cavelon: MAME ROM Information. History:
Cavelon (c) 1983 Jetsoft.
In this horizontally-scrolling maze game, You the heroic knight must reach the top floor of Castle Cavelon, rescue a fair maiden and do battle with the Black Wizard! Armed with bow and arrow and a magic sword, you must avoid or kill the castle security guards while collecting the 8 pieces of the exit door that are scattered around the corridors, in order to proceed to the next floor.
- TECHNICAL -
Main CPU : Z80 (@ 3.072 Mhz)
Sound CPU : Z80 (@ 1.78975 Mhz)
Sound Chips : (2x) AY8910 (@ 1.78975 Mhz)
Screen orientation : Vertical
Video resolution : 224 x 256 pixels
Screen refresh : 60.61 Hz
Palette colors : 98
Players : 2
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 2
- TIPS AND TRICKS -
If you find yourself in a tight spot, use the magic sword to make the guards disappear for a short while. If you have less than three uses left, a new magic sword will randomly appear in the maze for you to pick up.
The Guards can shoot each other! Use this to your advantage.
- PORTS -
* Computers :
Commodore C64 (1984)
Sinclair ZX Spectrum (1984) : by Ocean Software.
- SOURCES -
Game's rom.
MAME Info:
0.37b9 [Paul Swan]
WIP:
- 26th January 2004: Aaron Giles fixed Cavelon and Gottlieb games.
- 0.53: Changed palettesize to 98 colors.
- 0.37b15: Fixed cpu1 rom loading.
- 0.37b9: Paul Swan added Cavelon (Jetsoft 1983).
- 5th October 2000: Paul Swan submitted a driver for Cavelon.
PLAY INSTRUCTIONS:
- Pick up all pieces to escape to next level then do battle with the Black Wizzard.
LEVELS: 6
Other Emulators:
* FB Alpha
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Romset: 35 kb / 7 files / 16.5 zip
MAME XML Output:
   | <game name="cavelon" sourcefile="scramble.c"> |
   |    | <description>Cavelon</description> |
   |    | <year>1983</year> |
   |    | <manufacturer>Jetsoft</manufacturer> |
   |    | <rom name="2.bin" size="8192" crc="a3b353ac" sha1="1d5cc402f83c410f2ccd186dafb8bf16a7778fb0" region="maincpu" offset="0"/> |
   |    | <rom name="1.bin" size="8192" crc="3f62efd6" sha1="b03a46f8478f499812c5d9c11816ee28d67fb77b" region="maincpu" offset="2000"/> |
   |    | <rom name="3.bin" size="8192" crc="39d74e4e" sha1="4789eab2741555f59a97ef5a10b0500f6b64a6ce" region="maincpu" offset="10000"/> |
   |    | <rom name="1c_snd.bin" size="2048" crc="f58dcf55" sha1="517dab8684109188d7d78c8a2cf94a4fac17d40c" region="audiocpu" offset="0"/> |
   |    | <rom name="h.bin" size="4096" crc="d44fcd6f" sha1="c275741bb1d876e7308e131cac2f1fee249613c7" region="gfx1" offset="0"/> |
   |    | <rom name="k.bin" size="4096" crc="59bc7f9e" sha1="4374955d0fdfbba57ba432da22b0d94b66832fb8" region="gfx1" offset="1000"/> |
   |    | <rom name="cavelon.clr" size="32" crc="d133356b" sha1="58db4013a9ad77107f0d462c96363d7c38d86fa2" region="proms" offset="0"/> |
   |    | <chip type="cpu" tag="maincpu" name="Z80" clock="3072000"/> |
   |    | <chip type="cpu" tag="audiocpu" name="Z80" clock="1789750"/> |
   |    | <chip type="audio" tag="mono" name="Speaker"/> |
   |    | <chip type="audio" tag="8910.1" name="AY-3-8910A" clock="1789750"/> |
   |    | <chip type="audio" tag="8910.2" name="AY-3-8910A" clock="1789750"/> |
   |    | <display tag="screen" type="raster" rotate="90" width="256" height="224" refresh="60.606061" /> |
   |    | <sound channels="1"/> |
   |    | <input players="2" buttons="2" coins="2"> |
   |    |    | <control type="joy" ways="8"/> |
   |    | </input> |
   |    | <dipswitch name="Cabinet" tag="IN1" mask="1"> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="Upright" value="1" default="yes"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="Cocktail" value="0"/> |
   |    | </dipswitch> |
   |    | <dipswitch name="Coinage" tag="IN1" mask="2"> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="A 1/1 B 1/6" value="0" default="yes"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="A 2/1 B 1/3" value="2"/> |
   |    | </dipswitch> |
   |    | <dipswitch name="Lives" tag="IN2" mask="6"> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="5" value="0"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="4" value="4"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="3" value="2" default="yes"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="2" value="6"/> |
   |    | </dipswitch> |
   |    | <dipswitch name="Unknown" tag="IN2" mask="8"> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="Off" value="0" default="yes"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="On" value="8"/> |
   |    | </dipswitch> |
   |    | <driver status="good" emulation="good" color="good" sound="good" graphic="good" savestate="supported" palettesize="98"/> |
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