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what the freak is katana? all I know is it has something to do with the Dreamcast operating system, but that's all I know | ||||
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its a develpopment system i believe to make games | ||||
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wow....first thing that popped in my head was mortal kombat...lol | ||||
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correct me if im wrong but i thought that the katana went on to become the dreamcast, that was its name before release wasnt it? | ||||
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correct me if im wrong but i thought that the katana went on to become the dreamcast, that was its name before release wasnt it? Point its also used for the devel. systems (katana + burner). |
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Some time ago, Sega was designing TWO consoles at the same time. Sega of Japan was working on Dural, and Sega of America was working on Blackbelt. The goal was, it seems, to choose the best machine. Their specs:
* Blackbelt: IBM/Motorola PowerPC 603e CPU, 3Dfx Voodoo2 graphics chipset * Katana: Hitachi SH-4 CPU, NEC/Videologic PowerVR2 graphics chipset Dural was chosen - maybe for being the best, but also because it was based on Sega's newest arcade board, so ports would be very easy. It was later renamed Katana, then released as Dreamcast. A little-known side-effect is that this choice led to a huge legal war... here is the whole story... and some people say the bad buzz coming from this pretty much killed 3dfx. This would have been the Blackbelt: |
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Yep, incase people are wondering the DC's chipset have Katana written on it because the name change came just weeks before its Japanese Launch, never did re-design them to say Dreamcast. | ||||
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yeah i've seen them its quite funny i thought "wtf?" when i saw then while taking apart my dc on the first ocasion. but it makes sense i spose. still the dc has one fcuked up history financially | ||||
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Isnt a katana a sword | ||||
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ya, too bad it wasn't able to chop its competition
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katana swords are tight | ||||
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katana was the first name of Canada. True fact. | ||||
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