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ATARI 3DO PROTOTYPE HARDWARE
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HARDWARE DESCRIPTION
Processor : 32-bit 12.5 MHz RISC CPU (ARM60)
- Math co-processor
- 32kb SRAM
Display : Interpolated 640x480 resolution output to screen, upsampled from 320x240 or 320x480 internal resolution with either 16 bit palettized color (from 24 bits) or 24 bit truecolor.
- Two accelerated video co-processors capable of producing 9-16 million pixels per second (36-64 megapix/s interpolated), distorted, scaled, rotated and texture mapped.
System board : 50 Mbit/s bus speed
- 36 DMA channels
- 2 megabytes of main RAM
- 1 megabyte of VRAM
- 2 expansion ports
Sound : 16-bit stereo sound @ 44.1 kHz
- Supports Dolby Surround sound
- Custom 20-bit Digital signal processor (DSP) -- 20 bit accumulator with 16bit parameter registers for extended precision

This hardware is based on 3DO


KNOWN ATARI 3DO PROTOTYPE GAME LIST
Beavis And Butt-Head
Die Alien Scum


Beavis And Butt-Head
Time Warner Interactive / Atari - 1996 (Prototype)
Beavis And Butt-Head Beavis And Butt-Head
Beavis And Butt-Head Beavis And Butt-Head
Cabinets : Front - Side - Marquee - Control Panel
Notes : A couple of prototype games with only a few levels were made for MTV, it was a beat-em-up game (like Simpsons) with some mini games between levels and was abandoned after brief testing.
One machine was in MTV's headquarters reception until it was sold for charity.
 

Die Alien Scum
Time Warner Interactive / Atari - 199?
Die Alien Scum Die Alien Scum
Cabinets : Marquee
 

 

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