sega's engineering masterpiece proved insurmountable.

John Carmack, John Romero, and id Software's seismic technological leap that reshaped PC gaming.