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2 Minute Drill 1993

Main CPU: 68000 Sound: Yamaha YM2610B Taito custom ICs: TC0400YSC, TC0260DAR, TC0630FDP, TC0510NI0

Notes : An American football game with a video screen.

PCB : PCB Picture

Ashita no Joe Taito / Wave - 1990
Main CPU : 68000 @ 8 MHz, Z80 @ 4 MHz Sound Chips : YM2203 @ 3MHz, MSM5205 @ 384 KHz
PCB : Picture

Ben Bero Beh 1984
CPU : 6809 Sound CPU : Z80A

Colony 7 1981
CPU : M6809 @ 1MHz Sound CPU : M6809 @ 0.87MHz Notes : Very similar to Williams Defender hardware.
Flyers : Normal Flyer

Darius 1986

Main Processors : 2xMC68000 @ 8MHz Sound CPU : 2xZ80 @ 4MHz Sound Chips : 2xYM2203; MSM5205 Video Resolution : 864x224 (3x288x224) Hardware Notes : This game uses 3 x PC080SN for generating tilemaps. They must be mapped somehow to a single memory block and set of scroll registers. There is an additional text tilemap on top of this, to allow for both background planes scrolling. This need is presumably what led to the TC0100SCN tilemap chip, debuted in Ninja Warriors (c) 1987. (The TC0100SCN includes a separate text layer.)

Flyers : Normal Flyer

Magazine reviews : C+VG Mar '87 - YS Sep '87 - YS Dec '89 - Crash Apr '87

Sequels : Darius 2 / Sagaia (1989) - Darius 2 (Dual Screen) (1989) - Darius Gaiden (1994) - Darius Gaiden Extra Version (1994) - G Darius (1997) - G Darius Ver.2 (1997)

Field Goal 1979
CPU : 6800
Flyers : Normal Flyer - Other Flyer - UK Flyer

Halley's Comet 1986
CPU : M6809 Sound CPU : Z80 Sound Chip : 4xYM2149F
PCB : PCB1 - PCB2
Magazine reviews : YS Oct '87 - C+VG Dec '86

Midnight Landing 1987
Main CPU: 68000 Sub CPU: 68000 DSP: TMS32025 I/O CPU: Z80 Sound CPU: Z80 Sound: YM-2151, MSM5205
Flyers : Normal Flyer - Alternate Flyer
Magazine reviews : C+VG Aug '87

Panic Road Taito / Seibu Kaihatsu - 1986
CPU : Sony CXQ70116D-8 (v20) Sound CPU : Toshiba T5182 (Z80 with ROM and RAM) Sound Chip : YM2151
Notes : Panic Road seems to have been made by Taito, and although it uses some Seibu parts and their name appears in the gfx rom, Seibu seem to have had little to do with it
PCB : Picture
Flyers : Normal Flyer

Phoenix 1980
CPU : 8085A @ 2.75Mhz Sound : TMS36XX, Custom Chip Res : 248 x 208
Flyers : Normal Flyer

Power Blade Taito (Nintendo of America License) - 1991
This games runs on 's Nintendo Playchoice 10 hardware
Hardware : G-Board Hardware CPU : Z80 @ 4 MHz, N2A03 @ 1.789772 MHz Sound : Nintendo custom, DAC.
Notes : The story, images, characters and just about everything is a direct rip-off of Terminator 2, its a miracle they didnt get sued off of the planet ;)

Sandlot Baseball / Kusayakyuu 1985
CPU: Z80 @ 2.34 MHz Sound: Z80 @ 2.34 MHz, 2x AY-3-8910 @ 1.152 MHz, DAC

Space Invaders : Qix Silver Anniversary Edition 2003
Main CPU: Renesas HD6412394TE20 H8S/2394 (ROMless version @ 20MHz) Sound: OKI M9810B Video: Sigma Xilinx Spartan XC2S50 FPGA, TI THS8134 Triple 8-Bit, 80 MSPS Video D/A Converter. OSC: 20MHz & 44.8MHz EEPROM: AT93C46 @ IC6 RAM: Cypress CY7C1021B 64K x 16 Static RAM (44-pin TSOP) x 3 (silkscreened WORK, FRAM0 & FRAM1) Other: Renesas M5296FP Watchdog Timer IC with +5v constant-voltage power supply TA8200AH - Dual Audio Power Amplifier (13Watts per channel) TDP1030 - 2-In-1 Low-Side Switch for Motor, Solenoid and Lamp Drive ROMS: F34-01 (IC13 M27C160 silkscreened PCM), F34-02 (IC2 M27C160 silkscreened PRG) Notes: There are two known types of PCB; 1: - Secondary label 351100195 with a serial number labeled: S/N: SICABN/Cxxxx (xxxx=number of PCB), SPC INV CAB NO COIN 2: - Secondary label 351100210 with a serial number labeled: S/N: SIURxxxx (xxxx=number of PCB), SPACE INVADERS U/R
Flyers : Normal Flyer
Prequels : Space Invaders (1978) - Space Invaders (1979) - Space Invaders (Colour) (1979) - Space Invaders Part II (1980) - Space Invaders II Cocktail (1980) - Space Invaders Deluxe (1980) - Space Invaders DX (1994) - Space Invaders DX (1994) - Space Invaders '95 : Attack Of The Lunar Loonies / Akkanvader (1995) - Space Invaders Anniversary (2003)

Straight Flush 1979
CPU : 6800
Flyers : Normal Flyer - Other Flyer

Trampoline 1978

CPU : 6502

Notes : This was a cocktail machine, also known as Trapeze by Exidy.

Flyers : Normal Flyer

Wyvern F-0 1985
Hardware: 4 PCBs; CPU board: Z80, ROM and RAM, 68705P5 MCU (protected) Sound board: Z80, 2 x YM2149, OKI M5232 OBJ board: ROMs and RAM Video board: ROMs and RAM, 4 x Fujitsu MB112S146, sprites are 32x32 and use 4 8x8 tiles with a look-up table in RAM holding the actual tile indexes plus a background and a text tilemap.
Flyers : Normal Flyer Notes : The game boards produce two separate video outputs that are sent to two different screens housed in the cabinet. A half-silvered mirror is used to mix the images from the two screens in such a way as to produce a pseudo-3D effect. Backgrounds and enemies on the ground are displayed in the lower screen, while player ship and enemies in the air are displayed in the upper screen. These appear to be at different depths to the eyes of the player, thus giving the illusion of sprites in the air floating above the ground. To further enhance the effect, the cabinet also has two speakers. The sound of enemies on the ground is heard from the bottom speaker, while the sound of enemies in the air is heard from the top speaker.

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