Arcade system board

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An arcade system board is a dedicated computer system created for the purpose of running video arcade games. Arcade system boards typically consist of a main system board with any number of supporting boards. ^[1]

Design

The earliest non-microprocessor based arcade system boards were designed around codeless state machine computers with the main board and any support boards consisting of discrete logic circuits comprising each element of the game itself.^[2] The next generation of arcade system boards, with the inclusion of microprocessor based technology, incorporated the game program code directly on the main system board via game code stored in ROM chips mounted on the main board. Later arcade system boards, including the DECO Cassette System, SNK's Neo-Geo, Capcom's CPS-2, and Sega's NAOMI, separated the system board from the game program itself, akin to a home video game console and cartridge. This method benefitted both manufacturers and arcade game owners. Once the system board was purchased, the owner could switch out the games at a fraction of the price and with less effort, and the manufacturers could produce fewer of the costly system boards and more of the less-costly games.

List of arcade system boards

Atari

• PONG (1972)
• Atari System 1 (1984)
• Atari System 2 (1984)

BrezzaSoft

• Crystal System (2001 - 2003)

Capcom

• CP System (1988 - 1995)
• CP System II (1993 - 2004)
• CP System III (1996 - 1999)

Cave

• Cave 1st Generation (1994 - 2001)
• Cave 3rd Generation (2004 - 2008)
• Cave PC Based (2009)

CD Express

• Cubo CD32 (1995)

Data East

• Cassette System (1981 - 1985)
• Simple 156 (1994 - 1996)
• MLC System (1995 - 1996)

Eolith

• Eolith System (1998 - 2001)
• Eolith Vegas (2002)
• Eolith Ghost (2003)

Examu

• eX-BOARD (2008)

Fuuki

• FG-2 (1995 - 1996)
• FG-3 (1998 - 2000)

Gaelco

• Gaelco GAE1 (1994)
• Gaelco GAE2
• Gaelco GG-1v (1998)
• Gaelco 3D (1996 - 2002)
• Gaelco PC Based (2003 - 2005)

IGS

• PolyGame Master (1997 - 2005)
• PolyGame Master 2 (2007 - 2008)

Irem/Data East

• M-10
• M-62
• M-107

Jaleco

• Mega System 32 (1993 - 1997)

Kaneko

• Super Kaneko Nova System (1996 - 2002)

Konami

Bubble System (1985) Konami GX400 (1985-1987) Mystic Warriors Based Hardware (1993) Konami GX (1994 - 1997) Konami GQ (1995) Konami ZR-107 (1995 - 1996) Konami Baby Phoenix / GV System (1996 - 2000) Konami GTI Club (1996 - 1997) Konami M2 (1997 - 1998) Konami Cobra System (1997) Konami BEMANI DJ-Main (1997 - 2002) Konami Hornet (1998 - 2000) Konami NWK-TR (1998 - 1999) Konami 573 (1998 - 2003) Konami BEMANI 573 ANALOG (1999 - 2002) Konami BEMANI 573 DIGITAL (1999 - 2004) Konami BEMANI Twinkle (1999 - 2002) Konami BEMANI Firebeat (2000 - 2003) Konami Viper (2000 - 2005) Konami Pyson (2001 - 2005) Konami BEMANI Viper (2003 - 2006) Konami BEMANI PC Based (2003 -) Konami PC Based (2004 -) Konami BEMANI PlayStation 2 Based (2005 -) Limenko Power System 2 (2000 - 2003) Midway Astrocade (1982-1985) MCR MCR II MCR III MCR-68K Y-Unit (1991-1992) T-Unit (1993) X-Unit (1994; used only in T2: The Arcade Game and Revolution X) Wolf Unit (1995-1996) V-Unit (1995-1996) Zeus (1997-1999) Zeus II (1999-2000) Seattle Vegas Quicksilver II Namco Namco Galaxian (1979-1982) Namco Pac-Man (1980-1983) Namco Galaga (1981-1984) Namco Pole Position (1982-1983) Namco Super Pac-Man (1982-1985) Namco Phozon (1983-1984) Namco Libble Rabble (1983-1986) Namco Pac-Land (1984-1985) Namco System 86 (1986-1987) Namco System 1 (1987-1991) Namco System 2 (1987-1993) Namco System 21 (1989-1992) Namco NA-1 (1992-1995) Namco NB-1 (1993-1997) Namco System 22 (1993 - 1995) Namco System Super 22 (1994 - 1997) Namco System 11 (1994 - 2000) Namco ND-1 (1995-1996) Namco System FL Namco System 12 (1996 - 2001) Namco System 23 (1997 - 1999) Namco Gorgon / System 22.5 (1997) Namco System Super 23 (1998 - 1999) Namco System 10 (1999 - 2005) Namco System 246 (2000 - 2008) Namco N2 (2003 - 2008) Namco System 256 (2004 - 2009) Triforce (2005 - 2006) Namco System Super 256 (2006) Namco System 357 (2007 -) Namco SystemES1 (2009) Nintendo Nintendo Classic (1981) PlayChoice-10 (1986) Super System VS. UniSystem and VS. DualSystem Triforce (2002) unnamed Wii-based arcade board (2008) Psikyo Psikyo 1st Generation (1993 - 1996) Psikyo SH-2 (1997 - 2002) Sammy Atomiswave (2003 - 2006) SSV (Sammy, Seta, Visco) (1993 - 2001) Sega Main article: List of Sega arcade system boards Sega G80 (1981) Sega System 1 (1983-1987) Sega System 2 (1985-1988) Sega System E Sega System 16 (1985) Sega X Board (1987) Sega Y Board (1988) Sega System 18 (1989) Sega System 24 (1988-1996) Sega Mega-Tech (1989) Sega Mega-Play Sega System C2 (1989 - 1994) Sega System 32 (1990 - 1994) Sega Model 1 (1992 - 1994) Sega Model 2 (1993 - 1994) Sega ST-V (1994 - 2000) Sega Model 2A-CRX (1994 - 1998) Sega Model 2B-CRX (1994 - 1998) WhiteStar (1995-2004) Sega Model 2C-CRX (1996 - 1998) Sega Model 3 Step 1.0 (1996 - 1997) Sega Model 3 Step 1.5 (1996 - 1997) Sega Model 3 Step 2.0 (1997 - 1998) Sega Model 3 Step 2.1 (1998 - 1999) Sega NAOMI (1998 - 2009) Sega Hikaru (1999 - 2001) Sega NAOMI 2 (2001 - 2004) Triforce (2002 - 2006) Sega Chihiro (2002 - 2006) Sega Lindbergh (2005 -) Sega Europa-R (2008) Sega RingEdge and RingWide (2009) Seibu Seibu SPI System (1995 - 2000) SI Electronics System Board Y2 (2009) Seta Seta 1st Generation (1987 - 1996) Seta 2nd Generation (1993 - 2002) Seta Aleck64 (1998 - 2004) Skonec SkoPro (2009) SNK Neo Geo MVS (1990 - 2004) Hyper Neo Geo 64 (1997 - 1999) Sony ZN-1 (1996 - 2000) ZN-2 (1997 - 1999) Taito Taito SJ System (1982) Taito X System (1987) Taito Z System (1988) Taito B System (1990) Taito L System (1990) Taito F3 System (1992 - 1998) FX-1A System (1995 - 1996) JC System (1995 - 1998) FX-1B System (1996 - 1997) Wolf System (1997) PPC JC System (1998) Taito G-NET (1998 - 2005) Type Zero (1999 - 2000) Scorpion (2000 - 2001) Type X (2004 - 2008) Type X+ (2005 - 2007) Type X2 (2006 -) Tecmo TPS System (1997 - 2001) Terminal TIA-MC-1 References ^ http://www.computerspacefan.com/ComputerSpace.pdf ^ Al Alcorn Interview This video game-related list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.