The Namco System 23 is an

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produced and developed by

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. Announced in 1996''

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'', issue 37 (October 1996), page 119 and released in 1997, it was the last arcade system produced by the company that was based on their own custom design, as opposed to just derivatives of console or PC hardware. Like the

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, the System 23 also featured a more powerful variant called the Super System 23. One of the advertised features of the System 23 was the "Gashin Strong Bass System," which was simply a bass

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hooked up to the sound system. It was succeeded by the Namco System 10 in 2000.

System 23 specifications

*Main

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: 133 MHz IDT

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. Super System 23 used a 166 MHz chip and Super System 23 Evolution 2 used a 200 MHz chip *Sound CPU: 16.9344 MHz

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H8/3002 *Sound Chip:

C352 Sample playback *I/O CPU: Gorgon and System 23 used

H8/3334 Super System 23 and Super System 23 Evolution 2 used PIC16Cxx *Extra I/O CPU:

SH-2 used only on Super System 23 GMEN *

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-proprietary hardware **

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: Multiple parallel

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chips **Graphical capabilities: 2 million polygons per second,

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List of games

System 22.5 / Gorgon

* '' Final Furlong'' (1997) * '' Rapid River'' (1997)

System 23

* '' Angler King'' (1998) * '' Downhill Bikers'' (1997) * '' Motocross Go!'' (1997) * '' Panic Park'' (1997) * ''

Time Crisis II ''Time Crisis II'' is a 1997 light gun arcade video game developed and published by Namco. It is the second installment in the ''Time Crisis'' series. The game incorporates the same mechanics of its predecessor, with some minor changes, but with th ...

'' (System 23 Version) (1997)

Super System 23

* '' 500GP'' (1998) * '' Guitar Jam'' (1999) * ''

'' (Super System 23 Version) (1997)

Super System 23 GMEN

* '' Final Furlong 2'' (1999) * '' Gunmen Wars'' (1998) * '' Race On!'' (1998)

Super System 23 Evolution 2

* ''

Crisis Zone ''Crisis Zone'' is a spin-off of the ''Time Crisis'' arcade shooters, released on 29 March 1999 in the arcades. Plot In 2000, the Garland Corporation opens a new complex known as "Garland Square" on the outskirts of London. Full of modern ameniti ...

'' (1999)

References

External links

System 23 at System16 - The Arcade MuseumSuper System 23 at System16 - The Arcade Museum
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