The battle of the 16 bits

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lilbroex on 21 October 2012

Lets discuss the technical capabilities of the 16 bit console.

We have

Super Famicom a.k.a Super Nintenod Entertainment System

SEGA Megdrive a.k.a. Genesis

PCEngine a.k.a TurboGraphx 16

(OMITTED FROM DISCUSSION) Neo Geo

Comparison

Name	PC-Engine/TurboGrafx-16	Mega Drive/Genesis	Super Famicom/Super Nintendo Entertainment System	Neo Geo
Manufacturer	Hudson Soft/NEC	Sega	Nintendo	SNK
Console
Launch prices (USD)	US$249.99	US$190.00	US$199.99	US$649.99 (Gold version) US$399.99 (Silver version)
Release date	^JP October 30, 1987 ^NA September 1, 1989 ^EU 1990	^JP October 29, 1988 ^NA September 15, 1989 ^EU November 30, 1990	^JP November 21, 1990 ^NA August 23, 1991^{[cn 1]} ^EU April 11, 1992	^JP July 1, 1991 ^NA 1991
Media	HuCard (card-shaped cartridge) CD-ROM (Turbo CD add-on)	Cartridge CD-ROM (Mega-CD add-on) Data card (Power Base Converter add-on)	Cartridge Magnetic disc (Japan only)^[22]	Cartridge Data card (Europe/Japan)^[22]
Best-selling games	Bonk's Adventure^[23]	Sonic the Hedgehog (15 million)^[24]	Super Mario World, 20 million (as of June 25, 2007)^[25]	Samurai Shodown
Backward compatibility	No	Sega Master System (using Power Base Converter)	Game Boy (using Super Game Boy)	No
Accessories (retail)	TurboGrafx-CD TurboTap TurboStick Super System Card TurboBooster TurboBooster Plus	Sega Mega-CD Sega 32X Mouse Menacer Power Base Converter Sega Activator Multitap	Super Scope Multitap Super Game Boy SNES Mouse Super Advantage	Neo Geo Controller Pro Neo Geo Memory Card
CPU	HuC6280A (modified 65SC02) 1.79 or 7.16 MHz	Motorola 68000 7.67 MHz (7.61 MHz PAL) Zilog Z80 3.58 MHz	Nintendo-custom 5A22 (based on 65C816) 3.58 MHz (3.55 MHz PAL)	Motorola 68000 12 MHz Zilog Z80 4 MHz
Memory	8 KiB work RAM 64 KiB video RAM	64 KiB main RAM 64 KiB video RAM 8 KiB audio RAM	128 KiB main RAM 64 KiB video RAM 64 KiB audio RAM	64 KiB main RAM 74 KiB video RAM 2 KiB audio RAM

Its game time.

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