Also known asexA, EXA
Developer
  • exA-Arcadia
Manufacturer
  • exA-Arcadia
TypeArcade
Release dateNovember 27, 2019
MediaCartridge (4 Slots)
Operating systemCustomized Microsoft Windows
CPUIntel Core
Memory8 GB
Display4K, 1080p, 768p, 720p, 480p
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce
InputJVS, JVS'
ConnectivityNone
Current firmware1.6.1
Websiteexa.ac

The exA-Arcadia (Japanese: エクサ・アルカディア, Hepburn: ekusaarukadia), stylized as exA-Arcadia and also known as exA, is a ROM cartridge-based arcade system board released on November 27, 2019, by Japanese game company, exA-Arcadia.


The exA-Arcadia originally launched as a JVS conversion kit for existing coin-operated arcade cabinets. With its games stored on self-contained cartridges, a game cabinet can easily be changed to a different game title by swapping the game's cartridge and cabinet artwork. The exA-Arcadia offers owners the ability to put up to four different cartridges into a single cabinet. This unique feature was a key economic consideration for operators with limited floorspace, as well as saving money long term by only needing to buy a new game kit rather than a whole new game cabinet.


The exA-Arcadia was marketed as the most powerful modular arcade system upon its release compared to contemporary rival arcade systems such as Taito's TypeX series and Sega's Ringedge 2. For single threaded processing under Unity benchmark testing, it has higher performance than Sony's PlayStation 5.


History

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アーケードビデオゲームの再興(“video games back to the arcade”)を果たすべく、ネットワーク接続を必須とせずプレイ毎の課金が不要[注 1]、画面出力を16:9液晶と4:3ブラウン管に両対応させるなど[注 2]、世界各国の中小ゲームセンター事情に配慮して仕様策定されている[5][6][3]

開発を率いるのはビデオゲーム収集家・EVOのバーチャファイター4エボリューション入賞ゲーマーとしても知られる実業家エリック・“ShouTime”・チャング[3]2017年秋から開発を始めて徐々に情報を公開し、2018年JAEPOにて公式に発表した[5]。なお、名称の「エクサ」は百京倍を表す接頭辞に由来し、無限の可能性の意が込められている[6][注 3]2019年のJAEPOにおいて、日本国内における発売時期が2019年夏予定と発表された他、国内販売はサファリゲームスと共和コーポレーションが担当する予定[7]であったが、11月末まで発売が延期となった。2020年8月から国内法人販売は株式会社エイコーと株式会社アクエスが担当する。国内個人販売はBEEP、KVCLAB、WGCが担当する。2019年11月27日、ロンチソフトのアカとブルータイプレボリューションが日本国内で稼働を開始した。2024年3月現在までの稼働中タイトル数は36本となっている。


エクサ・アルカディア[8])は、2019年に日本を含む世界市場向けに発売されたアーケードゲーム基板。WindowsPCベースの汎用システム基板で、4本のゲームROMスロットを備える。開発元はexA-Arcadiaで国内販売代行が株式会社Show Me Holdingsである。

Development Teams

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Team Name Representative Game Titles Location
TEAM EXA-AM1 Gimmick! EXACT☆MIX, COTTOn ROCK 'n' ROLL, SAMURAI SHODOWN V PERFECT, BATSUGUN EXA LABEL, BREAKERS REVENGE CHICAGO Silicon Valley, USA
TEAM EXA-AM2 DODONPACHI TRUE DEATH EXA LABEL, P-47 ACES MARK II, AKAI KATANA EXA LABEL Japan
TEAM EXA-AM3 Europe
TEAM EXA-AM4 Platform, Game Engine Support Japan
TEAM EXA-AM5 Touhou Perfect Sakura Fantastica, Touhou Scarlet Diabolique Fantastica Japan
TEAM EXA-AM6 ARCANA HEART 3 LOVE MAX SIX STARS!!!!!! XTEND, PHANTOM BREAKER: OMNIA Japan

Content Partners

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Company Name Country Notes
ANARCH ENTERTAINMENT   Developer of the PUMP IT UP INFINITY series
AONE GAMES  
Cave Interactive   Developer of shmups such asDODONPACHI and DEATH SMILES
City Connection   Current owner of JALECO IP
DEER FARM  
DEGICA  
DIGITAL CRAFTER  
DORAGON ENTERTAINMENT   Developer of the Danmaku Unlimited series
F K DIGITAL   Developer of the CHAOS CODE series
Family Soft   Publisher of series like Asuka 120%
G-rev.   Developer of BORDER DOWN
JAE LEE PRODUCTIONS  
JKM CORP  
JOYMASHER  
KADOKAWA  
KUMRO GAMES  
LAST BOSS 88  
Light Green 8  
M2  
MAGES.  
Mindware   formerly MNM Software
MONSTER BATH GAMES  
MOSS   Developer of RAIDEN III, IV, V
NatsumeAtari   Developer of the Pocky & Rocky series and Wild Guns
neotro   Developer of VRITRA HEXA
onion soup interactive  
PICORINNE SOFT   Developer of the INFINOS series
pixel games  
PROJECT ATSUKI  
PSiKYO   Developer of the Gunbird series and STRIKERS 1945 series
RANIDA GAMES  
Retroware  
RIKI  
RS34   Current owner of the Milestone IP
Seibu Kaihatsu   Current owner of the RAIDEN series IP
SNK  
SPACEWAVE STUDIOS  
SUCCESS   Developer of the COTTOn series
SUNSOFT  
TANOSHIMASU   Company started by ex-Cave Interactive employees
TANUKI CREATIVE STUDIO  
TATSUJIN   Current owner of the Toaplan IP
Tatsunoko Production  
Team ARCANA   Developers of the Arcana Heart series
Team Shanghai Alice   Developers of the Touhou Project official games
TIKIPOD  
VAGUES GAMES  
VISCO   Developer of the Breakers series

Technical Details

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  • OS: Customized Microsoft Windows[5]
  • CPU: Intel[9]
  • Memory: 8 GB[9]
  • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce[9]
  • IO: JVS and JVS' *Utilizing JVS to JAMMA I/O boards, compatible with JAMMA[5]
  • Resolution: 4K, 1080p, 768p, 720p, 480p (4:3) *Horizontal & Vertical Screens[注 4]
  • Dimensions: A4[9]
  • Media: ROM Cartridge up to 2 TB
  • Compatible Engines: Unity, Unreal Engine, Game Maker Studio 2, ClickTeam Fusion 2.5+, Corona/Solar2D, XNA, Construct 3, GoDot, STG Builder, OpenBOR, 2D Fighter Maker 2nd, Pixel Game Maker, HTML5
  • Input Latency: 0.3 Games
  • Network Connectivity: N/A
  • Network Revenue Share Fee: None

ARC-32 Cabinet Technical Details

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  • Monitor: 32" 1080p 1ms *monitor can be rotated
  • Control Panel: 1 Player (1L6B), 2 Players (2L12B) *can be swapped
  • Weight: 200 lbs

ARC-1 Cabinet Technical Details

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  • Monitor: 32" 1080p 1ms *monitor can be rotated
  • Control Panel: 1 Player, 2 Players, 4 Players *can be swapped
  • Weight: 200 lbs

Other Hardware

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  • exA-Arcadia JVS VS LINK I/O Board for Bandai Namco's Noir cabinet series to link 2 cabinets together in a Japanese style VS cabinet setup
  • exA-Arcadia JVS' I/O Board for Taito's Vewlix cabinet series
  • exA-Arcadia JVS' I/O Board for Bandai Namco's Dragon Ball Z Zenkai Battle aka White Noir cabinet

Games List

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Available Now

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Title Developer Country Genre Release Date Engine JVS' Compatible Notes
AKA & BLUE TYPE-R Tanoshimasu   Shoot'em up November 27, 2019 Unity
AKYRIOS EXA Doragon Entertainment   Shoot'em up February 12, 2020 Custom
ARCANA HEART3LOVE MAX SIX STARS!!!!!! XTEND exA-Arcadia   Fighter December 15, 2023 Custom
ASTRO NINJA MAN EXA exA-Arcadia   Shoot'em up September 29, 2022 Custom
AXEL CITY 2 PROJECT ATSUKI、exA-Arcadia   Fighter July 3, 2023 2D Fighter Maker 2nd
BATSUGUN EXAレーベル exA-Arcadia   Shoot'em up June 16, 2023 Custom Art by Junya "Joker Jun" Inoue
BLAZING CHROME AC Joymasher   Action 2021 Game Maker Studio 2 Music by Motoaki Furukawa
CHAOS CODE -EXACT XENO ATTACK- F K Digital, exA-Arcadia   Fighter April 17, 2020 Custom
COSMIC DIGGER 3671 Mindware, exA-Arcadia   Action 2021 Custom Art by ex-Sonic Team designer Satoshi Okano
COTTOn ROCK 'n' ROLL exA-Arcadia   Shoot'em up February 2022 Custom exA-Arcadia developed an exclusive 2 player simultaneous mode and arrange play mode[12]
CRIMSON KATANA (AKAI KATANA) EXA LABEL exA-Arcadia   Shoot'em up February 17, 2022 Custom Art by Mushimaro
DODONPACHI TRUE DEATH EXA LABEL exA-Arcadia   Shoot'em up November 30, 2020 Custom Art by Nagi
DONUT DODO DO! pixel games   Action May 31, 2023 Godot Art by Makoto Yabe
DYNAMITE BOMB!! Light Green 8, exA-Arcadia   Fighter July 3, 2023 2D Fighter Maker 2nd
FIGHT OF GODS ARCADE EDITION Digital Crafter   Fighter Unity Art by Junny and guest music track by Go Sato
Gimmick! EXACT☆MIX exA-Arcadia[13]   Action December 31, 2020 Custom Music by Manabu Namiki
INFINOS EXA Picorinne Soft, exA-Arcadia   Shoot'em up February 21, 2020 STG Builder Art by Highma Fuyuno
KIRA KIRA STAR NIGHT exa exA-Arcadia   Action June 11, 2021 Custom
THE KUNG FU VS KARATE CHAMP Jae-Lee Productions   Fighter January 31, 2020 Unity
Lightning Knights Tikipod, exA-Arcadia   Action 2020 Custom Art by Junny
NiPPON MARATHON TURBO Onion Soup Interactive, exA-Arcadia   Action 2021 Unity Art by Tatsuya Ishikawa
NOISZ ARC⌖CODA Anarch Entertainment   Rhythm 2022年6月16日 Game Maker Studio 2 M-Project、HyuN、森永真由美の曲収録
OMEN OF SORROW: ARISING CHAOS AONE GAMES   Fighter May 2024 Unreal Engine Art by Junny
P-47 ACES MARK II exA-Arcadia   Shoot'em up 2022年9月29日 Custom Art by Hidetaka Tenjin and music by former NMK staff Manabu Namiki and Sizlla Okamura
PSYVARIAR DELTA AC City Connection   Shoot'em up December 2020 Unity Music by WASi303
RIVAL MEGAGUN XE Spacewave Software, exA-Arcadia   Shoot'em up 2021 Unity Music by Keishi Yonao
SAMURAI SHODOWN V PERFECT exA-Arcadia   Fighter September 29, 2022 Custom Art by Shiroh Ohno

Different from the console version, all fatalities and violence have been restored.

SHADOW GANGS X JKM CORP   Action May 19, 2022 Custom Art by jb.style and Music by Keishi Yonao
SHIKHONDO RED PURGATORY Deer Farm, exA-Arcadia   Shoot'em up Unity Sound Effects by WASi303
SHINORUBI PINK LABEL LAST BOSS 88   Shoot'em up Custom Art by Junny
STRANIA EX G-rev., exA-Arcadia   Shoot'em up Custom Music by Keishi Yonao
SUPER BATTLE PRINCESS MADELYN Monster Bath Games   Action November 2020 Unity Music by Gryzor87
Touhou Perfect Sakura Fantastica exA-Arcadia   Shoot'em up July 28, 2022 XNA The first vertical Touhou shoot 'em up
Touhou Scarlet Diabolique Fantastica exA-Arcadia   Shoot'em up March 21, 2024 XNA
VRITRA HEXA neotro   Shoot'em up November 2020 Solar 2D Art by Tatsuya Ishikawa

Announced

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Hawt Pink Club

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Hawt Pink ClubオランダのHawt Pink Club BVがアダルトゲームを対象に開発したexA-Arcadia互換基板。2020年1月アメリカラスベガスで開催されたAVN Expo 2020で発表[14]。それ以降、長らく続報がなかったが、2021年4月に日本での発売元が株式会社ハッカーグローバルになることが発表[15]。同年7月にラスベガスで開催されたAmusement Expo International 2021で基板と対応ゲームがお披露目され、eXA-Arcadiaと互換性を有する基板であることが明らかになった[16]

Notes

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References

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[[Category:Arcade system boards]]

  1. ^ イケダミノロック×大塚ギチ 「2017年上半期ゲームセンター周辺事情」トーク配信 on YouTube
  2. ^ イケダミノロックのそんなカンジでおねがいします(仮) 第1回 on YouTube
  3. ^ a b c d e 市川 幹人 (2018-02-28). "EXA ARCADIA、エリック・チャンCEO登場! マインドウェア公式放送". マインドウェア放送局. マインドウェア. Retrieved 2019-01-29. {{cite web}}: Text "和書" ignored (help)
  4. ^ @exaarcadia (February 19, 2018). "Our regulations require developers to support 480p and 720p at a minimum" (Tweet). Retrieved 2019-01-31 – via Twitter.
  5. ^ a b c d arcadehero (2018-02-07). "ExA-Arcadia To Introduce New Kit System At JAEPO 2018". Arcade Heroes. Retrieved 2019-01-29.
  6. ^ a b イケダミノロック×大塚ギチ 「2017年下半期ゲームセンター周辺事情」トーク配信 on YouTube
  7. ^ "「エクサ・アルカディア」に24社が参加しゲーム開発。". ゲームマシン. アミューズメント通信社. 2019-03-01. Retrieved 2019-03-08. {{cite web}}: Text "和書" ignored (help)
  8. ^ @exaarcadia (February 1, 2019). "exA-Arcadia =『エクサ アルカディア』" (Tweet). Retrieved 2019-02-01 – via Twitter.
  9. ^ a b c d 早苗月 ハンバーグ食べ男 (2019-01-28). "[JAEPO2019]exA-Arcadiaに関する新情報をまとめて紹介。「サイヴァリア デルタ」や「ギミック!」などがリリース予定に". 4Gamer.net. aetas. Retrieved 2019-01-29. {{cite web}}: Text "和書" ignored (help)
  10. ^ @exaarcadia (July 23, 2018). "EXA開発レギュレーション その① 縦画面のタイトルは絶対に横画面モード搭載" (Tweet). Retrieved 2019-01-31 – via Twitter.
  11. ^ @exaarcadia (July 24, 2018). "開発ツール対応のお知らせ @StgBuilder STGビルダー様の協力を頂いて、EXA基板でSB製のタイトルを対応しております。下記の機能も追加しております。・JVS対応 ・フルHD対応 ・縦画面対応 ・4:3タイトルはワイド表示時にオビ機能 ・スキャンライン機能 ・インカム分析機能" (Tweet). Retrieved 2019-01-31 – via Twitter.
  12. ^ @exaarcadia (2021-09-26). "2021年9月26日 午後0:00(JST)のツイート" (Tweet). Retrieved 2021-09-26 – via Twitter.
  13. ^ "Gimmick! EXACT☆MIX Available for Preorder". exA-Arcadia. Retrieved 2020-03-07.
  14. ^ Sherri L. Shaulis (2020-01-24). "Hawt Pink Club Making Impressions With Adult Games". AVN Media Network. Retrieved 2021-07-11.
  15. ^ @hawtpinkclub (March 31, 2021). "Coming soon to Japan sold by Hacker Global" (Tweet). Retrieved 2021-07-11 – via Twitter.
  16. ^ arcadehero (2021-07-09). "Amusement Expo 2021 Round-up". Arcade Heroes. Retrieved 2021-07-11.


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