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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]
[edit] 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.
[edit] List of arcade system boards
[edit] BrezzaSoft
- Crystal System (2001 - 2003)
- Cave 1st Generation (1994 - 2001)
- Cave 3rd Generation (2004 - 2008)
- Cave PC Based (2009)
[edit] CD Express
- Cassette System (1981 - 1985)
- Simple 156 (1994 - 1996)
- MLC System (1995 - 1996)
[edit] Eolith
- Eolith System (1998 - 2001)
- Eolith Vegas (2002)
- Eolith Ghost (2003)
- FG-2 (1995 - 1996)
- FG-3 (1998 - 2000)
- Gaelco GAE1 (1994)
- Gaelco GAE2
- Gaelco GG-1v (1998)
- Gaelco 3D (1996 - 2002)
- Gaelco PC Based (2003 - 2005)
- PolyGame Master (1997 - 2005)
- PolyGame Master 2 (2007 - 2008)
- Mega System 32 (1993 - 1997)
- Super Kaneko Nova System (1996 - 2002)
- GX System
- GQ System
- Baby Phoenix / GV System
- GTI Club System
- M2 System
- Cobra System
- BEMANI DJ-Main
- Hornet System
- System 573
- BEMANI 573 ANALOG
- BEMANI 573 DIGITAL
- BEMANI Firebeat
- Viper
- Pyson
- PC Based
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- Power System 2 (2000 - 2003)
- Astrocade (1982-1985)
- MCR
- MCR II
- MCR III
- MCR-68K
- Y-Unit (1991-1992)
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- T-Unit (1993)
- X-Unit (1994; used only in Revolution X)
- Wolf Unit (1994-1996)
- V-Unit (1995-1996)
- Zeus (1997-1999)
- Zeus II (1999-2000)
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- Seattle
- Vegas
- Quicksilver II
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- Psikyo 1st Generation (1993 - 1996)
- Psikyo SH-2 (1997 - 2002)
- 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)
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- 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)
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- 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)
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- Seta 1st Generation (1987 - 1996)
- Seta 2nd Generation (1993 - 2002)
- Seta Aleck64 (1998 - 2004)
- ZN-1 (1996 - 2000)
- ZN-2 (1997 - 1999)
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