- Name
- Taito F3 System
- Aliases
Taito F3 System
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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Overview
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 (Platform) 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 (Game).
Games
Standalone PCB
Prime Time Fighter and Super Cup Finals were also released as F3 Cartridges. 1992
- Arabian Magic (Game) (NA, JP, WW)
- Grid Seeker: Project Storm Hammer (NA, JP, WW)
- Riding Fight! (NA, JP, WW)
- Ring Rage (Game) (NA, JP, WW)
1993
- Hat Trick Hero '93 (NA, JP) / Taito Cup Finals (WW)
- Prime Time Fighter (Game) (NA) / Top Ranking Stars (JP, WW)
1994
- Dungeon Magic (Game) (NA, early WW) / Light Bringer (JP, late WW)
- Super Cup Finals (WW)
F3 Cartridge
1994 Space Invaders DX is notable for also being released on earlier "Taito B System" hardware.
- Global Champion (Game) (NA) / Kaiser Knuckle (JP, WW)
- Ray Force (NA, JP) / Gunlock (WW)
- Darius Gaiden (Game) (NA, JP, WW)
- Bubble Symphony (Game) (NA, JP) / Bubble Bobble II (WW)
- Hat Trick Hero '94 (NA) / International Cup '94 (WW)
- Hat Trick Hero '95 (NA, JP) / Taito Power Goal (WW)
- Space Invaders DX (Game) (JP)
1995
- Bust-A-Move Again (NA) / Puzzle Bobble 2 (JP, WW)
- Elevator Action II (NA) / Elevator Action Returns (JP, WW)
- Gekirindan (Game) (JP, WW)
- Moriguchi Hiroko no Quiz de Hyuu!Hyuu! (JP)
- Quiz Theater: 3tsu no Monogatari (JP)
- Space Invaders '95: The Attack of Lunar Loonies (NA, WW) / Akkanbedaa~ (JP)
1996
- Bubble Memories: The Story of Bubble Bobble III (NA, JP, WW)
- Cleopatra Fortune (Game) (JP)
- Puzzle Bobble 3 (NA, JP, WW)
- Twin Cobra II (Game) (NA, WW) / Kyukyokyu Tiger II (JP)
1997
- Arkanoid Returns (Game) (NA, JP, WW)
- Kirameki Star Road (JP)
- Pop'n Pop (NA, JP, WW)
- Puchi Carat (Game) (JP, WW)
1998
- Landmaker (Game) (JP, WW)
- Puzzle Bobble 4 (NA, JP, WW)
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- Arabian Magic (Game)
- Arkanoid Returns (Game)
- Bubble Memories: The Story of Bubble Bobble III (Game)
- Bubble Symphony (Game)
- Bust-A-Move 2: Arcade Edition (Game)
- Bust-A-Move 3 DX (Game)
- Bust-A-Move 4 (Game)
- Cleopatra Fortune (Game)
- Darius Gaiden (Game)
- Dungeon Magic (Game)
- Elevator Action Returns (Game)
- Galactic Attack (Game)
- Gekirindan (Game)
- Global Champion (Game)
- Grid Seeker: Project Storm Hammer (Game)
- Hat Trick Hero '93 (Game)
- Hat Trick Hero '95 (Game)
- Landmaker (Game)
- Pop'n Pop (Game)
- Prime Time Fighter (Game)
- Puchi Carat (Game)
- Riding Fight! (Game)
- Ring Rage (Game)
- Space Invaders '95: Attack of the Lunar Loonies (Game)
- Space Invaders DX (Game)
- Twin Cobra II (Game)