Sega Pico
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 Sega Pico
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Japanese Pico with a cartridge inserted, and his "storybook" opened.
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| Manufacturer(s) |  Sega ( 1993 ~ 1998)
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| Release Date(s) | 1993-06-26
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| CPU(s) | Motorola 68000 |
| Sound chip(s) | SEGAVDP PSG, NEC UPD7759 |
| Music section | Pico |
The Sega Pico
pico is a Sega Mega Drive with more or less inputs and ICs, inside on a laptop case, for kids.
Sound
The sound of Pico is done by an PSG chip, inside of the Pico's VDP, which is a SN76489. Unlike most of MD games, the sound is not controlled by a Z80, but by the 68000 itself. So, with the omitting of the Z80, most (if not ALL) Pico games uses the SMPS-68k as their sound driver. Optionally, a PCM chip called UPD7759 (used in Sega System 16B), is used for playing PCM drums and/or samples.
VGM Scene
You can log Pico VGMs in two emulators: MESS and Kega Fusion. MESS can log PCM data from the Pico, but Kega Fusion not.
