NEXT GENERATION GAME CONSOLES' SPECS

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  • Musical_Master
    FFR Player
    • Jan 2004
    • 1788

    #1

    NEXT GENERATION GAME CONSOLES' SPECS

    Next Gameboy

    The working title is "Game Boy Evolution".
    The system will have a flip-top design, similar to the GBA SP.
    Games will come on mini-discs, as opposed to cartridges.
    The graphics will be slightly better than those found on the Sega Dreamcast.
    Bluetooth wireless networking will be built in.
    The system will feature backwards compatibility, but not in the same way the GBA plays old Game Boy games. Supposedly there will be a device that will allow you to download games from their carts into a harddrive-like element of the new Game Boy. Confusing, yes, but that's all we've managed to gleam. Speculate as you like.
    The system's screen will be lit, similar to the GBA SP.

    Gamecube Next

    Now, a bit of clarification is necessary here. We have two sets of specs to talk about. Supposedly Nintendo has two sets of benchmark specifications they're working with, and one will be chosen when they are closer to actual development. We'll talk about both in the analysis.

    System 1:
    2.7 Ghz PowerPC G5 Processor
    512 Megs total Ram (128 for video, 64 for sound)
    600 Mhz graphics chip

    System 2:
    Dual 1.8 Ghz IBM G5 PowerPC processors
    256 Megs DDR Main memory (64 dedicated to sound, using a 7.1 sound system at 196 Khz)
    128 Megs GDDR3 Video memory
    500 Mhz graphics chip (ATI developed, 16 Pixel Pipe, 220 Million transistors)


    Shared Information:
    Built in 15 Gigabyte harddrive
    Blue-laser disk technology
    Potential DVD playback
    Case design philosophy more like the N64, less like the GameCube


    Source: Nsider

    Let the speculation begin!

    for more details: http://www.n-sider.com/articleview.php?articleid=296
  • Omeganitros
    auauauau
    • Jun 2003
    • 8897

    #2
    Dreamcast graphics? On a gameboy? HOT DAMN!

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    • Snapps
      NO DOUBT GET LOUD
      FFR Simfile Author
      • Sep 2003
      • 5650

      #3
      They made something like that, but they sold it for $200. Wasn't it an N-Gage?

      Im amazed something is so powerful now a days.

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      • Squeek
        let it snow~
        • Jan 2004
        • 14444

        #4
        Score. Dreamcast-like games on a handheld. I bet this will own PSP (Playstation Portable)

        And another gamecube should be ownage over Xbox 2 or PS3. The Panasonic Q was already the answer to the DVD problem in gamecubes, but a west coast release is ideal. Does anyone know the release date on these? I'm pretty sure the next GB will be out either December of this year or Summer of 2005...that is, if they want to actually profit off this.

        ~Squeek

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        • evilbutterfly
          FFR Player
          • Apr 2003
          • 5784

          #5
          the deciding factor: what games it will have and whether it'll have a stupid controller built for 3-handed aliens or not
          So I've gone completely slack-ass and haven't done any work on creating games. =(

          In less-depressing news, I got a job for an online business (which sells non-electronic games, of all things!) which has taught me a lot about marketing online and all that jazz.

          So now I'm on Twitter @NoahWright.
          And I write the blog for their website.

          Plus I do cool programming in-house that you'll never see. =O

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          • Anticrombie0909
            FFR Player
            • Jul 2003
            • 4683

            #6
            If any next gen handheld console prevails, it will be the PSP. It's had far more hype as well as time to develop and attract the attention of third party developers than either this or the Nintendo DS. Beyond that, the graphics will be better than Playstation, and polygon for polygon, the system is more powerful than a PS2.

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            • evilbutterfly
              FFR Player
              • Apr 2003
              • 5784

              #7
              whoa, handheld better than a PS2!!! muy dulce, especially if it can play PS1 and PS2 games. oh, but does it have that bluetooth thing going on, because multiplayer without wires would rock.
              So I've gone completely slack-ass and haven't done any work on creating games. =(

              In less-depressing news, I got a job for an online business (which sells non-electronic games, of all things!) which has taught me a lot about marketing online and all that jazz.

              So now I'm on Twitter @NoahWright.
              And I write the blog for their website.

              Plus I do cool programming in-house that you'll never see. =O

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