Digital Compression System

Versions of DCS

• DCS ROM-based mono: The first version of DCS used an Analog Devices ADSP2105 DSP and a DMA-driven DAC, outputting in mono. This was used for the majority of Williams and Midway's pinball games, as well as Midway's video games, up until the late 1990s. The pinball game, The Twilight Zone, was originally supposed to use the DCS System, but because the DCS board was still in development at the time, all of the music and sounds for this game were reprogrammed for the Yamaha YM2151 / Harris CVSD sound board.
• *DCS-95: This was a revised version of the original DCS System, used for Williams and Midway's WPC-95 pinball system.
• DCS2 ROM-based stereo: This version used the ADSP2104 DSP and two DMA-driven DACs, outputting in stereo. This was used in Midway's Zeus-based hardware, and in the short-lived Pinball 2000 platform.
• DCS2 RAM-based stereo: This version used the ADSP2115 DSP and two DMA-driven DACs, outputting in stereo. This was used in Midway's 3DFX-based hardware. This system would be adopted by Atari Games, following their acquisition by WMS Industries.
• DCS2 RAM-based multi-channel: This version used the ADSP2181 DSP and up to six DMA-driven DACs, outputting in multichannel sound.

  Pinball games using DCS

• Attack From Mars
• Cactus Canyon
• The Champion Pub
• Cirqus Voltaire
• Congo
• Corvette
• Demolition Man
• Dirty Harry
• The Flintstones
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• Indianapolis 500
• Jack*Bot
• Johnny Mnemonic
• Judge Dredd
• Medieval Madness
• Monster Bash
• NBA Fastbreak
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• No Good Gofers
• Popeye Saves the Earth
• Red & Ted's Road Show
• Revenge From Mars
• Safecracker
• Scared Stiff
• The Shadow
• Star Wars Episode I
• Tales of the Arabian Nights
• Theatre of Magic
• World Cup Soccer
• Who Dunnit

  Arcade games using DCS

• Mortal Kombat II
• Cruis'n USA
• Killer Instinct
• Revolution X
• 2 On 2 Open Ice Challenge
• Killer Instinct 2
• Mortal Kombat 3
• Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3
• War Gods
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• Cruis'n World
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• NBA Hangtime
• NBA Maximum Hangtime
• Wayne Gretzky's 3D Hockey
• Invasion
• Mortal Kombat 4
• NFL Blitz
• Offroad Challenge
• Rampage World Tour
• California Speed
• CarnEvil
• Gauntlet Legends
• Hyperdrive
• NBA Showtime
• NFL Blitz '99
• Cruis'n Exotica
• San Francisco Rush 2049
• Vapor TRX
• Gauntlet Dark Legacy
• NFL Blitz 2000
• Road Burners
• War The Final Assault
• CART Fury
• The Grid