Taito Type X and variants
The Taito Type X is an arcade system board designed and released by Taito in 2004. Based on standard PC hardware, Type X differs from specifications for a single set of hardware; it's a modular platform supporting multiple hardware configurations with different levels of graphical capability.
Games that use the Type X platform are compiled for Windows Embedded, so running them in a standard Windows installation is trivially easy. Other operating systems would require Wine, but it's unknown how well it works.
Chart
Name | Operating System(s) |
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Taito Type X/X+ | Windows XP Embedded |
Taito Type X7 | Windows XP Embedded |
Taito Type X² | Windows XP Embedded |
Taito Type X Zero | Windows Embedded Standard 7 |
Taito Type X³ | Windows Embedded Standard 7 64bit |
Compability Layers
TeknoParrot offers an out-of-the-box solution for running Windows based arcade games. Currently supports some games for Taito Type X, X+ and X2.
Tools
Games need a launcher to work. For saving scores, you'll need to use save fixes on a per-game basis, 'Loaders Pack' has fixes for many games. Also, some shmup games for the original Type X need an extra fix.
There's more info about tools and games here.