Sega X Board
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This article is about the printed circuit board for arcade systems. For the "Xboard" communication protocol between chess engines and interfaces, see Chess Engine Communication Protocol. For the chess GUI, see XBoard.
The Sega X Board is an arcade system board released by Sega in 1987. It was noteworthy for its sprite manipulation capabilities, which allowed it to create high quality pseudo-3D visuals. This trend would continue with the Y Board and the System 32, before the Model 1 made true 3D arcade games more financially affordable.
[edit] X Board specifications
- Main CPU: 2 x MC68000 @ 12.5 MHz
- Sound CPU: Z80 @ 4 MHz
- Sound Chip: YM2151 4 MHz & SegaPCM @ 15.625 MHz
- Display Resolution: 320 x 224
- Board composition : Single Board
- Hardware Features : 256 Sprites on screen at one time, 4 tiles layers, 1 text layer, 1 sprite layer with hardware sprite zooming, 1 road layer, can draw 2 roads at once, translucent shadows
[edit] List of X Board games
- After Burner (1987)
- After Burner II (1987)
- Thunder Blade (1987)
- Line of Fire (1989)
- Last Survivor (1989)
- Super Monaco GP (1989)
- A.B. Cop (1990)
- GP Rider (1990)
- Racing Hero (1990)
- Caribbean Boule (1992)
