Namco Super Pac-Man

The Namco Super Pac-Man is an 8-bit arcade system board that was initially used by Namco in 1982; it was the first board from the company that used a Motorola M6809 processor (in fact, it used two) instead of a Zilog Z80.

This article is about Namco's 8-bit "Super Pac-Man" hardware. For the specific arcade game, see Super Pac-Man.

Namco Super Pac-Man specifications
  • Main CPU: Motorola M6809, 1.536 MHz[1]
  • Sound CPU: Motorola M6809, 1.536 MHz
  • Sound chip: A Namco custom eight-channel four-bit WSG (Waveform Sound Generator).
  • Other chips: A custom input/output controller (type 2) which handles the controllers.
  • Video resolution: 224 × 288
  • Notes: Mappy, The Tower of Druaga, Grobda, Dig Dug II and Motos all use a newer video system which supports scrolling and Grobda also has a DAC which handles the speech.

List of Namco Super Pac-Man arcade games

References
  1. Super Pac-Man: Parts and Operating Manual (PDF). Franklin Park, Illinois: Bally Midway. December 1982. pp. 8–9.
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