Atari 2600 (VCS) Technical Specifications CPU : MOS Tech [email protected] ROM : 4Kb RAM : 128 Bytes + various actually onboard cartridges Display : Television Text display : Not Applicable Graphics display : 160 x 192 pixels Colours : 104 Colours Sound : 2 Channels - Mono only Keyboard : No Keyboard Interface : Joystick, Power and Cartridge input Data Storage : Cartridge only Power Supply : External 9v DC power pack Atari 7800 Technical Specifications CPU : Custom 6502c @ 1.79Mhz ROM : 4k RAM : 4k Display : Television Text display : Not Applicable Graphics display : 320 x 200 Colours : 256 Sound : TIA Custom Sound (2 Channels) Keyboard : Keyboard available (very rare) Interface : TV Connection, 2x Joystick Ports Data Storage : Cartridge Power Supply : External PSU - 9v DC (15 Watt) Atari Jaguar Technical Specifications CPU : Motorola [email protected] and four co-processors ROM : Not Applicable RAM : 2Mb Display : Television Text display : Programmable resolution Graphics display : Programmable resolution Colours : 24 Bit Colour Sound : Programmable sound channels - dependent on software Keyboard : Not Applicable Interface : Joystick, Power and Cartridge input Data Storage : Cartridge only - Disks with expansion Power Supply : External 9v DC power pack Sony PS1 Technical Specifications CPU : MIPS R3000A @ 33Mhz ROM : 512Kb RAM : 2Mb main + 1M Video + 512Kb Audio Display : TV Text display : NA Graphics display : 256 x 224 up to 640 x 480 Colours : 16.7 Million Sound : 24 Channel Keyboard : NA Interface : Controller Ports, AV Out, Memory Slots Data Storage : CDRom Power Supply : Interal PSU Commodore CD32 Technical Specifications CPU : Motorola 68EC020 @ 14.3Mhz ROM : 1Mb + 1Kb Flash Rom RAM : 2Mb Display : TV or Monitor Text display : Not Applicable Graphics display : Up to 1280x512i Colours : 256 Colours from Palette 16.7million Sound : Four Channel (Stereo) Keyboard : No keyboard as standard - available extra Interface : S-Video out, composite out, RF out, Audio out, Keyboard 6 pin mini din, Interface : 2 mouse/joystick ports, RS232 port and Expansion slot Data Storage : CD Based Power Supply : External PSU Nintendo NES Technical Specifications CPU : Ricoh 2A03 8bit (Mos Tech 6502 core) @ 1.66Mhz ROM : Game Roms up to 48Kb RAM : 2Kb Display : TV Text display : Not Applicable Graphics display : 256 x 240 Colours : 48 Colours + 5 Greys Sound : Five Sound Channels Keyboard : Not Applicable Interface : Cartridge Ports, Controller Ports Data Storage : Cartridge Input Power Supply : External PSU Nintendo SNES Technical Specifications CPU : Ricoh 5A22 based on 16bit 65c816 @ 21Mhz divided by 6,8 or 12 ROM : Game Roms up to 48Kb RAM : 128Kb + 64Kb vram + 64Kb audio Display : TV Text display : Not Applicable Graphics display : 256 x 224 upto 512 x 239 Colours : 32768 Colours Sound : Eight Sound Channels Keyboard : Not Applicable Interface : Cartridge Ports, Controller Ports, Multi Output Data Storage : Cartridge Input Power Supply : External PSU Sega Master System Technical Specifications CPU : 8 Bit Zilog Z80 @ 3.5Mhz ROM : 8Kb RAM : 8Kb + 16Kb video ram Display : TV Text display : Not Applicable Graphics display : 256x192, 256x224 and 256x240 Colours : 32 Colours from a palette of 64 Sound : 4 Sound Channels (Mono) Keyboard : Not Applicable Interface : Unused expansion slot, game card slot, cartridge port and controller ports Data Storage : Cartridge and Card Slot Power Supply : External PSU Sega Megadrive Technical Specifications CPU : 68000 @ 7.61 Mhz ROM : 8Kb RAM : 64Kb Display : Television Text display : NA Graphics display : 256 x 224 and 320 x 240 Colours : 512 Colours Sound : Z80 Processor - Six Channels Keyboard : NA Interface : Controller and Cartridge Input Data Storage : Cartridge Only Power Supply : External 9v PSU Nintendo Gamecube Technical Specifications CPU : PowerPC Gekko @ 458Mhz ROM : NA RAM : 84Mb split between various processors Display : TV Text display : Not Applicable Graphics display : 720x480 Colours : 16.7 Million Colours (24 Bit) Sound : 64 Sound Channels Keyboard : Not Applicable Interface : 4 Controller Ports, 2 Memory Card Slots, Multi Out, High Speed Serial & High Speed Serial Data Storage : 3 inch GC Discs (1.5Gb Capacity) Power Supply : 12 V External PSU Nintendo 64 Technical Specifications CPU : NEC VR4300 @ 93.75Mhz + SGi GPU @ 62.5Mhz ROM : 4Mb - 64Mb RAM : 4Mb Display : TV Text display : Not Applicable Graphics display : 320 x 240 and 640 x 480 Colours : 32768 Colours Sound : Up to 100 Sound Channels Keyboard : Not Applicable Interface : Cartridge Ports, 4 Controller Ports, Multi Output, Ext Port Data Storage : Cartridge Input Power Supply : External PSU Sega Saturn Technical Specifications CPU : 2x Hitachi SH2 (32Bit Risc) ROM : 512Kb RAM : 2Mb + 512Kb audio ram + 512Kb CD-Rom Cache Display : Television Text display : NA Graphics display : 256 x 240 upto 704 x 480 Colours : 32768 from a palette of 16.7 Million Sound : 32 PCM Channels and 8 FM Channels Keyboard : NA Interface : Controller and Cartridge Input, Serial Port, RF Out Data Storage : CD-Rom Power Supply : 25W External PSU Sega Dreamcast Technical Specifications CPU : Hitachi SH4 @ 200Mhz ROM : Unknown RAM : 16Mb + 58Mb Vram and 2Mb Audio Ram Display : Television Text display : NA Graphics display : 640 x 480 Colours : 16.7 Million Sound : 64 Channel Yamaha AICA Sound Processor Keyboard : NA Interface : Maple Bus - Similiar to USB specifications Data Storage : GD-Rom Power Supply : Internal PSU Amstrad GX4000 Technical Specifications CPU : Zilog Z80a @ 4Mhz ROM : 32Kb RAM : 64Kb + 16Kb Vram Display : Television + Monitor Text display : Not Applicable Graphics display : from 160 x200 up to 640 x 200 Colours : 32 from a palette of 4096 Sound : 3 Channel - AY-3-8912 Keyboard : Not Applicable - Controllers only Interface : Audio output, 2 x digital controller connections, analog controller port, RJ11 Socket, Interface : Audio & RGB output Data Storage : Cartridge Power Supply : External PSU - 11v DC Commodore C64 Technical Specifications CPU : 6510, VIC II (Video), SID (sound) ROM : 20kb RAM : 64kb Display : RF Television output Text display : 40 Columns * 25 Lines Graphics display : Most programs used 320 * 200, several graphics modes were available though. Colours : 16 screen colours , 16 border colours Sound : SID Chip, 3 Voices, 9 Octaves, 4 Waveforms, Output through TV speaker Keyboard : Full Stroke 66 key keyboard with 4 function keys Interface : RGB (compostie, chroma/luma and sound in/out), cartrige slot, 300bps cassette tape Interface : interface, 2 joystick ports, serial port, user port, TV RF Output Data Storage : Cassette tape, 3.5” and 5.25” disk drive Power Supply : External power supply Commodore +4 Technical Specifications CPU : Mos Tech 7501 @ 0.89Mhz or 1.76Mhz ROM : 64Kb RAM : 64Kb (59k available) Display : Television or Monitor Text display : 40 * 25 Graphics display : 160 x 200 or 320 x 200 Colours : 121 Colours (15 Colours x 8 levels + Black) Sound : two channels; 4 octaves + white noise Keyboard : Full stroke 67 keys with 4 function keys and 4 cursor keys Interface : Tape, Cartridge, Joystick (2), Floppy Disk, Printer, User port, RGB, Interface : expansion bus port, serial bus Data Storage : Cassette and 5.25" Disk Drive Power Supply : Not Known Commodore Vic20 Technical Specifications CPU : 6502a ROM : 16kb RAM : 5kb (expandable up to 32kb) Display : RF Television Output or Monitor Text display : 23 Rows * 22 Columns Graphics display : 184 * 176 Colours : 8 Colours, plus 8 background / border colours. Sound : 3 Voices/ 3 Octaves. Keyboard : 66 Key Full Stroke keyboard with 4 function keys. Interface : 1 user port, 1 joystick port, 1 serial port, 1 cartrige port, Composite video output, Interface : Cassette tape interface Data Storage : Cassette tape, 5.25" disk drive could also be connected to the serial port. Power Supply : External power pack Sinclair ZXSpectrum +2 Technical Specifications CPU : 8 Bit Zilog Z80 @ 3.5Mhz ROM : 32Kb (+2), 64Kb (+2b) RAM : 128Kb Display : TV Text display : 32 x 24 Graphics display : 256x192 Colours : 8 Colours with two brightness levels (15 in total) Sound : Yamaha AY-3-8912 - 3 Channel - 7 Octaves Keyboard : QWERTY semi-mechanical keyboard Interface : Intergrated Tape Recorder, Midi Port, Parallel Printer Port, Aux Port and Joystick Ports Data Storage : Casettes, Microdrives (see note below) and Floppy Discs Power Supply : External 9V PSU Sinclair QL Technical Specifications CPU : MC 68008 7.5 MHz, Co-Processors: Intel 8049 IPC, Sinclair ZX8301, Sinclair ZX8302 ROM : 48kb (up to 64kb). RAM : 128kb (up to 728 kb without additional CPU) Vram 32kb. Display : RF Television Output or RGB Video output. Text display : 40 Rows * 25 Columns or 64 Rows * 25 Columns or 85 Rows * 25 Columns Graphics display : 256 * 256 (8 colours) or 512 * 256 (4 colours). Colours : 256 colour effects. Sound : Beeper. Keyboard : QWERTY/AZERTY with 5 function keys, semi-full stroke keyboard. Interface : RF Video, RGB Video, 2 * RS232 (Serial), 2 * Sinclair Network , 2 * controllers, Interface : Rom Connector , Expansion Bus, External Microdrives bus. Data Storage : 2 100kb built in microdrives. Power Supply : External power pack Commodore Amiga 1200 Technical Specifications CPU : Motorola 68EC020 @ 14Mhz ROM : 512k RAM : 2Mb (Expandable upto 8Mb and beyond!) Display : Television or Monitor Text display : See below Graphics display : Resolutions up to 1280 x 512 pixels Colours : 256 Colours from a palette of 16.7 million Sound : 4 Channel Stereo (8 Bit) Keyboard : Full size keyboard with numerical keypad and