Namco System N2
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The Namco System N2 is an arcade platform developed by Namco and NVIDIA. It runs on an nForce2-based motherboard developed by NVIDIA. It was announced that the system would be based on a NVIDIA GeForce graphics card, using the OpenGL API.[1][2]
Both Namco System N2 and Namco System ES1 use the Linux operating system that is based on Debian.
The Namco System ES2 PLUS and Namco System ES3 run Windows Embedded 7 as their operating system. It runs in an arcade game cabinet designed by Bandai Namco Games.
The Namco System BNA1 is a relatively new arcade board that runs Windows 10 IoT. A less powerful version of System BNA1, known as System BNA1 LITE has also been created for less demanding games.
Development
[edit]Because the N2, ES1(A2), ES2 Plus and ES3 are based on PC architecture, development for it and porting from it is relatively easy and inexpensive.
Specifications
[edit]Namco System N2
[edit]- Motherboard: MSI K7N2GM-IL (NVIDIA nForce2 Chipset, Custom BIOS) (Japan/Asia) / ASUS M2N-MX (Export, Standard BIOS)
- CPU: AMD K7 Mobile Athlon XP 2800+ at 2.13 GHz (Socket A/462) [3] (Japan/Asia) / AMD Athlon 64 3500+ at 2.2 GHz (Socket 939) [4] (Export)
- RAM: 1×1GB / 2×1GB DDR 400 MHz 3200 MB/s
- GPU: NVIDIA GeForce 4 series / GeForce 7600 GS AGP with 256/512MB GDDR2 memory (GeForce 7800 GS AGP for some japan region maximum tune N2s)
- Output: 1 DVI port, 1 VGA port, 1 S-Video port
- Storage: Seagate 80GB (Japan/Asia) / WD 80GB PATA IDE HDD (Export)
- Operating System: Linux 32-bit (Debian based)
- Sound: stereo RCA output from front panel audio with external AMP PCB (Audio duplicated to rear speakers by amp)
- Protection: HASP HL Max/RTC USB dongle (v0.06)
Namco System ES1
[edit]- Motherboard: Supermicro C2SBM-Q (Intel Q35 + ICH9DO Chipset)
- CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 at 3.00 GHz
- RAM: 2×512 MB DDR2 800 MHz 1.8V
- GPU: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT PCIe 2.0 x16 with 512 MB GDDR3 memory
- Output: 2 DVI ports / 1 DVI-I port, 1 VGA port, 1 HDMI port
- Storage: Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 160 GB (ST3160318AS) / Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 160 GB (HDS721016CLA382) SATA HDD
- Operating System: arcadelinux 32-bit (Debian 4.0 based)
- Sound: 5.1 channel HD Audio
- Protection: TPM 1.2, HDD copy protection, HASP HL Max USB dongle
Namco System ES1(A2) & ES2 PLUS
[edit]- Operating System: Windows Embedded 7
Namco System ES3
[edit]- Motherboard: Super Micro C7B75 with an LGA1155 socket.
- CPU: Intel Core i5-3550S at 3.00 GHz
- RAM: 8 GB DDR3 2400 MHz (Revision B) / 16 GB DDR3 2400 MHz (Revision X)
- GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti (Revision B) / GTX 680 (Revision X) PCIe 3.0 x16
- Output: 1 DVI-I port, 1 DVI-D port, 1 HDMI port
- Storage: HGST 250 GB 5400 RPM (HTS545025A7E680) SATA III HDD
- Operating System: Windows Embedded Standard 7
- Sound: Integrated HD Audio
- Protection: HASP HL Max USB dongle, Windows BitLocker
Namco System ES4
[edit]- Operating System: Windows Embedded 7
Namco System BNA1
[edit]- CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 at 3.2Ghz
- GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050Ti PCIe 3.0 x16
- RAM: Innodisk 2×4 GB DDR4 2400 MHz
- Output: 1 Dual-Link DVI-I port, 1 DisplayPort 1.2 port, 1 HDMI 2.0b port
- Storage: innodisk 3ME4 SATA SSD 256 GB
- Operating System: Windows 10 IoT Enterprise 2016 LTSB
- Sound: Integrated HD Audio
- Protection: Thales Group Sentinel HL Max USB dongle, Windows BitLocker
List of System N2 games
[edit]- Animal Kaiser: The King of Animal (2008)
- Counter-Strike Neo (2005)
- Mobile Suit Gundam: Bonds of the Battlefield (2007)
- Mobile Suit Gundam: Bonds of the Battlefield Rev.2.00 (2008)
- MotoGP DX (2007)
- New Space Order (2007)
- Wangan Midnight: Maximum Tune 3 (2007)
- Wangan Midnight: Maximum Tune 3DX (2008)
- Wangan Midnight: Maximum Tune 3DX Plus (2010)
List of System ES1 games
[edit]- Dead Heat Riders (2013)
- Dead Heat Street Racing / Maximum Heat (2011)
- Nirin (2009)
- Sailor Zombie AKB48 Arcade Edition (2014)
- Tank! Tank! Tank! (2009)
- Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 4 (2011)
- Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 5 (North American version) (2017)
List of System ES1(A2) games
[edit]- Mobile Suit Gundam: Bonds of the Battlefield Rev.3.00 (2011)
- Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 4 (Asia(Others)/Indonesia version) (2012)
- Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 5 (Asia(Others)/Indonesia version) (2015)
- Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 5 DX (Asia(Others)/Indonesia version) (2016)
- Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 5 DX Plus (Asia(Others)/Indonesia version) (2017)
List of System ES2 Plus games
[edit]- Aikatsu! (2012)
- Hyakujuu Taisen Great Animal Kaiser (2012)
List of System ES3 games
[edit]- Lost Land Adventure (2014)
- Mach Storm (2013)
- Mario Kart Arcade GP DX (2013)
- Mobile Suit Gundam: Bonds of the Battlefield Rev.4.00 (2016)
- Mobile Suit Gundam U.C: Card Builder (2016)
- Pokken Tournament (2015)
- Star Wars Battle Pod (2015)
- Synchronica (2015)
- Tekken 7 (2015)
- Tekken 7 Fated Retribution (2016)
- Tekken 7 Fated Retribution ROUND 2 (2019)
- Time Crisis 5 (2015)
- Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 5 (2014)
- Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 5 DX (2015)
- Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 5 DX Plus (2016)
- Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 6 (2018)
- Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 6R (2020)
- Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 6RR (2021)
List of System ES4 games
[edit]- Point Blank X (2015)[citation needed]
List of System BNA1 games
[edit]- Mobile Suit Gundam: Bonds of the Battlefield II (2020)
- Mobile Suit Gundam Extreme Vs. 2 (2018)
- JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Last Survivor (2019)
- Poker Station (2020)
- Sword Art Online Arcade (2019)
- Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 6 (Export Version) (2019)
List of System BNA1 LITE games
[edit]- Dead Heat Unleashed[10] (2023)
- Taiko no Tatsujin Nijiiro ver. (2020)
- Mario Kart Arcade GP DX (2013)
Similar Hardware
[edit]The Sega Lindbergh, Taito's Taito Type X and Taito Type X+ operate in a similar way to the N2 platform, except that they use other operating systems.
References
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