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Classic consoles distributed workloads across multiple specialized chips. The Sega Genesis, for example, paired a primary Motorola 68000 CPU with a Zilog Z80 coprocessor dedicated entirely to controlling sound. This dual-bus architecture prevented audio processing from slowing down gameplay. Memory Management and Bank Switching

Using "racing the beam" techniques to generate graphics on an Atari because the system didn't have enough RAM for a frame buffer.