Taito · 1988 · 1988 – 1994
CPU: Motorola 68000 @ 12 MHz + Zilog Z80 @ 4 MHz (audio)
The Taito F2 System was Taito's main arcade board of the late 1980s and early 1990s, hosting games such as Liquid Kids, Gun Frontier and Grid Seeker, with custom chips that gave some games sprite zooming and rotation effects.
Taito developed the F2 System as a flexible 68000-based platform for its arcade output from 1988 into the early 1990s. A Motorola 68000 running at 12 MHz handled game logic, a Z80 drove the sound, and Taito's custom chips — including the TC0100SCN tilemap controller — handled the graphics, with some games adding extra chips for sprite zooming and background rotation. The board hosted a wide range of genres. Liquid Kids (1990) carried the Bubble Bobble style into a scrolling platformer; Gun Frontier (1990) and Grid Seeker (1992) were vertical shooters; Dino Rex and Growl were brawlers; and quiz and puzzle games such as Quiz Crayons and Yuyugogo filled out the catalogue. Taito later moved on to the more powerful F3 System, and the F2's library has been documented and preserved through MAME.