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Sega's digital distribution system for arcade games in Japan, utilizing the ALL.Net online service.
An arcade system board by Sammy, based on Sega's NAOMI hardware, that was used for a variety of arcade games in the 2000's.
The CP System is a family of arcade system hardware manufactured by Capcom for their arcade games from 1988 to 1999, including the Street Fighter II and Street Fighter III games.
Data East's DECO Cassette System is the first modular arcade platform, allowing operators to quickly change from one game to another without buying an entirely new cabinet.
A PC-based arcade platform released in late 2019, bringing a modern take into classic multi-game cartridge-based conversion kits.
A concept SNK used during the last years of Neo-Geo games. These games had over 500 megabits in the game cartridge. They were made to compete with Capcom's CPS-3 technology.
SNK produced the Hyper Neo Geo 64 hardware in September 1997. It was utilized in a few arcade games, but unlike the Neo Geo before it, there was no home console variant of the hardware.
The short-lived successor to the PolyGame Master, and one of the few cartridge-based arcade systems in the early era of PC-based architecture.
An online digital distribution system for arcade games in Japan.
The PlayChoice-10 was an arcade console released by Nintendo containing ten Nintendo Entertainment System games per unit.
Sega's fourth PC-based arcade system board, used for their arcade games in the late 2010's and early 2020's.
Sega's first PC-based arcade board, used for their high-end arcade games in the mid-to-late 2000's.
Short for the "New Arcade Operation Machine Idea", the NAOMI is a series of arcade system boards by Sega based on their Dreamcast architecture. It was used on a wide variety of arcade releases in the late '90s and early 2000's.
NAOMI 2 is the arcade hardware that replaced the expensive-but-powerful Sega Hikaru platform. It was primarily utilized between 2001 and 2004, but the final NAOMI 2 release was issued in 2007.
Sega's third PC-based arcade system board, used for some of their arcade games in the mid-to-late 2010's.
Sega's second PC-based arcade board, used for most of their arcade games in the 2010's.
RingEdge 2 is an arcade-based platform developed by Sega and released in September 2012.
Also known as the "Sega Titan Video", the ST-V is a mid-'90s cartridge-based arcade system by Sega. As it is based on the Sega Saturn hardware, many of the games released were quickly ported to that home system.
Sega System E is an arcade platform with specs similar to those of Sega's 8-bit home machine, the Sega Master System.
Also known as the "Taito F3 Package System" and "Taito Cybercore", the Taito F3 System is an arcade system board powering a variety of Taito's 2D arcade games throughout the '90s, with most games released on swappable ROM cartridges.
A late-'90s arcade hardware platform that combines the PlayStation-based ZN-2 motherboard with a cartridge system that uses PC Cards (similar to laptop computers).
A series of arcade system boards from Taito that uses commodity PC hardware. It is commonly used for third-party Japanese arcade games and pachinko machines since 2004.
The Taito Z System is a 16-bit arcade system board released by Taito in 1987, debuting with racing simulation Continental Circus. It was followed by an enhanced 32-bit upgrade, the Taito SZ System, which debuted in 1992 with first-person shooter Gun Buster.
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