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The HYDRA Game Development Kit is the latest (launched in September 2006) creation of Andre LaMothe similar to the XGameStation. Like the XGameStation, HYDRA is an open system, allowing anyone to create games for it. However, being less focused on teaching electronics and more about homebrew games, the HYDRA uses a more complex and powerful CPU - the recently released Parallax Propeller processing unit, which has eight 32 bit RISC CPUs called cogs with 32KB built in RAM and 32KB built in ROM. ==Specifications== The HYDRA Game Development Kit has the following specifications: * Propeller CPU at 160 MIPS, (80 MHz, 20 MIPS per cog) 8 PIC-like CPU cores each with 496 32bit-words of workspace plus a shared 32kB RAM and 32kB ROM * 128kB serial EEPROM * two NES Compatible Game Ports * one USB Programming port * one Serial Port or second USB port * two PS/2-compliant Ports for Mouse and Keyboard. * one NTSC or PAL Video Output, or alternatively one VGA Video Output * one mono Audio output * one 20-Pin Expansion Interface connector * one RJ-11 Peer-to-Peer Networking Port The Hydra also comes with the large book (800+ pages) "Game programming for the propeller powered HYDRA", a CD with extensive software including demo games and a second book by LaMothe, a keyboard, a mouse, a NES keypad, USB and audio/video cables, a 128kB "memory card", an experimenter card and a power supply. The system can be programmed as the target of a PC-hosted IDE or through locally hosted programming languages. Tiny BASIC is included with the system, and the FORTH language is also available. Of course, the Hydra can also be programmed in assembler, and in the Propeller's own built-in Spin programming language. As the video display is generated in software, the capabilities of it depend on the software driver, but a typical PAL/NTSC driver would be able to generate a 256x192 screen resolution, and typically 80 to 96 colors maximum (). The color resolution for the VGA display is hardwired to 64 colors maximum, and a typical resolution would be 800x600 depending on the available display memory. A video driver uses the main 32kB RAM which it must share with code space. With the aid of the new 512kB memory expander, video drivers can be written that extend the video generator's capabilities. To aid in the display of text the Propeller chip has a complete character font in its ROM. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「HYDRA Game Development Kit」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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