CD-ROM DRIVE
Data Transfer Rate (DMA TO RAM)
150 KB/sec. (Normal)
300 KB/sec. (Double speed)
Maximum Capacity - 660 Megabytes
Features
Audio CD play with reactive display
CD+G Compatible
CD+EG Compatible
CD Single Compatible
Optional: Photo CD, Video CD and EBook

2D GRAPHICAL CAPABILITY
VDP1 processor handling sprites, polygons and geometry VDP2
processor handling backgrounds
5 simultaneous planes with two rotation planes
32,000 colors from 24-bit palette

NTSC Display Resolution
352x224
640x224
704x480

MEMORY CONFIGURATION
Main RAM: 2 Megabytes
Video RAM: 1.54 Megabyte
Sound RAM: 540 Kilobytes
CD ROM buffer: 512 Kilobytes

SOUND PROCESSOR
16-bit 68EC000 processor operating at 11.3 MHz
32 voices
FM synthesis
two CPU interfaces
44.1 KHz sampling frequency
16 channel digital mixer
SCSP 128 step DSP @ 22.6MHz

GEOMETRY ENGINE
Texture mapping
Goraud Shading
512K cache for textures
200,000 texture-mapped polygons/second
500,000 flat shaded polygons/second

SPRITE GRAPHICS
dual 256K frame buffers for rotation and scaling
virtually unlimited number of sprites on a line
virtually unlimited number of sprite images
virtually unlimited number of CLUTs

SPRITE SPECIAL EFFECTS
Rotation
Scaling up/down
Warping
Vertical and horizontal line scroll

BACKGROUND AND SCROLL PLANES
background engine
up to five simultaneous scrolling backgrounds
up to two simultaneous rotating playfields
true 24-bit backgrounds
704x480 maximum resolution