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Namco cabinets (Noir, Exceleena, Cyberlead)

Namco's candy cabs: the Exceleena (CRT), the big Cyberlead (with a marquee/topper) and the modern Noir (LCD, Namco's answer to the Vewlix — the Tekken 7 cabinet).

Namco Cyberlead 2 cabinet
Namco Cyberlead 2 ("premium" candy cab with topper). Photo: Only777, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Overview

Cabinet Type Screen Era
Exceleena / Exceleena II candy cab CRT 29″ (tri-sync on EX II) late 90s
Cyber Lead "premium" 29″ candy cab Nanao MS9-29A 15/24 kHz (Toshiba tube), non-rotatable ~2000
Cyber Lead II Cyber Lead + memory-card readers (DC/PS1) tri-sync 15/24/31 kHz ~2002 (limited)
Noir LCD candy cab widescreen LCD 2010s (Tekken 7)

Details

  • Exceleena: Namco's standard candy cab, an Astro City alternative; the II (1995) moves to tri-sync (15/24/31 kHz). Quirk: the monitor rotates clockwise (opposite most candy cabs) for Namco TATE games.
  • Cyber Lead (~2000): a "premium" 29″ candy cab with a programmable scrolling LED dot-matrix display (marquee). Nanao MS9-29A dual-sync 15/24 kHz monitor (Toshiba tube), non-rotatable (fixed bezel). (Chassis/tube may vary per unit.)
  • Cyber Lead II (~2002): the Cyber Lead with a tri-sync (15/24/31 kHz) monitor and Dreamcast / PS1 memory-card readers. Limited run — Namco mostly swapped parts on existing Cyber Leads rather than a real production.
  • Noir (2015+): a modern LCD cabinet à la Vewlix, standardised for versus (Tekken 7). 32″ HD LCD (VGA/HDMI/DVI inputs, low input lag), JVS I/O compatible with Namco boards (RingEdge, System 357); Tekken 7 runs on System ES3 (a PC: Core i5, 8 GB, Nvidia GPU). Removable 2-player panel, LED strips (Blue V2), coin mech, network. Footprint ~70 × 100 × 140 cm, ~100-120 kg.

⚡ Connector & power

Cabinet Connector Monitor sync Power
Exceleena / EX II JAMMA 15/24 kHz (EX) · tri-sync (EX II) candy brick, 100 V AC
Cyberlead JAMMA tri-sync 15/24/31 kHz candy brick, 100 V AC
Noir JVS (arcade PC) widescreen LCD (31 kHz/HD) cab PSU + PC/ATX, 100 V AC

Exact draw: in the service manuals (a CRT candy brick ≈ an Astro City's, ~140 W; the Noir depends on the embedded System ES/PC).

(Sources: Arcade Otaku.)

→ Detailed wiring: Exceleena/Cyberlead = JAMMA → JAMMA wiring; Noir = JVS → JVS wiring + JVS I/O board (Namco NAJV2). Button layout: Control panels.

Technical notes

Common faults

Symptom Likely cause Lead
Unstable image (CRT) chassis / recap Adjustments + recap
Topper off (Cyberlead) banner neon/LED Replace the lighting
No image (Noir) LCD / PC source LCD + source diagnosis
Dead controls JAMMA/JVS / harness I/O diagnosis

Manuals (archived)

(Source: Arcade Otaku Wiki, archived locally for preservation.)

Photos / assets

See the Cyberlead 2 photo at the top of the page. (To add: Exceleena, Noir LCD.)

Repair & maintenance

Modernise (video, PSU, JVS, upscaler, PC/FPGA) → Modernising a cabinet. CRT monitor (discharge HV!) → CRT safety (Nanao MS8/MS9 or equivalent chassis) · recap → Recap · diagnosis → PCB fault-finding.

Sources & attribution

Image:

Review & corrections

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