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SNES consoles appear to run faster with age — APU frequency increased by up to 182 Hz after 35 years (www.tomshardware.com)
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[–] kane@femboys.biz 82 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (3 children)

It is awesome to see how the environment affects electronics, and this is a prime example of such.

It’s also funny that this is impacting speed runners lol, imagine having an advantage/disadvantage based on the age of your console.

[–] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 23 points 16 hours ago

Congress will move swiftly to ban old consoles from competing with young consoles.

[–] TwanHE@lemmy.world 3 points 15 hours ago

Wouldn't be the weirdest thing, binning consoles and diskdrives is a common strat.