CP System I
Description
Capcom's first major hardware platform. This system was used for most of its games dating from the late 1980s through the early 1990s. The games' boardsets were comprised of a common motherboard mated with a daughterboard containing game-specific hardware.
CP System I was produced by Capcom in 1988.
Capcom released 229 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1984. Capcom was based in Japan.
Other machines made by Capcom during the time period CP System I was produced include: Bionic Commando, Black Dragon, 1943 Kai - Midway Kaisen, 1943: The Battle Of Midway, Avengers, Daimakaimura, F-1 Dream, Capcom Bowling, Forgotten Worlds, and Ghouls 'n Ghosts
Specs
| Name | CP System I |
|---|---|
| Developer | Capcom (Japan) |
| Year | 1988 |
| Type | Videogame |
| KLOV/MOG # | 7268 |
| Class | Wide Release |
| Genre | System |
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| Conversion Class | JAMMA |
| # Simultaneous Players | 2 |
| # Maximum Players | 2 |
| Game Play | Either |
| Control Panel Layout | Multiple Player |
| Controls |
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| Sound | Amplified Stereo (two channel) |
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Game Play
Many of Capcom's well-known games were created using this architecture. Some of these are Forgotten Worlds, Ghouls 'n Ghosts, Strider, Final Fight and the classic Street Fighter II - The World Warrior.
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Conversion
The CPS-1 system is an "A" and "B" board pair. The B-board contains all the actual ROM data for the game. You can swap any B-board onto any A-board. There are some differences in A-boards, however. For instance, Street Fighter II Turbo Hyper Fighting has a faster clock, so if you put it's B-board on a slower A-board, it will run slower. The clock speed is printed on the oscillators on the A-board, so you will know.
VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op CP System I Census
There are 15,211 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,644 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 166,563 machines (6,981 unique titles).
Common - There are 45 known instances of this machine owned by CP System I collectors who are active members. Of these, 3 of them are original dedicated machines. 42 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.
For Sale - There is one active VAPS member with an extra CP System I circuit board for sale.
Wanted - No active members have added this machine to their wish list.
This game ranks a 19 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.
Rarity and Popularity independently are not necessarily indications of value. [More Information]
Technical
CPU: 68000
SOUND: Z80
The board uses no encryption, unlike the CP System II.
Fixes
Some games that use this system have "suicide batteries". When these batteries die, the game will no longer operate. A hack exists to revive these games, even if both batteries are dead. The hack involves burning one or more new EPROMs, using the c-board from a different CPS-1 game (one that does not have a suicide battery), replacing the custom Z80 with a standard Z80, and with a few of the games, adding a couple of TTL chips and doing a bit of soldering. The CPS-1 games known to use suicide batteries are King Of Dragons, Knights Of The Round, Three Wonders, Captain Commando, The Punisher, Saturday Night Slam Masters, Cadillacs And Dinosaurs, Warriors Of Fate, Quiz & Dragons and the Japanese version of Varth: Operation Thunderstorm.
Legacy
- CP System I
- CP System II
- CP System III
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