earthjkr: MAME ROM Information. History:
U.N. Defense Force - Earth Joker (c) 1993 Visco.
- TECHNICAL -
Main CPU : 68000 (@ 8 Mhz), Z80 (@ 4 Mhz)
Sound Chips : YM2151 (@ 4 Mhz)
Screen orientation : Vertical
Video resolution : 240 x 320 pixels
Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz
Palette colors : 4096
Players : 2
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 2
- STAFF -
Producer : Tetsuo Akiyama
Assistant producer : Keisuke Usami
Director : Don Gabacho (Don Gabacyo)
Programmers : IDEB 77Kg, ON0721-ST, M. Nakajima, AD-26255417J
Character designers : K. Takahashi, T. Takahashi
Music composers : K. Fukumori, Space Creative
- SOURCES -
Game's rom.
MAME Info:
0.37b9 [David Graves, Brian Troha]
WIP:
- 0.118u2: Changed description to 'U.N. Defense Force: Earth Joker'. Added 'Copyright' dipswitch.
- 0.106u3: Added 'Bonus Life' dipswitch and changed 'Unknown' to 'Unused' dips.
- 0.90u3: Removed ADPCM sound.
- 0.37b9: David Graves and Brian Troha added U.N. Defense Force: Earth Joker (Japan) (Visco 1993). TODO: Wrong screen size? Left edge of green blueprints in attract looks like it's incorrectly off screen.
- 13th October 2000: David Graves further improved the new Taito drivers' groundwork and fixed sprite / tile priorities in the Asuka & Asuka driver games.
- 12th October 2000: David Graves fixed some missing sounds in Earth Joker.
- 6th October 2000: David Graves sent in a bit improved Taito Z driver with no playable games, but he also sent a driver for another Taito system supporting the following games: Asuka & Asuka, Maze of Flott, Galmedes, U.N. Defense Force: Earth Joker.
- 14th January 1999: AraCorn (aka CaBBe) dumped U.N. Defense Force: Earth Joker.
STORY:
- A.D. 2026 - The earth feels the onslaught of total takeover from a hostile and powerful enemy. They call themselves Slytow. All the countries of the earth fall before there might. The military is powerless against the Slytow. The few who survive flee out to space to form colonies, based on their former nations. Their dream: To regroup and wrest control of the earth from the Slytow. A.D. 2028 - The colonies have thrived an have regrouped. The earth is not forgotten, as the new United Nations readies the new colonies to their destiny.
LEVELS: 6
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Romset: 1984 kb / 8 files / 667.0 zip
MAME XML Output:
   | <game name="earthjkr" sourcefile="asuka.c"> |
   |    | <description>U.N. Defense Force: Earth Joker</description> |
   |    | <year>1993</year> |
   |    | <manufacturer>Visco</manufacturer> |
   |    | <rom name="ej_3b.rom" size="131072" crc="bdd86fc2" sha1="96578860ed03718f8a68847b367eac6c81b79ca2" region="maincpu" offset="0"/> |
   |    | <rom name="ej_3a.rom" size="131072" crc="9c8050c6" sha1="076c882f75787e8120de66ff0dcd2cb820513c45" region="maincpu" offset="1"/> |
   |    | <rom name="ej_30e.rom" size="524288" crc="49d1f77f" sha1="f6c9b2fc88b77cc9baa5be48da5c3eb72310e471" region="maincpu" offset="80000"/> |
   |    | <rom name="ej_chr.rom" size="524288" crc="ac675297" sha1="2a34e1eae3a4be84dbf709053f5e8a781b1073fc" region="gfx1" offset="0"/> |
   |    | <rom name="ej_obj.rom" size="524288" crc="5f21ac47" sha1="45c94ffb53ee9b822b0676f6fb151fed4ce6d967" region="gfx2" offset="0"/> |
   |    | <rom name="ej_1.rom" size="65536" crc="cb4891db" sha1="af1112608cdd897ef6028ef617f5ca69d7964861" region="gfx2" offset="80000"/> |
   |    | <rom name="ej_0.rom" size="65536" crc="b612086f" sha1="625748fcb698ec57b7b3ce46019cf85de99aaaa1" region="gfx2" offset="80001"/> |
   |    | <rom name="ej_2.rom" size="65536" crc="42ba2566" sha1="c437388684b565c7504d6bad6accd73aa000faca" region="audiocpu" offset="0"/> |
   |    | <chip type="cpu" tag="maincpu" name="68000" clock="8000000"/> |
   |    | <chip type="cpu" tag="audiocpu" name="Z80" clock="4000000"/> |
   |    | <chip type="audio" tag="mono" name="Speaker"/> |
   |    | <chip type="audio" tag="ymsnd" name="YM2151" clock="4000000"/> |
   |    | <display tag="screen" type="raster" rotate="270" width="320" height="240" 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="2 Coins/1 Credit" value="16"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="1 Coin/1 Credit" value="48" default="yes"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="2 Coins/3 Credits" value="0"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="1 Coin/2 Credits" value="32"/> |
   |    | </dipswitch> |
   |    | <dipswitch name="Coin B" tag="DSWA" mask="192"> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="2 Coins/1 Credit" value="64"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="1 Coin/1 Credit" value="192" default="yes"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="2 Coins/3 Credits" value="0"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="1 Coin/2 Credits" value="128"/> |
   |    | </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="Bonus Life" tag="DSWB" mask="12"> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="100k and 300k" value="0" default="yes"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="100k only" value="8"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="200k only" value="4"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="None" value="12"/> |
   |    | </dipswitch> |
   |    | <dipswitch name="Lives" tag="DSWB" mask="48"> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="1" value="0"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="2" value="48" default="yes"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="3" value="32"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="4" value="16"/> |
   |    | </dipswitch> |
   |    | <dipswitch name="Copyright" tag="DSWB" mask="64"> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="Visco" value="64" default="yes"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="Visco (distributed by Romstar)" value="0"/> |
   |    | </dipswitch> |
   |    | <dipswitch name="Unused" tag="DSWB" 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="supported" palettesize="4096"/> |
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