vbrooks
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Regarding the original discussion... I'm not sure if I'd call Pole Position a 16-bit game. Yes, it has 2x 16-bit processors, but I believe the main program executes from the Z80, which is 8-bit. That's like calling the Sega Dreamcast a 128-bit console, because it had a 128-bit GPU (but a 32-bit CPU). The lines are sorta blurred when you start talking about something with multiple processors (and in the bit race, left up to marketing to decide how many bits the system is... I'm looking at you, Atari Jaguar).
The Z80 manages the supervisor which does the initialization, handles service mode and drives the sound. The game logic and graphics are handled by the two Z8002s.





