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**1 noise generator | **1 noise generator | ||
*VRAM: 16 KB ITT 8244 4116 3N (These are 16K by 1 bit chips, thus there are 8 of them) | *VRAM: 16 KB ITT 8244 4116 3N (These are 16K by 1 bit chips, thus there are 8 of them) | ||
Revision as of 06:15, 29 May 2013
The ColecoVision is Coleco's second generation home video game console, which was released in August 1982. The ColecoVision offered near-arcade-quality graphics and gaming style along with the means to expand the system's basic hardware. Released with a catalog of 12 launch titles, with an additional 10 games announced for 1982, approximately 145 titles in total were published as ROM cartridges for the system between 1982 and 1984. River West Brands currently owns the ColecoVision brand name.
Technical specifications
- CPU: NEC D780C-1 (NEC version of Zilog Z80A @ 3.58 MHz)
- Video processor: Texas Instruments TMS9928A (40 Pin DIP)
- 256×192 resolution
- 32 Sprites
- 16 colors
- Sound: Texas Instruments SN76489A
- 3 tone generators
- 1 noise generator
- VRAM: 16 KB ITT 8244 4116 3N (These are 16K by 1 bit chips, thus there are 8 of them)
- RAM: 1 KB (2 x UPD2114LC 1024 X 4-bit SRAM (two chips for 1 KB of memory)
- ROM: 8 KB Texas Instruments TMS4764NL Mask ROM
- Storage: Cartridge: 8/16/24/32 KB
