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Sega Genesis - We Bring The Arcade Experience Home
RandyT:
--- Quote from: Malenko on October 29, 2008, 01:00:23 pm ---Take Neo Geo Expert off your resume.
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Beat me to it. The hardware specs were exactly the same, but the pinout was apparently changed to keep operators from using the home carts for the commercial machines. The damned carts were so expensive because they were packed with memory, which cost a fortune in those days. :)
The SNES, on the other hand, used to pack extra processing power in some of the carts (Starfox, for example) which also drove the cost of those titles up. You might be confusing the two.
RandyT
ChadTower:
You said "hardware and software".
Hardware is not identical. That is my statement.
Malenko:
--- Quote from: Ginsu Victim on October 29, 2008, 12:25:22 pm ---
--- Quote from: Malenko on October 29, 2008, 12:11:45 pm --- I guess Super Mario Bros on NES was arcade perfect *shrugs*
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There are slight differences in level layout and item placement.
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cool, good to know, I had no idea thought it was the same.
--- Quote from: ChadTower on October 29, 2008, 01:30:09 pm ---You said "hardware and software".
Hardware is not identical. That is my statement.
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and your statement is wrong. the hardware is EXACTLY the same. the pin outs are different so you cant put an AES cart directly into an MVS and vice versa.
ChadTower:
--- Quote from: Malenko on October 29, 2008, 01:38:14 pm ---
--- Quote from: ChadTower on October 29, 2008, 01:30:09 pm ---
You said "hardware and software".
Hardware is not identical. That is my statement.
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and your statement is wrong. the hardware is EXACTLY the same. the pin outs are different so you cant put an AES cart directly into an MVS and vice versa.
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Then show us an MVS with video composite out. I'm sure the Neo Geo collectors would love to see it. And I bet all those Supergun builders would love it too. As well as those folks who went to the trouble of collecting all 8-9 MVS revisions that have varying features on them.
Malenko:
--- Quote from: ChadTower on October 29, 2008, 01:41:27 pm ---Then show us an MVS with video composite out. I'm sure the Neo Geo collectors would love to see it. And I bet all those Supergun builders would love it too. As well as those folks who went to the trouble of collecting all 8-9 MVS revisions that have varying features on them.
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ok.
the video output has little to do with the hardware being used to run the game. the different MVS revisions? you mean some had memory card slots some only had memory card pinouts some had both, some had audio jacks some didnt, some had 1 slot some had 2,4 or more? Still the same hardware
the MVS had:
Motorola 68000 running at 12 MHz ( the TMP68HC000 made by toshiba counts because its a clone of the original), a Zilog Z80 running at 4 MHz that acted as both a coprocessor and an audio controller, and the Yamaha YM2610 sound chip
guess what the AES had inside? You almost have me wanting to dig my 2slot and my AES out of the closet and crack them open for side by side pix. quick fun fact, the memory cards for the AES worked in the arcades.....wonder why?
at least you didnt post a fail picture.
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