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- Sega Genesis
- -lived market dominance over Nintendo (in Europe, at least). Releasing on August 14th, 1989 in North A... 64KB of RAM/VRAM, and the ability to output video at 320×224/256×224 (progressive) or 320×448/256×448 (interlaced) at maximum 61 colors on screen from a palette of 512... this success wouldn't last long for Sega, as the Saturn would promptly send the company into a downwar
- Super Nintendo Entertainment System
- rtainment System ====== Nintendo's highly anticipated followup to the NES, which was a success only matched in market power by the Sega Genesis. Releasin... 39 (progressive) or 512×448/512×478 (interlaced), at up to 32768 colors. These are quite powerful specifications, mostly defeating it's competitor in raw powe
- Philips CD-i
- ====== Philips CD-i ====== A "media format standard" created by Phillips in 1990, which was targeted by a variety of "players". With the first CD-i compatible player releasing on December 3rd, 1991 in North America, the format's biggest claim to fame are it's notoriously bad
- NEC TurboGrafx-16
- ====== NEC TurboGrafx-16 ====== NEC's only attempt of entering the US video games market. Releasing o... rket share in North America, despite pitting a relatively successful fight against Nintendo over in Japan. Featuring a Hudson HuC6280 6502-based CPU, 8 KB of RAM + 64 KB of VRAM, and up to 482 colors at 256x224 to 512x242 (may be wrong - colors may red
- 4th Generation
- ====== 4th Generation ====== The 4th generation of home game consoles, commonly considered as having began in 1989 with... and 1996 (release of the N64). Possibly the generation with the 2nd highest amount of potential for E... e capabilities of this era contrasted with the relative lack of interesting programs for much of this
- Commodore CDTV
- ====== Commodore CDTV ====== Commodore's first attempt of making an Amiga-based game console (+ enter... r 640x200 with 16 colors), it's quite a miracle that Commodore managed to make a sort of followup to t... //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_CDTV ===== Operating Systems (Motorola 68000) ===== === AmigaOS 1.... ot as simple as this... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQ4gRTyR7BQ&t=980s https://www.gregdonner.or
- Tandy/Memorex Video Information System
- ====== Tandy/Memorex Video Information System ====== An absolutely ridiculous attempt by Tandy to create a CD-i style gaming+media device, which was based off of a weird embedded version of Windows 3.1, and available only at Radio Shack stores. Released sometime in 1992 in
- SNK Neo Geo AES
- prices and a genre-limited game library. Specifications-wise, the AES has a Motorola 68k CPU with Zil... Version & Revision Guide ===== For general information, see the [[eop:essays:game_console_revisions_o... and the memory card slot. The entire console is flat, rectangular, and in black, with a gold Neo Geo l... number, it’s one of these. These systems have great RGB output, but perfecting it does require changi
- SNK Neo Geo CD
- === SNK Neo Geo CD ====== SNK's hamfisted effort at making the Neo Geo more "appealing" to customers.... ary 15th, 1996 in North America, the Neo Geo CD features a Motorola 68k CPU, 7MB of RAM for various sy... em functions, and an output resolution of 302x224 at 65535 colors. It was not really successful, as it... Version & Revision Guide ===== For general information, see the [[eop:essays:game_console_revisions_o