Namco System N2
The Namco System N2 is an arcade platform developed by
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
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
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
Namco System N2
- Motherboard: ASUSM2N-MX (Export, Standard BIOS)
- CPU: 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 7600 GS AGP with 256/512MB GDDR2 memory (GeForce 7800 GS AGPfor some japan region maximum tune N2s)
- Output: 1 VGA port, 1 S-Videoport
- Storage: Seagate 80GB (Japan/Asia) / WD 80GB PATA IDE HDD (Export)
- Operating System: Linux 32-bit (Debian based)
- Sound: stereo RCAoutput 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
- Motherboard: Supermicro C2SBM-Q (Intel Q35 + ICH9DO Chipset)
- CPU: E8400at 3.00 GHz
- RAM: 2×512 MB DDR2 800 MHz 1.8V
- GPU: NVIDIA PCIe 2.0x16 with 512 MB GDDR3 memory
- Output: 2 DVI ports / 1 DVI-I port, 1 VGA port, 1 HDMIport
- Storage: SATAHDD
- 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
- Operating System: Windows Embedded 7
Namco System ES3
- Motherboard: Super Micro C7B75 with an LGA1155 socket.
- CPU: Intel Core i5-3550Sat 3.00 GHz
- RAM: 8 GB DDR3 2400 MHz (Revision B) / 16 GB DDR3 2400 MHz (Revision X)
- GPU: NVIDIA GeForce PCIe 3.0x16
- 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
- Operating System: Windows Embedded 7
Namco System BNA1
- CPU: Intel Core i5-6500at 3.2Ghz
- GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050TiPCIe 3.0 x16
- Output: 1 Dual-Link DVI-I port, 1 DisplayPort 1.2 port, 1 HDMI 2.0b port
- Storage: innodisk 3ME4 SATA SSD256 GB
- Operating System: Windows 10 IoTEnterprise 2016 LTSB
- Sound: Integrated HD Audio
- Protection: Thales Group Sentinel HL Max USB dongle, Windows BitLocker
List of System N2 games
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Aikatsu! (2012)
- Hyakujuu Taisen Great Animal Kaiser (2012)
List of System ES3 games
- 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
- Point Blank X (2015)[citation needed]
List of System BNA1 games
- 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
- Taiko no Tatsujin Nijiiro ver. (2020)
- Mario Kart Arcade GP DX (2013)
Similar Hardware
The
Taito Type X+
operate in a similar way to the N2 platform, except that they use other operating systems.
References
- ^ "Nvidia partners with Namco". GameSpot. Retrieved 2024-03-02.
- ^ "ナムコ次世代アーケード・プラットフォームにNVIDIA社の「SystemN2」採用 - 電撃オンライン". web.archive.org. Retrieved 2024-03-02.
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- ^ "AMD Athlon 64 3500+ - ADA3500DAA4BP (ADA3500BPBOX)". Cpu-world.com. Retrieved 2022-08-22.
- ^ "System N2 Exposed". 5 August 2016.
- ^ "The Namco N2 platform – Maximum Tune 3DX+ – 330mega". Archived from the original on 2018-03-08. Retrieved 2018-03-07.
- ^ "(OFFLINE) Board Offline".
- ^ "Researching protection and recovering Namco System ES1 arcades". 28 June 2018.
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