VDP (Video Display Processor)

E200318
custom Sega chip graphics processing unit video display processor

The VDP (Video Display Processor) is the custom graphics chip used in Sega’s 16-bit era hardware, responsible for rendering sprites, backgrounds, and visual effects in games.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Sega Genesis VDP 1
Sega Mega Drive VDP 1
VDP (Video Display Processor) canonical 1

Statements (60)

Predicate Object
instanceOf custom Sega chip ⓘ
graphics processing unit ⓘ
video display processor ⓘ
alsoKnownAs VDP (Video Display Processor) ⓘ
surface form: Sega Genesis VDP

VDP (Video Display Processor) ⓘ
surface form: Sega Mega Drive VDP
backgroundPlanes 2 scrolling background planes ⓘ
colorDepth up to 9-bit RGB internal palette ⓘ
connectedTo Motorola 68000 family ⓘ
surface form: Motorola 68000 CPU

Zilog Z80 ⓘ
surface form: Zilog Z80 co-processor
era fourth generation of video game consoles ⓘ
generation 16-bit era ⓘ
manufacturer Sega ⓘ
maxOnScreenColors 64 colors simultaneously ⓘ
maxSpritesOnScreen 80 sprites ⓘ
maxSpritesPerScanline 20 sprites per scanline ⓘ
memoryTypeUsed CRAM ⓘ
VRAM ⓘ
VSRAM ⓘ
notableFor fast scrolling platformer graphics ⓘ
supporting games like Sonic the Hedgehog series ⓘ
paletteSize 512 colors total in palette ⓘ
primaryFunction generate video output signal ⓘ
handle tile-based graphics ⓘ
render scrolling backgrounds ⓘ
render sprites ⓘ
roleInSystem handles all 2D graphics rendering ⓘ
spriteSizeSupport multiple sprite sizes ⓘ
supportsFeature CRAM color RAM ⓘ
DMA transfers ⓘ
VRAM access ⓘ
VSRAM scroll RAM ⓘ
hardware scrolling ⓘ
hardware sprites ⓘ
horizontal scrolling ⓘ
line interrupts ⓘ
multiple scrolling planes ⓘ
per-line scrolling ⓘ
raster effects ⓘ
tile maps ⓘ
vertical scrolling ⓘ
window layer ⓘ
usedInPlatform JVC Wondermega ⓘ
surface form: JVC X'Eye

Sega 32X ⓘ
Sega CD ⓘ
Sega CDX ⓘ
Sega Mega Drive ⓘ
surface form: Sega Genesis

Sega Genesis Model 2 ⓘ
Sega Mega Drive ⓘ
Sega Genesis Model 2 ⓘ
surface form: Sega Mega Drive II

Sega Mega Jet ⓘ
Sega arcade systems ⓘ
surface form: Sega Mega-Play arcade system

Sega arcade systems ⓘ
surface form: Sega Mega-Tech arcade system

Sega Multi-Mega ⓘ
Sega Nomad ⓘ
Sega TeraDrive ⓘ
Sega Multi-Mega ⓘ
surface form: Sega Wondermega
videoResolution 256x224 pixels (alternate) ⓘ
320x224 pixels (standard) ⓘ
videoStandardSupport NTSC color television standard ⓘ
surface form: NTSC

PAL ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sega Mega Drive → graphicsProcessor → VDP (Video Display Processor) ⓘ
VDP (Video Display Processor) → alsoKnownAs → VDP (Video Display Processor) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sega Mega Drive VDP
VDP (Video Display Processor) → alsoKnownAs → VDP (Video Display Processor) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sega Genesis VDP
Sega Genesis Model 2 → graphicsProcessor → VDP (Video Display Processor) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yamaha VDP (Video Display Processor)