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[1]
- 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 for music
- Eight-channel Namco CUS30 waveform PSG @ 96 kHz for effects
- Two-channel Namco 63701X DAC @ 6 MHz for speech in Genpei Tōma Den, Rolling Thunder and Wonder Momo
List of Namco System 86 arcade games
- Sky Kid Deluxe (1986) - the first game from Namco to use a Yamaha YM2151
- Hopping Mappy (1986) - the first game from Namco to allow scores not ending in "0"
- The Return of Ishtar (1986) - sequel to The Tower of Druaga
- Genpei Tōma Den (1986)
- Rolling Thunder (1986)
- Wonder Momo (1987) - Namco's last 8-bit game
References
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