List of Consoles
| Name | Sega Saturn | PlayStation | Nintendo 64 |
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| Manufacturer | Sega | Sony | Nintendo |
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| Launch prices (USD) | US$399 | US$299.99 | US$199.99 |
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| Best-selling game | Virtua Fighter 2, 1.7 million in Japan | Gran Turismo, 10.85 million shipped | Super Mario 64, 11.62 million |
| Media | CD-ROM, cartridge (limited, Japan only) | CD-ROM | Cartridge, (proprietary magnetic disk via Japan-only add-on) |
| CPU | Two Hitachi SuperH-2 7604 32-bit RISC processors at 28.63 MHz | MIPS R3000A-compatible 32-bit RISC chip running at 33.8688 MHz | NEC VR4300 64-bit at 93.75 MHz |
| GPU | Two custom 32-bit video display processors at 28.63 MHz | 66 MIPS vector math unit in the main CPU | Reality Co-Processor: MIPS R4000-based 8-bit integer vector processor at 62.5 MHz |
| Memory | 1MB SDRAM, 1MB DRAM, 6x 512KB for 3D graphics, 3D frame buffers, 2D graphics, sound, CD subsystem, BIOS ROM | 2MB, 1MB VRAM, 512KB sound | 4MB (8MB with Expansion Pak) |
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| System sales (worldwide) |
9.5 million |
102 million |
32.93 million |
| Name | FM Towns Marty | Amiga CD32 | 3DO Interactive Multiplayer | Atari Jaguar |
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| Manufacturer | Fujitsu | Commodore | Panasonic, Sanyo and GoldStar | Atari |
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| Launch prices (USD) | ¥66,000 | US$399.99 | US$700 | US$250 |
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| Best-selling game | Zool, unknown amount of units. | Alien Vs. Predator, unknown amount of units. | ||
| Media | CD-ROM, floppy disk | CD-ROM (cassette, floppy disk, hard drive (software), data card via add-ons) | CD-ROM | Cartridge (CD via add-on) |
| CPU | 32-bit AMD 386SX, at 16MHz | Motorola 68EC020 at 14.32/14.18MHz (NTSC/PAL) | ARM60 32-bit RISC CPU at 12.5 MHz | Motorola 68000 General purpose 16/32-bit control processor, 13.295 MHz |
| GPU | Advanced Graphics Architecture (AGA), Additional Akiko chip | Two accelerated video co-processors | Custom chip "Tom" at 26.59 MHz | |
| Memory | 2MB | 2MB Amiga Chip RAM, 1MB Kickstart ROM, 1KB flash for save games | 2MB RAM, 1MB VRAM | 2MB |
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| System sales (worldwide) |
100,000 |
2 million |
250,000 |
Read more about this topic: History Of Video Game Consoles (fifth Generation)
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