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Namco Galaga

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The Namco Galaga is an 8-bit arcade game system board which was first used by Namco in 1981; the fourth and fifth titles to use it, Xevious and its 1984 update Super Xevious, were also modified to support a 129-color palette. [1]

25 relations: Arcade game, Bosconian, Central processing unit, Chicago, Dig Dug, Digital-to-analog converter, Display resolution, Galaga, Galaxian, Glossary of video game terms, Hertz, Integrated circuit, Midway Games, Motherboard, Namco, Namco Galaxian, Namco Pac-Man, New Rally-X, Rally-X, Sound chip, Speech synthesis, Super Xevious, Xevious, Zilog Z80, 8-bit.

Arcade game

An arcade game or coin-op is a coin-operated entertainment machine typically installed in public businesses such as restaurants, bars and amusement arcades.

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Bosconian

is a multi-directional scrolling shooter arcade game which was developed and released by Namco in Japan in 1981.

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Central processing unit

A central processing unit (CPU) is the electronic circuitry within a computer that carries out the instructions of a computer program by performing the basic arithmetic, logical, control and input/output (I/O) operations specified by the instructions.

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Chicago

Chicago, officially the City of Chicago, is the third most populous city in the United States, after New York City and Los Angeles.

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Dig Dug

is an arcade game developed and published by Namco in Japan in 1982.

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Digital-to-analog converter

In electronics, a digital-to-analog converter (DAC, D/A, D2A, or D-to-A) is a system that converts a digital signal into an analog signal.

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Display resolution

The display resolution or display modes of a digital television, computer monitor or display device is the number of distinct pixels in each dimension that can be displayed.

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Galaga

is a Japanese arcade game developed and published by Namco Japan and by Midway in North America in 1981.

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Galaxian

is an arcade game that was developed by Namco and released in October 1979.

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Glossary of video game terms

This is a glossary of video game terms which lists the general terms as commonly used in Wikipedia articles related to video games and its industry.

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Hertz

The hertz (symbol: Hz) is the derived unit of frequency in the International System of Units (SI) and is defined as one cycle per second.

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Integrated circuit

An integrated circuit or monolithic integrated circuit (also referred to as an IC, a chip, or a microchip) is a set of electronic circuits on one small flat piece (or "chip") of semiconductor material, normally silicon.

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Midway Games

Midway Games Inc. (formerly Midway Manufacturing and commonly known as Midway) was an American video game developer and publisher.

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Motherboard

A motherboard (sometimes alternatively known as the mainboard, system board, baseboard, planar board or logic board, or colloquially, a mobo) is the main printed circuit board (PCB) found in general purpose microcomputers and other expandable systems.

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Namco

is a Japanese corporation that operates game centers and theme parks, but is best known for its previous identity as a video game developer and publisher.

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Namco Galaxian

The Namco Galaxian was an 8-bit arcade game system board, which was first used by Namco for Galaxian in 1979; it was the first board from the company to use the Zilog Z80 microprocessor (as opposed to the older Intel 8080).

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Namco Pac-Man

The Namco Pac-Man was an 8-bit arcade game system board that was first used by Namco in 1980; the second and third games to run on it, Rally-X and New Rally-X, were modified to support a larger color palette and scrolling.

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New Rally-X

is a maze and driving arcade game that was released by Namco in 1981.

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Rally-X

is a driving game set in an overhead, scrolling maze, released in arcades by Namco, and licensed in 1980 to Midway Manufacturing Co. for US manufacture and distribution in 1981.

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Sound chip

A sound chip is an integrated circuit (i.e. "chip") designed to produce sound.

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Speech synthesis

Speech synthesis is the artificial production of human speech.

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Super Xevious

is a vertical scrolling shooter arcade game that was released by Namco in 1984.

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Xevious

is a Vertically scrolling shooter that was released by Namco in arcades in December 1982.

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Zilog Z80

The Z80 CPU is an 8-bit based microprocessor.

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8-bit

8-bit is also a generation of microcomputers in which 8-bit microprocessors were the norm.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namco_Galaga

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