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TAITO B SYSTEM HARDWARE
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HARDWARE DESCRIPTION
Main CPU : MC68000 @ 12MHz
Sound CPU : Z80 @ 4MHz
Sound chip : Either a YM2610, YM2610B or YM2203 depending on game.
Custom Chips : TC0220IOC, TC0260DAR, TC0180VCU, and TC0140SYT
Video resoution : 320x224
Hardware Features : Almost indenticle to the Taito F2 System, but using a different set of graphics chips. It is a fairly flexible hardware platform. It supports 4 separate layers of graphics - one 64x64 tiled scrolling background plane of 16x16 tiles, a similar foreground plane, a sprite plane capable of sprite zooming and 'pageable' text plane of 8x8 tiles.

Emulators : MAME


KNOWN TAITO B SYSTEM GAME LIST
Ashura Blaster
Crime City
Hit The Ice
Master Of Weapon / Yukiwo
Puzzle Bobble / Bubble Buster
Quiz Sekai wa Show by shobai
Rambo III
Rastan Saga II / Nastar / Nastar Warrior
Real Puncher
Ryujin
Sel Feena
Silent Dragon
Sonic Blast Man
Space Invaders DX
Tetris
Violence Fight


Ashura Blaster
1990
Sound Chip : YM2610
Ashura Blaster Ashura Blaster
Magazine reviews : ZERO Feb '91
 

Crime City
1989
Sound Chip : YM2610
Crime City Crime City
Flyers : Normal Flyer - Alt Flyer
Magazine reviews : Crash Nov '89
 

Hit The Ice
Williams - 1990
Sound Chip : YM2203, MSM6295
Hit The Ice Hit The Ice
Flyers : Taito Flyer - Williams Flyer
Pictures : Kit Picture
PCB : PCB Picture
Magazine reviews : ZZAP!64 Aug '91
 

Master Of Weapon / Yukiwo
1989
Sound Chip : YM2203
Master Of Weapon / Yukiwo Master Of Weapon / Yukiwo
Master Of Weapon / Yukiwo Master Of Weapon / Yukiwo
Notes : Yukiwo is the prototype name.
 

Puzzle Bobble / Bubble Buster
1994
Sound Chip : YM2610-B, MB87078 - Electronic volume control
Puzzle Bobble / Bubble Buster Puzzle Bobble / Bubble Buster
Puzzle Bobble / Bubble Buster
Notes : The Bubble Buster title screen is buried in the game code itself, and looks like what the game was going to be called originally.
Flyers : Normal Flyer - Other Flyer
Other version : Puzzle Bobble / Bust A Move (1994,SNK NeoGeo MVS)
Sequels : Puzzle Bobble 2 / Bust A Move Again (1995) - Puzzle Bobble 2 / Bust A Move Again (1999) - Puzzle Bobble 2 X (1995) - Puzzle Bobble 3 (1996) - Puzzle Bobble 4 (1997) - Super Puzzle Bobble (1999)
 

Quiz Sekai wa Show by shobai
1994
Sound Chip : YM2610-B, MB87078 - Electronic volume control
Quiz Sekai wa Show by shobai Quiz Sekai wa Show by shobai
Flyers : Normal Flyer
 

Rambo III
1989
Sound Chip : YM2610
Rambo III Rambo III
Flyers : Normal Flyer
Magazine reviews : C+VG Oct '89 - C+VG May '89 - ZZAP!64 Mar '90 - SU Nov '89
 

Rastan Saga II / Nastar / Nastar Warrior
1988
Sound Chip : YM2610
Rastan Saga II / Nastar / Nastar Warrior Rastan Saga II / Nastar / Nastar Warrior
Rastan Saga II / Nastar / Nastar Warrior Rastan Saga II / Nastar / Nastar Warrior
Rastan Saga II / Nastar / Nastar Warrior Rastan Saga II / Nastar / Nastar Warrior
Flyers : Nastar Flyer - Nastar Warrior Flyer - Rastan II Flyer
Magazine reviews : ACE Jun '89 - C+VG May '89 - C+VG Oct '89 - YS Jun '89 - SU Nov '89
Prequel : Rastan / Rastan Saga (1987)
Sequel : Warrior Blade : Rastan Saga Episode III (1991)
 

Real Puncher
1994
Real Puncher
Real Puncher Real Puncher
Flyers : Real Puncher Flyer
Prequel : Sonic Blast Man (1990)
 

Ryujin
1993
Sound Chip : YM2610
Ryujin Ryujin
 

Sel Feena
East Technology - 1991
Sound Chip : YM2610
Sel Feena Sel Feena
 

Silent Dragon
1992
Sound Chip : YM2610
Silent Dragon Silent Dragon
Flyers : Normal Flyer
 

Sonic Blast Man
1990
Hardware : Uses a TC0510NIO instead of TC0220IOC.
Sound Chip : YM2610-B
Sonic Blast Man Sonic Blast Man
Notes : A punchbag game, where you have to hit a boxing target with boxing gloves to knock out the enemy on screen. US version dispences tickets, all other versions dont.
Flyers : Normal Flyer - Alternate Flyer
Magazine reviews : SU Mar '91
Sequel : Real Puncher (1994)
 

Space Invaders DX
1994
Sound Chip : YM2610
Space Invaders DX Space Invaders DX
Notes : A collection of space invader games from the classic origional through to bizarre parodies, like the new zealand story one above!
There was also a Taito F3 version of this game.
Flyers : Normal Flyer
Prequels : Space Invaders (1978) - Space Invaders (1979) - Space Invaders (Colour) (1979) - Space Invaders Part II (1980) - Space Invaders II Cocktail (1980) - Space Invaders Deluxe (1980)
Other version : Space Invaders DX (1994,Taito F3 System)
Sequels : Space Invaders '95 : Attack Of The Lunar Loonies / Akkanvader (1995) - Space Invaders Anniversary (2003) - Space Invaders : Qix Silver Anniversary Edition (2003)
 

Tetris
Sega - 1989
Sound Chip : There were both YM2610 and YM2203 versions of the game.
Tetris Tetris
Other versions : Tetris (1988,Sega System E) - Tetris (1988,Sega System 16B) - Tetris (1988,Sega System 16A) - Tetris (1989,Sega Mega-Tech)
Sequel : Sega Tetris (1999)
 

Violence Fight
1989
Sound Chip : YM2203, 2xMSM6295
Violence Fight Violence Fight
Flyers : Normal Flyer - Alternate Flyer
Magazine reviews : C+VG Oct '89 - YS Oct '89 - ACE Nov '89 - ZZAP!64 Mar '90
 

 

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