Sega Model 1
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The Sega Model 1 is an arcade system board released by Sega in 1992. During development of the system, Sega went to General Electric Aerospace (which would become part of Martin Marietta, later Lockheed Martin) for assistance in creating the 3D hardware. The first game for the system, Virtua Racing was designed to test the viability of the platform and was never intended to be released commercially, but it was such a success internally that Sega did so anyway.
However, the high cost of the system meant only six games were ever released; among them the popular fighting game Virtua Fighter. The Model 1 would pave the way for the Model 2, one of the most popular arcade system boards ever developed.
[edit] Model 1 specifications
- Main CPU: NEC V60 @ 16 MHz
- Graphics Coprocessor: Fujitsu TGP MB86233 FPU
- Sound CPU: Motorola 68000 @ 10 MHz
- Sound Chip: 2 x Sega 315-5560 Custom 28 channel PCM
- Sound Timer: Yamaha YM3834 @ 8MHz
- Display Resolution: 496 x 384
- Color Depth: 16-bit
- Graphical Capabilities: Flat shading, Diffuse reflection, Specular reflection, 2 layers of background scrolling, Alpha blending
[edit] List of Model 1 games
- Wing War (1994)
- Star Wars Arcade (1994)
- Tecwar / Netmerc (1994) (Prototype)
- Virtua Fighter (1993)
- Virtua Formula (1992)
- Virtua Racing (1992)
