February 20, 1993 · Computer or hardware
FM Towns Marty (1993)
Fujitsu's console version of its FM Towns PC, billed as the first 32-bit CD console.
Released at 98,000 yen with an AMD 386SX, 2 MB RAM and CD-ROM plus floppy, with FM Towns software compatibility. About 45,000 sold in 1993; the Marty 2 cut the price in 1994 but Fujitsu abandoned the line. Its software is now rare and costly.
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Facts
- Date
- February 20, 1993
- Kind
- Computer or hardware: Home console
- Maker or publisher
- Fujitsu
- CPU
- AMD 386SX @ 16 MHz
- RAM
- 2 MB
- Graphics
- 256 of 32,768 colors, 1,024 sprites
- Media
- CD-ROM + floppy
- Units sold
- about 45,000
- Generation
- 5th
- First sold in
- Japan
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