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Sega Genesis Nomad

The Sega Nomad was released in October 1995, for $180 US dollars. Its basic idea was to turn the popular Sega Genesis into a portable device, it was able to hook up to the TV via AV ports and was basically a Genesis that one could also pick up and take on the road.

However, poor batterie life (3-5 hours), late release, and the fact that only a NTSC format was made (no PAL) it didn't sell to particulary well, still it was relatively popular for fans of the Genesis.

Tech Specs: _______________________

 - CPU: 16-bit Motorola 68000 running at 7.61 MHz
 - RAM: 64 Kbytes
 - ROM: 1 Mbytes (8-Mbit)
 - VRAM: 64 Kbytes (Video Ram)
 - Colors Available: 512
 - Max. Colours on screen: 64
 - Pixel Resolution: 320 x 224
 - Sound: Texas Instruments PSG TI 76489 chip
 - Signal/Noise Ratio: 14dB
 - Sound Channels: 6 stereo channels
 - Sound RAM:  8 Kbytes
 - 1 cartridge port
 - Extra controller port
 - AV port

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