Sega Lindbergh

Sega Lindbergh

Manufacturer: Sega

Variants: Silver, Red, Red EX, Blue

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	2005	¥?	?
US	200x	$?	?
UK	200x	£?	?

The Sega Lindbergh (リンドバーグ) is an arcade platform developed by Sega as a successor to the Sega NAOMI 2 arcade system. It was launched in 2005 and acted as Sega's "primary" arcade system until the release of the Sega RingEdge platform in 2009.

Hardware

Unlike previous arcade platforms which had either been bespoke systems or based on home console technology, the Lindbergh family (and virtually all of its successors) mirror the architecture seen in standard PCs, with a Intel Pentium 4 as its main CPU and graphics cards supplied by NVIDIA. Sega had originally planned to use the Microsoft's Xbox 360 as the basis for the arcade board, but is thought to have opted for standard PC hardware as this proved more cost-effective.

According to Sega-AM2 head Hiroshi Kataoka, porting Lindbergh titles (such as Virtua Fighter 5) to Sony's PlayStation 3 was generally easier than porting to Xbox 360, because the Lindbergh and PS3 use a similar GPU.

Lindbergh was introduced by Sega when the arcade industry and the company itself was at great change. Ultimately, only Initial D Arcade Stage 4 (Then renamed to Initial D: Extreme Stage), Virtua Fighter 5, After Burner Climax and The House of the Dead 4 were released on console, with the latter two being ported half a decade later. Arcade games became increasingly exclusive to arcade operators, to keep incentive for people to go to actual venues both in Japan and in the western world.

Variants

There are five variants of Lindbergh, each designated by colour, although the casing design is thought to be much the same across all of them.

Lindbergh (yellow)

Yellow is the "standard" Lindbergh system, used for most of Sega's "big" games which do not need special requirements.

List of games

Virtua Fighter 5 (2005)
The House of the Dead 4 (2005)
The House of the Dead 4 Special (2006)
Virtua Tennis 3 (2006)
Ami-Gyo (2006)
After Burner Climax (2006)
OutRun 2 SP SDX (2006)
Let's Go Jungle!: Lost on the Island of Spice (2006)
Initial D Arcade Stage 4 (2007)
To Ami-Gyo (2007)
Sangokushi Taisen 3 (2007)
Hummer (2008)
Sega Race TV (2008)
R-Tuned: Ultimate Street Racing (2008)
Virtua Fighter 5 R (2008)
Black Jack N.A. (2008)
Hummer Extreme Edition (2009)
Initial D Arcade Stage 5 (2009)
Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown (2010)

The House of the Dead 4 Special (2006)
Let's Go Jungle Special (2007)
Psy-Phi (2006) (unreleased)
Sega Networks Club (2007)
Sega Networks Club Ver 2.0 (2008)
Sega Networks Club Ver 3.0 (2009)

Gallery

Main system (Front view)
Main system (Up Left view)
System connectors
Promotional render

Technical specifications

CPU: Intel Pentium 4 3.0G HT (800MHz FSB - 1MB L2 Cache)
GFX: NVIDIA GeForce 6 Series GPU
GFX memory: 256MB (256 bit GDDR3)
OS: Montvista Linux
GFX capabilities: Vertex Shader 3.0, Pixel Shader 3.0
Audio: 3D audio synthesizer chip onboard, possible to have 64 sounds playing simultaneously, 5.1 surround output.
Video output: One analog D-Sub, two digital DVI outputs.
Display: Single or dual monitor support. Can output the same picture to each monitor or different pictures on each monitor, the resolution for each of the 2 monitors can also be different.
Sound output: The two front speakers have RCA connectors, SPDIF for full surround.
Resolution: HDTV (High Definition)
RAM: 1024MB 184pin DDR SD-RAM PC3200 (2x 512MB DDR 400 sticks)
LAN: 10/100/1000 TBase Gigabit Network
Other: DVD Drive Support, USB2.0 (x4) - Sega ALL.NET online support.
Connector format: JVS
Protection: A PIC microcontroller, looking similar to the one used on NAOMI/Triforce/Chihiro but containing considerably different information, locking both the HDD and Compact Flash Cards.

Promotional material

JP press release
Info sheet

Physical Scans

Lindbergh Yellow, JP
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