gunlock: MAME ROM Information.
History:
Gunlock (c) 1993 Taito.
A vertically scrolling shooter featuring a lock-on secondary weapon.
- TECHNICAL -
Taito F3 System hardware
Prom Stickers : D66
Main CPU : 68EC020 (@ 16 Mhz)
Sound CPU : 68000 (@ 16 Mhz)
Sound Chips : ES5505 (@ 15.23805 Mhz)
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 4
- TRIVIA -
Even if titlescreen says 1993, Gunlock was released in January 1994 in America.
This game is also known as "Rayforce".
The game forbids the initials 'SEX' on the high score table. If you try, it gets changed to 'BOO'.
Pony Canyon / Scitron released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Rayforce - PCCB-00153) on 21/04/1994.
- SERIES -
1. Gunlock (1994)
2. Ray Storm (1996)
3. Raycrisis (1998)
- STAFF -
Producer : Yukiwo Ishikawa (Yukio Abe)
Directors : Yukiwo Ishikawa (Yukio Abe), Tatsuo Nakamura
Game designers : Tatsuo Nakamura, Yukio Abe, Tomohisa Yamashita
Software : Tatsuo Nakamura, Shinji Soyano, Hikaru Taniguchi, Masao Kashino, Isao Ooyama
Character graphic designers : Hideyuki Kato, Tomohisa Isobe, Shinjirou Sugitani, Hiroyo Kujirai, Yasuhiro Noguchi
Screen graphics designers : Hideyuki Kato, V.A.P, Peacock
Music & Sound effects : Tamayo Kawamoto (Zuntata)
Sound effects : Munehiro Nakanishi (Zuntata)
Sound direction : Hiroshige Tonomura (TONO) (Zuntata)
Design works : Kyoko Umezu
Hardware : Katsumi Kaneoka
- PORTS -
* Consoles :
Sega Saturn (1995, "Layer Section" Japan / "Galactic Attack" US and Europe)
- SOURCES -
Game's rom.
MAME Info:
0.37b11 [Bryan McPhail]
Artwork available
Bugs:
- There are small, square glitches on the title screen. Kanikani (ID 02527)
WIP:
- 0.138u2: Stefan Lindberg and Dumping Union added PCB locations to Gunlock and clones.
- 0.133u1: Renamed (rayforcj) to (rayforcej).
- 0.127u7: Couriersud fixed a title screen trouble in Gunlock and clone Ray Force (Ver 2.3J 1994/01/20).
- 0.105u1: Changed description of 'Gunlock (World)' to 'Gunlock (Ver 2.3O 1994/01/20)' and clones 'Rayforce (Japan)' to 'Ray Force (Ver 2.3J 1994/01/20)' and 'Rayforce (US)' to 'Ray Force (Ver 2.3A 1994/01/20)'.
- 0.126u1: Nicola Salmoria fixed color of battleships in 1st stage and explosive color of the demo.
- 0.102u5: Nicola Salmoria fixed sound and music get glichy from the 2nd stage boss since 0.92 in Gunlock.
- 0.37b11: Bryan McPhail added Gunlock (World) (Taito 1993) and clones Rayforce (US) and Rayforce (Japan).
- 16th January 2001: Bryan McPhail fixed some memory corrupting bugs in the Taito F3 driver.
- 15th January 2001: Bryan McPhail finally submitted his Taito F3 driver, which is not graphically perfect and crashes hard sometimes but has complete ES5505 sound emulation thanks to Aaron Giles, Ian Schmidt and R. Belmont. Not all games are working due to 68020 core bugs, but these are: Ring Rage, Arabian Magic, Riding Fight, Grid Seeker: Project Stormhammer, Gunlock / Rayforce, Super Cup Finals / Hat Trick Hero '93, Top Ranking Stars, Light Bringer, Kaiser Knuckle / Global Champion, Bubble Bobble 2 / Bubble Symphony, Space Invaders DX, Taito Power Goal / Hat Trick Hero '95, Quiz Theater - 3tsu no Monogatari, Akkanvader, Moriguchi Hiroko no Quiz de Hyuu!Hyuu!, Puzzle Bobble 2 / Bust-A-Move Again, Puzzle Bobble 2X, Kyukyoku Tiger 2, Bubble Memories, Cleopatra Fortune, Puzzle Bobble 3, Arkanoid Returns, Kirameki Star Road, Puchi Carat and Pop 'N Pop.
LEVELS: 7
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* Raine
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Romset: 11776 kb / 14 files / 4.78 zip
MAME XML Output:
| | <game name="gunlock" sourcefile="taito_f3.c"> |
| | | <description>Gunlock (Ver 2.3O 1994/01/20)</description> |
| | | <manufacturer>Taito Corporation Japan</manufacturer> |
| | | <rom name="d66-18.ic24" size="262144" crc="8418513e" sha1="a071647268fad08802b88fb6d795612218b7ddef" region="maincpu" offset="0"/> |
| | | <rom name="d66-19.ic26" size="262144" crc="95731473" sha1="ab79821cd6098a4db84ebc9a499c29b1525510a5" region="maincpu" offset="1"/> |
| | | <rom name="d66-21.ic37" size="262144" crc="bd0d60f2" sha1="609ed2b04cb9efc4b370dcbdf22fd168318989be" region="maincpu" offset="2"/> |
| | | <rom name="d66-24.ic35" size="262144" crc="97816378" sha1="b22cb442b663c7a10fbc292583cd788f66f10a25" region="maincpu" offset="3"/> |
| | | <rom name="d66-03.ic45" size="1048576" crc="e7a4a491" sha1="87837e8dd1c9a1db5e540b678233634bd52328f0" region="gfx1" offset="0"/> |
| | | <rom name="d66-04.ic46" size="1048576" crc="c1c7aaa7" sha1="f929516cf50d82b2d1d1b4c49a0eb1dea819aae1" region="gfx1" offset="1"/> |
| | | <rom name="d66-05.ic47" size="1048576" crc="a3cefe04" sha1="dd4f47a814853f4512ce25c5f25121c53ee4ada1" region="gfx1" offset="300000"/> |
| | | <rom name="d66-06.ic48" size="1048576" crc="b3d8126d" sha1="3cbb44f396973c36abdf3fdf391becb22bb6d661" region="gfx2" offset="0"/> |
| | | <rom name="d66-07.ic49" size="1048576" crc="a6da9be7" sha1="b528505ab925db75acf31bfbed2035cbe36e7a74" region="gfx2" offset="1"/> |
| | | <rom name="d66-08.ic49" size="1048576" crc="9959f30b" sha1="64bf2bf995c283c00d968e3c078b824de4084d3d" region="gfx2" offset="300000"/> |
| | | <rom name="d66-23.ic10" size="262144" crc="57fb7c49" sha1="f8709fd1e9ea7cee10ee2288d13339f675a7d3ae" region="audiocpu" offset="100000"/> |
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| | | <rom name="d66-01.ic2" size="2097152" crc="58c92efa" sha1="bb207b35b8f9538362bb99a9ec8df206694f00ce" region="ensoniq.0" offset="0"/> |
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| | | <chip type="cpu" tag="maincpu" name="68EC020" clock="16000000"/> |
| | | <chip type="cpu" tag="audiocpu" name="68000" clock="16000000"/> |
| | | <chip type="audio" tag="lspeaker" name="Speaker"/> |
| | | <chip type="audio" tag="rspeaker" name="Speaker"/> |
| | | <chip type="audio" tag="ensoniq" name="ES5505" clock="15238050"/> |
| | | <display tag="screen" type="raster" rotate="90" width="320" height="224" refresh="58.970000" /> |
| | | <input players="4" buttons="4" coins="4" service="yes" tilt="yes"> |
| | | | <control type="joy" ways="8"/> |
| | | | <control type="dial" minimum="0" maximum="4095" sensitivity="25" keydelta="25"/> |
| | | <driver status="good" emulation="good" color="good" sound="good" graphic="good" savestate="unsupported" palettesize="8192"/> |
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