aeroboto: MAME ROM Information.
History:
Aeroboto (c) 1984 Williams Electronics, Inc.
The player as Aeroboto can transform into a 'Mobile robot' or an 'Aero-fighter' to complete this marathon shoot-'em-up.
- TECHNICAL -
Main CPU : M6809 (@ 1.25 Mhz)
Sound CPU : M6809 (@ 640 Khz)
Sound Chips : (2x) AY8910 (@ 1.5 Mhz)
Screen orientation : Horizontal
Video resolution : 248 x 224 pixels
Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz
Palette colors : 256
Players : 2
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 2
=> [A] Fire, [B] Jump
- TRIVIA -
Released in September 1984.
This game is known in Japan as "Formation Z".
Charles Dahling holds the record for this game with 3,272,900 points on January 20, 1985.
- TIPS AND TRICKS -
* In the aero-fighter form only, energy fuel is used. You should be converted to a robot before the fuel runs out (remaining fuel is indicated on the lower-right side of the screen).
- PORTS -
* Consoles :
Nintendo Famicom [Japan]
Sony PlayStation [Jaleco Collection Vol. 1] (2003)
Nintendo Game Boy Advance [Jajamaru Jr Denshouki Jaleco Memorial] (2004)
* Computers :
MSX [Japan]
- SOURCES -
Game's rom.
Machine's picture.
MAME Info:
0.60 [Acho A. Tang]
0.34b4 [Nicola Salmoria]
0.33b3 [Carlos A. Lozano]
MCU TEST:
- Holding key 1 or 2 at boot puts the game in MCU test. Press F3 to quit.
Bugs:
- Star field is not implemented. Source (ID 02665)
WIP:
- 0.136u4: Angelo Salese implemented irq ack to Aeroboto / Formation Z.
- 0.135u1: Fabio Priuli added driver data struct to Formation Z.
- 0.123u2: RansAckeR simplified some control definitions in the Aeroboto driver.
- 0.123u1: Corrado Tomaselli corrected the clocks in Formation Z. Changed M6809 CPU2 clock speed to 625000 Hz, 1st AY-3-8910A to 1.25MHz and 2nd AY-3-8910A to 6.25MHz.
- 0.108u2: Roberto Fresca added DIP locations to Formation Z. Changed 'Unknown' dipswitches to 'Unused'.
- 18th July 2004: Andrea Mazzoleni fixed a temporary buffer allocation in the Aeroboto driver.
- 0.72u1: Misc improvements, cleanups and fixes to the Aeroboto driver [Acho A. Tang]. Updated starfield according to Uki's report. Changed visible area to 248x224.
- 12th August 2003: Acho A. Tang re-submitted Aeroboto starfield.
- 10th February 2003: Chack'n fixed dipswitches in Pinbo and Formation Z.
- 21st January 2003: Acho A. Tang submitted a preliminary star field simulation in the Aeroboto / Formation Z driver.
- 0.63: Added new proms ($0, 100, 200) and changed visible area to 240x216. Added 'Unknown' dipswitch.
- 17th November 2002: Zsolt Vasvari and Nicola Salmoria added the correct color PROMs to Formation Z / Aeroboto.
- 0.60: Acho A. Tang re-added Formation Z and Aeroboto.
- 18th April 2002: Acho A. Tang submitted a major improvement to the old Formation Z / Aeroboto driver which is now playable. Bypassed protection to make the game playable. Modified memory map and hardware settings. Emulated remaining video registers. Rewrote vidhrdw module to fix color, sprite positions, priority, vertical scrolling, split screen, starmap...etc.
- 0.55: Moved Aeroboto to (Testdriver).
- 0.54: Moved Formation Z to (Testdriver).
- 0.36b4: Changed visible area to 256x224.
- 0.35b5: Fixed input.
- 0.34b4: Nicola Salmoria added Formation Z (Jaleco 1984).
- 0.33b3: Carlos A. Lozano added Aeroboto (Williams 1984), preliminary.
- 24th September 1997: Dumped Aeroboto.
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Romset: 81 kb / 12 files / 36.6 zip
MAME XML Output:
| | <game name="aeroboto" sourcefile="aeroboto.c" cloneof="formatz" romof="formatz"> |
| | | <description>Aeroboto</description> |
| | | <manufacturer>Jaleco (Williams license)</manufacturer> |
| | | <rom name="aeroboto.8" size="16384" crc="4d3fc049" sha1="6efb8c58c025a69ac2dce99049128861f7ede690" region="maincpu" offset="4000"/> |
| | | <rom name="aeroboto.7" size="16384" crc="522f51c1" sha1="4ea47d0b8b65e711c99701c055dbaf70a003d441" region="maincpu" offset="8000"/> |
| | | <rom name="aeroboto.6" size="16384" crc="1a295ffb" sha1="990b3f2f883717c180089b6ba5ae381ed9272341" region="maincpu" offset="c000"/> |
| | | <rom name="format_z.9" merge="format_z.9" size="4096" crc="6b9215ad" sha1="3ab416d070bf6b9a8be3e19d4dbc3a399d9ab5cb" region="audiocpu" offset="f000"/> |
| | | <rom name="aeroboto.5" size="8192" crc="32fc00f9" sha1="fd912fe2ab0101057c15c846f0cc4259cd94b035" region="gfx1" offset="0"/> |
| | | <rom name="format_z.4" merge="format_z.4" size="8192" crc="910375a0" sha1="1044e0f45ce34c15986d9ab520c0e7d08fd46dde" region="gfx2" offset="0"/> |
| | | <rom name="aeroboto.1" size="4096" crc="7820eeaf" sha1="dedd15295bb02f417d0f51a29df686b66b94dee1" region="gfx3" offset="0"/> |
| | | <rom name="aeroboto.2" size="4096" crc="c7f81a3c" sha1="21476a4146d5c57e2b15125c304fc61d82edf4af" region="gfx3" offset="1000"/> |
| | | <rom name="aeroboto.3" size="4096" crc="5203ad04" sha1="d16eb370de9033793a502e23c82a3119cd633aa9" region="gfx3" offset="2000"/> |
| | | <rom name="10c" merge="10c" size="256" crc="b756dd6d" sha1="ea79f87f84ded2f0a66458af24cbc792e5ff77e3" region="proms" offset="0"/> |
| | | <rom name="10b" merge="10b" size="256" crc="00df8809" sha1="f4539c052a5ce8a63662db070c3f52139afef23d" region="proms" offset="100"/> |
| | | <rom name="10a" merge="10a" size="256" crc="e8733c8f" sha1="105b44c9108ee173a417f8c79ec8381f824dd675" region="proms" offset="200"/> |
| | | <chip type="cpu" tag="maincpu" name="M6809" clock="1250000"/> |
| | | <chip type="cpu" tag="audiocpu" name="M6809" clock="625000"/> |
| | | <chip type="audio" tag="mono" name="Speaker"/> |
| | | <chip type="audio" tag="ay1" name="AY-3-8910A" clock="1250000"/> |
| | | <chip type="audio" tag="ay2" name="AY-3-8910A" clock="625000"/> |
| | | <display tag="screen" type="raster" rotate="0" width="248" height="224" refresh="60.000000" /> |
| | | <input players="2" buttons="2" coins="1"> |
| | | | <control type="joy" ways="8"/> |
| | | <dipswitch name="Lives" tag="DSW1" mask="3"> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="3" value="0" default="yes"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="4" value="1"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="5" value="2"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="Infinite (Cheat)" value="3"/> |
| | | <dipswitch name="Bonus Life" tag="DSW1" mask="12"> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="30000" value="12" default="yes"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="40000" value="8"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="70000" value="4"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="100000" value="0"/> |
| | | <dipswitch name="Unused" tag="DSW1" mask="16"> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="Off" value="0" default="yes"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="On" value="16"/> |
| | | <dipswitch name="Demo Sounds" tag="DSW1" mask="32"> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="Off" value="0"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="On" value="32" default="yes"/> |
| | | <dipswitch name="Cabinet" tag="DSW1" mask="64"> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="Upright" value="64" default="yes"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="Cocktail" value="0"/> |
| | | <dipswitch name="Coinage" tag="DSW2" mask="7"> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="5 Coins/1 Credit" value="7"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="4 Coins/1 Credit" value="5"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="3 Coins/1 Credit" value="3"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="2 Coins/1 Credit" value="1"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="1 Coin/1 Credit" value="0" default="yes"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="1 Coin/2 Credits" value="2"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="1 Coin/3 Credits" value="4"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="1 Coin/4 Credits" value="6"/> |
| | | <dipswitch name="Difficulty" tag="DSW2" mask="24"> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="Easy" value="0"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="Normal" value="8" default="yes"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="Medium" value="16"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="Hard" value="24"/> |
| | | <dipswitch name="Unused" tag="DSW2" mask="32"> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="Off" value="0" default="yes"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="On" value="32"/> |
| | | <dipswitch name="Unused" tag="DSW2" mask="64"> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="Off" value="0" default="yes"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="On" value="64"/> |
| | | <dipswitch name="Unused" tag="DSW2" mask="128"> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="Off" value="0" default="yes"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="On" value="128"/> |
| | | <driver status="imperfect" emulation="good" color="good" sound="good" graphic="imperfect" savestate="supported" palettesize="256"/> |
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