From: gsnow@clark.edu (Gary Snow)
Newsgroups: rec.games.video
Subject: Re: sega VS snes
Date: 11 Dec 92 20:46:16 GMT
Article-I.D.: clark.1992Dec11.204616.18076
Organization: Clark College, Vancouver, Wa.  USA

In article <Bz3n54.4qx@unccsun.uncc.edu> drmcclin@uncc.edu writes:
>In article 724062145@dutepp6, Richard.Kooijman@dnpap.et.tudelft.nl (Richard Kooijman) writes:
>>
>>I am looking for the full specs of the SNES and MD to make my own
>>comparison of the two. Are they available somewhere or does somebody
>>have them? Could you email it then to me?
>
>______________________________________________________________________________
>|          | Neo Geo  |   SNES   | Genesis  |   TG-16  |    NES   | Sega M2  |
>|----------+----------+----------+----------+----------+----------+----------|
>|Bits (CPU)|   8 + 16 |       16 |       16 |    8 + 8 |        8 |        8 |
>|Bits (Gx) |       16 |       16 |       16 |       16 |        8 |        8 |
>|CPU       |     68000|    65816 |    68000 |   HuC6280|     6502 |      Z80 |
>|APU (Aud) |       Z80|  SPC???? |      Z80 |          |          |          |
>|MHz       |   12.5, 4|      3.6 |      7.6 |  3.6  3.6|      1.8 |      3.6 |
>|Graphics  | 320 x 224| 256 x 224| 320 x 224| 256 x 216| 256 x 240| 240 x 226|
>| -2nd mode|          | 512 x 448|          |512 x 262*|          |          |
>|Colors    |4096/65536| 256/32768|    64/512|  482/512*|     16/52|    52/256|
>|Sprites   |      380 |      128 |       80 |       64 |        8 |       16 |
>| - size   |  16 x 512|   32 x 32|   32 x 32|   32 x 64|    8 x 8 |    8 x 8 |
>|Audio     |   15-lyr |PCM 8-lyr |   10-lyr |    6-lyr |     mono |     mono |
>|RAM       | 64K+68Kgx|128K+64Kgx| 72K+64Kgx|  8K+64Kgx|  2K+ 2Kgx|        ? |
>|----------+----------+----------+----------+----------+----------+----------|
>|CD CPU/MHz|     none |     ?/21 |68000/12.5| 65802/16 |     none |     none |
>|CD RAM    |          |    1024K |     768K |   CD=64K |          |          |
>|          |          |          |          | SCD=256K |          |          |
>|----------+----------+----------+----------+----------+----------+----------|
>* This information has few sources and may be wrong.
>________________________________________________________
>|          |  GameBoy |   Lynx   | GameGear | TExpress |
>|----------+----------+----------+----------+----------|
>|Bits (CPU)|        8 |        8 |        8 |    8 + 8 |
>|Bits (Gx) |        8 |       16 |        8 |       16 |
>|CPU       |     6502 |     6502 |      Z80 | 6502 6502|
>|MHz (CPU) |      2.2 |      4.0 |      3.6 |      7.2 |
>|MHz (Gx)  |          |     16.0 |          |          |
>|ScreenSize|     2.6" |     3.5" |     3.2" |     2.6" |
>|Graphics  | 160 x 144| 160 x 102| 160 x 144| 256 x 216|
>|Colors    | mono (4) |  16/4096 |  32/4096 |  241/512 |
>|Sprites   |        8 |    unlim |       64 |       64 |
>| - size   |    8 x 8 |    unlim |    8 x 8 |  32 x 64 |
>|Audio     |    2-lyr |    4-lyr |    4-lyr |    6-lyr |
>|RAM       |      16K |      64K |      24K |  8K+64Kgx|
>|----------+----------+----------+----------+----------|

I think your chart might be old, the most current one (NOV92 - We're due
for a new one soon) looks like this.

______________________________________________________________________________
|          | Neo Geo  |   SNES   | Genesis  |   TG-16  |    NES   | Sega M2  |
|----------+----------+----------+----------+----------+----------+----------|
|Bits (CPU)|   8 + 16 |       16 |       16 |    8 + 8 |        8 |        8 |
|Bits (Gx) |       16 |       16 |       16 |       16 |        8 |        8 |
|CPU       |     68000|    65816 |    68000 |   HuC6280|     6502 |      Z80 |
|APU (Aud) |       Z80|     6502 |      Z80 |          |          |          |
|MHz       |   12.5, 4|      3.6 |      7.6 |  3.6  3.6|      1.8 |      3.6 |
|Graphics  | 320 x 224| 256 x 224| 320 x 224| 256 x 216| 256 x 240| 240 x 226|
| -2nd mode|          | 512 x 448|          |512 x 262*|          |          |
|Colors    |4096/65536| 256/32768|    64/512|  482/512*|     16/52|    52/256|
|Sprites   |      380 |      128 |       80 |       64 |        8 |       16 |
| - size   |16 x 512**| 128 x 128|   32 x 32|   32 x 64|    8 x 8 |    8 x 8 |
|Audio     |   15-lyr |PCM 8-lyr |   10-lyr |    6-lyr |     mono |     mono |
|RAM       | 64K+68Kgx|128K+64Kgx| 72K+64Kgx|  8K+64Kgx|  2K+ 2Kgx|        ? |
|----------+----------+----------+----------+----------+----------+----------|
|CD CPU/MHz|     none |     ?/21 |68000/12.5|     none |     none |     none |
|CD RAM    |          |    1024K |     768K |   CD=64K |          |          |
|          |          |          |          | SCD=256K |          |          |
|----------+----------+----------+----------+----------+----------+----------|
* This information has few sources and may be wrong.
** This sounds extremely odd.  Can anyone confirm?
________________________________________________________
|          |  GameBoy |   Lynx   | GameGear | TExpress |
|----------+----------+----------+----------+----------|
|Bits (CPU)|        8 |        8 |        8 |    8 + 8 |
|Bits (Gx) |        8 |       16 |        8 |       16 |
|CPU       |     6502 |     6502 |      Z80 | 6502 6502|
|MHz (CPU) |      2.2 |      4.0 |      3.6 |      7.2 |
|MHz (Gx)  |          |     16.0 |          |          |
|ScreenSize|     2.6" |     3.5" |     3.2" |     2.6" |
|Graphics  | 160 x 144| 160 x 102| 160 x 144| 256 x 216|
|Colors    | mono (4) |  16/4096 |  32/4096 |  241/512 |
|Sprites   |        8 |    unlim |       64 |       64 |
| - size   |    8 x 8 |    unlim |    8 x 8 |  32 x 64 |
|Audio     |    2-lyr |    4-lyr |    4-lyr |    6-lyr |
|RAM       |      16K |      64K |      24K |  8K+64Kgx|
|----------+----------+----------+----------+----------|
 

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