Key facts
- Also known as
- Spellbound ( codename )
- Manufacturer
- Commodore International
- Product family
- Amiga
- Type
- Home video game console , Gaming computer
- Generation
- Fifth generation era
- Released
- September 17, 1993 ( 1993-09-17 )
- Lifespan
- 1993–1994
- Discontinued
- April 29, 1994 ( 1994-04-29 )
- Units sold
- Approximately 25,000 in Germany and 100,000 in Europe.
- Media
- CD-ROM
- Operating system
- AmigaOS 3.1
- Cpu
- Motorola 68EC020 @ 14.18 MHz ( PAL ), 14.32 MHz ( NTSC )
- Memory
- 2 MB Chip RAM
- Storage
- 1 KB EEPROM
- Display
- RF modulator ( RCA ) Composite video (RCA) S-Video 320×200 to 1280×400 (NTSC), 320×256 to 1280×512 (PAL);, 256 colors in indexed mode, 262,144 colors in HAM-8 mode
- Graphics
- AGA , Akiko
- Sound
- 4 × 8-bit PCM channels Stereo audio (RCA) 28 kHz sampling rate
- Controller input
- Gamepad , mouse
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- home video game console
- Series
- Commodore Amiga
- Follows
- CDTV
- Manufacturer
- Commodore International
- Image
- Amiga-CD32-wController-L.jpg
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- Commons category
- Amiga CD32
- publication date
- 1993-09-17
- units sold
- 100000
- discontinuation date
- 1994-04-29
- title
- Amiga CD32
- operating system
- AmigaOS
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Encyclopedic overview
The Amiga CD32 is a home video game console developed by Commodore as part of the Amiga line, as well as the final hardware to be developed by the company. Released in September 1993 in Europe, Australia, Canada, and Brazil, it was marketed as the "first" 32-bit games console and is essentially a keyboard-less Amiga 1200 personal computer without the I/O ports, but with the addition of a CD-ROM drive in place of floppy and a modified Advanced Graphics Architecture chipset for improved graphical performance.
Unlike Commodore's CDTV released two years prior, the CD32 was designed specifically as a games machine. The majority of CD32 game software were ports of existing Amiga 1200 or Amiga 500 titles, and many did not take advantage of CD capabilities like CD music or full-motion video. While its sales in European markets were average, the console was withdrawn from sale after only a short time as Commodore filed for bankruptcy in April 1994.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Amiga CD32” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.