Sega Saturn
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Video game console, 1994, Sega. The Saturn is Sega's 32-bit CD-ROM console, released in Japan in November 1994 and in Europe in July 1995. It has two Hitachi SH-2 processors and two video processors, an architecture that excelled at 2D arcade games and fighting games such as Virtua Fighter 2 but proved hard to program for 3D, and it lost the generation to the PlayStation outside Japan. About 9 million were sold.
| Years | 1994 to 1998 |
|---|---|
| Processors | 2 x Hitachi SH-2 at 28.6 MHz, plus a 68000 for sound |
| RAM | 2 MB plus 1.5 MB video RAM and 512 KB sound RAM |
| Graphics | VDP1 and VDP2, up to 704 x 480, 16.7 million colours |
| Sound | Yamaha YMF292 with 32 channels |
| Media | CD-ROM |
| Controllers | 2 ports, gamepads, analogue 3D controller |
| Storage | internal battery-backed memory, cartridge slot |
| Price (1995) | £399 in Europe |
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