Editing Konix Multisystem (section)

==Development==

Holloway approached Flare and proposed a merger of their respective technologies to create an innovative new kind of gaming console with the computer hardware built into the main controller and in July 1988 a partnership was formed.<ref name="hist" /> Development work was carried out by Flare, with assistance from British games programmer [[Jeff Minter]].

Konix wanted the machine to use a 16-bit processor, so the Z80 was removed and replaced with an [[8086]] processor. They also demanded that the colour palette be expanded to 4096 colours, the same as that of the Amiga. To reduce manufacturing costs, the Flare One's four custom chips were integrated into one large chip. In order to keep the cost of software down, it was decided that the software media would be 3.5” [[floppy disk|floppy disc]]s<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.denofgeek.com/games/konix-multisystem-the-british-console-that-never-was/|title = Konix Multisystem: The British console that never was|date = 23 February 2018}}</ref> rather than ROM cartridges used universally by consoles up to that time.

The embryonic console was revealed to the computing press at a toy fair held at [[Earls Court Exhibition Centre]] in February 1989. It boasted market leading performance, [[MIDI]] support and revolutionary peripherals including a [[light gun]] with [[recoil]] action and the Power Chair, a [[Electric motor|motorised]] seat designed to reproduce in the home what "sit-in" arcade games such as ''[[After Burner]]'' and ''[[Out Run]]'' delivered in the [[Video arcade|arcades]]. Another innovative feature was the ability to link two MultiSystems together to allow for head-to-head two player gaming.<ref name="specs">{{citation|author=Richard Monteiro|title=March 1989 issue of ACE Magazine|publisher=Future Publishing}}</ref> Release was slated for August that year.<ref name="hist" />

Several games in development had a version produced for the Konix Multisystem, including [[Vivid Image]]'s ''[[Hammerfist]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.denofgeek.com/games/konix-multisystem-the-british-console-that-never-was/|title = Konix Multisystem: The British console that never was|date = 23 February 2018}}</ref>

A redesigned system oriented around a 32-bit processor clocked at 30 MHz with support for CDs exclusively was announced in 1993 in collaboration with TXC.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Konix to bring out 32-bit system |magazine=[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]] |date=April 1993 |volume=6 |issue=4 |page=54}}</ref><ref name="wyn"/>