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| Sega NAOMI | |||||
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| Variants: Sega NAOMI GD-ROM, Sega NAOMI Multiboard | |||||
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The Sega NAOMI (New Arcade Operation Machine Idea) is an arcade system board released in 1998 as a successor to Sega Model 3 hardware. It is based on the architecture of the Sega Dreamcast, and stands as one of Sega's most successful arcade systems of all time.
The NAOMI debuted at a time where traditional arcades were on the decline, and so was engineered to be a mass-produced, cost-effective machine reliant on large game ROM "cartridges" which could be interchanged by the arcade operator. This is contrary to systems such as the Model 3, in which each board, despite sharing largely the same specifications, would be bespoke, with the built-in ROMs being flashed with games during the manufacturing process. This is not the first time such an idea was utilised by Sega, but never before had technology been used for a cutting-edge Sega arcade specification.
Unlike most hardware platforms in the arcade industry, NAOMI was widely licensed for use by other manufacturers, many of which were former rivals to Sega such as Taito, Capcom and Namco. It is also one of the longest-serving arcade boards, being supported from 1998 to 2009. It is a platform where many top-rated Sega franchises were born, including Virtua Tennis, Samba de Amigo, Crazy Taxi and Monkey Ball.
The NAOMI was succeeded by the Sega NAOMI 2 board, though having out-lasted the NAOMI 2 (and Sega Hikaru and Sega Aurora), a more realistic successor could be seen as the Sega Chihiro and possibly even the Sega Lindbergh.
Contents
Hardware
The NAOMI shares the same basic system architecture as the Dreamcast, with both systems using the same Hitachi SH-4 CPU, PowerVR Series 2 GPU (PVR2DC), and Yamaha AICA based sound system. The NAOMI, however, packs twice as much system and graphics memory, and four times as much sound memory and although the NAOMI and Dreamcast operate at the same speed (clock frequency) multiple NAOMI boards can be 'stacked' together to achieve better graphics performance or for a multi-monitor setup.
The other key difference between NAOMI and Dreamcast lies in the game-media - the NAOMI primarily uses ROM PC-boards (i.e. large game cartridges) with up to 168MB of usable data, wihle the Dreamcast uses GD-ROM optical-storage with up to 1GB of storage (at the expense of load times). The NAOMI was extended in 1999 so that it could interface with GD-ROM-based arcade games.
Two more variants also exist:
- Multiboard — Several NAOMI motherboards joined onto a single board which connects the multiple boards together to created a more powerful parallel processing system.
- Satellite Terminal — independent NAOMI cabinets connected to a master one
NAOMI boards can be used in special game cabinets (NAOMI Universal Cabinet) where a theoretical maximum of sixteen boards can be used in a parallel processing format.
The NAOMI multiboard setup uses a different BIOS chip than a regular NAOMI to handle all the boards but the whole system only uses one copy of the game cartridge, of which only four games were released.
Technical Specifications
- CPU: Hitachi SH-4 CPU with graphic functions and 128-bit SIMD @ 200 MHz (360 MIPS and 1.4 GFLOPS)
- Graphic Engine: PowerVR 2 (PVR2DC)
- Sound Engine: ARM7 Yamaha AICA 45MHz (with internal 32-bit RISC CPU, 64 channel ADPCM)
- Main Memory: 32MB
- Graphic Memory: 16MB
- Sound Memory: 8MB
- Media: ROM Board (maximum size of 172MB) / GD-ROM
- Simultaneous Number of Colors: Approx. 16,770,000 (24-bit)
- Polygons: 5,000,000 polygons/sec
- Rendering Speed: 500 mega pixels/sec
- Additional Features: Bump mapping, fog, alpha blending, mip-mapping, trilinear filtering, anti-aliasing, environment mapping, and specular effects
Gallery
Top of the motherboard
Bottom of the motherboard
Sockets
Full System
NAOMI Case
GD-ROM slot
DIMM Module + Key
List of Games
NAOMI
- 18 Wheeler (2000)
- Akatsuki Denkou Senki (2008)
- Boat Race Ocean Heats (2000)
- Charge'N'Blast (1999)
- Cosmic Smash (2001)
- Crackin' DJ (2000)
- Crackin' DJ 2 (2001)
- Crazy Taxi (1999)
- Dead or Alive 2 (1999)
- Dead or Alive 2 Millennium (2000)
- Death Crimson OX (2000)
- Dengen Tenshi Taisen Janshi Shangri-la (1999)
- Disney Magical Dance (2008)
- Dynamite Baseball (1998)
- Dynamite Baseball '99 (1998)
- Dynamite Deka EX (2006)
- F1 World Grand Prix (1998)
- Fish Live (2000)
- Formation Battle In May (1999)
- Giant Gram 2: All Japan Pro Wrestling In Nippon Budokan (1999)
- Giant Gram 2000: All Japan Pro Wrestling 3 Brave Men Of Glory (2000)
- Guilty Gear X (2000)
- Gun Beat (1999)
- Idol Janshi Suchie-Pai 3 (1999)
- Illmatic Envelope (2008)
- Inu no Osanpo (2001)
- Jambo! Safari (1999)
- Mamoru-kun wa Norowarete Shimatta! (2008)
- Melty Blood Actress Again (2008)
- MushiKing: The Battle of the Beetles (2003)
- MushiKing: The King Of Beetle 2K3 2nd (2003)
- MushiKing II (2004)
- MushiKing III (2005)
- MushiKing IV (2006)
- MushiKing V (2007)
- Oshare Majo Love and Berry / Fashionable Witch Love and Berry (2005)
- Outtrigger (1999)
- Pocket Shooting (1999)
- Puyo Puyo Da! (1999)
- Puyo Puyo Fever (2003)
- Puzzle Kurutto Stone (1999)
- Quiz Ah Megamisama!/Quiz Ah My Goddess! (2000)
- Radirgy Noa (2009)
- Ring Out 4x4 (1999)
- Samba de Amigo (1999)
- Samba de Amigo Ver.2000 (2000)
- Sega Marine Fishing (1999)
- Sega Tetris (1999)
- Shooting Love 2007 (2007)
- Sky Champ (199?)
- Slash Out (2000)
- Star Horse (2000)
- Star Horse 2001 (2001)
- Star Horse 2002 (2002)
- The House of the Dead 2 (1998)
- The Typing of the Dead (1999)
- Tokyo Bus Tour (2000)
- Touch De Uno! (1999)
- Touch De Uno! 2 (2000)
- Toy Fighter/Waffupu (1999)
- Virtua NBA (2000)
- Virtua Striker 2 Ver.2000 (2000)
- Virtua Tennis/Power Smash (1999)
- Virtua Tennis 2/Power Smash 2 (2001)
- Virtual-On Oratorio Tangram M.S.B.S.Ver.5.66 (2000)
- Wave Runner GP (2000)
- World Series 99/Super Major League 99 (1999)
- WWF Royal Rumble (2000)
- Zero Gunner 2 (2001)
- Zombie Revenge (1999)
Distributed by Capcom
- Cannon Spike/Gunspike (2000)
- Capcom vs. SNK: Millennium Fight 2000 (2000)
- Gigawing 2 (2000)
- Heavy Metal: Geomatrix (2001)
- Marvel vs. Capcom 2 (2000)
- Mobile Suit Gundam: Federation vs. Jion (2001)
- Power Stone (1999)
- Power Stone 2 (2000)
- Project Justice/Moero! Justice Gakuen (2000)
- Spawn (1999)
Distributed by Namco
- Gun Survivor 2: Biohazard CODE:Veronica (2001)
- Mazan: Flash Of The Blade (2002)
- Ninja Assault (2001)
- Shin Nihon Pro Wrestling Toukon Retsuden 4 Arcade Edition (2000)
- World Kicks (2001)
NAOMI GD-ROM
- Alien Front (2001)
- Border Down (2003)
- Chaos Field (2004)
- Confidential Mission (2000)
- Crackin' DJ 2 (2001)
- Doki Doki Idol Star Seeker (2001)
- Dragon Treasure (2003)
- Dragon Treasure II (2004)
- Dragon Treasure III (2005)
- Get Bass 2 / Sega Bass Fishing 2 (2001)
- Guilty Gear XX#Reload (2003)
- Guilty Gear XX: The Midnight Carnival (2002)
- Guilty Gear XX Accent Core (2006)
- Guilty Gear XX Slash (2005)
- Ikaruga (2001)
- Jingi Storm: The Arcade (2005)
- Karous (2006)
- Kuru Kuru Chameleon (2006)
- KyoryuKing (2005)
- La Keyboard XYU (2001)
- Lupin III: The Shooting (2001)
- Lupin III: The Typing (2002)
- Melty Blood: Act Cadenza Ver. A (2005)
- Melty Blood: Act Cadenza Version B (2006)
- Melty Blood: Act Cadenza Version B2 (2007)
- Moeru Casinyo (2002)
- Monkey Ball (2001)
- Musapey No Choco Marker (2002)
- Noukone Puzzle Takoron (2006)
- Project Cerberus (moved to PlayStation Portable during development; last seen on NAOMI in 2009)
- Quiz Keitai Q mode (2002)
- Radirgy (2005)
- Senko no Ronde (2005)
- Senko no Ronde New Version (2005)
- Senko no Ronde SP (2006)
- Shakka to Tambourine! (2000)
- Shakka to Tambourine! 2001 (2001)
- Shakka to Tambourine! 2001 Power Up! (2001)
- Shootout Pool (2002)
- Shootout Pool Prize (2003)
- Spikers Battle (2001)
- Sports Jam (2001)
- Super Shanghai 2005 (2005)
- Tetris Kiwamemichi (2004)
- The Maze of the Kings (2002)
- Touch De Zunou (2006)
- Trigger Heart Exelica (2006)
- Under Defeat (2005)
- Virtua Athletics/Virtua Athlete (2002)
- Virtua Golf/Dynamic Golf (2001)
- Virtua Tennis/Power Smash (1999)
- Virtua Tennis/Power Smash 2 (2001)
- World Series Baseball/Super Major League (2001)
Distributed by Capcom
- Capcom vs. SNK 2: Millionaire Fighting 2001 (2001)
- Capcom vs. SNK: Millennium Fight 2000 Pro (2000)
- Mobile Suit Gundam: Federation vs. Jion (2001)
- Mobile Suit Gundam: Federation vs. Jion Deluxe (2001)
- Street Fighter Zero 3 Upper (2001)
Distributed by Taito
- Azumanga Daioh Puzzle Bobble (2002)
- Cleopatra Fortune Plus (2001)
- ExZeus (2005)
- Pochi to Nyaa (2002)
- Psyvariar 2 (2003)
- Rabbit 2 (2003)
- Shikigami no Shiro II/The Castle of Shikigami II (2003)
- Trizeal (2004)
- Usagi: Yasei no Touhai: Yamashiro Mahjong Hen (2003)
NAOMI Multiboard
- Airline Pilots (1999)
- F355 Challenge (1999)
- F355 Challenge 2: International Course Edition (2001)
- Sega Strike Fighter (2000)
NAOMI Satellite Terminal
- Derby Owners Club (2000)
- Derby Owners Club 2 (2001)
- Derby Owners Club 2 Ver.2 (2000)
- Derby Owners Club 2 Ver.2.1 (2000)
- Derby Owners Club 2000 (2000)
- Derby Owners Club World Edition (2002)
- MJ (2003)
- The Quiz Show (2004)
Physical Scans
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