Namco System 23

The Namco System 23 is an arcade system board produced and developed by Namco. Announced in 1996^[1] and released in 1997, it was the last arcade system produced by the company that was based on their own custom design, as opposed to just a derivative of console hardware. Like the System 22, the System 23 also featured a more powerful variant called the Super System 23. One of the advertised features of the System 23 was the "Gashin Strong Bass System," which was simply a bass amplifier hooked up to the sound system. It was succeeded by the Namco System 10 in 2000.

System 23 specifications

• Main CPU: 133 MHz IDT R4650 64-bit. Super System 23 used a 166 MHz chip and Super System 23 Evolution 2 used a 200 MHz chip
• Sound CPU: 16.9344 MHz Hitachi H8/3002
• Sound Chip: Namco C352 Sample playback
• I/O CPU: Gorgon and System 23 used Hitachi H8/3334 Super System 23 and Super System 23 Evolution 2 used PIC16Cxx
• Extra I/O CPU: Hitachi SH-2 used only on Super System 23 GMEN
• Graphics hardware: Namco-proprietary hardware
  • GPU: Multiple parallel VideoLogic PowerVR chips^[1]
  • Graphical capabilities: 2 million polygons per second,^[1] texture mapping, Gouraud shading

List of games

System 22.5 / Gorgon

• Final Furlong (1997)
• Rapid River (1997)

System 23

• Angler King (1998)
• Downhill Bikers (1997)
• Motocross Go! (1997)
• Panic Park (1998)
• Time Crisis 2 (System 23 Version) (1997)

Super System 23

• 500GP (1998)
• Guitar Jam (1999)
• Time Crisis 2 (Super System 23 Version) (1997)

Super System 23 GMEN

• Final Furlong 2 (1999)
• Gunmen Wars (1998)
• Race On! (1998)

Super System 23 Evolution 2

• Crisis Zone (1999)

References

1. Edge, issue 37 (October 1996), page 119

External links

• System 23 at System16 - The Arcade Museum
• Super System 23 at System16 - The Arcade Museum