Edit: Of course the bit rate was pretty damn low as well. Here’s a comparison video I found. This comparison uses the higher bit rate version from the Shrek GBA video cart not the Shrek+Shark Tale video cart though so keep in mind, this is the better version.
Not gonna lie, 112p video is actually kinda amazing for a gameboy advanced cartridge. I dunno how much space that’d take up, but I’d bet it’s more than your typical GBA cart.
Yes, there were way more efficient ways to store video on the go in the 2000s, like MiniDVD players with tiny screens. The codec is in firmware and the video format and medium is standardized. It’s the easiest way to sell small, cheap gigabytes of storage if you need no quick random access. And the family might already have the more useful laptop-like portable DVD player with a full-sized drive and almost every home video title was available on those.
Sweet sweet digitally compressed movies. Two of em, 64 mb total. The next best thing I can remember were PSP movies, l my parents of course never let me buy them, but my buddy had a copy of Final Fantasy Advent Children, a whole 1.8 gb (if two sided). Glorious handheld videos to watch during a bus ride home.
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