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Sega's Genesis also known as
Mega Drive was one of the two
rivals of it's time(the other
being the SNES). The Genesis
also had two addons, the 32
bit extension called 32X and
the CD-Rom drive called Mega
CD.
Specs:
- CPU: Motorola 68000 at 7.61
MHz
- 1 MByte (8 Mbit) ROM Area
- 64 KByte RAM Area
Co-Processor: Z80 @ 4 MHz
(Not Present in MK-1631)
- Controls PSG (Programmable
Sound Generator) & FM
Chips
- 8 KBytes of dedicated
Sound Ram
Graphics:
- 64 simultaneous colors
of 512 color pallete.
- Pixel resolution: 320
x 224
- VDP (Video Display Processor)
- 3 Planes: 2 scrolling
playfields, 1 sprite plane
Sound:
- PSG (TI 76489 chip)
- FM chip (Yamaha YM 2612)
- 6-channel stereo
- 8 KBytes RAM
- Signal/Noise Ratio: 14dB
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