Sega Chihiro

Overview

Chihiro (also known as Sega Chihiro) is an arcade system board developed and used by Sega for a variety of high-end arcade releases in the early-to-mid 2000's. Originally released in 2002 with The House of the Dead III, Chihiro is a successor to the NAOMI series of boards and is based on Microsoft's Xbox console. It is Sega's last arcade board to be based on a particular console, with each successor (starting with Lindbergh) based on traditional PC architecture.

As it is based on the Xbox architecture, it utilizes an Intel Pentium III model for its CPU (at 733 MHz) and a NVIDIA GeForce 3 series variant for its GPU. It uses 128 MB of DDR-200 RAM for shared memory, which doubles the RAM used for the standard Xbox. It uses the same sort of GD-ROM discs used by the NAOMI and Triforce hardware, which are copied whole to the RAM before the game starts (preventing disc loading times). Some games were also distributed as Compact Flash cards or as CD-ROM/DVD-ROM discs.

Numerous games support Satellite Terminal setups, allowing them to link up multiple terminals to one centralized console (which displays to its own large screen).

Game List

NOTE: This list may be incomplete (and, at times, incorrect). Assistance is always appreciated!

GD-ROM

• GDX-0001 - The House of the Dead III
• GDX-0002 - Crazy Taxi: High Roller
• GDX-0003 - Virtua Cop 3
• GDX-0004 - OutRun 2
• GDX-0005 - Sega Golf Club Network Pro Tour (uses a Satellite Terminal setup)
• GDX-0006 - Sega Network Taisen Mahjong MJ2 (uses a Satellite Terminal setup)
• GDX-0007 - Ollie King
• GDX-0008 - Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune
• GDX-0009 - Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune (export version)
• GDX-0010 - ?
• GDX-0011 - OutRun 2 SP
• GDX-0012 - Ghost Squad
• GDX-0013 - Gundam Battle Operating Simulator
• GDX-0014 - OutRun 2 SP (export version)
• GDX-0015 - Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 2 (export version)
• GDX-0016 - Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 2
• GDX-0017 - Sega Network Taisen Mahjong MJ3 (uses a Satellite Terminal setup)
• GDX-0018 - Sega Golf Club Version 2006: Next Tours (uses a Satellite Terminal setup)
• GDX-0019 - ?
• GDX-0020 - ?
• GDX-0021 - Sega Network Taisen Mahjong MJ3 Evolution (uses a Satellite Terminal setup)
• GDX-0022 - ?
• GDX-0023 - ?
• GDX-0024 - Unused (reserved for CompactFlash Firmware Updater)
• ? - Sega Golf Club Network Pro Tour 2005 (uses a Satellite Terminal setup)

CompactFlash

• MDA-G0010 - Virtua Cop 3
• MDA-G0011 - OutRun 2
• MDA-G0012 - OutRun 2 SP
• MDA-G0013 - Ghost Squad

CD-ROM/DVD-ROM

• Mobile Suit Gundam 0079 Card Builder (uses a Satellite Terminal setup)
• Mobile Suit Gundam 0083 Card Builder (uses a Satellite Terminal setup)
• Quest of D (uses a Satellite Terminal setup)
• Quest of D: Gofu no Keisyousya (uses a Satellite Terminal setup)
• Quest of D: Oukoku no Syugosya (uses a Satellite Terminal setup)
• Quest of D: The Battle Kingdom (uses a Satellite Terminal setup)
• Sangokushi Taisen (uses a Satellite Terminal setup)