kyros: MAME ROM Information.
History:
Kyros (c) 1987 Alpha Denshi.
A vertically scrolling beat-em-up where you fight against monsters.
- TECHNICAL -
Main CPU : 68000 (@ 6 Mhz)
Sound CPU : Z80 (@ 3.579545 Mhz)
Sound Chips : (3x) YM2203 (@ 3 Mhz), DAC
Screen orientation : Vertical
Video resolution : 224 x 256 pixels
Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz
Palette colors : 256
Players : 2
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 2
- TRIVIA -
Released in May 1987.
Licensed to World Games for manufacture and distribution.
This game is known in Japan as "Kyros no Yakata" (released in 1986).
- STAFF -
Programmers : Akira Kobayasi, Hiroyuki Ryu, Hideo Samoda
Sound : Satoshi Hagitani
Designers : Pop House, Keniti Sakanishi
Producer : Hatsue Honba
Ochya Kumi : Tomoharu
Lunch : Wakana
- PORTS -
* Computers :
Amstrad CPC (1986, "Desolator")
Atari ST (1986, "Desolator")
Commodore C64 (1988, "Desolator")
Sinclair ZX Spectrum (1988, "Desolator")
- SOURCES -
Game's rom.
MAME Info:
0.37b2 [Bryan McPhail]
0.36b1 [Bryan McPhail]
Bugs:
- kyros, kyrosj: [possible] Sound is partially missing. Ash (ID 02868)
- [possible] There seem to be two graphical problems on the last level of the game (stage 5). Darkk (ID 01148)
- [possible] During the ending sequence, the characters' sprites seem to cover the text (priority bug?). Darkk (ID 01149)
WIP:
- 0.140u3: Corrado Tomaselli changed Kyros clocks to match bootleg PCB. Changed Z80 CPU1 clock speed to 4MHz and the 3x YM2203 to 2MHz.
- 8th December 2010: Corrado Tomaselli dumped Kyros No Yakata (Japan) (bootleg 1987). Note: MCU 68705U3S not dumped. All other roms are from Japanese set.
- 0.138u4: Kyros now load (but don't yet use) the decapped MCUs (kyros_68705u3.bin and kyros_mcu.bin) [Dr. Decapitator].
- 0.138u3: hap fixed a white noise which lasts throughout the game once you throw a punch.
- 27th June 2010: Guru - The HD6805U1 MCU for Kyros has now been successfully processed (decap, de-protect & read).
- 25th June 2010: Guru - The 68705U3 MCU for Kyros has now been successfully processed (decap, de-protect & read).
- 30th July 2008: Guru - Kyros chips arrived to be decapped, thanks to Dox.
- 0.122u8: Changed palettesize to 257 colors.
- 0.84: Pierpaolo Prazzoli added cocktail support to Kyros.
- 0.69a: David Haywood added clone Kyros No Yakata (Japan).
- 25th May 2003: Guru - Received Kyros No Yakata (Alpha Denshi 1986). Thanks to MAMEworld donations.
- 0.61: Removed 3rd button.
- 0.59: Acho A. Tang fixed Super Stingray and Kyros, and most problems in Gold Medalist. Fixed color, added sound and coin handler, corrected DIP settings. Replaced the 2x AY-8910 sound with 2x YM2203 (3MHz) and DAC. Fixed cpu2 rom address ($4000) and changed cpu2 rom ($18000) to user1 ($0). Added dipswitches 'Demo Sounds', 'Coinage', 'Difficulty' and 'Cabinet'.
- 18th March 2002: Acho A. Tang submitted a massive update for the Alpha68k driver, fixing a few graphics problems in Sky Adventure and Time Soldiers, and making Paddle Mania, Super Stingray and Kyros playable.
- 0.37b2: Bryan McPhail added Kyros (World Games Inc 1987).
- 30th April 2000: Nicola Salmoria improved the Kyros and Super Stingray colors a bit.
- 26th April 2000: Bryan McPhail sent in a big Alpha68k driver update, with support for Kyros, Super Champion Baseball, Super Stingray, the original version of Gang Wars and two new sets of Time Soldiers.
- 18th April 2000: Phil Stroffolino fixed some tilemap bugs and he fixed Kyros' graphics decoding.
- 0.36b1: Bryan McPhail added Kyros (Testdriver).
LEVELS: 5
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Romset: 576 kb / 26 files / 281.7 zip
MAME XML Output:
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| | | <description>Kyros</description> |
| | | <manufacturer>Alpha Denshi Co. (World Games Inc. license)</manufacturer> |
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| | | <chip type="cpu" tag="audiocpu" name="Z80" clock="4000000"/> |
| | | <chip type="audio" tag="mono" name="Speaker"/> |
| | | <chip type="audio" tag="ym1" name="YM2203" clock="2000000"/> |
| | | <chip type="audio" tag="ym2" name="YM2203" clock="2000000"/> |
| | | <chip type="audio" tag="ym3" name="YM2203" clock="2000000"/> |
| | | <chip type="audio" tag="dac" name="DAC"/> |
| | | <display tag="screen" type="raster" rotate="90" width="256" height="224" refresh="60.000000" /> |
| | | <input players="2" buttons="2" coins="2"> |
| | | | <control type="joy" ways="8"/> |
| | | <dipswitch name="Demo Sounds" tag="IN1" mask="1"> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="Off" value="1"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="On" value="0" default="yes"/> |
| | | <dipswitch name="Coinage" tag="IN1" mask="14"> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="A 1C/1C B 1C/1C" value="14" default="yes"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="A 1C/2C B 2C/1C" value="6"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="A 1C/3C B 3C/1C" value="10"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="A 1C/4C B 4C/1C" value="2"/> |
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| | | | <dipvalue name="A 1C/6C B 6C/1C" value="4"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="A 2C/3C B 7C/1C" value="8"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="A 3C/2C B 8C/1C" value="0"/> |
| | | <dipswitch name="Lives" tag="IN1" mask="48"> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="3" value="0" default="yes"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="4" value="16"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="5" value="32"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="6" value="48"/> |
| | | <dipswitch name="Difficulty" tag="IN1" mask="64"> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="Easy" value="0" default="yes"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="Hard" value="64"/> |
| | | <dipswitch name="Cabinet" tag="IN1" mask="128"> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="Upright" value="128" default="yes"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="Cocktail" value="0"/> |
| | | <driver status="good" emulation="good" color="good" sound="good" graphic="good" savestate="supported" palettesize="257"/> |
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