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The r4000 tag on WindowsForum.com covers discussions about the Space Cadet Pinball frame-rate issue, where the game drew frames as fast as possible, hitting around 5,000 FPS on newer hardware. This anecdote from Dave Plummer and Raymond Chen highlights a classic Windows engineering challenge: a design choice from an era of constrained hardware became a CPU-hogging oddity as processors evolved. The fix—a simple frame-rate limiter—restored balance and performance. The tag is relevant for those interested in Windows history, software engineering, and troubleshooting legacy applications on modern systems.
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    Space Cadet Pinball: 5,000 FPS, the Frame-Rate Fix, and Windows Engineering

    Dave Plummer’s confession that his port of 3D Pinball for Windows — the Space Cadet table so many of us grew up with — once drew frames “as fast as it could” and reportedly hit roughly 5,000 FPS on newer hardware has resurfaced a powerful, funny and instructive moment in Windows engineering...
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