Brutal Recall 03 ch22
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"CONSOLES TESTS"
in this chapter some information will be
given about some consoles and handhelds!
SEGA MEGADRIVE
-GRAPHICS:can handle 32 colours on
screen at once, and has a colourpalette
of 512 colours!!
resolution:320 x 224!
-SOUND:12 channel stereo pcm sound,
which sounds great!
-PRICE:189,99 pounds. (but there is a
ALTERED BEAST cartridge included!)
-SOFTWARE:the software that is available
are mostly very good arcade conversions
the price of a game lies around
35 pounds!
-LAST WORD:as this is the most popular
16-bit consoles in england, you can
expect very much software releases!!
SEGA MASTER
-GRAPHICS:can handle 16 colours on
screen at once, and has a colourpalette
of 64 colours!!
resolution:256 x 192.
-SOUND:3 channels, and sounds fairly
good!
-PRICE:varies from 79,99 to 129,95 pound
as there are many extras which you can
buy (e.g. a light-pen, 3d glasses and
so on.)
-SOFTWARE:very good range of games,
including some good arcade conversions!
the price of a game lies around
20-25 pound!
-LAST WORD:this computer is probably the
best 8-bit console at the moment, and
therefor it is quite popular, but there
is a big change that the MEGADRIVE will
overtake it!
NINTENDO SUPER FAMICON
-GRAPHICS:can handle 256 colours on
screen at once, and can chose these
colours from a palette of 32768 colours
resolution:2048 x 256.
-SOUND:a digital/pcm sound chip, which
is beter than any other home entertain
ment system!!
-PRICE:will probably lie around 200
pounds, when this machine officialy
will be released in 1992!
price of a game will probably lie
around the 40 pounds!
-SOFTWARE:is limited at the moment, but
this machine is the superb for arcade
conversions, and therefor a lot of
releases are expected!
-LAST WORD:this could be the 'ultimate'
concole!!
NINTENDO GAMEBOY
-GRAPHICS:4 shades of grey.
resolution: 160 x 144..
-SOUND:multi-channel sound through in-
ternal speaker, stereo sound through
the headphone!!
-PRICE:69,99 pounds (and this includes
a TETRIS cartridge!)
-SOFTWARE:there are a lot of software
titles around, as this was the first
handheld computer!!
price of a game lies around 20 25
pounds!
LAST WORD:this is still the most
popular handheld computer, although
there are better ones!
ATARI LYNX
-GRAPHIC:can handle 16 colours on screen
at once. and has a palette of 4096
colours.
resolution:160 x 102.
-SOUND:4 channel stereo.
-PRICE:79,99 pounds.
-SOFTWARE:many arcade styled games.
as this handheld is selling very good
in the UNITED STATES, there will be
very much games released in the future!
price of a game lies around 30 pounds!
-LAST WORD:games are of great quality,
and also the ability to link two
computers together for a 2 player made
(or more!) is great! (also the GAME BOY
can link two computers together!)
SEGA GAME GEAR
-GRAPHICS:can handle 16 colours on the
screen at once, and has a palette of
4096 colours!
resolution:480 x 146.
-SOUND:3 stereo channels (you are able
to use a headphone!)
-PRICE:i don't know for sure, it should
be around 100 pounds by now!
-SOFTWARE:some great arcade conversions
should become available!
-LAST WORD:this could be a good
concurrent for the ATARI LYNX!!
some last news about the SEGA GAME GEAR:
sega have put back the launchof the GAME
GEAR back to june!!
some last news about the ATARI LYNX:
the LYNX has some new things in it, one
of em is a little device for in the car.
you now can plug you LYNX into the
lighter socket..
that was all..
signed slash/brutal