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Sega Chihiro

Manufacturer: Sega

Variants: Chihiro Satellite Terminal

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	2002	¥?	?
US	2003	$?	?
UK	2003	£?	?

The Chihiro (チヒロ) is an arcade system produced by Sega and Microsoft based on the Xbox home video game console^[1], and it was named after the protagonist of Studio Ghibli's Spirited Away movie. It was the second such partnership, with Sega also siding with Namco and Nintendo with the Nintendo GameCube-powered Triforce system.

The House of the Dead III was the first game to launch for the platform in late 2002.

Hardware

The Chihiro is based upon the Xbox, using the same Pentium III CPU and NVIDIA graphics card. Unlike the Xbox however it uses GD-ROM media instead of DVDs (with some exceptions; see below), has more RAM and an earlier revision chipset which is used in the Xbox debugging unit (MCPX2). Because of the similar hardware, it is in theory relatively easy to port Chihiro games to the Xbox and PC. The GD-ROM board can be configured to store up to 1GB of data from the GD-ROM like with the Triforce.

There was also a Satellite Terminal version of the Chihiro.

Technical specifications

CPU: Intel Pentium III 733MHz (133MHz FSB)
Graphics: NVIDIA XChip 200MHz (based on the NVIDIA GeForce 3) with NV2A architecture
System Chipset: NVIDIA MCPX2
RAM: 128MB DDR SDRAM at 200MHz
Polygons: 125M polys/sec

List of games

Chihiro

The House of the Dead III (2002)
Wangan Midnight: Maximum Tune (2003)
Crazy Taxi 3: High Roller (2003)
Virtua Cop 3 (2003)
OutRun 2 (2003)
Wangan Midnight: Maximum Tune 2 (2004)
Ollie King (2004)
Ghost Squad (2004)
OutRun 2 SP (2004)
Kidou Senshi Gundam Battle Operating Simulator (2005)

Chihiro Sattelite Terminal

Sega Network Taisen Mahjong MJ2 (2004)
Quest of D (2004)
Sega Golf Club (2004)
Quest of D: Gofu no Keisyousya (2005)
Quest of D: Oukoku no Syugosya (2005)
Sangokushi Taisen (2005)
Sega Network Taisen Mahjong MJ3 (2005)
Sega Golf Club Ver. 2006 Next Tours (2006)
Sangokushi Taisen 2 (2006)
Sega Network Taisen Mahjong MJ3 Evolution (2007)
Quest of D: The Battle Kingdom (2007)

Mobile Suit Gundam 0079 Card Builder (2005)
Mobile Suit Gundam 0083 Card Builder (2007)

Production credits

Hiroshi Yagi

Source:

Developer mentions^[2]

Photo gallery

System
Network router

Promotional material

UK press release

References

↑ http://sega.jp/corp/release/2002/0918/ (Wayback Machine: 2007-11-18 20:37)
↑ https://www.4gamer.net/games/999/G999905/20210126043/ (Wayback Machine: 2021-02-05 15:00)

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Originating in arcades
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-The '''Sega Chihiro''' is an arcade system produced by [[Sega]] in 2003. It is based upon the [[Xbox]], using the same Pentium III CPU and NVIDIA graphics card. Unlike the Xbox however it uses [[GD-ROM]] media instead of DVDs (with some exceptions; see below), has more RAM and an earlier revision chipset which is used in the Xbox debugging unit (MCPX2). Because of the similar hardware, it is in theory relatively easy to port Chihiro games to the Xbox and PC. The GD-ROM board can be configured to store up to 1GB of data from the GD-ROM like with the [[Triforce]].
+The '''Chihiro''' (チヒロ) is an arcade system produced by [[Sega]] and [[Microsoft]] based on the [[Xbox]] home video game console{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20071118203705/http://sega.jp/corp/release/2002/0918/}}, and it was named after the protagonist of Studio Ghibli's [[wikipedia:Spirited Away|Spirited Away]] movie. It was the second such partnership, with Sega also siding with [[Namco]] and [[Nintendo]] with the [[Nintendo GameCube]]-powered [[Triforce]] system.
+''[[The House of the Dead III]]'' was the first game to launch for the platform in late 2002.
+==Hardware==
+The Chihiro is based upon the [[Xbox]], using the same Pentium III CPU and NVIDIA graphics card. Unlike the Xbox however it uses [[GD-ROM]] media instead of DVDs (with some exceptions; see below), has more RAM and an earlier revision chipset which is used in the Xbox debugging unit (MCPX2). Because of the similar hardware, it is in theory relatively easy to port Chihiro games to the Xbox and PC. The GD-ROM board can be configured to store up to 1GB of data from the GD-ROM like with the [[Triforce]].
 There was also a Satellite Terminal version of the Chihiro.
-==Technical specifications==
+===Technical specifications===
 * CPU: Intel Pentium III 733MHz (133MHz FSB)
 * Graphics: [[NVIDIA]] XChip 200MHz (based on the NVIDIA GeForce 3) with NV2A architecture
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 ==List of games==
-===Chihiro Games===
+===Chihiro===
 {{multicol|
-* ''[[Crazy Taxi: High Roller]]'' (2003)
+{{CargoReleaseList
-* ''[[Ghost Squad]]'' (2004)
+| table=releases
-* ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam 0079]]'' (2006)
+| query=console="CHIHIRO"
-* ''[[Ollie King]]'' (2004)
+| orderby=date
-* ''[[OutRun 2]]'' (2003)
+}}
-* ''[[OutRun 2 SP]]'' (2004)
+}}
-* ''[[The House of the Dead III]]'' (2003)
-* ''[[Virtua Cop 3]]'' (2003)
-*''[[Wangan Midnight: Maxi Boost / Wangan Midnight : Maximum Tune]]'' (2005)
-*''[[Wangan Midnight: Maxi Boost 2 / Wangan Midnight : Maximum Tune 2]]'' (2005)
-*''[[Wangan Midnight: Maxi Boost 2 Ver.B / Wangan Midnight : Maximum Tune 2 Ver.B]]'' (2005)
-|cols}}
-===Chihiro Satellite Terminal Games===
+===Chihiro Sattelite Terminal===
 {{multicol|
-* ''[[MJ2]]'' (2003)
+{{CargoReleaseList
-* ''[[MJ3]]'' (2005)
+| table=releases
-* ''[[MJ3 Evo]]'' (2007)
+| query=console="CHIHIROST"
+| orderby=date
+}}
+}}
 *''[[Mobile Suit Gundam 0079 Card Builder]]'' (2005)
 *''[[Mobile Suit Gundam 0083 Card Builder]]'' (2007)
-*''[[Quest of D]]'' (2004) (uses CD-ROM instead of GD-ROM)
-*''[[Quest of D: Gofu no Keisyousya]]'' (2005)
+==Production credits==
-*''[[Quest of D: Oukoku no Syugosya]]'' (2006)
+{{creditstable|
-*''[[Quest of D: The Battle Kingdom]]'' (2007)
+*[[Hiroshi Yagi]]
-* ''[[Sangokushi Taisen]]'' (2005) (uses DVD-ROM instead of GD-ROM)
+| source=Developer mentions{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20210205150032/https://www.4gamer.net/games/999/G999905/20210126043/}}
-* ''[[Sangokushi Taisen 2]]'' (2006) (uses DVD-ROM instead of GD-ROM)
+| console=Arcade
-* ''[[Sangokushi Taisen 3]]'' (2008) (uses DVD-ROM instead of GD-ROM)
+}}
-* ''[[Sega Golf Club Network Pro Tour]]'' (2004)
-* ''[[Sega Golf Club Version 2006: Next Tours]]'' (2006)
-|cols}}
 ==Photo gallery==
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 chihiro_system.jpg|System
 chihiro_router.jpg|Network router
+</gallery>
+==Promotional material==
+<gallery>
+PressRelease UK 2003-02-12.pdf|UK press release
 </gallery>