chinagat: MAME ROM Information.
History:
China Gate (c) 1988 Technos.
A beat'em up / platform game.
- TECHNICAL -
Game ID : TA-0023
Main CPU : (2x) HD6309 (@ 1.5 Mhz), Z80 (@ 3.579545 Mhz)
Sound Chips : YM2151 (@ 3.579545 Mhz), OKI6295 (@ 11 Khz)
Screen orientation : Horizontal
Video resolution : 240 x 224 pixels
Screen refresh : 56.00 Hz
Palette colors : 384
Players : 2
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 3
- TRIVIA -
Released in September 1988.
Licensed to Taito for US manufacture and to Romstar for distribution. This game is known in Japan as "Sai Yu Gou Ma Roku - Ryuu Bou You Gi No Shou".
- SOURCES -
Game's rom.
Machine's picture.
MAME Info:
0.37b16 [Paul Hampson]
WIP:
- 0.145u6: hap added gfx3 roms from the bootleg set for missing background gfx in China Gate and clone Sai Yu Gou Ma Roku.
- 0.135u3: Fabio Priuli fixed a driver data struct issues in clones Sai Yu Gou Ma Roku (Japan bootleg 1/2).
- 0.135u2: Fabio Priuli added driver data and save state support to China Gate.
- 0.134u1: Sasuke changed OKI6295 sound clock to (1065000 Hz) in China Gate and clones.
- 0.133u1: Renamed (saiyugb1) to (saiyugoub1) and (saiyugb2) to (saiyugoub2).
- 0.129: Mamesick converted the China Gate driver to use scanline interrupts, partial updates and raw video parameters. Changed visible area to 256x240 and VSync to 57.444853 Hz.
- 0.127u2: Couriersud changed sound CPU type in clone Sai Yu Gou Ma Roku (Japan bootleg 1) to I8748.
- 0.126u4: Fabio Priuli added DIP locations for China Gate (DIP locations and factory settings verified with China Gate US manual).
- 0.123: Aaron Giles fixed sprite placement again in China Gate driver.
- 0.122u7: Changed HD6309 CPU1/2 clock speeds to 6MHz
- 0.115u2: Robbert fixed China Gate high scores.
- 0.67: Changed description of clones '(bootleg 1)' to '(Japan bootleg 1)' and '(bootleg 2)' to '(Japan bootleg 2)'.
- 0.53: Changed clones description to 'Sai Yu Gou Ma Roku'.
- 0.37b16: Paul Hampson added China Gate (US) (Technos 1988 (Taito Romstar license)) and clones Sai Yo Gou Ma Roku (Japan), (bootleg 1) and (bootleg 2).
- 20th June 2001: Quench added sound chips into the China Gate driver but it still doesn't make any sound.
- 16th April 2001: Paul Hampson and Quench finished off the China Gate driver.
- 18th June 2000: Guru - Redumped my Saiya Gouma Roku board. Hopefully that will resolve the current issues and allow this game to be added into MAME soon.
- 12th June 2000: Preliminary Super Dodgeball and China Gate drivers were submitted, but they lack minor things like controls ;-(
- 14th May 2000: Guru - Dumped Saiya Gouma Roku (Technos).
LEVELS: 5
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Romset: 1441 kb / 16 files / 630.5 zip
MAME XML Output:
| | <game name="chinagat" sourcefile="chinagat.c"> |
| | | <description>China Gate (US)</description> |
| | | <manufacturer>Technos Japan (Taito / Romstar license)</manufacturer> |
| | | <rom name="cgate51.bin" size="131072" crc="439a3b19" sha1="01393b4302ac7a66390270b01e2757582240f6b8" region="maincpu" offset="10000"/> |
| | | <rom name="23j4-0.48" size="131072" crc="2914af38" sha1="3d690fa50b7d36a22de82c026d59a16126a7b73c" region="sub" offset="10000"/> |
| | | <rom name="23j0-0.40" size="32768" crc="9ffcadb6" sha1="606dbdd73aee3cabb2142200ac6f8c96169e4b19" region="audiocpu" offset="0"/> |
| | | <rom name="cgate18.bin" size="131072" crc="8d88d64d" sha1="57265138ebb0c6419542cce5953aee7335bfa2bd" region="gfx1" offset="0"/> |
| | | <rom name="23j7-0.103" size="131072" crc="2f445030" sha1="3fcf32097e655e963d952d01a30396dc195269ca" region="gfx2" offset="0"/> |
| | | <rom name="23j8-0.102" size="131072" crc="237f725a" sha1="47bebe5b9878ca10fe6efd4f353717e53a372416" region="gfx2" offset="20000"/> |
| | | <rom name="23j9-0.101" size="131072" crc="8caf6097" sha1="50ad192f831b055586a4a9974f8c6c2f2063ede5" region="gfx2" offset="40000"/> |
| | | <rom name="23ja-0.100" size="131072" crc="f678594f" sha1="4bdcf9407543925f4630a8c7f1f48b85f76343a9" region="gfx2" offset="60000"/> |
| | | <rom name="chinagat_a-13" size="65536" crc="b745cac4" sha1="759767ca7c5123b03b9e1a42bb105d194cb76400" status="baddump" region="gfx3" offset="0"/> |
| | | <rom name="chinagat_a-12" size="65536" crc="3c864299" sha1="cb12616e4d6c53a82beb4cd51510a632894b359c" status="baddump" region="gfx3" offset="10000"/> |
| | | <rom name="chinagat_a-15" size="65536" crc="2f268f37" sha1="f82cfe3b2001d5ed2a709ca9c51febcf624bb627" status="baddump" region="gfx3" offset="20000"/> |
| | | <rom name="chinagat_a-14" size="65536" crc="aef814c8" sha1="f6b9229ca7beb9a0e47d1f6a1083c6102fdd20c8" status="baddump" region="gfx3" offset="30000"/> |
| | | <rom name="23j1-0.53" size="131072" crc="f91f1001" sha1="378402a3c966cabd61e9662ae5decd66672a228b" region="oki" offset="0"/> |
| | | <rom name="23j2-0.52" size="131072" crc="8b6f26e9" sha1="7da26ae846814b3957b19c38b6bf7e83617dc6cc" region="oki" offset="20000"/> |
| | | <rom name="23jb-0.16" size="512" crc="46339529" sha1="64f4c42a826d67b7cbaa8a23a45ebc4eb6248891" region="user1" offset="0"/> |
| | | <rom name="23j5-0.45" size="256" crc="fdb130a9" sha1="4c4f214229b9fab2b5d69c745ec5428787b89e1f" region="user1" offset="200"/> |
| | | <chip type="cpu" tag="maincpu" name="HD6309" clock="6000000"/> |
| | | <chip type="cpu" tag="sub" name="HD6309" clock="6000000"/> |
| | | <chip type="cpu" tag="audiocpu" name="Z80" clock="3579545"/> |
| | | <chip type="audio" tag="mono" name="Speaker"/> |
| | | <chip type="audio" tag="ymsnd" name="YM2151" clock="3579545"/> |
| | | <chip type="audio" tag="oki" name="OKI6295" clock="1065000"/> |
| | | <display tag="screen" type="raster" rotate="0" width="256" height="240" refresh="57.444853" pixclock="6000000" htotal="384" hbend="0" hbstart="256" vtotal="272" vbend="0" vbstart="240" /> |
| | | <input players="2" buttons="3" coins="3"> |
| | | | <control type="joy" ways="8"/> |
| | | <dipswitch name="Coin A" tag="DSW1" mask="7"> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="4 Coins/1 Credit" value="0"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="3 Coins/1 Credit" value="1"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="2 Coins/1 Credit" value="2"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="1 Coin/1 Credit" value="7" default="yes"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="1 Coin/2 Credits" value="6"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="1 Coin/3 Credits" value="5"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="1 Coin/4 Credits" value="4"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="1 Coin/5 Credits" value="3"/> |
| | | <dipswitch name="Coin B" tag="DSW1" mask="56"> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="4 Coins/1 Credit" value="0"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="3 Coins/1 Credit" value="8"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="2 Coins/1 Credit" value="16"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="1 Coin/1 Credit" value="56" default="yes"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="1 Coin/2 Credits" value="48"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="1 Coin/3 Credits" value="40"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="1 Coin/4 Credits" value="32"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="1 Coin/5 Credits" value="24"/> |
| | | <dipswitch name="Flip Screen" tag="DSW1" mask="128"> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="Off" value="128" default="yes"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="On" value="0"/> |
| | | <dipswitch name="Difficulty" tag="DSW2" mask="3"> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="Easy" value="1"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="Normal" value="3" default="yes"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="Hard" value="2"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="Hardest" value="0"/> |
| | | <dipswitch name="Demo Sounds" tag="DSW2" mask="4"> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="Off" value="0"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="On" value="4" default="yes"/> |
| | | <dipswitch name="Timer" tag="DSW2" mask="48"> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="50" value="0"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="55" value="32" default="yes"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="60" value="48"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="70" value="16"/> |
| | | <dipswitch name="Lives" tag="DSW2" mask="192"> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="1" value="0"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="2" value="192" default="yes"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="3" value="128"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="4" value="64"/> |
| | | <driver status="good" emulation="good" color="good" sound="good" graphic="good" savestate="supported" palettesize="384"/> |
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