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Namco System 22

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Namco System 22
ManufacturerNamco
TypeArcade system board
CPUMotorola 68020 32-bit
PredecessorNamco System 21
SuccessorNamco System 11

The Namco System 22 is the successor to the Namco System 21 arcade system board. It debuted in 1992 with Sim Drive in Japan,[1] followed by a worldwide debut in 1993 with Ridge Racer.

The System 22 was designed by Namco with assistance from graphics & simulation company Evans & Sutherland. Graphical features include texture mapping, Gouraud shading, transparency effects, and depth cueing, thanks to the Evans & Sutherland 'TR3' chip/chipset, which stands for: Texture Mapping, Real-Time, Real-Visual, Rendering System. The main CPU provides a scene description to the TR3 graphics processing unit and a bank of DSP chips which perform 3D calculations.

A variant of the system, called the Super System 22, was released in 1995. The hardware was largely similar to the System 22, but with a slightly higher polygon rate and more special effects possible.

System 22 Specifications

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List of System 22 / Super System 22 Games

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Namco System 22 Rave Racer
Namco System22 Time Crisis
Namco Aqua Jet
Name Year of Release Notes
Sim Drive (1992) Limited release[1][4]
Ridge Racer (1993)
Ace Driver (1994)
Alpine Racer (1994)
Cyber Commando (1994)
Ridge Racer 2 (1994)
Ace Driver: Victory Lap (1995)
Air Combat 22 (1995)
Cyber Cycles (1995)
Dirt Dash (1995)
Rave Racer (1995)
Time Crisis (1995)
Tokyo Wars (1996)
Alpine Racer 2 (1996)
Alpine Surfer (1996)
Aqua Jet (1996)[5]
Armadillo Racing (1996)
Prop Cycle (1996)

References

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  1. ^ a b "Sim Drive, Arcade Video game by NAMCO (1992)".
  2. ^ "System 16 - Namco System 22 Hardware (Namco)".
  3. ^ "mamedev/mame". GitHub. Retrieved 2021-03-19.
  4. ^ "SimDrive - Undumped". Archived from the original on 2017-07-29. Retrieved 2014-09-28.
  5. ^ "Aqua Jet". GamePro. No. 99. IDG. December 1996. p. 56.
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