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NAMCO SYSTEM 22 HARDWARE
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| HARDWARE DESCRIPTION |
CPU : Motorola 68EC020 32-bit @ 24.576 MHz
Sound CPUs : 2 x Namco C74 (M37702 based 16-bit) @ 16.384 MHz
3D DSPs : 2 x Texas Instruments TMS320C25 16-bit fixed point DSP @ 49.152 MHz
Sound chip : Namco C352 32 channel 42KHz stereo supported 8-bit linear and 8-bit muLaw PCM - 4 channel output
Colours : 16.7 million colours onscreen
Features : Texture mapping, Gouraud shading, Translucency effects, Depth-cueing, Up to 240000 polygons/sec.
Board composition : Crate containing many PCB's
Hardware Notes :
- coprocessor and BIOS to handle sound and inputs
- a character layer: 64x64 8x8 256 color pixel tiles
- polygons, which are rendered by the DSP coprocessors
The main CPU describes a set of objects in 3d space by writing a scene description to shared memory. This includes:
- a list of opcodes, transformations, and object parameters
- attributes for up to 8 windows
Each window defines:
- projection paramaters
- clipping information
- optional camera viewing transforms
- priority
- light source data
The graphics coprocessors take as input:
- the scene description from the main CPU
- a table of 3d objects encoded in "Point ROMs"
- a single giant 256 color tilemap encoded in texture ROMs, that the object models reference
- parameters for depth cueing (fog effects)
The coprocessors render the scene and acknowledge when they are done.
The actual number and arrangement of DSPs can change from game to game, but from the main CPU's point of view it's talking to a single slave using a consistant API.
Aside from the status bits and self tests, communication is strictly one-way. The slave CPU doesn't report collision detection, for example.
The polygon layer consists of a large number of quads, and the texture source is a single huge tilemap, with 8 pens per pixel. The part of the master palette that is used is specified per quad.
There's also a set of 2d sprites, which can be zoomed but don't rotate. They have a z coordinate that interacts with
the zbuffer to decide whether they appear in front or behind polygon pixels.
Finally, there's a single tilemap that has priority over everything.
Board Pictures (HUGE) : CPU - Video - Video Rom - I/O - Point Rom - System
Emulators : Viva Nonno (HLE/Partial) - MAME (Preliminary)
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Cyber Commando
1995 |
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| Notes : The follow up to Cyber Sled on System 21 hardware. |
| Prequel :
Cyber Sled (1993)
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Ridge Racer Full Scale
1994 |
Players : 1 Player (but someone can sit in the passenger seat)
Video : 2 x 110inch RGB Projectors - 18 Foot Screen
Sound : 4 channel BOSE sound system
Dimensions : 6 metres wide, 5 metres Long, 2.5 metres High
Controls : Full car controls, including steering wheel, clutch, brakes, throttle, and all of the dials in the car work and correspond to what the car is doing on screen (i.e. rev counter)
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Notes : This is one of the first games that is actually almost impossible to drive in manual unless you can really drive a car, as you need to use the clutch, gearstick and a proper 3 turn steering wheel.
The gameplay is based on Ridge Racer with the exception of it having 5 gears instead of 6.
The board crate is under the cars bonnet, giving new meaning to the term "graphics engine" ;)
| | More Notes : Pointless information but handy if its a hot arcade, the air blowers all work in the car as well ;) |
| Other versions :
Ridge Racer Three Monitor Version
(Namco System 22)
- Ridge Racer
(1993,Namco System 22)
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| Sequels :
Ridge Racer 2 (1994)
- Rave Racer (1995)
- Ridge Racer V Arcade Battle (2001)
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Sim Drive
1992 |
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| Notes : SimDrive uses the actual body of Mazda Eunos RoadStar. It was actually developed and did appear on AM show, but was not released to the market, the concept eventually because Ridge Racer Full Scale. |
| Prequel :
Eunos Roadster Driving Simulator (1990)
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