Photo CD Operating System
From Sega Retro
| Photo CD Operating System | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| System(s): Sega Saturn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Publisher: Sega | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Developer: Sega | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sound driver: SCSP (1 track) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Genre: Miscellaneous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number of players: 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Photo CD Operating System, known as the Photo CD Operator (セガサターン フォトＣＤオペレーター) in Japan, is a special piece of Sega Saturn software allowing the user to run Photo CD discs on the console.
Later revisions of the Video CD Card negate the need for this software by giving the Saturn native Photo CD support.
Contents
Functions
The Photo CD Operating System allows for playback of all Photo CD-encoded discs. While releases for the format generally consisted of multimedia presentations and basic combinations of video and audio, it also granted enough interactivity to allow video games to be created specifically for Photo CD. By installing the Photo CD Operating System (or later Video CD Card), users can play both Saturn games and Photo CD games, expanding the system's already-considerable software library.
Magazine articles
- Main article: Photo CD Operating System/Magazine articles.
Physical scans
| Saturn, JP |
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   Cover
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 Disc   Jewel Case |
| Saturn, EU |
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 Cover
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 Disc |
| Saturn, PT |
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  Cover
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Disc |
Technical information
ROM dump status
| System | Hash | Size | Build Date | Source | Comments | |||||||||
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51,746,352 | CD-ROM (EU) | MK81681-50 V1.002 | ||||||||||
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38,629,248 | 1995-03-24 | CD-ROM (JP) | HSS-0121 V1.007 |
Extra content
This game has extra content which can be viewed when accessing the disc on a PC.
| Folder / File | Type | Size | description |
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| PHP_ABS.TXT | TXT (Abstract) | 243 | About this game |
| PHP_BIB.TXT | TXT (Bibliographiced) | 17 | Reference material |
| PHP_CPY.TXT | TXT (Copyright) | 43 | Copyright |
References
- ↑ http://sega.jp/fb/segahard/ss/movie.html (Wayback Machine: 2013-02-09 18:37)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Computer & Video Games, "August 1995" (UK; 1995-07-12), page 35
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Sega Magazine, "August 1995" (UK; 1995-07-13), page 36