Taito Type X

The Taito Type X is an arcade system board released by Taito Corporation in 2004. Based on commodity PC hardware architecture, Type X is not a specification for a single set of hardware, but rather a modular platform supporting multiple hardware configurations with different levels of graphical capability. This flexibility allows game developers limited choice in selecting a configuration to fit the game's specific requirements, and allows the platform as a whole to more efficiently support gaming titles with vastly different computing needs. For example, the Type X+ and Type X² models have upgrade graphics processing power, which could be put toward better game visuals, or outputing to higher-resolution (HDTV) displays. The Type X7 board is used primarily for pachinko machines in Japan.

Taito Type X and X7 use Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 Professional as recommended development platform.

Specifications

Taito Type X/X+

• OS: Windows XP Embedded
• CPU: Intel Celeron 2.5 GHz, 400 MHz FSB (upgradeable to Celeron 2.0/2.8 GHz, Pentium 4 2.0 GHz/2.4 GHz/2.6 GHz/2.8 GHz/3.0 GHz, 400-800 MHz FSB)
• Chipset: Intel 865G
• RAM: DDR266 DIMM 256MB (upgradeable to DDR400 2GB), 2 memory slots
• GPU: (AGP-8x slot) Supported cards include ATI Radeon 9600 SE 128 MB, 9600 XT 128MB, X700 PRO 256MB
• Sound: AC'97 onboard 6 channel audio CODEC
• LAN: On-board, 10/100 BASE-TX
• I/O ports: 4× USB port (1.1 & 2.0 compatible), 1× parallel port, 2× PS/2
• Audio inputs: Microphone (stereo pin-jack), line-in (stereo pin-jack)
• Audio outputs: line-out (stereo pin-jack), SPDI/F
• Expansion Slots: AGP (used by video card), 2× PCI
• Storage interface: 2 channel Parallel ATA (UATA-100/66/33), 2 channel SATA
• Media: PATA/SATA Hard disk

Type X+ uses a more powerful graphics board, allowing greater detail and effects (such as particle effects.)

Taito Type X7

• OS: Windows XP Embedded
• CPU: Intel Celeron M 600 MHz
• Chipset: Intel 855GME + ICH4
• RAM: 512MiB
• GPU: ATI Mobility RADEON 9550 (128MiB)
• Sound: AC'97 onboard 6 channel audio CODEC
• Storage: 512MB-2GB flash ROM
• Audio outputs: 4 channel speaker

Taito Type X²

• OS: Microsoft Windows XP Embedded SP2
• CPU: Intel LGA 775 CPU. Supported CPUs include Celeron D 352, Pentium 4 651, Intel Core 2 Duo E6400
• Chipset: Intel Q965 + ICH8 (dg31pr +ich7)
• Video output: 640×480 (VGA), or 1280×720 (HDTV 720p)
• RAM: 667/800 MHz DDR2 SDRAM. Supported capacities 512MiB, 1GiB, 4GiB.
• GPU: PCI Express ×16-based graphics. Supported GPUs include ATI RADEON (x1600Pro, x1300LE) or NVIDIA GeForce (7900GS, 7600GS, 7300GS)
• Sound: Onboard Realtek HD 7.1 channel Sound (supports add-in sound cards)
• LAN: 1000BASE-T 10/100BASE-TX
• I/O ports: 1x JVS, 4× USB 2.0, 1× serial (max 2), 1× parallel port, 2× PS/2, 2× SATA
• Audio inputs: AKG C535EB Stage Microphone, line-in (Surround 7.1)
• Audio outputs: 7.1, SPDI/FX
• Expansion Slots: 1× PCI Express ×16 (used by video card), 1× PCI Express ×4, 2× PCI
• Storage: SATA 3Gbit/sec Hard Drives

The Type X² system-board uses an updated Intel platform with a PCI-express system bus, and supports more recent graphics GPUs and Intel CPUs than those supported by Type X.

Compatibility: Due to platform specific drivers (Windows XP Embedded), game software is not interchangeable between Type X² and the older Type X/X+ platform.

Taito Type X² Satellite Terminal

It is a variant of Taito Type X², but supports networked multiplayer play.

Taito Type X Zero

Basic Specifications

• OS: Microsoft Windows Embedded Standard 7
• CPU: Intel Atom 230 1.6 GHz
• Chipset: MCP7A-ION
• Graphic: nVIDIA GeForce 9400M
• Sound: 5.1ch (HD Audio)
• Memory: 1GByte (DDR2)
• FSB: 533 MHz
• USB: 6Ports
• Video: 2Ports (RGB+DVI or HDMI)
• LAN: 1Port (10/100/1000Mbps)
• Case Size: W274mm×D197mm×H67mm
• Power: AC100V～240V

Option

• Memory: 2GByte ～ 4GByte
• Storage: HDD: 250GByte ～ 1TByte / SSD: 16GByte

Games

Type X games

• Castle of Shikigami III (2006)
• Chaos Breaker (2004)
• Data Carddass Dragon Ball Z (2005)
• Data Carddass Dragon Ball Z 2 (2006)
• Dinoking Battle (2005)
• Dinoking Battle II (2006)
• Dinoking Battle III (2007)
• Dinomax (2006)
• Dinomax Ver.1.5 (2007)
• Giga Wing Generations (2004)
• Harikiri Professional Baseball (2005)
• Homura (2005)
• Goketsuji Ichizoku: Matsuri Senzo Kuyou (2009)
• KOF Sky Stage (2010)
• Raiden III (2005)
• Raiden IV (2007)
• Spica Adventure (2005)
• Taisen Hot Gimmick 5 (2005)
• Taisen Hot Gimmick Party (2005)
• Tetris The Grand Master 3: Terror Instinct (2005)
• The King of Fighters '98 Ultimate Match (2008)
• Trouble Witches AC (2009)
• Usagi -Wild Fight- Online (2005)
• Zoids Card Colosseum (2005)

Type X+ games

• Battle Gear 4 (2005)
• Battle Gear 4 Tuned (2006)
• Battle Gear 4 Tuned: Professional Version (2007)
• Chase H.Q. 2 (2007)
• Half-Life 2: Survivor (2006)
• Half-Life 2: Survivor Ver.2.0 (2007)

Type X² games

• AquaPazza (2011)
• Aquarian Age Alternative (2007)
• Battle Fantasia (2007)
• BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger (2008)
• BlazBlue: Continuum Shift (2009)
• BlazBlue: Continuum Shift II (2010)
• Cho Chabudai Gaeshi! (2009)
• Cho Chabudai Gaeshi! 2 (2010)
• Cyber Diver (2009)
• Cyber Diver Ver.1.1 (2010)
• D1GP Arcade (2007)
• Darius Burst: Another Chronicle (2010)
• Darius Burst: Another Chronicle EX (2011)
• Elevator Action Death Parade (2009)
• Eternal Wheel (2007)
• Gaia Attack 4 (2010)
• Haunted Museum II (2011)
• Hopping Road (2009)
• Hopping Road Kids (2010)
• KOF Maximum Impact Regulation A (2007)
• Lord of Vermilion (2008)
• Lord of Vermilion II (2009)
• Music Gun Gun! (2009)
• Music Gun Gun! 2 (2011)
• Music Gun Gun!: Uta ga Ippai Cho Zokaban (2010)
• Oppopo Booom (2009)
• Panic Museum / Haunted Museum (2009)
• Sh..! Welcome to Frightfearland / Haunted Museum II (2010)
• Senor Nippon! (2009)
• Samurai Shodown: Edge of Destiny / Samurai Spirits Sen (2008)
• Senko No Ronde Duo - Dis-United Order (2009)
• Senko No Ronde Duo - Dis-United Order Ver.2.00 (2009)
• Sonic Blast Heroes (2011)
• Street Fighter IV (2008)
• Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition (2010)
• The King of Fighters XII (2009)
• The King of Fighters XIII (2010)
• The King of Fighters XIII Ver.1.1 (2010)

Type X Zero games

• Kickthrough Racers (2011)

Current third-party developers

• Arc System Works
• Atlus
• Capcom
• Namco Bandai Games (Bandai, Banpresto)
• SNK Playmore
• Square Enix
• Takara Tomy

External links

• (Japanese) Official website
  • (Japanese) System specifications
• French article on the TAITO type X² and relative