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It seems the software was a massive influence because motorola cpus were successful in consoles.
by agumonkey 3y ago
It seems the software was a massive influence because motorola cpus were successful in consoles.
- Narishma 3y agoI think the only successful console to use it was the Mega Drive.
- agumonkey 3y agoyeah, there's a lot of names, but the Mega Drive was indeed the only mainstream hit. SNK Neo Geo was a niche^2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorola_68000#Video_games https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorola_68000#Video_games
- mixmastamyk 3y agoLooks like the Sega Genesis used it because they got a 90% discount, and then paired it with a Z80 over fears it couldn't handle sound and video at the same time. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sega_Genesis#Development https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sega_Genesis#Development https://www.siliconera.com/former-sega-president-talks-about-making-the-mega-drive-to-beat-nintendo/ https://www.siliconera.com/former-sega-president-talks-about... It was a decade old at that point. A decent win for an aging technology I'd say, but not a money maker. Power PC consoles came much later.