| Developer | Konami |
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| Release date | 1985 |
| CPU | Motorola 68000 @ 9.216 MHz |
Konami GX400 is an arcade system board by Konami that made its debut in 1985. It is the Bubble System but with the bubble memory cartridges replaced with standard ROM chips.
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