Difference between revisions of "VIC Dual"

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Dual

Manufacturer: Gremlin (US), Sega Enterprises, Ltd. (JP)

Release

Date

RRP

Code

JP

197x

¥?

?

US

1977-06

$?

?

The Dual, also known as the VIC Dual (Video Interface Chip Dual^{[n 1]}) is an arcade system produced by Gremlin. Sega Enterprises, Inc. acquired it as part of their acquisition of Gremlin in 1978, and its Japanese subsidiary started developing games for it as a result. The Dual uses the Z80 processor and sound is handled by a discrete logic sound card unique to each game. Dual cabinets contained two games.

Technical specifications

CPU: Zilog Z80 @ 1.934 MHz (8/16-bit instructions, 0.28 MIPS), or Intel 8080 @ 1.934 MHz (8-bit instructions, 0.28 MIPS)^[1]
Sound board: Custom (mono)
RAM: 8 KB (5 KB main, 1 KB video, 2 KB characters)^[2]
Color model: Monochrome (1977) or RGB (1979)^[1]
Color palette: 64
Colors on screen: 2 (1977) or 8 (1979)^[1]
Video resolution: 256×224 (display), 328×262 (overscan)^[1]
Refresh rate: 60 Hz^[1]

List of games

Safari (1977)
Depthcharge (1978)
Frogs (1978)
Heiankyo Alien (1979)
Car Hunt (1979)
Space Attack (1979)
Head On (1979)
Head On 2 (1979)
Invinco (1979)
Samurai (1980)
Deep Scan (1980)
Digger (1980)
Space Trek (1980)
Carnival (1980)
Tranquillizer Gun (1980)
N-Sub (1980)
Pulsar (1980)
Star Raker (1981)
Borderline (1981)
Alpha Fighter (19xx)
Special Dual (19xx)
Special Dual III (19xx)
Special Dual II (19xx)

Promotional material

US flyer (cabinet with Deep Scan and Head On 2)

Notes

↑ [Not related to the Commodore VIC-20 home computer, released in 1980/1981. Not related to the Commodore VIC-20 home computer, released in 1980/1981.]

References

Sega arcade boards
Originating in arcades
77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 VIC Dual G80 Zaxxon VCO Object System 1 LaserDisc Appoooh Hang-On System 2 System 16 OutRun Gigas X Board Y Board System 24 System 18 System 32 Model 1 Model 2 H1 Board Model 3
Console-based hardware
84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 SG-1000 System E System C Mega-Tech System Mega Play Sega Titan Video NAOMI Hikaru NAOMI 2 Atomiswave System SP Chihiro Triforce
PC-based hardware
05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Lindbergh Europa-R RingEdge RingWide RingEdge 2 Nu Nu 1.1 Nu 2 ALLS

[Not_related_to_the_.5B.5BCommodore_VIC-20.5D.5D_home_computer.2C_released_in_1980.2F1981.-1] [Not related to the Commodore VIC-20 home computer, released in 1980/1981. Not related to the Commodore VIC-20 home computer, released in 1980/1981.]

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-| logos=[[File:VICDual logo.png|280px]]
+| | logo=VICDual logo.png|280px]]
 | consoleimage=VICDual PCB.jpg
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-| name=
+| name=Dual
-| maker=[[Sega]]
+| maker={{company|[[Gremlin Industries|Gremlin]]|region=US}}, {{company|[[Sega Enterprises, Ltd.]]|region=JP}}
 | variants=
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-| processor=
+| processor=[[Zilog Z80]]
-| releases={{releases
+| releases={{releasesArcade
-| arcade_date_world=1977
+| system_date_us=1977-06
+| system_date_jp=197x
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+The '''Dual''', also known as the '''VIC Dual''' (Video Interface Chip Dual{{ref|Not related to the [[Commodore VIC-20]] home computer, released in 1980/1981.|group=n}}) is an arcade system produced by [[Gremlin Industries|Gremlin]]. [[Sega Enterprises, Inc.]] acquired it as part of their acquisition of Gremlin in 1978, and its [[Sega Enterprises, Ltd.|Japanese subsidiary]] started developing games for it as a result. The Dual uses the [[Z80]] processor and sound is handled by a discrete logic sound card unique to each game. Dual cabinets contained two games.
-The '''Sega VIC Dual''' is an arcade system produced by [[Sega]] in 1977, and is the first Sega hardware to use the Zilog [[Z80]] processor. Sound is handled by a discrete logic sound card which is unique to each game. Dual cabinets contained two games.
+==Technical specifications==
+* [[wikipedia:Central processing unit|CPU]]: [[Zilog]] [[Zilog Z80|Z80]] @ 1.934&nbsp;[[wikipedia:Megahertz|MHz]] (8/[[wikipedia:16-bit|16-bit]] [[wikipedia:Instruction set|instructions]], 0.28&nbsp;[[wikipedia:Instructions per second|MIPS]]), or [[wikipedia:Intel 8080|Intel 8080]] @ 1.934&nbsp;MHz (8-bit instructions, 0.28&nbsp;MIPS){{ref|https://github.com/mamedev/mame/tree/master/src/mame/drivers/vicdual.cpp}}
+* [[wikipedia:Sound card|Sound board]]: Custom (mono)
+* [[RAM]]: 8 [[Byte|KB]] (5 KB main, 1 KB [[VRAM|video]], 2 KB characters){{ref|https://github.com/mamedev/mame/blob/master/src/mame/drivers/vicdual.cpp}}
+* [[wikipedia:Color model|Color model]]: [[wikipedia:Monochrome|Monochrome]] (1977) or [[wikipedia:RGB color model|RGB]] (1979){{ref|https://github.com/mamedev/mame/tree/master/src/mame/drivers/vicdual.cpp}}
+* [[Palette|Color palette]]: 64
+* [[wikipedia:Color depth|Colors on screen]]: 2 (1977) or 8 (1979){{ref|https://github.com/mamedev/mame/tree/master/src/mame/drivers/vicdual.cpp}}
+* Video resolution: 256×224 (display), 328×262 (overscan){{ref|https://github.com/mamedev/mame/tree/master/src/mame/drivers/vicdual.cpp}}
+* [[wikipedia:Refresh rate|Refresh rate]]: 60&nbsp;Hz{{ref|https://github.com/mamedev/mame/tree/master/src/mame/drivers/vicdual.cpp}}
-==Specifications==
+==List of games==
-* Main CPU: [[Z80]]
-* Sound: Custom
-* Video [[resolution]]: 256 x 224
-==List of Games==
 {{multicol|
-* ''[[Alpha Fighter]]'' ([[Data East]])
+{{CargoReleaseList
-* ''[[Borderline]]'' (1980)
+| table=releases
-* ''[[Car Hunt]]'' (1980)
+| query=console="vic"
-* ''[[Carnival]]'' (1980)
+| orderby=date
-* ''[[Deep Scan]]'' (1979)
+}}
-* ''[[Depthcharge]]'' (1977)
-* ''[[Digger]]'' (1980)
-* ''[[Frogs]]'' (1978)
-* ''[[Head On]]'' (1979)
-* ''[[Head On 2]]'' (1979)
-* ''[[Heiankyo Alien]]'' ([[Denki Onkyo]], 1979)
-* ''[[Invinco]]'' (1979)
-* ''[[N-Sub]]'' (1980)
-* ''[[Pulsar]]'' (1981)
-* ''[[Safari (VIC Dual)|Safari]]'' (1977)
-* ''[[Samurai]]'' (1980)
-* ''[[Space Attack]]'' (1979)
-* ''[[Space Trek]]'' (1980)
-* ''[[Star Raker]]'' (1981)
-* ''[[Super Space Attack]]'' (1979)
-* ''[[Tranquilizer Gun]]'' (1980)
 }}
-==Promotional Material==
+==Promotional material==
 <gallery>
-File:Dual VICDual US Flyer.pdf|US flyer (Cabinet with ''Deep Scan'' and ''Head On 2'')
+Dual VICDual US Flyer.pdf|US flyer (cabinet with ''Deep Scan'' and ''Head On 2'')
 </gallery>
+==Notes==
+<references group="n"/>
+==References==
+<references/>
 {{Sega Arcade Boards}}
 [[Category:Pre-System 1 arcade systems]]