I don't see them on the Master System.
Coin? Arcade 3? What are these buttons?
-
JayRockets
- Posts: 54
- Joined: Thu Aug 04, 2022 11:16 pm
- Has thanked: 3 times
- Been thanked: 7 times
-
12characters
- Posts: 125
- Joined: Wed Jun 03, 2020 5:39 pm
- Has thanked: 8 times
- Been thanked: 36 times
-
JayRockets
- Posts: 54
- Joined: Thu Aug 04, 2022 11:16 pm
- Has thanked: 3 times
- Been thanked: 7 times
Re: Coin? Arcade 3? What are these buttons?
Oh, is there any difference between Sega System roms and Master System roms? Like is fantasy zone the same on both?
-
dickhardpill
- Posts: 293
- Joined: Tue Apr 09, 2024 9:28 pm
- Location: Not Portland, OR
- Has thanked: 74 times
- Been thanked: 60 times
- Contact:
Re: Coin? Arcade 3? What are these buttons?
The System E was roughly 2x the Master System as far as clock speeds and memory
I assume the Master System core is based on the stronger System E but this is only a guess.
-
Chris23235
- Top Contributor
- Posts: 983
- Joined: Sun May 24, 2020 8:45 pm
- Has thanked: 127 times
- Been thanked: 197 times
Re: Coin? Arcade 3? What are these buttons?
The System E was a SMS with a second VPD chip and the CPU on a daughter board (this allowing Sega to use a Z80 with encryption technology for better copy protection).
This means the core can support the System E by doubling the VDP.
The system had 32 Kilobytes of VRAM opposed to the 16 Kilobytes of the SMS because each VDP chip had it's own 16 Kilobytes of VRAM.
I found a good summary of the system here:
https://nicole.express/2022/the-sega-ma ... again.html