Arcade system
An arcade system is a standardized platform or set of hardware on a board that is used as the basis for many arcade games with very similar hardware requirements. The board is also called the arcade system board .
Previous arcade motherboards integrated the game directly into the motherboard, which saved manufacturing costs due to the standardized components, but required arcade game owners to purchase a complete motherboard for each new game.
The first standard was the DECO Cassette System from Data East (1980).
Later arcade motherboards, including the Neo Geo , CPS from Capcom, and the Sega NAOMI , separated the motherboard from the game and used separate modules. This method was useful for manufacturers and operators of the amusement arcades: the production costs could be reduced enormously due to higher quantities, and the owners of the machines could run different games on the same system.
See also
- Arcade machine
- Arcade game
- JAMMA
- MAK / Supergun , Multi Arcade Console, enables the use of a TV set
