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| − | + | *The Atari Panther was scheduled to be launched in 1991, however it was '''Not released''', as the Jaguars development was rapid and Atari saw an opportunity to "skip" a generation. It was a 32bit console & predecessor to Jaguar. Two known games were written for it, Crescent Galaxy and Raiden. | |
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| + | ====Hardware Specs==== | ||
| + | *Motorola 68000 running at 16Mhz | ||
| + | *32k of fast static Ram | ||
| + | *64k of ROM | ||
| + | *8k reserved solely for sound | ||
| + | *29bit DSP (Digital Signal Processor with various filters etc | ||
| + | *25 Separate voices each with independant volume | ||
| + | *Main resolution of 320 by 200 (non interlaced) | ||
| + | *32 colours per line from a pallette of 262,144 colours giving 7,860 on screen at any one time (very impressive for the day!) | ||
| + | *32bit Graphic processor running at 32Mhz | ||
| + | *2,000 sprites on screen at any one time! | ||
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| + | (This information came from Zero Magazine (Issue 21, Dennis Publishing)) | ||
[[Category:Atari Consoles]] | [[Category:Atari Consoles]] | ||
Revision as of 09:48, 28 July 2011
- The Atari Panther was scheduled to be launched in 1991, however it was Not released, as the Jaguars development was rapid and Atari saw an opportunity to "skip" a generation. It was a 32bit console & predecessor to Jaguar. Two known games were written for it, Crescent Galaxy and Raiden.
Hardware Specs
- Motorola 68000 running at 16Mhz
- 32k of fast static Ram
- 64k of ROM
- 8k reserved solely for sound
- 29bit DSP (Digital Signal Processor with various filters etc
- 25 Separate voices each with independant volume
- Main resolution of 320 by 200 (non interlaced)
- 32 colours per line from a pallette of 262,144 colours giving 7,860 on screen at any one time (very impressive for the day!)
- 32bit Graphic processor running at 32Mhz
- 2,000 sprites on screen at any one time!
(This information came from Zero Magazine (Issue 21, Dennis Publishing))
