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doa: MAME ROM Information.


History:

Dead or Alive (c) 1996 Tecmo.


Arguably one of the best fighting games on the Sega Model 2 hardware, Dead or Alive features a solid 3-D fighting engine with smooth character models and impressive character physics (not to mention the attention to detail given to the female characters).


- TECHNICAL -


Sega Model 2A hardware


Main CPU : i960KB (@ 25 Mhz), 68000 (@ 12 Mhz), (2x) ADSP21062 (@ 40 Mhz)

Sound Chips : SCSP (@ 40 Mhz)


Screen orientation : Horizontal

Video resolution : 496 x 384 pixels

Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz

Palette colors : 8192


Players : 2

Control : 8-way joystick

Buttons : 4


Another version runs on the Sega Model 2B hardware.


- TRIVIA -


Released in November 1996.


The game includes Ryu Hayabusa, from "Ninja Ryukenden".


Steve O'Donnell holds the official record for the fastest completion of this game with a time of 1:58.380 on April 19, 1997.


Pony Canyon released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Dead Or Alive - PCCB-00228) on 21/11/1996.

An other soundtrack album was released by Pony Canyon for the Playstation version of the game (Dead Or Alive for PlayStation - PCCB-00314) on 20/05/1998.


- UPDATES -


The US version is slightly different

* 'Winners Don't Use Drugs' screen added.


- TIPS AND TRICKS -


* Replay Rewind : Pressing Hold+Kick during the KO sequence will allow you to rewind the replay sequence with the Punch button.This may only be done once per game.


- SERIES -


1. Dead or Alive (1996)

2. Dead or Alive ++ (1998)

3. Dead or Alive 2 (1999)

4. Dead or Alive 2 Millennium (2000)

5. Dead or Alive 3 (2001, Microsoft XBOX)

6. Dead or Alive 4 (2005, Microsoft XBOX 360)


- STAFF -


Chief Planner : Katsunori Ehara

Planner : Sane, Joe Toyoda, Hideki Ohta

Character's Story : Asamin

Chief Programmer : T. Kawaguchi

Programmer : Hiroaki D Ozawa, T. Sawatari, Eigo Miyazaki, Yume Maboroshi, Mitsuo

Chief Motion Designer : Great Egawa

Motion Designer : Akutoh, H. Matsui, Makoto Isomine, Guerilla Saitoh, Akira Izumi, Navy, Kiyohiko Yamashita, Kei, Sayaka Ishiyama

Animation Data : N. Kazama, T. Mishima, Masanori Sato, T. Hiraoka, Leo

Chief Graphic Manager : Hideyuki Kato

Character Design & Modelling : Shinichiro Komori

Super Dotter : Yoshiki Horiuchi

Character Texture : D. Ohta

Stage Designer : Yusuke Iida, Nobuyuki Suzuki

Stage Texture : Hideki Nimi

Sound Composer : H. Suzuki

Sound Effect : H. Takahashi, Yutaka Fujishima

Motion Actor : Japan Action Club

Motion Capture Data by : Visual Science Laboratory Inc.


* Character's Voice (Aoni Pro) :

Kasumi : Sakura Tange

Jann-Lee : Toshio Furukawa

Lei-Fang : Yumi Touma

Tina : Mami Koyama

Bayman : Hisao Egawa

Zack : Bin Shimada

Hayabusa : Hideyuki Hori

Gen-Fu : Takeshi Aono

Haddu : Kouji Yada

Systemm Voice : Miyako Endo


Gamest art contest : Tamon, Emirin, Yasukazu Tome, Seiichiro Yano

Producer & Director : Tomonobu Itagaki

Executive Producer : Max Naka


- PORTS -


* Consoles :

Sega Saturn (1997)

Sony PlayStation (1998)

Microsoft XBOX (2004, "Dead or Alive Ultimate")


- SOURCES -


Game's rom.




MAME Info:

0.87u1 [R. Belmont]


WIP:

- 0.127u1: Changed description to 'Dead or Alive (Model 2B, Revision B)'.

- 0.126: Changed description of clone 'Dead or Alive (Model 2A)' to 'Dead or Alive (Model 2A) (Revision A)'.

- 2nd June 2006: Ville Linde - One of my i960 core fixes fixed the problems Dead or Alive was having.

- 0.87u2: R. Belmont removed unnecessary code patch from DOA and added SHA1s.

- 0.87u1: R. Belmont added Dead or Alive (Model 2B) (Sega 1996) and clone (Model 2A). Shows parade of 'ANIME' errors in (Model 2A).

- 5th February 2003: Dead Or Alive (Tecmo 1996, Sega Model 2A version) arrived from Taucher for resale.

- 21st October 2002: Guru - DOA (Dead or Alive) was redumped.


LEVELS: 9


Other Emulators:

* Model 2


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Romset: 71168 kb / 23 files / 28.1 zip




MAME XML Output:

       <game name="doa" sourcefile="model2.c">
              <description>Dead or Alive (Model 2B, Revision B)</description>
              <year>1996</year>
              <manufacturer>Sega</manufacturer>
              <rom name="epr-19379b.15" size="524288" crc="8a10a944" sha1="c675a344f74d0118907fb5292495883c0c30c719" region="maincpu" offset="0"/>
              <rom name="epr-19380b.16" size="524288" crc="766c1ec8" sha1="49250886f66db9fd37d88bc22c8f22046f74f043" region="maincpu" offset="2"/>
              <rom name="mpr-19318.11" size="4194304" crc="ab431bfe" sha1="45b5ccf67c91014daf6bf3c4bd8ec372b246e404" region="user1" offset="0"/>
              <rom name="mpr-19319.12" size="4194304" crc="c5cb694d" sha1="448b45d30cc7a71395a49a2c5789989fd7b7b4e7" region="user1" offset="2"/>
              <rom name="mpr-19316.9" size="4194304" crc="2d2d1b1a" sha1="77ce5d8aa98bdbc97ae08a452f584b30d8885cfc" region="user1" offset="800000"/>
              <rom name="mpr-19317.10" size="4194304" crc="96b17bcf" sha1="3aa9d2f8afad74b5626ce2cf2d7a86aef8cac80b" region="user1" offset="800002"/>
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              <rom name="mpr-19321.27" size="4194304" crc="9c49e845" sha1="344839640d9814263fa5ed00c2043cd6f18d5cb2" region="user3" offset="0"/>
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              <rom name="epr-19328.30" size="524288" crc="400bdbfb" sha1="54db969fa54cf3c502d77aa6a6aaeef5d7db9f04" region="audiocpu" offset="80000"/>
              <rom name="mpr-19329.31" size="2097152" crc="8fd2708a" sha1="7a341b15afa489aa95af70cb34ac3934b1a7d887" region="scsp" offset="0"/>
              <rom name="mpr-19330.32" size="2097152" crc="0c69787d" sha1="dc5870cd93da2babe5fc9c03b252fc6ea6e45721" region="scsp" offset="200000"/>
              <rom name="mpr-19331.33" size="2097152" crc="c18ea0b8" sha1="0f42458829ae85fffcedd42cd9f728a7a3d75f1c" region="scsp" offset="400000"/>
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              <chip type="cpu" tag="maincpu" name="i960KB" clock="25000000"/>
              <chip type="cpu" tag="audiocpu" name="68000" clock="12000000"/>
              <chip type="cpu" tag="dsp" name="ADSP21062" clock="40000000"/>
              <chip type="audio" tag="lspeaker" name="Speaker"/>
              <chip type="audio" tag="rspeaker" name="Speaker"/>
              <chip type="audio" tag="scsp" name="SCSP"/>
              <display tag="screen" type="raster" rotate="0" width="496" height="384" refresh="60.000000" />
              <sound channels="2"/>
              <input players="2" buttons="4" coins="2" service="yes">
                     <control type="joy" ways="8"/>
              </input>
              <driver status="preliminary" emulation="preliminary" color="good" sound="good" graphic="imperfect" savestate="unsupported" palettesize="8192"/>
       </game>
 
 


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