Mr.BomberMillzy
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This sort of comes under programming...well it might get quite technical anyway
Having just picked up a Sega Saturn very cheap, I looked it up to find it was a very competent (but apparently very complex to program well) machine for 2D games.
Some say it had the best 2D graphics hardware available on any console, and was the last one to use dedicated 2D hardware before the textured 3D chips took over that task (PS1 etc).
I have also heard that the NeoGeo was rather nifty too.What commercially available machine had the best/most powerful 2D hardware? I would also include PC GFX cards as a bonus point...(S3 Virge DX anyone?) Also out of interest, any 'non consumer' stuff too, like arcade boards.
Having just picked up a Sega Saturn very cheap, I looked it up to find it was a very competent (but apparently very complex to program well) machine for 2D games.
Some say it had the best 2D graphics hardware available on any console, and was the last one to use dedicated 2D hardware before the textured 3D chips took over that task (PS1 etc).
I have also heard that the NeoGeo was rather nifty too.What commercially available machine had the best/most powerful 2D hardware? I would also include PC GFX cards as a bonus point...(S3 Virge DX anyone?) Also out of interest, any 'non consumer' stuff too, like arcade boards.