Other than to play Virtua Racing of couse. :P
I've heard others propose turning it into a RAM cart for Sega CD but would prove difficult. Anything else?
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Other than to play Virtua Racing of couse. :P
I've heard others propose turning it into a RAM cart for Sega CD but would prove difficult. Anything else?
a pass-thru cart for the SVP ;)
drill a hole in it and use it as a Gangsta' medallion
Repurpose the SVP chip and have the likes of Chilly Willy, tomathiest and TmEE develop a game using the chip, because they can do............anything. :D Maybe use it in a manner like the SNES used the SFX2 chip for "Yoshi's Island". How's about it guys?
That's what I was hinting at, though I think most people prefer to use the 32X as a base. Then again, you'd get some nice street cred if you made a homebrew game using the SVP. :D
Use it to help keep track of your collection/inventory of used crochet doilies :D
Give Sonic REAL Blast Processing. ;)
Add scaling and rotation to games without the use of a Sega CD?
Exactly.Quote:
Originally Posted by m68k
Extra parallax scrolling layers in platforming games!
What exactly does that chip do, anyways? Besides slicing, dicing and blending, of course.
It also makes bread.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Sports Guy
Yeah but if you have a 32x then your screwed because the SVP chip messes with the 32x and keeps it from working.
It walks the dog, makes your dinner, and visits your elderly grandparents in the nursing home! :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by The Sports Guy
Seriously, it's just a DSP. What makes it really useful for the Genesis is that it has 128KB of DRAM that can be read directly in "cell" fashion by the Genesis, allowing you to generate a bitmap using the DSP, then use the Genesis DMA to copy the data directly to the VRAM without any further processing needed. Even if you didn't use the DSP itself, that DRAM would be useful for a ton of different games, notably 3D-ish type games.
You could use the SVP for higher than normal real-time decompression for 2D type games. In audio, the SVP could decompress audio into 32KB for the Z80 to playback. It could also be used for decompressing video. The thing has all kinds of uses any kind of game could take advantage of. It's limits are the programmer's skills. Well, that and how much DSP code you could fit in the DSP program RAM. :D
I was wondering if the 64KB RAM present in the Mega Drive can also add to the 128KB present in the VDP cart? You know, to give it 192KB of Program RAM? Or is it like the 32x where it can't access the Mega Drive's RAM?Quote:
Originally Posted by Chilly Willy