Sega Saturn

Saturn was Sega's first next generation system that had a build in CD-Rom unit (Mega CD was just an addon for the Genesis). It came in direct confilct with Sony's Playstation (1) and lost (speaking with the global sales in mind).

Specs:

Two Hitachi SH2 32-bit RISC @ 28.6MHz One Hitachi SH1 32-bit RISC VDP 1 32-bit video display processor VDP 2 32-bit video display processor Saturn Control Unit (SCU) Motorola 68EC000 sound processor DSP sound processor 2 Megabytes (16 megabits) RAM 1.54 Megabytes (12 megabits) VRAM (Video RAM) 540 Kilobytes (4 megabits) Audio RAM 540 Kilobytes (4 megabits) CD-ROM Cache VDP 1 32-bit video display processor sprite, polygon, and geometry engine dual 256KB frame buffers for rotation and scaling effects Texture Mapping Goraud Shading 512KB cache for textures VDP 2 32-bit background and scroll plane video display processor 320 Kilobytes/Second Transfer Speed background engine 5 simulataneous scrolling backgrounds 2 simultaneous rotating playfields 200,000 Texture Mapped Polygons/Second 500,000 Flat Shaded Polygons/Second up to 60 frames per second animation Satourne Satourne 2.0 Beta3 Download SSF SSF 0.11 alpha R1 Download Yabause Yabause 0.9.7 Download Saturnin Saturnin 0.40 Download

24-bit true color graphics 16. Million Available Colors 320x224, 640x224, and 720x576 Resolution Yamaha 24-bit Digital Signal Processor @ 22.6MHz Motorola 68EC000 sound processor @ 11.3MHz 32 PCM (Pulse Code Modulation) Channels 8 FM (Frequency Modulation) Channels 44.1 khz Sampling Rate CD-ROM (2X) Audio CD Compatible CD+G Compatible CD+EG Compatible CD Single (8 cm CD) Compatible Optional - Video CD, Photo CD, EBook, Digital Karaoke Optional - 512KB Memory Cartridges for game save High speed serial communications port Internal 32-bit Expansion port Internal Multi AV Port for optional Video CD (MPEG) adapter Composite Video/Stereo (Standard) NTSC RF (Optional) S-Video Compatible (Optional) RGB Compatible (Optional) HDTV Compatible (Optional) Analog Control Pad (x2)