Kaneko Super Nova System

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The Kaneko Super Nova System is a 32-bit arcade system board manufactured by Kaneko.

Technical Specifications

Main and Sound CPU: Hitachi SH-2 @ 28,638 MHz

Sound Chip: Yamaha YMZ280B @ 16,6 MHz

Games Released

Release Date Game Name Developer Publisher
Japan 1996-09 Japan / South Korea Gals Panic 4 (ギャルズパニック4遊) Kaneko Japan / South Korea Kaneko
Japan 1996-12 Japan Jan Jan Paradise (ジャンジャンパラダイス) Electro Design Japan Kaneko
Japan 1997-01 Europe VS Block Breaker / Japan Saru-Kani-Hamu-Zou (さるかにハムぞう) Mediaworks Europe / Japan / China Kaneko
Japan 1997-04 Europe / Japan / South Korea Gals Panic S: Extra Edition (ギャルズパニックS -エキストラエディション) Kaneko Europe / Japan / South Korea Kaneko
Japan 1997-07 China / Japan Sengeki Striker (ジャンジャンパラダイス2) Warashi China / Japan Kaneko
Japan 1997 Japan Jan Jan Paradise 2 (ジャンジャンパラダイス2) Electro Design Japan Kaneko
Japan 1998-04 United States of America / Japan Cyvern: The Dragon Weapons (サイヴァーン -ザ・ドラゴンウエポンズ) Kaneko United States of America / Japan Kaneko
Japan 1998-07 Japan VS Mahjong Otome Ryouran (VS麻雀 乙女繚乱) Electro Design Japan Kaneko
Japan 1998-12 Worldwide release Puzz Loop (パズループ) Mitchell Worldwide release Mitchell
Japan 1999-02 Japan / China Gals Panic S2 / South Korea Gals Panic SU (ギャルズパニックS2) Kaneko Japan / China / South Korea Kaneko
Japan 1999-04 Japan Sen-Know (線脳) Kouyousha Japan Kaneko
Japan 1999-09 Japan Panic Street (パニックストリート) Kaneko Japan Kaneko
Japan 1999-11 Japan Tel Jan (TEL雀) Electro Design Japan Kaneko
Japan 2000-06 Japan Guts'n (ガツン) Kouyousha Japan Kaneko
Japan 2002-07 Japan Gals Panic S3 (ギャルズパニックS3) Kaneko Japan Kaneko
Japan Cancelled Japan Asuka 120% Limited: BURNING Fest (あすか120%リミテッド) Fill-in-Cafe Cancelled
Japan Cancelled Japan Gals Panic 3D (ギャルズパニック3D) Kaneko Cancelled
Japan Cancelled Japan Himitsu no Hana Poko (秘密の花ポコ) Cave Cancelled
Japan Cancelled Japan Speed Dive (スピードダイブ) Kaneko Cancelled
Japan Cancelled Japan Yuki Butaman P (ユキブタマンP) Cave Cancelled

Trivia

  • As many arcade boards from the 90's, the board came in various regions: Japan, Korea (South, of course), Europe, Asia and USA. And all of these are region locked, however, some japanese and korean boards does not have region locking.
  • Kaneko was sued by Hitachi in 2001, due to use of reverse engineering in his games from Kaneko Super Nova System. The damage value was highly absurd (more than 1,5 billion of Yen), forcing Kaneko to cancel their next arcade system board 'Nova-F1', as well any projects. However, Kaneko was forced to shutdown his business in 2006.