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Atomiswave
The Atomiswave is Sammy Corporation's custom arcade system board and cabinet, which is based on Sega's NAOMI system board, Year Released 2003. The Atomiswave system board uses interchangeable game cartridges, and the cabinet's control panel can be easily switched out with different control sets, including dual joysticks, dual lightguns, and a steering wheel.
With the retirement of the aging NeoGeo MVS system, SNK has focussed its future arcade development plans on the Atomiswave, and has a new King of Fighters game in development for it.
Atomiswave Specifications
- CPU: Hitachi SH-4 64-bit RISC CPU (200 MHz 360 MIPS / 1.4 GFLOPS)
- Graphic Engine: PowerVR 2 (PVR2DC) operating frequency 100 MHz CG drawing performance: 3 million polygon/sec or higher
- Sound Engine: ARM7 Yamaha AICA 45 MHZ (with internal 32-bit RISC CPU, 64 channel ADPCM)
- Main Ram: 32 megs
- Main Memory: 16 MByte
- Graphic Memory: 16 MByte
- Sound Memory: 8 MByte
- Media: Masked-ROM cartridge Maximum 128 Mbytes(128 Mbits MASK-ROM x 8)
- Simultaneous Number of Colors : Approx. 16,770,000 (24bits)
- Rendering Speed : 500 M pixel/sec
- Additional Features : Bump Mapping, Fog, Alpha-Bending (transparency), Mip Mapping (polygon-texture auto switch), Tri-Linear Filtering, Anti-Aliasing, Environment Mapping, and Specular Effect.
- Network: It is possible to connect the systems on the network using both 56K modem or broadband connection using the AW-Net.
- Known games: 22
Notes: This is a standard dreamcast type spec, so has less power than the Sega Naomi. Inputs: Supports various types of input such as joystick, light guns, and track balls via a common interface.
Games
The initial line-up of Atomiswave games includes:
- Guilty Gear Isuka: A 4-player variant of Guilty Gear X2
- Dolphin Blue: A Metal Slug-style side scrolling shooter
- The Rumble Fish: A 3D fighting game, a'la Tekken
- Sport Shooting U.S.A.: A lightgun shooting-range game
- Demolish Fist: A 3D, Double Dragon-style beat-em-up
- Maximum Speed: A car racing game that uses the steering wheel add-on
- Ranger Mission: A military-themed lightgun game
- Sushi Bar: A sushi-themed puzzle game
- Chicago 1929: A mobster-themed driving game
- Knights of Valour The Seven Spirits: A 2D Romance of the Three Kingdoms fighting game
- The King of Fighters NEOWAVE]]:A 2D fighting game
In Progress:
- Metal Slug 6 (2005)
- The King of Fighters XI (2005)
External links
Sammy USA's Atomiswave Info Page (http://www.sammyusa.com/games/atomiswave/)