Inside old games machines, was: Re: Simulated CP/M-68K?

[Andrew Burton]

Alexandre Souza <alexandre-listas at e-secure.com.br> wrote:
> Not only dreamcast, but almost all videogames 
> derived arcade machines.
> 
> - Namco has a boardset based on Playstation 1
    >

Yes, I believe it was known as system21, or something similar.


> - Konami has a boardset based on Playstation 2 
> (and some bemani machines 
> uses the entire PS2 inside!
    
Didn't know that.

> - The Chiriro hardware is xbox based (take a look at > outrun 2006 on 
> arcade and xbox)

yup.

    > - Some machines uses N64/Gamecube based 
> hardware
    
Did they?? I didn't know that either.

> - Saturn had a boardset called ST-V, but it was 
> cartridge based

Yup, nicknamed the "Titan" arcade board due to it's ability to handle a fair amount of polygons (500,000 per second) and lots of sprites without slowdown.

> www.system16.com has tons of info on all kinds of 
> boards. You'll loose 2 
> or 3 hours of your life, but very pleasant ones :o) 


Thanks for that link. Will go and lose some hours of my life this weekend... its a bit dangerous now as I need an early night.


Regards,
Andrew B
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