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Namco System 86

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The Namco System 86 is an 8-bit arcade system board which was first used by Namco in 1986; it was the first board from that company to use a Yamaha YM2151 FM sound chip, and was succeeded by the more powerful Namco System 1 (originally called Namco System 87) arcade system board when the company went 16-bit in 1987.

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Namco System 86 specifications

Processors:

  • Main CPU: Motorola M6809 @ 1.536 MHz
  • Sound CPU: Motorola M6809 @ 1.536 MHz
  • MCU: Hitachi HD63701 @ 1.536 MHz

    • Video:

  • Video resolution: 288 × 224
  • Four scrolling 512 × 256 tilemap layers (64 × 32 characters)
  • 127 variable-sized sprites (up to 32 × 32) displayed at once

    • Sound:

  • Yamaha YM2151 FM sound chip @ 3.57958 MHz
  • Eight-channel Namco CUS30 waveform PSG @ 96 kHz
  • Two-channel Namco 63701X DAC @ 6 MHz

    • List of Namco System 86 arcade games

  • Sky Kid Deluxe (1986)
  • Hopping Mappy (1986)
  • The Return of Ishtar (1986)
  • Genpei Tōma Den (1986)
  • Rolling Thunder (1986)
  • Wonder Momo (1987)

    • References

    Namco System 86 Wikipedia
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