Namco System 11 / 12 — ROM board & KEYCUS per game (reference)¶
The "which KEYCUS / which ROM board for which game" of Namco System 11 (Tekken, Soul Edge…) and System 12 (Tekken 3, Soul Calibur, Ehrgeiz…). To repair/convert you need the game's KEYCUS chip and the right daughter board (ROM board). Table transcribed in-wiki from MAME (
namco/namcos11.cpp,namco/namcos12.cpp).
Context & conversion difficulty: Namco converts.
How to read¶
- KEYCUS = per-game authentication coprocessor (System 11: C4xx chips; System 12: KCxxx, a MACH211 CPLD). Without the right KEYCUS, no boot — the #1 lock of a conversion.
- ROM board (daughter board) = the game board format (e.g. ROM8 on S11, M5F2 / M4F6 / M10X64 on S12) → sets the chip count/type to fit.
- The CPU board is interchangeable (COH-100/110 on S11, COH-700 on S12).
System 11¶
| Game | ROM board | KEYCUS |
|---|---|---|
| Dancing Eyes (DC1/VER.A) | ROM8 | C431 |
| Dancing Eyes (DC2/VER.B) | ROM8 | C431 |
| Dancing Eyes (DC3/VER.C) | ROM8 | C431 |
| Dunk Mania (DM1/VER.C) | ROM8 | C410 |
| Dunk Mania (DM2/VER.C) | ROM8 | C410 |
| Pocket Racer (PKR1/VER.B) | ROM8 | C432 |
| Prime Goal EX (PG1/VER.A) | ROM8 | C411 |
| Soul Edge Ver. II (SO4/VER.C) | ROM8 | C409 |
| Tekken (TE2/VER.C) | ROM8 | — |
| Tekken 2 Ver.B (TES3/VER.B) | ROM8 | C406 |
| Tekken 2 Ver.B (TES3/VER.D) | ROM8 | C406 |
| Xevious 3D/G (XV31/VER.A) | ROM8 | C430 |
| Xevious 3D/G (XV32/VER.A) | ROM8 | C430 |
| Xevious 3D/G (XV32/VER.B) | ROM8 | C430 |
(14 jeux/sets)
System 12¶
| Game | ROM board | KEYCUS |
|---|---|---|
| Aqua Rush (AQ1/VER.A1) | M5F2 | KC053 |
| Attack Pla-Rail (AP1/VER.A) | M5F4 | KC032 |
| Derby Quiz My Dream Horse (MDH1/VER.A2) | M10X64 | KC035 |
| Ehrgeiz (EG1/VER.A) | M4F6 | KC021 |
| Ehrgeiz (EG2/VER.A) | M4F6 | KC021 |
| Ehrgeiz (EG3/VER.A) | M4F6 | KC021 |
| Fighting Layer (FTL0/VER.A) | M5F4 | KC037 |
| Fighting Layer (FTL3/VER.A) | M5F4 | KC037 |
| Ghoul Panic (OB2/VER.A) | M4F6 | KC045 |
| Golgo 13 (GLG1/VER.A) | M8F6 | KC054 |
| Golgo 13 Kiseki no Dandou (GLS1/VER.A) | M8F6 | KC059 |
| Gunbarl (GNB4/VER.A) | M4F0 | KC042 |
| Kaiun Quiz (KW1/VER.A1) | M10X64 | KC050 |
| Kart Duel (KTD1/VER.A) | M4F0 | KC057 |
| Libero Grande (LG2/VER.A) | M8F2F | KC014 |
| Mr Driller (DRI1/VER.A2) | M8F2F | KC048 |
| Mr Driller (DRI3/VER.A2) | M8F2F | KC048 |
| Oh! Bakyuuun (OB1/VER.A) | M4F6 | KC045 |
| Paca Paca Passion (PPP1/VER.A2) | M8F2F | KC038 |
| Paca Paca Passion 2 (PKS1/VER.A) | M5F2 | KC046 |
| Paca Paca Passion Special (PSP1/VER.A) | M5F2 | KC052 |
| Point Blank 2 (GNB5/VER.A) | M4F0 | KC042 |
| Soul Calibur (SOC11/VER.A2) | M5F2 | KC020 |
| Soul Calibur (SOC11/VER.B) | M5F2 | KC020 |
| Soul Calibur (SOC11/VER.C) | M5F4 | KC020 |
| Soul Calibur (SOC13/VER.B) | M5F4 | KC020 |
| Soul Calibur (SOC13/VER.C) | M5F4 | KC020 |
| Soul Calibur (SOC14/VER.B) | M5F4 | KC020 |
| Super World Stadium '98 (SS81/VER.A) | M4F6 | KC025 |
| Super World Stadium '99 (SS91/VER.A3) | M5F4 | KC043 |
| Super World Stadium 2000 (SS01/VER.A3) | M5F4 | KC055 |
| Techno Drive (TH1/VER.B) | M8F2F | KC056 |
| Tekken 3 (TET1/VER.A) | M8F2F | KC006 |
| Tekken 3 (TET1/VER.E1) | M8F2F | KC006 |
| Tekken 3 (TET2/VER.A) | M8F2F | KC006 |
| Tekken 3 (TET2/VER.C) | M8F2F | KC006 |
| Tekken 3 (TET2/VER.D) | M8F2F | KC006 |
| Tekken 3 (TET2/VER.E1) | M8F2F | KC006 |
| Tekken 3 (TET3/VER.A) | M8F2F | KC006 |
| Tekken 3 (TET3/VER.B) | M8F2F | KC006 |
| Tekken 3 (TET3/VER.D) | M8F2F | KC006 |
| Tekken Tag Tournament (TEG3/VER.B) | M8F4 | KC044 |
| Tekken Tag Tournament (TEG3/VER.C1) | M8F4 | KC044 |
| Tenkomori Shooting (TKM1/VER.A1) | M4F6 | KC036 |
| Tenkomori Shooting (TKM2/VER.A1) | M4F6 | KC036 |
| Toukon Retsuden 3 (TR1/VER.A) | M8F2F | KC019 |
| Truck Kyosokyoku (TKK2/VER.A) | M8F6 | KC056 |
(47 jeux/sets)
Note¶
A real conversion = target game's KEYCUS + compatible ROM board + program P. As the KEYCUS is per game, the "clean" route stays rare on real hardware (see Namco converts).
Sources & attribution¶
- MAME —
namco/namcos11.cpp,namco/namcos12.cpp(commented tables Game / CPU board / ROM board / Keycus) — https://github.com/mamedev/mame - Internal page: Namco converts
Review & corrections
How this space is used
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