Photo CD Operating System

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Photo CD Operating System

System(s): Sega Saturn

Publisher: Sega

Developer: Sega

Distributor: Ecofilmes (PT)

Sound driver: SCSP (1 track)

Genre: Miscellaneous

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1995-06-23^[1]	¥3,8003,800	HSS-0121
EU	1995-10^[2]^[3]		MK81681-50
FR	199x
PT	1995		STA121
UK	1995-10^[2]^[3]		MK81681-50
PL	1996	159zł159

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Photo CD Operating System, known as the Photo CD Operator (セガサターンフォトＣＤオペレーター) in Japan, is a special piece of Sega Saturn software allowing the user to run Photo CD discs on the console.

Later revisions of the Video CD Card negate the need for this software by giving the Saturn native Photo CD support.

Functions

The disc contains a number of sample images. In Japan, this is limited to five pre-rendered images of Clockwork Knight, while in PAL regions, there are also images relating to Bug!, Daytona USA, Panzer Dragoon and PAL Sega Saturn packaging.

Photo CD games

An advertisement for the Photo CD Operating System on a game's obi strip.

The Photo CD Operating System allows for playback of all Photo CD-encoded discs. While releases for the format generally consisted of multimedia presentations and basic combinations of video and audio, it also granted enough interactivity to allow video games to be created specifically for Photo CD. A number of these games prominently advertised functionality with the Photo CD Operating System as a novel means of expanding the system's already-considerable software library.