A Saturn lê jogos Mega Drive?

lol.. não...

o slot para o cartucho é de facto usado para cartão de memoria (backup memory como a sega lhes chamou :P) mas tambem para jogos que usam cartucho e CD (aka KOF 95) e para expansão de RAM (que é usada em jogos como Marvel Super Heroes e Street Fighter Alpha 3).

A Saturn usa um (alias 2) CPU Hitachi SH2 @28MHz que não é "compativel" com a familia Motorola 68K (CPU da Megadrive)... portanto jogos MD so mxm com emulação :P ... a menos que usassem o CPU de som que é um Motorola 68000... mas ja tou a sonhar aqui looool...


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SEGA SATURN TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
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EIGHT PROCESSORS
* 2 Hitachi 28.6MHz, 50-MIPS SH2 32-bit
RISC processors
* Hitachi SH1 32-bit RISC processor
* VDP 1 32-bit video display processor
* VDP 2 32-bit video display processor
* Saturn Control Unit (SCU)
* Motorola 68EC000 sound processor
* Yamaha FH1 DSP sound processor

MEMORY
* 2MB (16 Megabits) RAM
* 1.54MB (12 Megabits) video RAM
* 540KB (4 Megabits) audio RAM
* 540KB (4 Megabits) CD-ROM cache
* 32KB nonvolatile RAM (battery backup)

AUDIO
* 22.6MHz Yamaha FH1 24-bit digital
signal processor
* 11.3MHz Motorola 68EC000 sound processor
* 32 PCM (pulse-code modulation) channels
* 8 FM channels
* 44.1KHz sampling rate

VIDEO
* VDP 1 32-bit video display processor
* Sprite, polygon, and geometry engine
* Dual 256KB frame buffers for rotation
and scaling effects
* Texture Mapping
* Goraud shading
* 512KB cache for textures
* VDP 2 32-bit background and scroll plane
video display processor
* Background engine
* Five simultaneous scrolling backgrounds
* Two simultaneous rotating playfields
* 200,000 texture-mapped polygons per second
* 500,000 flat-shaded polygons per second
* 60 frames of animation per second
* 24-bit true-color graphics
* 16.7 million colors
* 352 x 240, 640 x 240, and 704 x 480 resolution

STORAGE
* Double-Speed CD-ROM
* 320KB per second transfer speed
* Audio CD compatible
* CD+G compatible
* CD+EG compatible
* CD single (8cm CD) compatible
* Video CD, Photo CD, Electronic Books, digital
karaoke (optional)
* 512KB memory cartridges for game save (optional)

INPUT/OUTPUT
* High-speed serial communications port
* Internal 32-bit expansion port
* Internal multi-AV port for video CD
(MPEG) adapter
* Composite video/stereo (standard)
* NTSC RF (optional)
* S-Video compatible (optional)
* RGB compatible (optional)
* HDTV compatible (optional)
* Analog control pad

POWER SOURCE
* AC120 volts; 60Hz (US)
* AC240 volts; 50Hz (UK)
* AC100 volts; 60Hz (JP)

POWER CONSUMPTION
* 25W

OPERATING CONDITIONS
* Temperature: 41 F to 95 F
* Humidity: 10% to 80% RH

DIMENSIONS (US/European models)
* Width: 260 mm (10.2 in)
* Length: 230 mm (9.0 in)
* Height: 83 mm (3.2 in)
 
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