Atomiswave

The Atomiswave is a custom arcade system board and cabinet from Sammy Corporation. It is based on Sega's Dreamcast console (it shares similarities with the NAOMI, as far as it uses removable game cartridges, as well as a removable module for changing the control scheme and it is common to see the "Sega" logo on its boot up screen, it is commonly believed that the Atomiswave has more VRAM and audio RAM than a Dreamcast, but this is not true). The Atomiswave uses interchangeable game cartridges and the cabinet's control panel can be easily switched out with different control sets, including dual joysticks, dual light guns and a steering wheel.

An Atomiswave game cartridge, which contains a ROM board

With the retirement of the aging Neo Geo MVS system, SNK Playmore chose the Atomiswave as its next system to develop games for. In a contract with Sammy, SNK Playmore agreed to develop five games for the Atomiswave system. Metal Slug 6 was SNK Playmore's fifth game for the Atomiswave, after which SNK moved on to a Taito Type X2 arcade board.

Specifications

CPU: Hitachi SH-4 32-bit RISC CPU 200 MHz
- Rated performance: 360 MIPS/1.4 GFLOPS
Graphics processor: PowerVR 2 100 MHz
- Polygon performance: 3 to 5 million polygons/sec
- Rendering speed: 500 M pixels/sec
- Additional features: bump mapping, fog, alpha-blending (transparency), mip mapping (polygon-texture auto switch), tri-*linear filtering, anti-aliasing, environment mapping, and specular effect
Sound processor: ARM7 Yamaha AICA (with internal 32-bit RISC CPU, 64 channel ADPCM) 45 MHz
Memory
- System: 16 MB
- Graphics: 16 MB
- Sound: 8 MB
Storage media: ROM board

AW-net

In Japan, the Atomiswave was able to connect via a special modem to the AW-Net online system set up by Sammy. The AW-Net was primarily used to play online with other players and to create online player rankings. AW-Net was discontinued on 30 November 2006 following the merger of Sammy and Sega; the follow-up system was ALL.Net.

Games

Released

Name	Alternate Name	Developers	Genre	Year
Animal Basket	Hustle Tamaire Kyousou	Sammy, Moss	Sports	2005
Block Pong Pong		Sammy	Sports	2005
Demolish Fist[1]		Sammy, Dimps	Beat 'em up	2003
Dirty Pigskin Football[2]		Play Mechanix	Sports	2006
Dolphin Blue[3]		Sammy	Platformer	2003
Extreme Hunting		Sammy	Lightgun shooter	2005
Extreme Hunting 2 Tournament Edition		Sega Amusement USA	Lightgun shooter	2006
Faster Than Speed[4]		Sammy	Racing	2004
Fist of the North Star	Hokuto No Ken	Sega, Arc System Works	Fighting	2005
Guilty Gear Isuka[5]		Sammy, Arc System Works	Fighting	2003
Guilty Gear X Version 1.5		Sammy, Arc System Works	Fighting	2003
Knights of Valour: The Seven Spirits		Sammy, IGS	Beat 'em up	2003
Maximum Speed[6]		Sammy, SIMS	Racing	2003
Metal Slug 6		Sega, SNK Playmore	Platformer	2006
Miracle Stadium		Sammy	Sports	2005
NeoGeo Battle Coliseum		Sega, SNK Playmore	Fighting	2005
Net Select Keiba Victory Furlong		Sammy	Sports	2005
Net Select Salary Man Kintarou		Sammy	Mahjong	2004
Ranger Mission[2]		Sammy	Lightgun shooter	2004
Samurai Shodown VI	Samurai Spirits Tenkaichi Kenkakuden	Sega, SNK Playmore	Fighting	2005
Sega Bass Fishing Challenge		Sega Amusement USA	Sports	2009
Sega Clay Challenge[2]		Sega Amusement USA	Lightgun shooter	2008
Sports Shooting USA[2]		Sammy	Lightgun shooter	2003
The King of Fighters Neowave		Sammy, SNK Playmore	Fighting	2004
The King of Fighters XI		Sega, SNK Playmore	Fighting	2005
The Rumble Fish		Sammy, Dimps	Fighting	2004
The Rumble Fish 2[5]		Sega, Dimps	Fighting	2005
Wai Wai Drive		Sammy	Action	2005

Unreleased

Sushi Bar (Sammy, 2003)
Premier Eleven (Sammy/Dimps, 2003)
Chase 1929 (Sammy, 2004)
Force Five (Sammy, 2004)
Kenju (Sammy / DreamFactory, 2004)

References

Perez, George (November 19, 2020). "Arc System Works' Fist of the North Star & Demolish Fist have been ported to SEGA Dreamcast". SEGAbits. Archived from the original on 2020-11-20. Retrieved 2020-11-20.
"Dreamcast Atomiswave Ports". RetroRGB. 2020. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
Perez, George (November 16, 2020). "Shoot 'em up 'Dolphin Blue' arcade gets SEGA Dreamcast port". SEGAbits. Archived from the original on 2020-11-17. Retrieved 2020-11-17.
Perez, George (November 14, 2020). "'Faster Than Speed' is the newest SEGA Dreamcast Atomiswave port". SEGAbits. Archived from the original on 2020-11-15. Retrieved 2020-11-14.
Perez, George (November 24, 2020). "Guilty Gear Isuka and Rumble Fish 2 have now been ported to SEGA Dreamcast". SEGAbits. Archived from the original on 2020-11-24. Retrieved 2021-01-29.
"Maximum Speed for the Sega Dreamcast – Atomiswave conversion from YZB". arcadepunks.com. Arcade Punks. November 16, 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-11-17. Retrieved 2020-11-17.

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[1] Perez, George (November 19, 2020). "Arc System Works' Fist of the North Star & Demolish Fist have been ported to SEGA Dreamcast". SEGAbits. Archived from the original on 2020-11-20. Retrieved 2020-11-20.

[RetroRGB-2] "Dreamcast Atomiswave Ports". RetroRGB. 2020. Retrieved 2020-12-01.

[3] Perez, George (November 16, 2020). "Shoot 'em up 'Dolphin Blue' arcade gets SEGA Dreamcast port". SEGAbits. Archived from the original on 2020-11-17. Retrieved 2020-11-17.

[4] Perez, George (November 14, 2020). "'Faster Than Speed' is the newest SEGA Dreamcast Atomiswave port". SEGAbits. Archived from the original on 2020-11-15. Retrieved 2020-11-14.

[:0-5] Perez, George (November 24, 2020). "Guilty Gear Isuka and Rumble Fish 2 have now been ported to SEGA Dreamcast". SEGAbits. Archived from the original on 2020-11-24. Retrieved 2021-01-29.

[6] "Maximum Speed for the Sega Dreamcast – Atomiswave conversion from YZB". arcadepunks.com. Arcade Punks. November 16, 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-11-17. Retrieved 2020-11-17.