''Mystic Warriors''-based hardware is an
arcade system board
An arcade video game takes player input from its controls, processes it through electrical or computerized components, and displays output to an electronic monitor or similar display. Most arcade video games are coin-operated, housed in an arc ...
used by
Konami on several of its
action games
An action game is a video game genre that emphasizes physical challenges, including hand–eye coordination and reaction-time. The genre includes a large variety of sub-genres, such as fighting games, beat 'em ups, shooter games, and platform gam ...
and
fighting games in the early 1990s. Since Konami did not use the word ''system'' on most of its
arcade hardware, its arcade games are usually classified by the type of
video and
sound chips used. In this case, the hardware is named after Konami's
ninja-themed action game, ''
Mystic Warriors'', which debuted the system in 1992.
Specifications of the hardware
*Main CPU:
Motorola 68000
The Motorola 68000 (sometimes shortened to Motorola 68k or m68k and usually pronounced "sixty-eight-thousand") is a 16/32-bit complex instruction set computer (CISC) microprocessor, introduced in 1979 by Motorola Semiconductor Products Sector ...
@ 16 MHz.
*Sound CPU: Zilog Z80 @ 8 MHz
*Sound Chip: 2xK054539 @ 18.432 MHz
Games based on the hardware
*''
Mystic Warriors'' (1992)
*''
Gaiapolis'' (1993)
*''
Martial Champion'' (1993)
*''
Metamorphic Force
is an arcade game released by Konami in August 1993 in video gaming, 1993. It is one of Konami's last Side-scrolling video game, side-scrolling Beat 'em up games to appear in the arcades along ''Violent Storm''.
The game mechanics are similar t ...
'' (1993)
*''
Monster Maulers
''Monster Maulers'', known in Japan as , is a 1993 fighting arcade game developed and published by Konami.
Gameplay
The focus of the game is one-on-one fights versus giant enemies. Several of said enemies are references to or bosses in other ...
'' (1993)
*''
Violent Storm'' (1993)
Video and sound chips
Note: The chips are followed by their corresponding game(s) in parentheses.
*K053246 (all listed games)
*K053252 (''Gaiapolis'', ''Martial Champion'' and ''Mystic Warriors'')
*K053936 (''Gaiapolis'')
*K053990 (''Martial Champion'')
*K054000 (''Gaiapolis'')
*K054156 (all listed games)
*K054157 (all listed games)
*K054338 (''Martial Champion'', ''Mystic Warriors'' and ''Violent Storm'')
*K054539 (''Martial Champion'', ''Mystic Warriors'' and ''Violent Storm'')
*K054573 (''Martial Champion'')
*K054986 (''Martial Champion'')
*K055550 (''Violent Storm'')
*K055555 (all listed games)
*K055673 (all listed games)
See also
*
Konami GX
*
Konami GX400
External links
Mystic Warriors Based Hardware and Game Information
Konami arcade system boards
68k-based arcade system boards