Namco System N2

The Namco System N2 arcade platform runs on an nForce2-based motherboard that NVIDIA developed. It is based on a GeForce graphics card, using the OpenGL API.

It runs a Linux operating system that appears to be based on Debian etch. Also, according to the boot logo, System ES2 PLUS and System ES3 runs a Windows Embedded 7 as its operating system. It runs in an arcade game racing cabinet designed by Bandai Namco Games.

Development

Because the N2 is based on PC architecture, development for it and porting from it are relatively easy and inexpensive.

Specifications

Namco System ES1

• Motherboard: Supermicro C2SBM-Q (Intel® Q35 + ICH9DO Chipset)
• CPU: Intel® Core™2 Duo CPU E8400 at 3.00GHz
• RAM: 2x512 MB DDR2 800 MHz 1.8V
• Video: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT with 512 MB GDDR3 memory
• HDD: Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 160 GB (ST3160318AS) with copy protection
• Operating System : arcadelinux (Debian 4.0 based)

List of System N2 games

• Ace Driver 3: Final Turn (2008)
• Animal Kaiser: The King of Animal (2008)
• Counter-Strike Neo (2005)
• Mobile Suit Gundam: Bonds of the Battlefield (2007)
• Mobile Suit Gundam: Bonds of the Battlefield Rev.2.00 (2008)
• MotoGP DX (2007)
• New Space Order (2007)
• Wangan Midnight: Maximum Tune 3 (2007)
• Wangan Midnight: Maximum Tune 3DX (2008)
• Wangan Midnight: Maximum Tune 3DX Plus (2010)

List of System ES1 games

• Dark Escape 3D (2012)
• Dark Escape 4D (2013)
• Dead Heat Riders (2013)
• Dead Heat Street Racing / Maximum Heat (2011)
• Nirin (2009)
• Sailor Zombie AKB48 Arcade Edition (2014)
• Tank! Tank! Tank! (2009)
• Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 4 (2011)

List of System ES1A2 games

• Mobile Suit Gundam: Bonds of the Battlefield Rev.3.00 (2011)

List of System ES2 Plus games

• Aikatsu! (2012)
• Hyakujuu Taisen Great Animal Kaiser (2012)

List of System ES3 games

• Lost Land Adventure (2014)
• Mach Storm (2013)
• Mario Kart Arcade GP DX (2013)
• Point Blank X (2015)
• Star Wars Battle Pod (2015)
• Synchronica (2015)
• Tekken 7 (2015)
• Tekken 7 Fated Retribution (2016)
• Time Crisis 5 (2015)
• Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 5 (2014)
• Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 5 DX (2015)

Similar Hardware

The SEGA Lindbergh, Taito's Taito Type X and Taito Type X+ operate in a similar way to the N2 platform, except that they use other operating systems.