Star Tech Journal

SNK Neo-Geo Ga111es Syste111
At this year's ACME show in Chicago this past March, SNK unveiled their new
hardware system: Neo-Geo. It basically consists of a multiple game cartridge
hardware system in a Play Choice type of cabinet. Here are the specifics.
TECHNICAL
FEATURES
Fast 16 Bit Main Microprocessor
Incredible Sprite Generation
Allows game software to be executed up to four
times faster than conventional video game hard-
ware.
Sprites are groups of Pixels (screen dots) that
can be moved around the screen. They are used
for displaying animated objects, such as the
Main Characters. Typical coin-op game hard-
ware can display less that 80 sprites on the
screen. Neo-Geo can display and manipulate
380 Sprites simultaneously! Neo-Geo also has a
unique hardware feature for enlarging and re-
ducing Sprites smoothly!
Expanded ROM Capacity
Up to 64 Megabytes of Game ROM storage,
allows for superior graphics and sounds, makes
ordinary video games containing less than 10
Megabytes of GAME ROM look and sound weak
by comparison!