With the retirement of the aging Neo Geo MVS system, SNK Playmore chose the Atomiswave as its next system to develop games for.[3][4] 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. Sega ended technical support for the system and its games on March 31, 2017.[1][2] Since its discontinuation, the Atomiswave library has received homebrew conversions to the Dreamcast.[5]
Specifications
An Atomiswave arcade board without a game cartridge, and with an Expansion I/O cartridge for input devices and other peripherals in place of a detachable panel in the front of the board. A communication cartridge could also be installed on the right of the board, replacing the detachable panel.
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
An Atomiswave game cartridge which contains a ROM board
Unreleased
Sushi Bar (Sammy, 2003)
Premier Eleven (Sammy/Dimps, 2003)
Chase 1929 (Sammy, 2004)
Force Five (Sammy, 2004)[11]
Kenju (Sammy / DreamFactory, 2004)[12]
References
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^ a b"Announcement on sales termination of the maintenance parts for SEGA products" (PDF). Sega Logistics Service. 2016-12-16. Retrieved 2024-04-25.
^"Final NeoGeo game to be released in July". GameSpot. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
^"SNK to Atomiswave". IGN. 20 February 2004. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
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^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.
^ a bPerez, 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.
^"Force Five, un autre inédit de l'arcade ressuscité sur Dreamcast – Le Mag de MO5.COM". 31 March 2021.
^Verdin, Guillaume (February 16, 2021). "Kenju, un inédit de l'arcade ressuscité sur Dreamcast". MO5.com (in French). Association MO5.COM. Archived from the original on 2021-02-27. Retrieved 2021-02-27.