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How was a software-emulation of a chipset doing something that Pleasance could see but hardware couldn't do back then?
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I didn't watch the video so I can't be sure what you are talking about, but during development emulating a chipset in software is commonly done these days. I would bet that is how they developed Hombre - not the hard way like Jay Miner did with the Lorraine prototype.
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All this Hombre stuff sounds like a Commodore Wunderwaffe to me. Yes, with more foresight perhaps Commodore could have made the Playstation but they would have had to start such a project much earlier.
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I don't think they would have been able to start it much earlier. But the Playstation itself nearly didn't happen, so in an alternate universe it's possible Commodore might have pulled it off. Only problem is there were other consoles with 3D coming out that it would have to compete against.
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We got the technology anyway, just as much Amiga-incompatible as Hombre would have been. So why should we care?
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We shouldn't. Hombre is just a historical curiosity.