The Taito Type X is an arcade system board released by Taito Corporation in 2004. A PC-based design, the Type X board is upgradeable by developers, with the Type X+ and Type X² models having more advanced graphics abilities. The Type X7 board is used primarily for pachinko machines in Japan.

Taito Type X and X7 use Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 Professional as recommended development platform.

Contents 1 Specifications 1.1 Taito Type X/X+ 1.2 Taito Type X7 1.3 Taito Type X² 1.4 Taito Type X² Satellite Terminal 2 Taito Type X games 3 Taito Type X+ games 4 Taito Type X² games 5 Current third-party developers 6 References 7 External links

[edit] Specifications

[edit] Taito Type X/X+

• OS: Windows XP Embedded
• CPU: Intel Celeron 2.5 GHz, 400 MHz FSB (upgradeable to Celeron 2.0/2.8GHz, Pentium 4 2.0GHz/2.4GHz/2.6GHz/2.8GHz/3.0GHz, 400-800 MHz FSB)
• Chipset: Intel 865G
• RAM: DDR266 DIMM 256MB (upgradeable to DDR400 2GB), 2 memory slots
• GPU: AGP-based. Supported cards include ATI Radeon 9600 SE 128 MB, 9600 XT 128MB, X700 PRO 256MB
• Sound: AC97 onboard 6 channel audio CODEC
• LAN: On-board, 10/100 BASE-TX
• I/O ports: 4x USB port (1.1 & 2.0 compatible), 1x parallel port, 2x PS/2
• Audio inputs: Microphone (stereo pin-jack), line-in (stereo pin-jack)
• Audio outputs: line-out (stereo pin-jack), SPDI/F
• Expansion Slots: AGP (used by video card), 2x PCI
• Storage interface: 2 channel Parallel ATA (UATA-100/66/33), 2 channel SATA
• Media: PATA/SATA Hard disk

The Type X+ includes upgrades to the graphical capabilities, including particle effects and a few other tricks, this is to bring it in line with contemporary PC hardware technology.^[1]

[edit] Taito Type X7

• OS: Windows XP Embedded
• CPU: Intel Celeron M 600MHz
• Chipset: Intel 855GME + ICH4
• RAM: 512MiB
• GPU: ATI Mobility RADEON 9550 (128MiB)
• Sound: AC97 onboard 6 channel audio CODEC
• Storage: 512MB-2GB flash ROM
• Audio outputs: 4 channel speaker^[2]

[edit] Taito Type X²

• OS: Microsoft Windows XP Embedded SP2 ^[3]
• CPU: Intel LGA 775 CPU. Supported CPUs include Celeron D 352, Pentium 4 651, Intel Core 2 Duo E6400
• Chipset: Intel Q965 + ICH8
• Video output: 640x480 (VGA), or 1280x720 (HDTV 720p)
• RAM: 166/200MHz DDR2 SDRAM. Supported capacities 512MiB, 1GiB, 4GiB.
• GPU: PCI Express x16-based graphics. Supported GPU include ATI RADEON (x1600Pro, x1300LE) or NVIDIA GeForce (7900GS, 7600GS, 7300GS)
• Sound: Onboard Realtek HD 7.1 channel Sound (supports add-in sound cards)
• LAN: 1000BASE-T 10/100BASE-TX
• I/O ports: 1x JVS, 4x USB 2.0, 1x serial (max 2), 1x parallel port, 2x PS/2, 2x SATA
• Audio inputs: AKG C535EB Stage Microphone, line-in (Surround 7.1)
• Audio outputs: 7.1, SPDI/FX
• Expansion Slots: 1x PCI Express x16 (used by video card), 1x PCI Express x4, 2x PCI
• Storage: SATA 3Gbit/sec Hard Drives

As the name implies, Type X² is a natural evolution of Type X and X+ that allows the use of newer PC technologies introduced after the unveiling of its predecessors. Like its predecessors, the specs of Type X² are comparable to that of a contemporary PC.

[edit] Taito Type X² Satellite Terminal

It is a variant of Taito Type X², but supports networked multiplayer play.

[edit] Taito Type X games

• Chaos Breaker (2004)
• Dinomax (2006)
• Datacarddass Dragon Ball Z (2005)
• Giga Wing Generations (2004)
• Harakari Professional Baseball (2005)
• Homura (2005)
• Power Instinct: The Commemoration (2009)
• Raiden III (2005)
• Raiden IV (2007)
• Shikigami no shiro III (2006)
• Spica Adventure (2005)
• Taisen Hot Gimmick 5 (2005)
• Taisen Hot Gimmick Party (2005)
• Tetris The Grand Master 3: Terror Instinct (2005)
• The King of Fighters '98 Ultimate Match (2008)
• Usagi -Wild Fight- Online (2005)
• Zoids Card Colosseum (2005)
• Zoids Infinity EX (2005)
• Zoids Infinity EX Plus (2006)

[edit] Taito Type X+ games

• Battle Gear 4 (2005)
• Battle Gear 4 Tuned (2006)
• Half-Life 2: Survivor (2006)

[edit] Taito Type X² games

• Aquarian Age Alternative (2006)
• Battle Fantasia (2007)
• BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger (2008)
• Chase H.Q. 2 (2007)
• Elevator Action Death Parade (2009)
• D1GP Arcade (2007)
• Eternal Wheel (2007)
• Haunted Museum (2009)
• Hopping Urodo (2009)
• KOF Maximum Impact Regulation A (2007)
• Nippon Senor! (2009)
• Oppopo Booom (2009)
• Samurai Shodown: Edge of Destiny (2008)
• Senko No Ronde Duo - Dis-United Order (2009)
• Street Fighter IV (2008)
• The King of Fighters XII (2009)
• Trouble Witches AC (2008)

[edit] Current third-party developers

• SNK Playmore
• Arc System Works
• Capcom
• Konami
• Bandai
• Atlus

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• (Japanese) Official website
  • (Japanese) System specifications

[1] French article on the TAITO type X² and relative.

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