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 his initial reluctance, Johnson agreed to run for re-election for governor in 1855, and became the nominee at the party convention.

Despite vocal opposition from Contre-Admiral Armand Blanquet, who insisted that the fleet would be best able to respond in open water, the rest of the captains agreed that anchoring in a line of battle inside the bay presented the strongest tactic for confronting Nelson.

Despite Oakland's accomplishments, and the fact that most experts agreed that this was the weakest of the all the Packer NFL championship teams, the Packers were 14-point favorites to win the Super Bowl.

Despite this, his mother and Elizabeth Woodville agreed Henry should move to claim the throne, and once he had taken it, he would marry Woodville's daughter, Elizabeth of York, uniting the two rival Houses.

Despite his strong dislike of Wegener, Raeder agreed that it had been a huge mistake on the part of Germany not to have occupied Norway, the " Gate to the Atlantic " in 1914 as control of Norway would allowed Germany to escape the North Sea by breaking the British distant blockade.

Despite this on the evening of May 31, 1879, Harrison agreed to allow Louis to scout in a forward party scheduled to leave in the morning, in the mistaken belief that the path ahead was free of Zulu skirmishers.

Despite the appeal of Bracks, Kennett entered the 1999 election campaign with a seemingly unassailable lead, and most commentators and opinion polls agreed that he would win a third term.

Despite this, Thiệu agreed to join the coup against Diệm in November 1963 in the midst of the Buddhist crisis, leading the siege on Gia Long Palace.

Despite not having entered any contest, he promptly told Mario about the mansion and the two agreed to meet up outside it that evening.

Despite receiving financing from other sources, including Saul Zaentz ( who agreed to distribute the soundtrack album on his Fantasy Records label ), the budget was tight enough to exclude pencil tests, so Bakshi had to test the animation by flipping an animator's drawings in his hand before they were inked and painted.

Despite political grandstanding from the Calderón administration calling of an earlier withdrawal, the Navy left Vieques on May 1, 2003, the very same date President Clinton and Governor Rosselló had agreed upon.

Despite his promise not to tour following Tammi Terrell's death, due to pressure from fans and Motown, Gaye agreed to his first tour in four years, starting off at the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum on January 4, 1974.

Despite poor sales, Decca agreed to finance the band's second album Shades of a Blue Orphanage, released in March 1972.

Despite its official isolation, however, the government in Mmabatho managed to set up a trade mission in Tel Aviv, Israel, and conducted some business with neighbouring Botswana in an effort to sway attitudes ; furthermore, Botswana agreed on " informal arrangements " short of official recognition in order to facilitate cross-border travel.

Despite the show's steady decline, ABC agreed to a fourth season of Mork & Mindy, but executives wanted changes.

Despite differing opinions and battles that raged furiously, Dunne eventually agreed to marry him and leave the theater.

Despite the ongoing tensions between Chrysler and Mitsubishi, they agreed to unite in a vehicle manufacturing operation in Normal, Illinois.

Despite it being a Sunday and therefore illegal, he agreed to open the bar and served the visiting war party with beer.

Despite a great deal of evidence to the contrary, the judge agreed with his employer ’ s claim that there was no way to know if his relationship was legitimate.

Despite the event, officials and athletes agreed that the games should continue as planned.

Despite their differences, the two movements agreed on several critical issues.

Despite this the NICRA felt it had made some ground and agreed to postpone its marches.

Despite the growing alliance between Wilson and the Prime Minister, Wilson was a “ Westerner ” and agreed with Robertson that British heavy guns should not be sent to Italy or Salonika.

Despite having won the duel, John agreed to join his band and fight alongside him.