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- From: grouleff@daimi.aau.dk (Morten Grouleff)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games
- Subject: Re: SEGA Genesis on Amiga? ][
- Message-ID: <1993Jan3.180132.18188@daimi.aau.dk>
- Date: 3 Jan 93 18:01:32 GMT
- References: <Steven_Hurdle.00uf@amusers.UUCP>
- Sender: grouleff@daimi.aau.dk (Morten Grouleff)
- Organization: DAIMI: Computer Science Department, Aarhus University, Denmark
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- Steven_Hurdle@amusers.UUCP (Steven Hurdle) writes:
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- >Actually, the Genesis' hardware isn't all THAT different. The Genesis uses
- >a 68000 at the same base speed as older stock Amigas (when they say 8
- >they've rounded up from 7.14mhz I suspect as multiples of 3.57 are
- >considered 'ideal' for NTSC screens for reasons no one seems to be able to
- >explain to my satisfaction! :).
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- >But Genesis displays shouldn't look much more colourful if the Amiga coders
- >knew what they were doing, and this is especially true is the Genesis is
- >only hooked up to a TV-set. The Genesis only has a 512 colour palette, and
- >it's only saving grace is the ability to display 64 colours simultaneously.
- >32 colours, out of a larger palette, is a good compromise. Any time that
- >64 colour extra-half-bright can be used for the Amiga version, then all the
- >better!
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- >The Genesis does have more sound channels, but I'd doubt it if the quality
- >is higher than 8-bits of sound resolution so it's not the most critical
- >difference.
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- >I think the general concensus is that the Genesis and Amiga are similar
- >enough that portins is a fairly easy undertaking.
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- One of the problems is the lack of RAM on the Genesis. There is only (As
- far as I remember) 64 kb of RAM, so things like selfmodifying code, HUGE
- datastructures, changing graphics copied from the ROM etc is limited.
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- grouleff@daimi.aau.dk (Morten Grouleff)
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- >-- Via DLG Pro v0.995
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- >Steven Hurdle <==> The Swindler [public replies only please]
- >Writer of "Virtual Rumours", a rumour/news column in some club newsletters.
- >Coming to you from Victoria B.C., the Bahamas of Canada: via SupraFAX!!!!!
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- > "Give me AGA, or give me DEATH!!!"
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- grouleff@daimi.aau.dk (Morten Grouleff)
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