Actually Namco were supposed to use a multichip PowerVR based arcade board for System "33" the sucessor to System 22. Somehow the plan fell through and they ended up with the PS2 based arcade board System 246.



> I've no idea of the authenticity of the statement (and I know that the named
> leading game is wrong) but as your entry on sys 23 gfx h/ware is empty I thought
> I'd mention it, and if anyone can confirm or deny the info then at least I've
> learned something :)
> Quoted from Edge magazine issue 37 page 119:
> "It's expected that Namco will unveil System 23 at the JAMMA show in mid
> September. It's based upon Videologic's PowerVR technology and Tekken 3 will be
> the game to showcase the hardware.Just how many PowerVR chips are running in
> parallel isn't known but the system's ease of expansion is a feature that could
> allow the placement of multiple chips in parallel to deliver in excess of
> 2,000,000 polygons per second."
>