The System 573 is an arcade system board made by

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based on the original

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. The hardware was used primarily for Konami's

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series of

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arcades, including the popular ''

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'' series introduced in 1998. The System 573 is available is configurable with various expansion IO boards to add extra input or output, such as the analog and digital I/O boards for Dance Dance Revolution and other Bemani games. Systems with these IO boards are often called System 573 Analog and System 573 Digital respectively. There is also another variant called the System 573 Satellite Terminal which allows for up to 8 cabinets to be networked to a central one. The name of the board is rooted in Japanese wordplay; each number in Japanese can be read with a number of different names, with Konami's name being one of many possible readings for "five-seven-three."

Technical specifications

The System 573 uses the same system design as the original

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but with a few upgrades. Notably the 573 uses double the work RAM and video RAM and is missing the CD controller from the PlayStation. Also added was an IDE port, RTC with battery backed SRAM, dedicated JAMMA and JVS interfaces, a security cart which could be used to easily add basic expansion I/O hardware and dual PCMCIA slots although these are only wired up as memory devices and cannot be used for I/O cards. *Central processor: 33.8688 MHz MIPS R3000A

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processor, 4KB cache. *Memory: 4MB of EDO work RAM, 2MB VRAM, 512KB sound RAM. *Storage: ATAPI CD-ROM drive, 16MB flash storage, 16MB PC-CARD flash storage. *Sound processor: PlayStation SPU, MAS 3507-D MPEG 1/2 decoder chip for decoding 573 Digital game audio. *I/O processor: Hitachi H8/3644 MCU for JVS functions. *Screen resolution: 256x224p or 640x480i.

List of System 573 games

System 573

*'' Fighting Mania'' *''Fisherman's Bait'' *''Fisherman's Bait 2'' *''Fisherman's Bait 3'' *''Gun Mania'' *'' Hyper Bishi Bashi'' *''Jikkyō Powerful Pro Yakyū EX'' *''

Konami 80's Arcade Gallery ''Konami 80's AC Special'' (known in Japan as is a compilation of arcade video games, originally released in arcades in 1998. It was later ported to the PlayStation in 1999, where it was renamed to ''Konami Arcade Classics'' for its North America ...

Bemani System 573 Analog

*''

'' (''Dancing Stage'' in Europe) *'' Dance Dance Revolution 2ndMix'' and variants *'' Dancing Stage featuring True Kiss Destination'' *'' Dancing Stage featuring Dreams Come True'' *'' DrumMania'' *'' GuitarFreaks'' *''GuitarFreaks 2ndMix''

Bemani System 573 Digital

*''Dance Dance Revolution 3rdMix'' and variants *''Dance Dance Revolution 4thMix'' and variants *''Dance Dance Revolution 5thMix'' *''

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'' *'' DDRMAX2 Dance Dance Revolution 7thMix'' *''

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'' *''Dancing Stage Euromix'' *''Dancing Stage Euromix 2'' *'' Dancing Stage featuring Dreams Come True'' *'' Dance Maniax'' *'' DrumMania 2ndMix'' through ''10thMix'' *'' GuitarFreaks 3rdMix'' through ''11thMix'' *'' Mambo a Go Go'' *'' Martial Beat''

System 573 Satellite Terminal

*''Monster Gate'' *''Monster Gate 2'' *''Monster Gate 3''

References

External links

System 16 - Bemani System 573 Analog Hardware (Konami)
Konami arcade system boards Bemani games MIPS architecture PlayStation (console) {{Videogame-hardware-stub