HARDWARE ManualSega Saturn Overview Manual
Sega Saturn Overview Manual

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Chapter 2 Composition

Table 2.1 Hardware specifications <Main system>
Table 2.2 Hardware specifications <subsystem>

Chapter 3 Functions

Table 3.1 CPU specifications
Table 3.3.1 SH-2 clock details
Table 3.2 SCU system specifications
Table 3.2.1 SCU-DMA clock details
Table 3.3 VDP1 stem specifications
Table 3.4 Classification of parts
Table 3.5 Types of color operations
Table 3.6 Interlace
Table 3.7 System specifications
Table 3.8 Scroll screen functions
Table 3.9 SCSP system specifications
Table 3.10 CD-ROM system specifications
Table 3.11 CD drive specifications
Table 3.12 Corresponding standards
Table 3.13 SMPC features
Table 3.14 Saturn standard PAD specifications

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Chapter 2 Composition

Figure 2.1 Block diagram

Chapter 3 Functions

Figure 3.1 SCU system configuration
Figure 3.2 VDP1 system configuration
Figure 3.3 Fixed form sprite
Figure 3.4 Scale sprites
Figure 3.6 Polygons, polylines, lines
Figure 3.7 Color bank system configuration
Figure 3.8 Example of Gouraud shading
Figure 3.9 Example of mesh processing
Figure 3.10 System clipping
Figure 3.11 User Clipping
Figure 3.12 VDP2 system configuration
Figure 3.13 Scrolling, priority function
Figure 3.14 Mosaic pattern
Figure 3.15 Image change due to rotation axis
Figure 3.16 Image change due to screen axis
Figure 3.17 Cell-style scroll screen
Figure 3.18 Relationship between bitmap format scroll screen and data settings
Figure 3.19 window
Figure 3.20 Priority function
Figure 3.21 Color calculation function
Figure 3.22 Inserting a line color screen
Figure 3.23 Shadow function
Figure 3.24 Blurring calculation function
Figure 3.25 SCSP system configuration
Figure 3.26 Tunnel and BGM reverb
Figure 3.27 Example of use in a tennis game
Figure 3.28 CD-ROM system configuration
Figure 3.29 CD-ROM system data flow
Figure 3.30 Stream selection mechanism
Figure 3.31 Window function
Figure 3.32 Interpolation, blur, mosaic function
Figure 3.33 Chroma key function
Figure 3.34 SMPC system configuration

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