Sega Saturn Architecture – A practical analysis

Re:Sega Saturn Architecture – A practical analysis by SpecialistK on Wednesday March 27, 2024 @03:57PM (#39843847)

> I've never actually-played a CDI system (I do recall poking at them in retail displays), and I don't know what "the VGA box" is in this context. Can you elaborate?

Oh, sorry for the confusion. CDI and GDI are disc images for Dreamcast games, like ISO files. Not the Philips CDi game console.

The VGA box is the video output for Dreamcast, which supported 640x480 progressive scan video, most games supported it but a few didn't.

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Re:Sega Saturn Architecture – A practical analysis by ssl-3 on Monday April 01, 2024 @03:46AM (#39891715)

Good information. Thanks!

I did do a little bit for/with Dreamcast at one point a long time ago, but I never actually owned one for myself. It has always seemed like a nice platform when I've played games on one -- however that happened.

At one point I probably knew the difference between formats, but I've definitely forgotten. It has been a very long time.

(In other Sega news: The thing I really miss is the Virtua Fighter port to the Sega Saturn.)

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