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Namco System 12

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The Namco System 12 is an arcade system board released by Namco in late 1996. In hardware, it is an upgrade from Sony's PlayStation-based System 11, the MIPS R3000A microprocessor is 50% faster, and the C76 sound processor is replaced by the H8/3002. Like the System 11, the System 12 used surface-mounted ROM chips, meaning the boards were unique to each game.

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System 12 specifications

  • Main CPU: MIPS R3000A 32-bit RISC processor, @ 50.8032 MHz, Operating performance - 45 MIPS, Instruction Cache - 4 KiB
  • BUS: 132 MB/s.
  • OS ROM: 512 kibibytes
  • Sound CPU: Hitachi H8/3002 @ 16.73735 MHz
  • Additional Sound Chip: Namco C352 sample playback
  • Main RAM: 2 megabytes
  • Video VRAM: 2 megabytes
  • Sound RAM: 512 kilobytes
  • Graphical Processor: 360,000 polygons/s, sprite/BG drawing, Adjustable framebuffer, No line restriction, 4,000 8x8 pixel sprites with individual scaling and rotation, Simultaneous backgrounds (parallax scrolling)
  • Sprite Effects: Rotation, Scaling up/down, Warping, Transparency, Fading, Priority, Vertical and horizontal line scroll
  • Resolution: 256x224 - 640x480
  • Colours: 16.7 million colors, Unlimited CLUTs (Color Look-Up Tables)
  • Other Features: custom geometry engine, custom polygon engine, MJPEG decoder

    • List of System 12 games

  • Ehrgeiz (1997)
  • Libero Grande (1997)
  • Shin Nihon Pro Wrestling Toukon Retsuden 3 (1997)
  • Tekken 3 (1997)
  • Derby Quiz My Dream Horse (1998)
  • Fighting Layer (1998)
  • Paca Paca Passion (1998)
  • Soul Calibur (1998)
  • Super World Stadium '98 (1998)
  • Techno Drive (1998)
  • Tenkomori Shooting (1998)
  • Aerosmith: Quest For Fame (1999)
  • Aqua Rush (1999)
  • Golgo 13 (1999)
  • Kaiun Quiz (1999)
  • Mr Driller (1999)
  • Oh! Bakyuuun / Ghoul Panic (1999)
  • Paca Paca Passion Special (1999)
  • Paca Paca Passion 2 (1999)
  • Point Blank 2 / Gunbarl (1999)
  • Super World Stadium '99 (1999)
  • Tekken Tag Tournament (1999)
  • TeknoWerk (1999)
  • Um Jammer Lammy (1999)
  • Golgo 13 - Kiseki no Dandou (2000)
  • Kart Duel (2000)
  • Super World Stadium 2000 (2000)
  • Truck Kyosokyoku (2000)
  • Golgo 13 - Juusei no Chinkonka (2001)
  • Super World Stadium 2001 (2001)

    • Cancelled games

  • Submarines (1999)

    • References

    Namco System 12 Wikipedia
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