Galaxian (1979) - Namco's first big hit.Main article: Sega Z80 List of Namco Galaxian arcade games Namco It added the following color palette upgrades: Originally created by Konami for Super Cobra (1981), it was used from 1981 to 1984. Graphical capabilities: Side-scrolling Īn upgraded version of Konami Scramble was the Super Cobra hardware.Sound chips: 2x AY8910 1.78975 MHz (6 square wave channels & 2 noise channels combined), 6x Konami custom RC 1.78975 MHz, DAC.Sound CPU: Zilog Z80 1.78975 MHz (8-bit & 16-bit instructions 260,000 instructions per second).Konami Scramble includes the following upgrades: It is based on the Namco Galaxian hardware, and is part of the Galaxian hardware family. The Konami Scramble hardware, originally created for Konami's The End (1980) and Scramble (1981), was used from 1980 to 1984. It adds the following upgrade to the color palette: Ghostmuncher Galaxian is a Pac-Man clone running on Namco Galaxian bootleg hardware. Namco King & Balloon Sound Section: DM ( DPCM).Sound CPU: Zilog Z80 2.5 MHz (8-bit & 16-bit instructions 364,000 instructions per second).King & Balloon (1980) adds the following audio upgrades: Sprite capabilities: Line buffer, 8x8 to 16x16 sizes, 4 colors per sprite, 15 sprites (7 main sprites, 7 shells, 1 missile) per scanline, 240 sprite pixels per scanline, sprite flipping, sprite animation.Bitmap layer: Star generator, vertical scrolling.Tilemap layer: 8x8 tile sizes, vertical scrolling, column scroll.Overscan resolution: 384x264 (horizontal), (horizontal), 264x384 (vertical).Display resolution: 256x224 (horizontal), 224x256 (vertical).GPU chipset: Namco custom video hardware.One programmable 4/8-bit waveform channel.Sound chips: Namco custom sound hardware.CPU: Zilog Z80 3.072 MHz ( 8-bit & 16-bit instructions 0.45 MIPS).According to Family Computer designer Masayuki Uemura: Nintendo also credited the Namco Galaxian hardware as the basis for their own Nintendo Classic hardware used for the Radar Scope and Donkey Kong arcade games, and subsequently the Family Computer ( Nintendo Entertainment System) console. The Namco Galaxian hardware was widely used by other game companies during the golden age of arcade video games, including Centuri, Gremlin, Irem, Konami, Midway, Nichibutsu, SEGA, and Taito, as well as bootleg manufacturers. Namco Galaxian also introduced a sprite line buffer system, which was adopted by later arcade system boards from other companies. Its introduction of colorful tilemap graphics distinguished it from the Taito 8080 monochrome framebuffer system of Space Invaders. It used specialized graphics hardware supporting RGB color, multi-colored sprites and tilemap backgrounds. The Namco Galaxian is an 8-bit, two-dimensional, arcade system board, that was first used by Namco in 1979. For the specific arcade game, see Galaxian. This article is a generic description of Namco's 'Galaxian' hardware.

Galaxian sprites