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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

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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

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Namco System N2

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  • 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)

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Namco System ES1

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Namco System ES1(A2) & ES2 PLUS

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Namco System ES3

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  • 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

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Namco System ES4

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Namco System BNA1

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  • 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

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List of System ES1 games

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List of System ES1(A2) games

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List of System ES2 Plus games

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List of System ES3 games

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List of System ES4 games

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List of System BNA1 games

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List of System BNA1 LITE games

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Similar Hardware

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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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  1. ^ "Nvidia partners with Namco". GameSpot. Retrieved 2024-03-02.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "AMD Mobile Athlon XP-M 2800+ - AXMA2800FKT4C". Cpu-world.com. Retrieved 2022-08-22.
  4. ^ "AMD Athlon 64 3500+ - ADA3500DAA4BP (ADA3500BPBOX)". Cpu-world.com. Retrieved 2022-08-22.
  5. ^ "System N2 Exposed". 5 August 2016.
  6. ^ "The Namco N2 platform – Maximum Tune 3DX+ – 330mega". Archived from the original on 2018-03-08. Retrieved 2018-03-07.
  7. ^ "(OFFLINE) Board Offline".
  8. ^ "Researching protection and recovering Namco System ES1 arcades". 28 June 2018.
  9. ^ TEKKEN 7 - Machine Booting. YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-11.
  10. ^ https://www.bandainamco-am.com/Ecommerce/Site/Content/PDFs/DHU_MANUAL_FINAL.pdf [bare URL PDF]