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Aruze Develops Linux-Based Arcade Machine System

Posted by simoniker on from the pervasive dept.

Thanks to GameSpot for its news that Japanese arcade/pachinko giant Aruze has announced a Linux-based arcade game system for Japanese release this year. Apparently: "Aruze plans to release twenty games for the AP-3 by the end of March 2005, and aims to persuade third party publishers to develop games for the board as well", and furthermore: "The company expects the adoption of Linux to cut development costs for software developers... Aruze also cited the system's high versatility and consistent updates as other factors in its decision." It's also pointed out: "Taito announced in June a similar PC-based arcade board named Type-X. In contrast to Aruze's AP-3, however, Taito's board uses a special edition of Microsoft Windows XP."

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  1. some other companies use linux also. by junkymailbox · · Score: 4, Informative

    all the touchscreens i've seen in sportsbars and etc use stuff made by Merit Industries and AFAIK they all pretty much use linux.

  2. Obligatory link by polyp2000 · · Score: 4, Informative

    Looks pretty good .. Appears to be links to a Linux Package (SDK maybe ?)

    http://www.aruze.com/ir/16_linux/global/info.htm l

    Time to get coding !

    Nick ..

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  3. Before someone starts to whine... by News+for+nerds · · Score: 4, Informative

    Aruze Linux source code site

    Click "English" in the right to go the English web site for Linux source code distribution.

  4. Or by rf0 · · Score: 2, Informative

    Get youself a copy of XMame

    Rus

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    1. Re:Or by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

      I prefer Advance MAME for Linux because it has hella more features. It's what I use in my Linux based arcade machine.

  5. More specifically... by numbski · · Score: 4, Informative

    The exact frame.

    The interesting part of this is:

    1. It uses RPM.
    2. NFS? On an arcade machine?

    Ooooh, this could get interestin'. ;)

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  6. Re:Linux game just waiting to be coin-opped by Wicksta · · Score: 2, Informative

    It is based on a coin-op. Puzzle Bobble, or Bust-a-Move depending where you are playing it, a classic NEO-GEO game from the 90's. And having it on my debian based advancemame arcade machine I can say its probably twice as addictive as Frozen Bubble!