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    Taito F3 System

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    Also known as the "Taito F3 Package System" and "Taito Cybercore", the Taito F3 System is an arcade system board powering a variety of Taito's 2D arcade games throughout the '90s, with most games released on swappable ROM cartridges.

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    Taito F3 System last edited by Nes on 07/23/21 08:43AM View full history

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    Taito F3 System is an arcade system board developed and used by Taito for a variety of their arcade releases from 1992 to 1998. It is one of their last arcade system boards prior to using modified PS1 and PC hardware.

    Originally using a traditional standalone PCB setup, the board itself was redesigned a few years later to allow swappable game cartridges (known as "Taito F3 Package System" or, in North American advertisements, "Taito Cybercore").

    Rather than using the arcade-standard configuration of a Motorola MC68000 chip for the main CPU, a Zilog Z80 chip for co-processing, and a Yamaha YM2610 sound chip, the Taito F3 System configuration uses a variation of the Motorola MC68020 chip for the main CPU (the cost-reduced MC68EC020), a Motorola MC68000 chip for co-processing, and an Ensoniq ES5505 for the sound chip. Some of the hardware configuration were also used for some other Taito games at the time, such as Under Fire.

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    Standalone PCB

    Prime Time Fighter and Super Cup Finals were also released as F3 Cartridges.

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    F3 Cartridge

    1994

    Space Invaders DX is notable for also being released on earlier "Taito B System" hardware.

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    1998

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