Powarcade
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| Made for: Sega Mega Drive | ||||||||||
| Manufacturer: Silverline[1][2] | ||||||||||
| Distributor: Active Consoles[3][4] | ||||||||||
| Type: Arcade stick | ||||||||||
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The Powarcade is a third-party Sega Mega Drive arcade stick housed in a proper arcade cabinet.[2] Intended for use with either a standard Mega Drive or arcade PCBs (via an onboard JAMMA connection), it was one of the earliest attempts to produce an arcade cabinet for the home consumer market.[4]
Contents
Hardware
In addition to its advertised Mega Drive compatibility, the Powarcade contains a JAMMA-compatible connection which can be used to play actual arcade PCBs. The hardware outputs video via an onboard SCART connection.[1]
Magazine articles
- Main article: Powarcade/Magazine articles.
Physical scans
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Photo gallery
Front
Rear
External links
- Recycled Amusements: An Introduction to the Supergun article by Hanae Kramer, Scott Kramer, and Wayne Buente at ROMchip
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://www.gamestone.co.uk/gsrcade/arcade_information_old_collection.php (Wayback Machine: 2021-11-20 04:50)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://romchip.org/index.php/romchip-journal/article/view/119 (Wayback Machine: 2023-01-28 10:18)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Sega Power, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-05), page 62
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 https://romchip.org/index.php/romchip-journal/article/view/119#fn-1696ad5c512e1db0e6f215c1b1ee64b7 (Wayback Machine: 2023-01-28 10:18)
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