http://wiki.selectbutton.net/ 2026-04-29T17:01:52-04:00 http://wiki.selectbutton.net/ http://wiki.selectbutton.net/lib/tpl/desertcalm/images/favicon.ico text/html 2017-04-08T09:58:28-04:00 http://wiki.selectbutton.net/hardware:3do?rev=1491659908&do=diff 3DO Interactive Multiplayer * also known as: 3DO Personality Audio Visual Design Library Prototypes, Concept drawings, and Artist's Impressions Models An interesting aspect of the 3DO hardware is that it was licensed out to other manufacturers. Though this happens with other systems text/html 2017-04-08T09:58:28-04:00 http://wiki.selectbutton.net/hardware:amiga?rev=1491659908&do=diff Commodore Amiga Personality Audio Visual Copper trick The most distinctive graphical feature of the Amiga library must be the smoothly gradiated backgrounds. Through the exploitation of a hardware quirk programmers could exceed the usual colour limits of the system. text/html 2017-04-08T09:58:28-04:00 http://wiki.selectbutton.net/hardware:c64?rev=1491659908&do=diff Commodore 64 Emulation The C64 emulator of choice for discerning gentlepeople in VICE. Last updated: September 6th, 2011 * Homepages: VICE See also * SB Recommends Commodore 64 Games text/html 2017-04-08T09:58:28-04:00 http://wiki.selectbutton.net/hardware:cd32?rev=1491659908&do=diff Commodore Amiga Personality Audio Visual Design Library * The Amiga CD32 - Game Sack - Review - If you ignore the retro-dude opinions it's a pretty good preview of the system's library. Emulation See also * cd32 text/html 2017-04-08T09:58:28-04:00 http://wiki.selectbutton.net/hardware:dreamcast?rev=1491659908&do=diff Dreamcast Personality Audio Visual Design Boot Animation * <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWDgbYZzmY0> The start of the song レースのカーディガン (Lace Cardigan) by Kaori Sakagami reminds me a bit of the Dreamcast jingle: * <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S362ENspKIY> Library Protypes, Concept drawings, and Artist's Impressions text/html 2017-04-08T09:58:28-04:00 http://wiki.selectbutton.net/hardware:ds?rev=1491659908&do=diff Nintendo DS Personality Audio Visual Design Library Prototypes, Concept drawings, and Artist's Impressions Periphera Flash Carts Flash carts allow you to play pirated games, homebrew, emulators, and do other things like play .MP3s. If you're looking to buy one now, and don't want to spend much, you can pick up an text/html 2017-04-08T09:58:28-04:00 http://wiki.selectbutton.net/hardware:game_gear?rev=1491659908&do=diff Game Gear Emulation Kega Fusion is generally the emulator of choice. It also emulates the Sega Master System, and Mega Drive. Meka is another program that emulates several Sega systems, and has some extra debug features useful for ROM hacking, and things in that vein. Last updated: September 6th, 2011 text/html 2017-04-08T09:58:28-04:00 http://wiki.selectbutton.net/hardware:gamecube?rev=1491659908&do=diff Nintendo GameCube * Also known as: GC, GCN, NGC intro Personality Audio N/A (though it has some nice audio hardware that you wouldn't notice. Lots of channels!) Visual Design Library Like the 64 before it, the GC has a good selection of multiplayer games. text/html 2017-04-08T09:58:28-04:00 http://wiki.selectbutton.net/hardware:gb?rev=1491659908&do=diff Game Boy The little handheld that could. Nintendo's Game Boy (and family) had, pretty much, a monopoly on the handheld market until the PSP showed up. Its first challengers, the Game Gear and Lynx, tried to out muscle it with more power and colour screens, while later competitors like the text/html 2017-04-08T09:58:28-04:00 http://wiki.selectbutton.net/hardware:gba?rev=1491659908&do=diff Game Boy Advance Personality Audio * GBA to MIDI cable - Nice runthrough of sound hardware. Visual Due to adaptions related to visability problems GBA games' graphics tend to look a bit pale and washed out when emulated. 3-D Though not built for the purpose the GBA doesn't do text/html 2017-04-08T09:58:28-04:00 http://wiki.selectbutton.net/hardware:genesis?rev=1491659908&do=diff Sega Mega Drive / Genesis * Also known as: MD, Genny. Personality Audio * Genesis music - SB thread with examples of the system's music. * Awesome VST FM synth - Forum thread with good technical info. Visual Design Library Prototypes, Concept drawings, and Artist's Impressions text/html 2017-04-08T09:58:28-04:00 http://wiki.selectbutton.net/hardware:master_system?rev=1491659908&do=diff Sega Master System Emulation Kega Fusion is generally the emulator of choice. It also emulators the Game Gear, and Mega Drive. Meka is another program that emulators several Sega systems, and has some extra debug features useful for ROM hacking, and things in that vein. text/html 2017-04-08T09:58:28-04:00 http://wiki.selectbutton.net/hardware:n64?rev=1491659908&do=diff Nintendo 64 * also known as: N64; Ultra64; NU64; '64 Personality Audio Visual It's certainly an oddity, visually. While some games text/html 2017-12-19T20:02:21-04:00 http://wiki.selectbutton.net/hardware:nes?rev=1513731741&do=diff Nintendo Entertainment System * Also known as: Nintendo, NES, Family Computer , Famicom , FC intro intro intro intro intro intro intro text/html 2017-04-08T09:58:28-04:00 http://wiki.selectbutton.net/hardware:nuon?rev=1491659908&do=diff Nuon The Nuon is a chip designed by VM Labs that enables interactive features in DVD players. Nuon DVD players are capable of running video games designed for the Nuon platform, some models contain controller ports. They also allow access DVD-ROM content usually limited to PCs. text/html 2017-04-08T09:58:28-04:00 http://wiki.selectbutton.net/hardware:pc?rev=1491659908&do=diff IBM-compatible personal computer * More commonly know as: PC, or Personal Computer. Peripherals Controllers Controllers seem to have finally become a somewhat required item for playing games on PC these days, somewhat like joysticks were in the past. In particular the XBox 360 pad seems to have become the standard, being well supported in Windows and Steam. text/html 2017-04-08T09:58:28-04:00 http://wiki.selectbutton.net/hardware:pc88?rev=1491659908&do=diff NEC PC-88 & PC-98 NECs series of business-targeted personal computers, which went on to become very popular platforms for game developers. Emulating the things can be daunting, so there's some help . Personality Emulation Some of the most popular PC-98 emulators are text/html 2017-07-10T01:48:44-04:00 http://wiki.selectbutton.net/hardware:pce?rev=1499665724&do=diff PC-Engine / TurboGrafx-16 Entertainment SuperSystem * Also known as: PCE, TG-16, softest cutest boy FIXME Personality Audio Visual Design Library Prototypes, Concept drawings, and Artist's Impressions Appearances Periphera Emulation See Also text/html 2017-04-08T09:58:28-04:00 http://wiki.selectbutton.net/hardware:playstation?rev=1491659908&do=diff Sony PlayStation * also known as: PS, PSX, PS1, PSOne Sony's PlayStation was the big boy of its console generation. It began as a CD-ROM add-on for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. Nintendo approached Sony to develop it (and later Phillips) because of good relations regarding the Super Nintendo's sound chip, also made by Sony. Concurrently Sony began work on a system that would play SNES cartridge and CD based games, as well as its own software. The Super CD saga is well documented o… text/html 2017-04-08T09:58:28-04:00 http://wiki.selectbutton.net/hardware:playstation_2?rev=1491659908&do=diff PlayStation 2 Personality Periphera Emulation See Also * SB Recommends Playstation 2 Games * List of 60 Hz support in PAL PlayStation 2 games - Maintained by forum member BenoitRen. * List of progressive scan (480p) support in PAL PlayStation 2 games - Maintained by forum member BenoitRen. * List of Enhanced Definition compatibility in PAL PlayStation 2 games - Maintained by forum member BenoitRen. * List of 1280x960i compatibility in PAL PlayStation 2 games - Maintained by forum … text/html 2017-04-08T09:58:28-04:00 http://wiki.selectbutton.net/hardware:snes?rev=1491659908&do=diff Super Nintendo Entertainment System * Also known as: SNES; Super NES ; Super Famicom; Sufami; SFC intro Personality Audio text/html 2017-04-08T09:58:28-04:00 http://wiki.selectbutton.net/hardware:titlescreen?rev=1491659908&do=diff Hardware Information on videogame hardware, currently with a focus on its personality, prototypes and artists' impressions, and emulation information. Arcade See also: * CPS * Model 2 * Naomi * System 16 Atari * Atari 800 * Atari 2600 * Atari ST * Atari Jaguar * Jaguar CD * Atari Lynx Bandai * WonderSwan * WonderSwan Color * SwanCrystal text/html 2017-04-08T09:58:28-04:00 http://wiki.selectbutton.net/hardware:virtual_boy?rev=1491659908&do=diff Virtual Boy Takashi: Technically the 1DS was the Virtual Boy because the screen was actually a fast moving mirror that deflected the light created by a single line of LEDs and hence actually an one dimensional display. text/html 2017-04-08T09:58:28-04:00 http://wiki.selectbutton.net/hardware:xbox_360?rev=1491659908&do=diff XBox 360 Personality Periphera Emulation See Also * SB Recommends Xbox 360 Games * List of 4:3 aspect ratio support in Xbox 360 games - Maintained by forum member BenoitRen. text/html 2017-04-08T09:58:28-04:00 http://wiki.selectbutton.net/hardware:zx_spectrum?rev=1491659908&do=diff ZX Spectrum Personality Models Periphera Emulation Speculator and EmuZWin are both 'feature complete', though EmuZWin, according to forum member Takashi: 'has all the crazy that's missing from Speculator.' 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