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Namco Super Pac Man

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The Namco Super Pac-Man is an 8-bit arcade system board that was initially used by Namco in 1982; it was the first board from the company that used a Motorola M6809 processor (in fact, it used two) instead of a Zilog Z80.

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Namco Super Pac-Man specifications

  • Main CPU: Motorola M6809, 1.536 MHz
  • Sound CPU: Motorola M6809, 1.536 MHz
  • Sound chip: A Namco custom eight-channel four-bit WSG (Waveform Sound Generator).
  • Other chips: A custom input/output controller (type 2) which handles the controllers.
  • Video resolution: 224 x 288
  • Notes: Mappy, The Tower of Druaga, Grobda, Dig Dug II and Motos all use a newer video system which supports scrolling and Grobda also has a DAC which handles the speech.

    • List of Namco Super Pac-Man arcade games

  • Super Pac-Man (1982)
  • Mappy (1983)
  • Pac & Pal (also known as Pac-Man & Chomp Chomp) (1983)
  • The Tower of Druaga (1984)
  • Grobda (1984) - Xevious spin-off
  • Dig Dug II (1985)
  • Motos (1985)

    • References

    Namco Super Pac-Man Wikipedia
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