SEGA SAMMY to reveal next arcade system!!!

[Super Monkey Balls]

The Sega Sammy Aurora System will take over from the AtomisWave.

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http://tree.celinuxforum.org/CelfPub...mo_posters.pdf

Um, where exactly does it say that?

[mojo]

Slide 8 onwards

http://tree.celinuxforum.org/CelfPub...50126rev12.ppt

[Super Monkey Balls]

What the hell kind of file is that?

[Kron]

Its a powerpoint file but the new Sega system isn't a replacement its a high end system that is going to go in operation alongside the cost effective AW.

[gingerj]

When Sammy bought out Sega did they end all support for the Triforce support?

[Baseley09]

The Aurora is a piece of **** I highly doubt they'd chose it over AW, more than likely its geared to small game booths like Sega's arcade tamagochi dinasoar fighting things, its basically a DC on a chip.

AW was never meant to be a big hitting baord, just effective (cheap).

[mojo]

Aurora will be for Pachinko and Pachislot machines and will take over from the AW for low end arcade games.

It's more powerfull than an AW.

AtomisWave
CPU - SH4 200Mhz
GPU - PVR2DC 100Mhz

Aurora
CPU - SH4 300Mhz
GPU - PowerVR MBX 150Mhz

It's a tiny tiny system-on-chip produced on 90nm. If Sega Sammy were still in hardware then this would have been their new 2004/2005 handheld system.

Here's more on Aurora's specs, 6th post from the bottom-
http://www.beyond3d.com/forum/viewto...20921&start=60

[JU!]

Dribble at the thought of this machine Sure it's gonna kick arse.

[Super Monkey Balls]

No offence mojo but where are you getting this from?

[mojo]

The date has been set! May 26th!

The yearly Sega Private Show will this year be held in 3 Japanese cities. First up is Tokyo on may 20th, followed by Osaka on may 24th and finally Fukuoka will get the newest Sega arcade cabinets in on may 26th.

This edition will finally see the unveiling of Sega's new PowerVR arcade board, which was develloped in cooperation with the British Imagination Technologies.

This new system, that should become Sega's first next-generation arcade board was already announced last year. But it's not yet known if this will be the third NAOMI board.

The systems hardware will consist of a high-end PowerVR Graphics card. This technology was also used in the first 2 Naomi systems.
This is not just another graphics card. According to some sources only the next generation game consoles would be able to handle possible conversions, with concessions made in the graphics department.

One of the first titles should be Virtua Fighter 5.
Although the existence of this game is based on rumors, it's already known that the best Virtua Fighter players are cooperating with AM2 on a new part in the series, just alike they did with VF4 EVO and VF4 FT before that.
A new Virtua Fighter always appears on a high-end system, so the chances look promising that we will be able to marvel at some impressive footage come may.

http://www.servicegames.nl/index.php...view&id=1867&s=

[edandersen]

NAOMI 3 no doubt.

[Super Monkey Balls]

Yep. New hardware for Sega was inevitable. Not a budget JAMMA system to replace Atomiswave then.

[mojo]

Going forward, SEGA SAMMY's arcade business model will be-

Low End - Aurora (AtomisWave replacement)
High End - LindBergh (Naomi 2 replacement)

http://www.consolenetwork.it/detgen_news.cfm?ID=18790

[Trevize]

So do we have any new info ?

[Molloy]

I don't see why they can't have powerful JAMMA boards as well. Sega always seem to have tons of different overpriced boards. If they could sell a system for a grand and the games for a few hundred we'd see VF5 in cinemas, malls, takeaways etc.

But it'll probably cost Model 3 prices, have a handful of titles and never make it outside two or three large arcades in London.