The NAOMI Universal Cabinet was released in 1998 for use exclusively with NAOMI games. Supporting 31 KHz resolution, fewer of these cabinets appeared on the market in Japan than other Sega generic cabinets (the number released overseas was considerably higher). Three different varieties of control panel heights were prepared. Within Japan the machine was not exclusively a generic cabinet, being used as the base for Crazy Taxi, Typing of the Dead and other dedicated games. The cabinet also supported Visual Memory for data transfer between home and game center systems. PCBs were stored in the lower part of the cabinet. Consisting only of the bare essentials, the cabinet looks lighter than previous cabinets, yet its weight actually increased to 118 kg.
