Despite having the capability to support sound chips in cartridges, almost no 7800 cartridges feature POKEY hardware for enhanced sound.

Despite having no experience with women, their other signature traits are a shared obsession with sex, and their tendency to chuckle and giggle whenever they hear words or phrases that can even remotely be construed as sexual or scatological.

Despite having lost the test series to South Africa by game three, the Lions won the final test.

Despite his ferocious reputation though, there are no verified accounts of his ever having murdered or harmed those he held captive.

Despite having a simple architecture, Berkeley DB supports many advanced database features such as ACID transactions, fine-grained locking, hot backups and replication.

Despite its faintness, Capricornus has one of the oldest mythological associations, having been consistently represented as a hybrid of a goat and a fish since the Middle Bronze Age.

" Despite having the quote presented to a notable organisation, it has also appeared in books such as " The Most Stupid Words Ever Spoken " as it is deemed by some Westerners as a prime example of a lack of understanding of foreign culinary traditions in the Western world.

Despite both forces having similar numbers, the Japanese were easily defeated due to the Ming cannon.

Despite having a tremendous chronology, their use was not at all consistent or unchanging.

Despite opinion that such a voyage was impossible and his having retired, Slocum rebuilt a derelict sloop Spray and sailed her single-handed around the world.

Despite having the stronger army, Carinus held the weaker position.

Despite having no debris shields, the spacecraft survived the comet passage intact.

Despite having invented much of the technology of software, Dijkstra eschewed the use of computers in his own work for many decades.

Despite not having a civil ensign, the EU's Fishery Inspection teams display a blue and yellow pennant.

Despite the efficacy of epilepsy surgery, some patients decide not to undergo surgery owing to fear or the uncertainty of having a brain operation.

Despite popular lore, it seems unlikely that he reached Cape Horn or the eponymous Drake Passage, because his descriptions do not fit the first and his shipmates denied having seen an open sea.

Despite having " lost " its Soviet periphery, Russia has 9 time zones, stretching slightly over half the world's longitude.

Despite having direct access to Hitler, Heydrich's loyalty to Himmler remained firm.

Despite opposing the United States in favour of the Sandanistas on the country's northern border, stern warnings against the US Bay of Pigs invasion, along with repelling Nicaraguan dictator Somoza's invasion after turning to the Organization of American States, and border disputes with Nicaragua, Costa Rica has held firmly to its belief against ever having a military.

Despite having the go-ahead runs on base, Smith was able to escape the inning without any further damage.

Despite having just turned 21, Cronje was made captain of Orange Free State for the 1990-91 season.

Despite this, the office was not legally hereditary, and the heir could not title himself " Emperor " without having been personally elected.

Despite having defeated Prussia at the Battle of Langensalza, the city of Hanover became a Prussian provincial capital.

Despite having interest rates down near zero for a long period of time, the Quantitative easing strategy did not succeed in stopping price deflation.

Despite Valenti's two-year marriage to Johnson's personal secretary, the investigation focused on rumors that he was having a gay relationship with a commercial photographer friend.

Despite suffering heavy defeats against the West Indies during the 1980s, England continued to do well in the Ashes.

Despite heavy casualties the Prussians attempted to storm the great battery, whilst the Danes, under Count Scholten, attempted to drive the French infantry out of the copses beyond the village.

Despite strenuous efforts, Captain Hood's isolated ship came under heavy fire and was unable to cut off the trailing Justice as the French survivors escaped seawards, Zealous being struck by a number of French shot and losing one man killed.

Despite his heavy drinking his liver showed no sign of cirrhosis.

Despite some initial success, bolstered by heavy advertising, the brand did not prove popular and was eventually withdrawn from sale.

Despite some increases in heavy industry in the economy during the 1970s and 1980s, Paraguayan industry was generally small-scale.

Despite heavy criticism from other religious groups, there are signs that Satanistic beliefs have become more socially tolerated.

Despite the heavy influence he drew from American hip hop in his debut album, Maxinquaye, he fights against typical sexual representations by, for example, dressing as a woman on the side sleeve of his album cover.

Despite the anime series itself being on hold, Sunrise gave artist Katsu Aki the existing production and character designs, resulting in the first manga series having the heavy shōnen feel and curvaceous Hitomi that was originally planned for the anime series.

Despite discussion of programs to require payments for resources ( especially water ) and to collect fines from heavy polluters, however, little has been accomplished.

Despite heavy lobbying in favour of one of the existing projects, it soon became apparent that private industry could not turn out a car for only 990RM.

Despite Von Kuhl's caution, two divisions, thirteen heavy batteries and twelve field batteries of artillery, three fighter squadrons and four other air force units were transferred from the Fourth Army.

Despite this, they won a complete victory, routing the enemy army from the field and inflicting heavy losses.

Despite his best efforts he was typically cast as a " heavy " ( villain ) or gangster.

Despite repeated assaults and heavy fighting, the Turks were unable to breach the defences and were forced to raise the siege after 22 days.

Despite its promising appearance and engineering novelty the Pipit did not fly as well as expected, the elevator being criticised as heavy while the rudder was weak and the type was longitudinally unstable.

Despite having inflicted heavy casualties against the Somalis, the two Delta snipers were too outnumbered and outgunned.

Despite the heavy bombardment, many of the German defenders had survived, protected in deep dugouts and they were able to inflict a terrible toll on the infantry.

Despite the heavy industrial component, services account for 74. 9 % of GDP, while agriculture accounts for only 1 % of GDP.

Despite this, there are also smaller parades and demonstrations on 1 July, the date which maps the old style date of the Boyne to the new style in the usual manner and which also commemorate the heavy losses of the 36th ( Ulster ) Division on the first day of the Battle of the Somme in July 1916.

Despite the demand for electrical consumer goods and large investments in heavy engineering and nuclear power, profits began to fall for the first time in the face of increasing competition and internal disorganisation.

Despite heavy preparations for defence against an amphibious assault, the Allied invasion took place well to the west in Normandy on D-Day.

Despite this, Philip resumed his march, and his troops became confused and disoriented due to heavy fog.

Despite the listing and the pool becoming closed to the public, the buildings were subjected to heavy vandalism.

Despite recent Republican dominance at the local office level, Clermont has seen heavy union and non-partisan influence in its politics.