Aruze Develops Linux-Based Arcade Machine System

Posted by simoniker on Friday August 13, 2004 @12:07AM 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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But.. by welshwaterloo · 2004-08-13 00:13 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Yes, but does it run System 22..?
Re:Linux game just waiting to be coin-opped by NiceGuyUK · 2004-08-13 02:59 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Ok, my bad. Not being a frequent arcade game player (but a frequent Linux user!), I wasn't aware of the inspiration. I commend myself to the nearest games arcade for re-education :-)