Astrocade Arcade vs Console

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Astrocade Arcade vs Console

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The SMS core is common to both the Arcade section and the Console section.

Is it the same for the Astrocade, or is there a separate arcade Astrocade core and console Astrocade core? The Astrocade is a system that I know very little about.
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The Astrocade console is different from the Bally/Williams arcade boards of the time.
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Thanks, maybe a different name could have been chosen for one of them to prevent confusion I guess, but too late now.
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The Astrocade is an awesome console. Very underrated

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I always thought it was the same chipset, just the arcade board had more RAM to utilize the higher resolution video mode.

I thought you could even scavenge custom chips between the two?

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