NAMCO163

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Namco 163
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Developer: Namco
Released: 1988/04/05
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The NAMCO163 chip (also known as the NAMCO106) chip was an expansion sound chip for the Nintendo Famicom. The chip would allow eight wavetable synthesis channels, much like the previous FDS channel. Only Tsukasa Masuko's driver used all eight channels, but Arc System Works was the first company to use the technology, which used four channels. Ironically, even though Namco themselves developed Nintendo games, they never used this chip themselves and instead only published the titles which used the chip.

Games

Released

Title

Sample

1988/04/05 Dokuganryu Masamune (FC)
1988/07/29 San Goku Shi: Chuugen no Hasha (FC)
1988/08/12 Final Lap (FC)
1988/12/09 King of Kings (FC)
1989/02/17 Hydlide 3: Yami Kara no Houmonsha (FC)
1989/03/17 Rolling Thunder (FC)
1989/12/22 Mappy Kids (FC)
1990/04/06 Digital Devil Story: Goddess Reincarnation (FC)
1991/07/19 Family Circuit '91 (FC) (Not used.)
1992/03/13 Namco Classic II (FC)
1992/06/10 San Goku Shi II: Haou no Tairiku (FC)
1992/12/08 Wagyan Land 3 (FC)