Sega Nomad

The Sega Nomad is the second handheld video game console released by Sega. The Nomad was released was released as a successor to the Sega Game Gear in 1995. The Sega Nomad was primarily an evolution of the Japanese market Sega Mega Jet, a model of the Sega.
Sega originally intended for its successor to feature a touchscreen interface, however, such a technology was very expensive at the time. Like the Sega Game Gear, the Nomad featured issues with longevity and battery life, having only two hours of battery life.
The Nomad was never officially released in PAL territories such as Europe and Australia, though the unit retained its PAL/NTSC switch on the internal board.
== Technical specifications ==
* Processor: Motorola 68000 16 bit processor running at 7.67 MHz
* Co-processor (Sound Controller): Zilog Z80 8-bit at 3.58 MHz
* Memory: 156KB total - 64 KB Main RAM, 64KB VRAM, 8KB Sound RAM. 20 Kb ROM
* Display Palette: 512
* Onscreen colors: 64
* Maximum onscreen sprites: 80
* Resolution: 320 × 224
* Sound: Yamaha YM2612 6 channel FM, additional 4 channel PSG. Stereo sound. Also Texas Instruments SN76489 PSG (Programmable Sound Generator)
* Display: Integrated CSTN LCD at 320 x 224
* Power Rating: 9V 850mA (same as Genesis/Mega Drive model 2)
Category:Consoles released by Sega