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Literally the only actual mention of "S-buffer" in the patent itself (other than the title) is this paragraph: With reference to FIG. 7, if 2×2 S buffered subpixels per pixel 60 are desired for better sampling, the pixel resolution can be increased by a factor of 4, and then a post filter ...

I believe the "S" stands for "span". As in a horizontal span of pixels (from left to right edge on the current line for the polygon). This is amazing insight, Matthew! I'm actually not sure, I saw this article but the "s-buffer" described in it seems to be different to...

I had been pondering for a while about exactly how translucency worked on the Model 3, but recently after studying this patent and looking into the Real3D firmware, I believe I may have discovered the key to how not just translucency, but also anti-aliasing is implemented on Model 3: the S-buffer. F...

I reckon it's probably their own emulator. The 2D and 3D layers are not quite lined up perfectly (this was fixed in Supermodel years ago), and the lighting is slightly different. Here's the game in Supermodel: https://i.ibb.co/dWCGVDv/daytona2.png And here's the game running in Like a Dragon Gaiden:...

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