[HN Gopher] The Sega System E: The Master System Supergrafx
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The Sega System E: The Master System Supergrafx
Author : zdw
Score : 77 points
Date : 2022-12-24 15:48 UTC (3 days ago)
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| mikepavone wrote:
| As it turns out, the video overlay feature described in the
| article also survived in the Genesis/Mega Drive VDP which is
| derived from the SMS one, but drops the TMS9918A modes. This
| feature was used in the System 18 arcade board which combines
| System 16B video hardware with the Gen/MD VDP. It may have also
| been used in the LaserActive for combining VDP output with
| LaserDisc video, but I'm less sure there.
| glhaynes wrote:
| Kinda reminds me of how the Genesis/Mega Drive's audio
| incorporated both the new Yamaha FM synth chip and the Master
| System's TI programmable sound generator. Covered backwards
| compatibility but they also could both be used at the same time
| and mixed. See the "Audio" section here:
| https://www.copetti.org/writings/consoles/mega-drive-genesis...
| djmips wrote:
| It's not quite the same thing because the Yamaha FM synth
| chip is a completely new architecture whereas you could say
| the Mega Drive graphics are more evolved from the SMS / 9918.
| msk-lywenn wrote:
| Any idea why they didn't use the feature for the 32X ?
| chrisgd wrote:
| I received a turbografx16 handheld around 1991 for Xmas. It had a
| tv tuner and I had two games. I loved it but the battery life was
| so short I barely ever used it. To this day, I wish I had more
| patience and interest
| csdvrx wrote:
| https://nicole.express/2020/super-ultra-mega-tera-grafx.html
|
| > That makes a grand total of six exclusives, plus Darius Plus
| and Darius Alpha, a limited-release special edition of Darius
| Plus that seems to exist primarily to make it hard to collect a
| complete set of SuperGrafx-compatible games
|
| > It's not surprising that the SuperGrafx wasn't very successful.
|
| With 6 games total? Yes.
| mysterydip wrote:
| Has "rush to market" ever ended up successful? I can think of
| several instances where it wasn't (trying to meet Christmas
| deadline, or beat a competitor to market by x weeks).
| vikingerik wrote:
| Javascript was famously rushed out in ten days, and ended up
| eating the world.
| djmips wrote:
| Indeed some rushes to market have ended up successful - Soul
| of a New Machine by Tracy Kidder documents in detail one such
| case and there are many more. It's easy to dwell on the
| failures however. I think it's fair to say that many products
| that are on the market are rushed to market - some very
| successfully.
| Cyberdog wrote:
| After the Wii U floundered, Nintendo released the Switch mid-
| generation, which is generally not the right time to release
| a new console ID tire assuming for success. But we saw how it
| turned out.
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