FM Towns

Video Game Gazette
	FM Towns Marty Archive
	The Fujitsu FM Towns Marty was released in 1991. It was the first 32-bit home game system. Like the CD32, the system is really a stripped down version of a computer. One feature that makes it unique amongst newer game systems is the presense of a 3.5" disk drive. In the mid 90s a second version of the console was released. It was called the Marty 2. The only difference between the systems is that the Marty 2 has a 486 processor and internet connectivity.

The Marty is based on a 68030 32-bit processor running at 16 MHZ. It has 2 megabytes of PCM RAM. It has a palette of 32,768 colors and can display 256 simultaneously. It supports 1024 sprites with a maximum size of 16x16. The system has a screen resolution of 640x480 pixels. It has six channel sound. It has a single speed cdrom drive. Like the Neo-Geo and other high-end Japanese systems, the games were packaged in large boxes.

Fujitsu FM Towns Marty controller

Classic games for the system include
3x3 Eyes
After Burner
Alone in the Dark
Brandish
Dragon Knight 4
Dragon Slayer
Gunship
Heroes of the Lance
Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
Mobile Suit Gundam Hyper Classic Operation
Monkey Island
Muscle Bomber
Operation Wolf
Power Dolls 2
Raiden Densetsu
Rainbow Islands Extra
Rayxanber
Splatterhouse (The best port of the arcade game)
Ultima
Wing Commander

The following is a partial list of games.