The Namco System 10 is an
arcade system board
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released by
Namco
was a Japanese multinational video game and entertainment company founded in 1955. It operated video arcades and amusement parks globally, and produced video games, films, toys, and arcade cabinets. Namco was one of the most influential c ...
in 2000 based on the
Sony
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PlayStation
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hardware. It was preceded by the
Namco System 23 The Namco System 23 is an arcade system board produced and developed by Namco. Announced in 1996''Edge (magazine), Edge'', issue 37 (October 1996), page 119 and released in 1997, it was the last arcade system produced by the company that was based o ...
in 1997 and succeeded by the
Namco System 246
The Namco System 246 is a development of the Sony PlayStation 2 technology as a basis for an arcade system board. It was released in December 2000 on its first game ''Bloody Roar 3''. Like the List of Sega arcade system boards#Sega NAOMI, Sega NAO ...
.
System 10 specifications
Source:
*Main CPU: R3000A 32 bit RISC processor, Operating performance - 30 MIPS, Instruction Cache - 4KB
*OSC: 53.693175 MHz and 101.4912 MHz
*BUS: 132 MB/sec.
*OS ROM: 512 Kilobytes
*Additional Sound Chips: PlayStation SPU, 24 Channels, 44.1 kHz sample rate, PCM audio source, Digital effects include: Envelope, Looping, Digital Reverb, Load up to 512K of sampled waveforms, Supports MIDI Instruments.
*Main RAM: 2 Megabytes
*Video RAM: 2 Megabyte
*Sound RAM: 512 Kilobytes
*Graphical Processor: 360,000 polygons/sec, Sprite/BG drawing, Adjustable frame buffer, No line restriction, 4,000 8x8 pixel sprites with individual scaling and rotation, Simultaneous backgrounds (
Parallax scrolling
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)
*Sprite Effects: Rotation, Scaling up/down, Warping, Transparency, Fading, Priority, Vertical and horizontal line scroll
*Resolution: 256x224 - 740x480
*Colours: 16.7 million colors, Unlimited CLUTs (Color Look-Up Tables)
*Other Features: custom geometry engine, custom polygon engine, MJPEG decoder
*Roms: Roms and some CD/DVD Based (Taiko No Tatsujin)
List of System 10 games
*GAHAHA Ippatsudou (2000) by Metro
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Mr. Driller 2 (2000) by Namco
*
Point Blank 3 /
Gunbalina (2000) by Namco
*GAHAHA Ippatsudou 2 (2001) by Metro
*Gekitoride-Jong Space (2001) by Metro
*Honne Hakkenki (2001) by Namco
*
Kotoba no Puzzle: Mojipittan (2001) by Namco
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Mr. Driller G (2001) by Namco
*
Taiko no Tatsujin
is a Japanese video game series created by Namco. In the games, players simulate playing a taiko drum in time with music. The series has released games for the Arcade video game, arcade and for console and mobile platforms including PlayStation ...
(2001) by Namco
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Taiko no Tatsujin 2 (2001) by Namco
*Gamshara (2002) by Mitchell
*Hard Puncher Hajime no Ippo 2 Ouja e no Chousen (2002) by Taito
*Panikuru Panekuru (2002) by Namco
*Puzz Ball (2002) by Namco
*Slot no Oji Sama (2002) by Namco
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Star Trigon (2002) by Namco
*Sugorochikku Japan (2002) by Namco
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Taiko no Tatsujin 3 (2002) by Namco
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Taiko no Tatsujin 4 (2002) by Namco
*Tsukkomi Yousei Gips Nice Tsukkomi (2002) by Metro
*Uchuu Daisakusen - Chocovader Contactee (2002) by Namco
*Kono e-Tako (2003) by Mitchell
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Kotoba no Puzzle: Mojipittan (2001) by Namco
*NFL Classic Football (2003) by Namco
*Petter the Shepherd (2003) by Namco
*Seishun Quiz Colorful High School (2003) by Namco
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Taiko no Tatsujin 5 (2003) by Namco
*Dokidoki! Flower (2004) by Namco
*Sekai Kaseki Hakken (2004) by Namco
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Taiko no Tatsujin 6 (2004) by Namco
*Ball Pom Line (2005) by Namco
*Medal No Tatsujin (2005) by Namco
*Puzz Cube (2005) by Namco
*Medal No Tatsujin 2 (2006) by Namco
References
External links
System 10 at System16 - The Arcade Museum
{{Bandai Namco Hardware
MIPS architecture
Namco arcade system boards