Namco • Sega • Nintendo
During the GameCube era, Nintendo worked alongside Sega and Nintendo to create specialised hardware for arcade machine built form GameCube technology. This was used for a bunch of arcade games. The box itself has a lot more inputs and outputs for multiple display types (such as PC monitors) and lots of potential inputs, giving it more flexibility. It also game with LAN capabilities as standard.
When researching the Triforce arcade for my All GameCube Games project, I discovered some lists of supposed Triforce games, but they didn’t seem accurate. Here are my findings into what I found with those games.
Official Triforce Games
A football game. This was also released on GameCube.
Based on F-Zero GX, this has one cup of its own tracks (which can be unlocked in the main game) and has different handling and physics.
A 4-player board game with RPG elements that uses a deck of 40 cards that you scan into the game. Each unit is its own Triforce device. This had multiple revisions, such as The Key of Avalon 2.
Gekitou Pro Yakyuu
A baseball game. I can’t find any imagery of the machine itself, only of the Triforce disc. This also released on GameCube.
Virtua Striker 4
A sequel to Virtua Striker 2002. This did not get a GameCube version.
Mario Kart Arcade GP
A Namco-made Mario Kart.
Virtua Striker 4 ver.2006
An updated version of Virtua Striker 4
Mario Kart Arcade GP 2
The second arcade Mario Kart.
Possible Triforce Games
These are games that aren’t advertised as Triforce games, but possibly use Triforce units or are based on the GameCube in some way.
Super Mario Fushigi no Korokoro Party
An arcade cabinet for winning prices. This uses 6-player version of Mario Party 5 minigames, but there’s no way of knowing if these are an adaptation of Mario Party 5 or a port onto new hardware. This was made by Capcom.
Super Mario Fushigi no Korokoro Party 2
A bigger version of the Mario Party 5 based machine.
Donkey Kong: Jungle Fever
An arcade machine that is based on Jungle Beat.
Donkey Kong: Banana Kingdom
Another game that uses stuff form Jungle Beat, but in a format more like Super Mario Fushigi no Korokoro Party.
Definitely Not Triforce
These are games that I’ve seen attributed to the Triforce system, but don’t use GameCube-based technology.
Wartran Troopers – This is a PC-based lightgun arcade game, you can find pictures of the CD-Roms for the game.
Mobile Suit Gundam – There are some Mobile Suit Gundam arcade games, but this 2004 done doesn’t even seem to exist.
Pokémon Battrio – An interesing Pokémon game where you place physical figures onto a grid to position them in-game. I managed to find a service manual and it is a PC-based arcade.