CPS-2
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The CPS-2, or Capcom Play System 2 is an arcade system board that debuted in 1993 with the game Super Street Fighter 2. The CPS-2 consists of 2 separate parts; the A board, which connects to the JAMMA harness and contains components common between all CPS-2 games, and the B board, which contains the game itself. The relationship between the A and B board is basically the same as that between a home video game console and cartridge. CPS-2 A and B boards are color-coded by region, and each board can only be used with its same-colored mate.
The B boards hold battery-backed memory containing decryption codes needed for the games to run. As time passes, these batteries lose their charge and the games stop functioning. This is known to hobbyists as "CPS suicide".
Due to heavy encryption methods, it was believed for a long time that CPS-2 emulation was next to impossible to be a reality, until emulation methods for the system was finally cracked in 1999. Since then, there are currently emulators that emulate this system, such as MAME.
CPS-2 Region Colors
- Blue: U.S.A., Canada, and Europe
- Green: Japan
- Orange: South America
- Gray: Asia
- Yellow: "Region 0" (available by rental only)
- Black: "Region 0" incorporated A and B board in the same unit
CPS-2 Specifications
- Main CPU: Motorola 68000 @ 11.8 MHz
- Sound CPU: ZiLOG Z80 @ 8 MHz
- Sound Chips: Q-Sound @ 4 MHz
- Color Palette: 32 bit
- Total On Screen Colors: 4096
- Colors per Tile: 16 (4 bits per pixel)
- Object Number : 900 (16 x 16 pixels)
- Scroll Faces : 3
- Resolution : 384 x 224
List of CPS-2 Games
The Japanese title is given first, with the US, EU and World titles given second (unless stated otherwise). Years shown are for original release of each game.
- (2000)
- (1996)
- Alien Vs. Predator (1994)
- Battle Circuit (1997)
- Capcom Sports Club (1997)
- Cyberbots: Full Metal Madness (1995)
- (1993)
- (1996)
- Galum Pa! (199?)
- Giga Wing (1999)
- Great Mahou Daisakusen (2000)
- * Dimahoo
- (2004)
- (1999)
- Kensei Mogura (?)
- (2000)
- Marvel Super Heroes (1995)
- Marvel Super Heroes Vs. Street Fighter (1997)
- (1998)
- Mighty! Pang (2000)
- Pnickies (1994)
- Pocket Fighter (1997)
- * Super Gem Fighter Mini Mix
- Powered Gear - Strategic Variant Armor Equipment (1994)
- * Armored Warriors
- Progear no Arashi (2001)
- * Progear
- Puzz Loop 2 (2000)
- (1996)
- (1995)
- * ''Mega Man: The Power Battle
- (1996)
- * Mega Man 2: The Power Fighters
- Street Fighter Zero (1995)
- * Street Fighter Alpha
- Street Fighter Zero 2 (1996)
- * Street Fighter Alpha 2
- Street Fighter Zero 2 Alpha (1996)
- Street Fighter Zero 3 (1998)
- * Street Fighter Alpha 3
- Super Muscle Bomber (1994)
- * Ring of Destruction
- Super Puzzle Fighter II X (1996)
- * Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo
- Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers (1993)
- Super Street Fighter II: Tournament Battle (1993?)
- Ultimate Ecology (1994)
- * Eco Fighters
- Vampire: The Night Warriors (1994)
- * Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors
- Vampire Hunter: Darkstalkers' Revenge (1996)
- * Night Warriors: Darkstalkers' Revenge
- Vampire Hunter 2: Darkstalkers' Revenge (1997)
- Vampire Savior: The Lord of Vampire (1997)
- Vampire Savior 2: The Lord of Vampire (1997)
- (1994)
- X-Men Vs. Street Fighter (1996)
See also
External links
- [CPS-2 Shock - Technical Information]
- [CPS-2 at System 16 - The Arcade Museum]
- [CPS-2 Keystone Suicide Battery Retainer Mod - JAMMAPARTS.COM]
- [CPS-2 Battery Information and Service - JammaBoards.com]
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