https://www.io55.net/wiki/ 2026-05-01T05:43:28+00:00 https://www.io55.net/wiki/ https://www.io55.net/wiki/_media/favicon.ico text/html 2023-11-29T02:43:02+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-home/4th_generation/sega_genesis_plus_add-ons?rev=1701225782&do=diff Sega Genesis includes Sega 32X and Sega CD Sega's breakout system, which garnered them tremendous market success, a place in the gaming industry, lasting franchises, and a very short-lived market dominance over Nintendo (in Europe, at least). Releasing on August 14th, 1989 in North America, the Sega Genesis contained a Motorola 68k and a Zilog Z80, 64KB of RAM/VRAM, and the ability to output video at 320×224/256×224 (progressive) or 320×448/256×448 (interlaced) at maximum 61 colors on screen f… text/html 2022-05-11T02:44:46+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-home/4th_generation/nec_turbografx-16?rev=1652237086&do=diff NEC TurboGrafx-16 NEC's only attempt of entering the US video games market. Releasing on August 29th, 1989 in the USA, the TurboGrafx-16 was unable to garner a serious market share in North America, despite pitting a relatively successful fight against Nintendo over in Japan. Featuring a Hudson HuC6280 6502-based CPU, 8 KB of RAM + 64 KB of VRAM, and up to 482 colors at text/html 2022-05-13T00:48:42+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-home/4th_generation/snk_neo_geo_cd?rev=1652402922&do=diff SNK Neo Geo CD SNK's hamfisted effort at making the Neo Geo more “appealing” to customers. Released on September 9th, 1994 in Japan and January 15th, 1996 in North America, the Neo Geo CD features a Motorola 68k CPU, 7MB of RAM for various system functions, and an output resolution of text/html 2023-12-25T01:55:16+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-home/4th_generation/super_nintendo_entertainment_system?rev=1703469316&do=diff Super Nintendo Entertainment System Nintendo's highly anticipated followup to the NES, which was a success only matched in market power by the Sega Genesis. Releasing on August 23rd, 1991 in North America, the SNES runs off of a Ricoh 5A22 WDC 65C816-based CPU, 128 KB of RAM + 64 KB VRAM, and a maximum output resolution of 256×224/512×224/256×239/512×239 (progressive) or 512×448/512×478 (interlaced), at up to 32768 colors. These are quite powerful specifications, mostly defeating it's competito… text/html 2022-05-12T22:04:58+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-home/4th_generation/tandy_memorex_video_information_system?rev=1652393098&do=diff Tandy/Memorex Video Information System An absolutely ridiculous attempt by Tandy to create a CD-i style gaming+media device, which was based off of a weird embedded version of Windows 3.1, and available only at Radio Shack stores. Released sometime in 1992 in North America, the VIS had an Intel 286 CPU, 1