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blastoff: MAME ROM Information.


History:

Blast Off (c) 03/1989 Namco.


A vertically scrolling shoot'em up.


- TECHNICAL -


Namco System 1 hardware

Game ID : BO


Main CPU : 6809 (@ 1.536 Mhz)

Sub CPU : 6809 (@ 1.536 Mhz)

Sound CPU : 6809 (@ 1.536 Mhz)

MCU : HD63701 (@ 1.536 Mhz)

Sound Chips : YM2151 (@ 3.57958 Mhz), Namco advanced 8-channel stereo WSG, stereo DAC


Screen orientation : Vertical

Video resolution : 224 x 288 pixels

Screen refresh : 60.61 Hz

Palette Colors : 24-bit RGB palette


Players : 2

Control : 4-way joystick

Buttons : 1


- TRIVIA -


Victor Entertainment released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Namco Videogame Graffiti Vol.10 - VICL-40097) on 16/12/1993.


- SERIES -


1. Bosconian - Star Destroyer (1981)

2. Blast Off (1989)


- STAFF -


Game design : Nak, Tak

Program : Nak

Graphics : Tak

Character : Arg, M.G

Music : Kob, Tog

Sound : Nob


- SOURCES -


Game's rom.




MAME Info:

0.36b4 [Ernesto Corvi, Tatsuyuki Satoh]


Bugs:

- Fails the ROM test. Source (ID 02367)


WIP:

- 0.36b4: Ernesto Corvi and Tatsuyuki Satoh added Blast Off (Japan) (Namco 1989).


LEVELS: 6


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Romset: 2436 kb / 21 files / 690.8 zip




MAME XML Output:

       <game name="blastoff" sourcefile="namcos1.c">
              <description>Blast Off (Japan)</description>
              <year>1989</year>
              <manufacturer>Namco</manufacturer>
              <rom name="bo1-snd0.bin" size="65536" crc="2ecab76e" sha1="592f1f9ac06cea81517ad0ab7d2fd65bccf6a8d8" region="audiocpu" offset="c000"/>
              <rom name="bo1-snd1.bin" size="65536" crc="048a6af1" sha1="97b839c7c92053b1058f4c91fc5b6e398ee73045" region="audiocpu" offset="1c000"/>
              <rom name="bo1_prg6.bin" size="131072" crc="d60da63e" sha1="525e7d87e240d08f83e5d69b47eb185283b396d4" region="user1" offset="300000"/>
              <rom name="bo1prg7b.bin" size="131072" crc="b630383c" sha1="eef9ae4e84f41bf5d137936d8eb033cb89374b86" region="user1" offset="380000"/>
              <rom name="cus64-64a1.mcu" size="4096" crc="ffb5c0bd" sha1="7a38c0cc2553c627f4ec507fb6e807cf7d537c02" region="mcu" offset="f000"/>
              <rom name="bo_voi-0.bin" size="131072" crc="47065e18" sha1="234e7a40be4def6846040a0fca3e9d7eff3754e3" region="mcu" offset="10000"/>
              <rom name="bo_voi-1.bin" size="131072" crc="0308b18e" sha1="7196abdf36d660089d739e3f3a362648768a6127" region="mcu" offset="30000"/>
              <rom name="bo_voi-2.bin" size="131072" crc="88cab230" sha1="659c4efeb8aa24f8b32509ee563407ed1e17d564" region="mcu" offset="50000"/>
              <rom name="bo_chr-8.bin" size="131072" crc="e8b5f2d4" sha1="70dd2898dcfed5f43f6c50f852660f24a9d7ec9d" region="gfx1" offset="0"/>
              <rom name="bo_chr-0.bin" size="131072" crc="bdc0afb5" sha1="09d01640bd0ff8d9d96282411ec9176e5fc57cae" region="gfx2" offset="0"/>
              <rom name="bo_chr-1.bin" size="131072" crc="963d2639" sha1="1bb936631c17e7695e087c95a72f1871fabb6647" region="gfx2" offset="20000"/>
              <rom name="bo_chr-2.bin" size="131072" crc="acdb6894" sha1="a0d712e4883cda7068aa678d698abbe9c910363b" region="gfx2" offset="40000"/>
              <rom name="bo_chr-3.bin" size="131072" crc="214ec47f" sha1="0f314740bdb2f3cd0ed8ab9a98a47eb8f8b1480b" region="gfx2" offset="60000"/>
              <rom name="bo_chr-4.bin" size="131072" crc="08397583" sha1="e2c0ce46982a1f9035f0a3c4f08dbf3a5e11a871" region="gfx2" offset="80000"/>
              <rom name="bo_chr-5.bin" size="131072" crc="20402429" sha1="a84760f693ec15f8f8238653d1761a34e2499da9" region="gfx2" offset="a0000"/>
              <rom name="bo_chr-7.bin" size="131072" crc="4c5c4603" sha1="aa0c4f651ae38513f0a2b685dcc62c1897d0f310" region="gfx2" offset="e0000"/>
              <rom name="bo_obj-0.bin" size="131072" crc="b3308ae7" sha1="543ce5b41d922e0299ea691437d7d1a1741c1e0f" region="gfx3" offset="0"/>
              <rom name="bo_obj-1.bin" size="131072" crc="c9c93c47" sha1="ed3e0e54a5602e2ec6d4e0ee9f7632bc0d4b99fe" region="gfx3" offset="20000"/>
              <rom name="bo_obj-2.bin" size="131072" crc="eef77527" sha1="ba1931a37e4ad06e57e73d61f985bf6267f92d76" region="gfx3" offset="40000"/>
              <rom name="bo_obj-3.bin" size="131072" crc="e3d9ed58" sha1="ddb68274957f52882331b4ab13c55f096a0b1f76" region="gfx3" offset="60000"/>
              <rom name="bo1_obj4.bin" size="131072" crc="c2c1b9cb" sha1="754bf6136f4b1b4958474072dca5c6dbf54517bd" region="gfx3" offset="80000"/>
              <chip type="cpu" tag="maincpu" name="M6809" clock="1536000"/>
              <chip type="cpu" tag="sub" name="M6809" clock="1536000"/>
              <chip type="cpu" tag="audiocpu" name="M6809" clock="1536000"/>
              <chip type="cpu" tag="mcu" name="HD63701" clock="6144000"/>
              <chip type="audio" tag="lspeaker" name="Speaker"/>
              <chip type="audio" tag="rspeaker" name="Speaker"/>
              <chip type="audio" tag="ymsnd" name="YM2151" clock="3579580"/>
              <chip type="audio" tag="namco" name="Namco CUS30" clock="12000"/>
              <chip type="audio" tag="dac" name="DAC"/>
              <display tag="screen" type="raster" rotate="90" width="288" height="224" refresh="60.606060" />
              <sound channels="2"/>
              <input players="2" buttons="3" coins="2" service="yes">
                     <control type="joy" ways="8"/>
              </input>
              <dipswitch name="Unknown" tag="DIPSW" mask="1">
                     <dipvalue name="Off" value="1" default="yes"/>
                     <dipvalue name="On" value="0"/>
              </dipswitch>
              <dipswitch name="Unknown" tag="DIPSW" mask="2">
                     <dipvalue name="Off" value="2" default="yes"/>
                     <dipvalue name="On" value="0"/>
              </dipswitch>
              <dipswitch name="Unknown" tag="DIPSW" mask="4">
                     <dipvalue name="Off" value="4" default="yes"/>
                     <dipvalue name="On" value="0"/>
              </dipswitch>
              <dipswitch name="Unknown" tag="DIPSW" mask="8">
                     <dipvalue name="Off" value="8" default="yes"/>
                     <dipvalue name="On" value="0"/>
              </dipswitch>
              <dipswitch name="Unknown" tag="DIPSW" mask="16">
                     <dipvalue name="Off" value="16" default="yes"/>
                     <dipvalue name="On" value="0"/>
              </dipswitch>
              <dipswitch name="Unknown" tag="DIPSW" mask="32">
                     <dipvalue name="Off" value="32" default="yes"/>
                     <dipvalue name="On" value="0"/>
              </dipswitch>
              <dipswitch name="Unknown" tag="DIPSW" mask="64">
                     <dipvalue name="Off" value="64" default="yes"/>
                     <dipvalue name="On" value="0"/>
              </dipswitch>
              <dipswitch name="Service Mode" tag="DIPSW" mask="128">
                     <dipvalue name="Off" value="128" default="yes"/>
                     <dipvalue name="On" value="0"/>
              </dipswitch>
              <driver status="good" emulation="good" color="good" sound="good" graphic="good" savestate="unsupported" palettesize="8192"/>
       </game>
 
 


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