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The TurboGrafx-16, known as the PC Engine [a] outside North America, is a home video game console designed by Hudson Soft and sold by NEC Home Electronics.It was the first console marketed in the fourth generation, commonly known as the 16-bit era, however in actuality, the console has an 8-bit central processing unit (CPU) coupled with a 16-bit graphics processor, effectively making the claim ...
24-bit palette sample image 24 bit Palette Color Test Chart. This is a full list of color palettes for notable video game console hardware.. For each unique palette, an image color test chart and sample image (original True color version follows) rendered with that palette (without dithering unless otherwise noted) are given.
The PC Engine was the result of a collaboration between Hudson Soft and NEC and launched in Japan on October 30, 1987. It launched under the name TurboGrafx-16 in North America on August 29, 1989. Initially, the PC Engine was quite successful in Japan, partly due to titles available on the then-new CD-ROM format.
Sega Genesis Classics (released as Sega Mega Drive Classics in PAL regions) [a] is a series of compilations featuring Sega Genesis video games released for Windows, Linux, macOS, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch. The collections are split into "Volumes", with the first four receiving both physical and digital releases and the fifth ...
The Sega Genesis, known as the Mega Drive [b] outside North America, is a 16-bit fourth generation home video game console developed and sold by Sega. It was Sega's third console and the successor to the Master System. Sega released it in 1988 in Japan as the Mega Drive, and in 1989 in North America as the Genesis.
The second model, also known as the Sega CD 2, includes a steel joining plate to be screwed into the bottom of the Genesis and an extension spacer to work with the original Genesis model. [ 40 ] The main CPU of the Sega CD is a 12.5 MHz 16-bit Motorola 68000 processor, [ 15 ] [ 41 ] which runs 5 MHz faster than the Genesis processor. [ 20 ]
The Videogame Rating Council (V.R.C.) was introduced by Sega of America in 1993 to rate all video games that were released for sale in the United States and Canada on the Master System, Genesis, Game Gear, Sega CD, 32X, and Pico. The rating had to be clearly displayed on the front of the box, but their appearance in advertisements for the video ...
The successful Genesis yielded two major peripherals, the Sega CD and the 32X. Sega's new 32-bit Saturn console was launched in 1994. [ 5 ] Though selling 10.62 million units by March 1996 (including 1.78 million in Japan), [ 14 ] the Game Gear was never able to match the success of its main rival, the Game Boy, with ten times the sales. [ 8 ]