champwr: MAME ROM Information. History:
Champion Wrestler (c) 1989 Taito.
8 original wrestlers fight for glory, money and win the title belt of TWF circuit in a single or tag-team match.
- TECHNICAL -
Taito L System hardware
Prom Stickers : C01
Main CPU : (2x) Z80
Sound CPU : Z80
Sound Chips : YM2203, MSM5205
Players : 2
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 2
- TRIVIA -
Rastan, the "Rastan Saga" hero appears in this game as Miracle Rastan.
Don't miss the funny pictures in win/lose screen :).
- STAFF -
Director : Takeshi Murata
Progammers : Takeshi Murata, Tsui Kato, Creamy Tetsu, Takahisa Horimoto
Game designers : Kenji Kaito, Hiroyuki Maekawa
Character designers : Kenji Kaito, Minori Ishino, Makoto Fujita, Oolong Yamada, Noritaka Kawamoto, Kenji Hazama, Seiji Kawagishi, Kazumasa Fuseya, Minako Morimoto
Sound (Zuntata) : Pochi, Hidehito Kitamura
Hardware design : Katsumi Kaneoka
Design : Atsushi Iwaoka
- PORTS -
* Consoles :
NEC PC-Engine (1990)
Sony PlayStation 2 [JP] (January 27, 2007; "Taito Memories II Joukan [Model SLPM-66649]")
Sony PlayStation 2 (2007, "Taito Memories II Vol. 1") (Japan only)
- SOURCES -
Game's rom.
MAME Info:
0.36b4 [Olivier Galibert]
Bugs:
- The gameplay is too fast. etabeta (ID 01546)
WIP:
- 0.122u2: Changed Z80 CPU1 clock speed to 6665280 Hz and Z80 CPU3 to 4MHz.
- 0.93u3: Nicola Salmoria fixed Champion Wrestler MSM5205 playback, including volume.
- 0.93: Replaced ADPCM sound with MSM5205 (384000 Hz).
- 0.37b13: Nicola Salmoria added Speech to Champion Wrestler. Added ADPCM sound and changed cpu1 rom ($50000) to sound1 ($0).
- 0.37b11: Added dipswitches 'Difficulty', '1 minute Lenght' and 'Unused'.
- 0.37b6: Changed Z80 CPU1/2 clocks speed to 6MHz and Z80 CPU3 to 4 Mhz. Swapped cpu2/3 roms.
- 0.37b3: Added dipswitches 'Flip Screen', 'Demo Sounds', 'Time' and 'Allow Continue'.
- 3rd August 2000: Jarek Burczynski fixed sound in Raimais and Champion Wrestler in the Taito L driver.
- 0.36RC1: Added clone Champion Wrestler (US).
- 0.36b16: Added clone Champion Wrestler (Japan).
- 0.36b4: Olivier Galibert added Champion Wrestler (World) (Taito 1989).
- 26th August 1999: Olivier Galibert sent in a Taito system L driver with support for American Horseshoes, Cachat, Champion Wrestler, Fighting Hawk, Palamedes, Plotting, Puzznic and Raimais. None of them have sound though, and some have graphic bugs.
PLAY INSTRUCTIONS:
- Press Button 1 for punch, Button 2 for kick, ->-> for run and both buttons for cover.
- Move your stick and hit buttons as fast as you can to make power moves.
- Each Wrestler have his own move. Try them all to find your favorite fighting style.
LEVELS: 8 (with 2 cages match and also a defence match)
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Romset: 2112 kb / 8 files / 847.3 zip
MAME XML Output:
   | <game name="champwr" sourcefile="taito_l.c"> |
   |    | <description>Champion Wrestler (World)</description> |
   |    | <year>1989</year> |
   |    | <manufacturer>Taito Corporation Japan</manufacturer> |
   |    | <rom name="c01-13.rom" size="131072" crc="7ef47525" sha1="79789fa3bcaeb6666c108d2e4b69a1f9341b2f4a" region="maincpu" offset="0"/> |
   |    | <rom name="c01-04.rom" size="131072" crc="358bd076" sha1="beb20a09370d05de719dde596eadca8fecb14ce5" region="maincpu" offset="30000"/> |
   |    | <rom name="c01-08.rom" size="65536" crc="810efff8" sha1="dd4fc046095e0e815e8e1fd96d258da0d6bba298" region="audiocpu" offset="0"/> |
   |    | <rom name="c01-07.rom" size="131072" crc="5117c98f" sha1="16b3a443eb113d2591833884a1b0ff297d8c00a4" region="slave" offset="0"/> |
   |    | <rom name="c01-01.rom" size="524288" crc="f302e6e9" sha1="456b046932c1ee29c890b8e87d417c4bb508c06a" region="gfx1" offset="0"/> |
   |    | <rom name="c01-02.rom" size="524288" crc="1e0476c4" sha1="b7922e5196990ad4382f367ec80b5c72e75f9d35" region="gfx1" offset="80000"/> |
   |    | <rom name="c01-03.rom" size="524288" crc="2a142dbc" sha1="5d0e40ec266d3abcff4237c5c609355c65b4fa33" region="gfx1" offset="100000"/> |
   |    | <rom name="c01-05.rom" size="131072" crc="22efad4a" sha1="54fb33dfba5059dee16fa8b5a33b0b2d62a78373" region="adpcm" offset="0"/> |
   |    | <chip type="cpu" tag="maincpu" name="Z80" clock="6665280"/> |
   |    | <chip type="cpu" tag="audiocpu" name="Z80" clock="4000000"/> |
   |    | <chip type="cpu" tag="slave" name="Z80" clock="4000000"/> |
   |    | <chip type="audio" tag="mono" name="Speaker"/> |
   |    | <chip type="audio" tag="ymsnd" name="YM2203" clock="3000000"/> |
   |    | <chip type="audio" tag="msm" name="MSM5205" clock="384000"/> |
   |    | <display tag="screen" type="raster" rotate="0" width="320" height="224" refresh="60.000000" /> |
   |    | <sound channels="1"/> |
   |    | <input players="2" buttons="2" coins="2" tilt="yes"> |
   |    |    | <control type="joy" ways="8"/> |
   |    | </input> |
   |    | <dipswitch name="Unused" tag="DSWA" mask="1"> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="Off" value="1" default="yes"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="On" value="0"/> |
   |    | </dipswitch> |
   |    | <dipswitch name="Flip Screen" tag="DSWA" mask="2"> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="Off" value="2" default="yes"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="On" value="0"/> |
   |    | </dipswitch> |
   |    | <dipswitch name="Service Mode" tag="DSWA" mask="4"> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="Off" value="4" default="yes"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="On" value="0"/> |
   |    | </dipswitch> |
   |    | <dipswitch name="Demo Sounds" tag="DSWA" mask="8"> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="Off" value="0"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="On" value="8" default="yes"/> |
   |    | </dipswitch> |
   |    | <dipswitch name="Coin A" tag="DSWA" mask="48"> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="4 Coins/1 Credit" value="0"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="3 Coins/1 Credit" value="16"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="2 Coins/1 Credit" value="32"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="1 Coin/1 Credit" value="48" default="yes"/> |
   |    | </dipswitch> |
   |    | <dipswitch name="Coin B" tag="DSWA" mask="192"> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="1 Coin/2 Credits" value="192" default="yes"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="1 Coin/3 Credits" value="128"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="1 Coin/4 Credits" value="64"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="1 Coin/6 Credits" value="0"/> |
   |    | </dipswitch> |
   |    | <dipswitch name="Difficulty" tag="DSWB" mask="3"> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="Easy" value="2"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="Medium" value="3" default="yes"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="Hard" value="1"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="Hardest" value="0"/> |
   |    | </dipswitch> |
   |    | <dipswitch name="Time" tag="DSWB" mask="12"> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="2 minutes" value="8"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="3 minutes" value="12" default="yes"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="4 minutes" value="4"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="5 minutes" value="0"/> |
   |    | </dipswitch> |
   |    | <dipswitch name="'1 minute' Lasts:" tag="DSWB" mask="48"> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="30 sec" value="0"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="40 sec" value="16"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="50 sec" value="48" default="yes"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="60 sec" value="32"/> |
   |    | </dipswitch> |
   |    | <dipswitch name="Allow Continue" tag="DSWB" mask="64"> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="Off" value="0"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="On" value="64" default="yes"/> |
   |    | </dipswitch> |
   |    | <dipswitch name="Unused" tag="DSWB" mask="128"> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="Off" value="128" default="yes"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="On" value="0"/> |
   |    | </dipswitch> |
   |    | <driver status="imperfect" emulation="good" color="good" sound="imperfect" graphic="good" savestate="unsupported" palettesize="256"/> |
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