What does CPS-2 mean?

The CP System II ( CPシステムII shīpī shisutemu tsū?) or CPS-2 is an arcade system board that Capcom first used in 1993 for Super Street Fighter II. It was successor to their previous CP System arcade hardware and was succeeded by the CP System III hardware in 1996.

What was the last CPS2 game?

The last CPS2 title released by Capcom, Hyper Street Fighter II, was also released in this format. These boards have a smaller footprint than the motherboard/rom board combo. Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter (MARVEL SUPER HEROES VS.

How do you revive a CPS2 game?

The process of reviving a suicided CPS2 game is called Phoenixing. To phoenix a board: Short the 2 leads of the electrolytic capacitor next to where the + terminal was together for several seconds. This will drain the juice left in the circuit and allow the phoenix code to operate properly. Boot up the title.

How did the CPS-2 Shock Group obtain unencrypted program data?

However, in January 2001, the CPS-2 Shock group was able to obtain unencrypted program data by hacking into the hardware, which they distributed as XOR difference tables to produce the unencrypted data from the original ROM images, making emulation possible, as well as restoring cartridges that had been erased because of the suicide system.