---
title: Fujitsu FM Towns II EX
categories:
- Computers
types:
- Home Computer
origins:
- Japan
years:
- '1993'
cpus:
- Intel i80486 DX2 66
params:
  name: FM Towns II EX
  image: /media/museum/photos/fujitsu_fm-town-2ex_1.jpg
  company: /companies/fujitsu
  company_name: Fujitsu
  specs:
  - label: NAME
    value: FM Towns II EX
  - label: MANUFACTURER
    value: Fujitsu
  - label: TYPE
    value: Home Computer
  - label: ORIGIN
    value: Japan
  - label: YEAR
    value: '1993'
  - label: CPU
    value: Intel i80486 DX2 66
  - label: SPEED
    value: 66 MHz
  - label: CO-PROCESSOR
    value: Unknown
  - label: RAM
    value: 4 MB (up to 32 MB)
  - label: VRAM
    value: '1 MB srpite VRAM : 128 KB (16 x 16 pixel, 1024 maximum sprites)'
  - label: ROM
    value: Unknown
  - label: TEXT MODES
    value: 40 x 25 / 80 x 25
  - label: GRAPHIC MODES
    value: maximum 1024 x 768
  - label: COLORS
    value: 16.7 millions
  - label: SOUND
    value: 16 bit PCM record/playback (stereo 48 KHz, 1 voice), FM (6 channel-stereo), PCM (19.2 KHZ, 8 channel stereo)
  - label: I/O PORTS
    value: Bus slots (3), Overdrive slot (1), SCSI, Centronics, RS232c
  - label: BUILT IN MEDIA
    value: one or two 3.5'' disk-drives
  - label: OS
    value: MS DOS (?)
  tabs:
  - software
  - emulators
  - links
  - videos
  forum_thread: 139
  screenshots:
  - title: SCREENSHOT
    subtitle: ''
    text: Thanks to [fullmotionvideo.free.fr](http://fullmotionvideo.free.fr/) for this picture
    image: /media/museum/software/fujitsu_fmtowns_ss_3x3eye_1.jpg
  - title: SCREENSHOT
    subtitle: ''
    text: Thanks to [fullmotionvideo.free.fr](http://fullmotionvideo.free.fr/) for this picture
    image: /media/museum/software/fujitsu_fmtowns_ss_3x3eye_2.jpg
  - title: SCREENSHOT
    subtitle: ''
    text: Thanks to [fullmotionvideo.free.fr](http://fullmotionvideo.free.fr/) for this picture
    image: /media/museum/software/fujitsu_fmtowns_ss_amaranthiii.jpg
  - title: SCREENSHOT
    subtitle: ''
    text: Thanks to [fullmotionvideo.free.fr](http://fullmotionvideo.free.fr/) for this picture
    image: /media/museum/software/fujitsu_fmtowns_ss_american-ultra-quizz.jpg
  - title: SCREENSHOT
    subtitle: ''
    text: Thanks to [fullmotionvideo.free.fr](http://fullmotionvideo.free.fr/) for this picture
    image: /media/museum/software/fujitsu_fmtowns_ss_nobunaganoyabou-tenshouki.jpg
  - title: SCREENSHOT
    subtitle: ''
    text: Thanks to [fullmotionvideo.free.fr](http://fullmotionvideo.free.fr/) for this picture
    image: /media/museum/software/fujitsu_fmtowns_ss_nobunaganoyabou-tenshouki_2.jpg
  emulators:
  - title: FM Towns Bochs Emulator
    url: http://fmbochs.emuvibes.com/
    platform: Windows
    text: Windows emulator
  - title: UNZ Emulator & info
    url: http://members.at.infoseek.co.jp/townsemu/index.html
    platform: Windows
    text: UNZ Emulator & info
  links:
  - title: ASSEMBLER - FM Towns page
    url: http://assembler.roarvgm.com/FM_towns_computers/fm_towns_computers.html
    text: Nice page with a lot of pictures
  - title: FM Towns Software Database
    url: http://homepage2.nifty.com/ftowns/db/sdb.html
    text: The name says it all (in japanese)
  - title: FM TOWNS world
    url: http://homepage2.nifty.com/ftowns/
    text: Dedicated japanese site
  - title: The World of FM Towns
    url: http://ktj.dip.jp/towns/index_e
    text: Some interesting info here
  videos:
  - title: FM Towns II japanese TV commercial
    url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkPMpmBfwfI
    text: 'Length: 15 s'
  - title: FM Towns japanese TV commercial
    url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SstlqNyuD1w
    text: 'Length: 30 s'
  - title: FM Towns japanese TV commercial
    url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9UlTdrjbr8
    text: 'Length: 30 s'
  - title: FM Towns japanese TV commercial
    url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y01Pjyin-pU
    text: 'Length: 30 s'
  related:
  - /museum/fujitsu-fm-towns
  - /museum/fujitsu-fm-towns-ii
  oc_id: 126
  source:
    url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230528020020/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=126
    date: '2023-05-28'
---

The Fujitsu FM TOWN II EX is the successor of the [FM TOWN II](/museum/fujitsu-fm-towns-ii/) which used an i386SX CPU instead of the i486 DX2.

Even if it is fully compatible with all PC compatibles, it was primary designed to be used as a powerful game computer. It has the common characteristics with game consoles like enhanced sound, hardware sprites and scrolling and video modes : it has in fact four video modes : 640 x 480 (1 screen of 16.7 million colors), 512 x 384 (2 screens of 32768 colors), 1024 x 768 (2 screens of 16 colors among 4096) or 1024 x7\* 768 (1 screen of 256 colors among 16.7 millions).

This computer had, as its previous models, a great success in Japan and a lot of multimedia and game applications were developped for it, but however was never launched outside Japan.

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