Sega
of America (Sega Dreamcast):
Dreamcast Hardware - DC
Are you ready for this? Sega's
new, revolutionary game console- Dreamcast!
Live the Dream...
Description
Revolutionary
Packing arcade power, Sega's Dreamcast will be the most powerful console
to date.
Mind-numbing
Play the games previously available only in your dreams, only on your
Dreamcast!
Definately Cool
The VMS (Visual Memory System) adds a new element to gameplay!
The Dreamcast console features four controller ports for mutiple
players, a new ergonomic standard controller, and VMUs--portable memory
cartridges that allow players to download game data and play special
mini-games on the go.
Tech Specs:
CPU:Hitachi SH-4
200MHz clock rate 360 MIPS (millions of instructions per second)
1.4 billion floating-point operations per second
3D calculations
800+ MBytes/second bus bandwidth
Graphics Core: NEC PowerVR Second Generation
3 million polygons/second peak rendering rate
Perspective-Correct Texture Mapping
Point, Bilinear, Trilinear and Anisotropic Mip-map filtering
Gouraud shading
z-buffer
Colored light sourcing
Full scene anti-aliasing
Hardware-based Fog Bump mapping
16.77 million colors
Hardware-based texture compression
Shadow and Light volumes
Super sampling
Memory:
16 MB main RAM
8 MB video RAM
2 MB sound RAM
Sound:Yamaha Audio Core
RISC CPU
DSP for real-time effects
64 sound channels
Full 3D sound support
Hardware-based audio compression
Storage Media:CD ROM
1 Gbyte data storage
12x speed Constant Angular
Velocity drive
Control Pad:
Digital and analog directional controls
Dual analog triggers
Visual Memory System data save unit
VMS Unit;:
Energy-saving 8-bit CPU
128K byte memory
48x32 dot monochrome LCD display
37x26mm display size
Button battery x 2, auto off function
PWM 1 channel sound source Size: 47mm(W) x 80mm(H) x
16mm(D)
