CHAPTER 6 The 16-Bit Era
▪ Objectives
After reading this chapter, you should be able to:
- Discuss developments and breakthroughs in arcade industry during this time.
- Provide a brief overview of the history of NEC and SNK.
- Review key people behind the video games and consoles.
- Describe how publishers redesigned Japanese consoles for the Western audience.
- Identify graphics and other capabilities of fourth-generation games.
- Differentiate fourth-generation consoles from their 8-bit predecessors.
- Compare the technological differences among NEC, Nintendo, Sega, and SNK consoles.
- Describe the strengths and weaknesses ...
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