And although the IrisPen's graphics mode lets you capture bit-map images, its narrow lens restricts it to a series of half-inch bands -- and you can't stitch a series of scans together.
Instead of randomly generating an entire, playable map, Firaxis's designers only use the CPU to generate a "height map" that contains simple coordinates and 8-bit height values.
Interestingly for the few of you out there who listen to compressed music, Pioneer has included some voodoo technology called Bit Map Expander that supposedly is capable of "filling in" areas of music that are missing after compression -- not that you'll notice it over the din of your rocket powered car.