pulstar: MAME ROM Information. History:
Pulstar (c) 08/1995 Aicom.
An accomplished and graphically superb sideways scrolling shoot-em-up that borrows many of its visual and gameplay elements from all three games in Irem's legendary "R-Type" series; including the Beam weapon and R-type's infamous pod attachment. Unlike "R-Type", however, Pulstar's pod cannot be detached from the front of the ship and merely acts as a shield to protect the player's ship.
Pulstar consists of eight challenging levels, with the player able to start the game on any one of the first four.
- TECHNICAL -
SNK Neo-Geo MVS hardware
Game ID : 0089
Main CPU : 68000 (@ 12 Mhz)
Sound CPU : Z80 (@ 4 Mhz)
Sound Chips : YM2610 (@ 8 Mhz)
Screen orientation : Horizontal
Video resolution : 320 x 224 pixels
Screen refresh : 59.19 Hz
Palette colors : 4096
Players : 2
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 2
=> [A] Attack/Charge attack, [B] Restart the move
- TRIVIA -
Pulstar was one of the first games on the NEO-GEO to use state-of-the-art SGI rendered graphics like those found in Nintendo Super Famicom's "Donkey Kong Country".
The pre-production name of this game was 'Reaction'.
Tracy Miller holds the official record for this game with 68,350 points.
Pony Canyon / Scitron released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Pulstar - PCCB-00192) on 21/10/1995.
- STAFF -
Staff : Nenko, M. Yoshida, T. Nagakubo, Naomi, Daikiti, K. Katoku, K. Urahama, K. Okabe, Toshio. I, Yamadasan, Shion, F. Ryuze
Music composed by : Harumi Fujita, Yasuaki Fujita
- PORTS -
* Consoles :
SNK Neo-Geo CD (1995)
- SOURCES -
Game's rom.
MAME Info:
0.34b5 [?]
Neo-Geo (Artwork available)
WIP:
- 0.143u5: Johnboy added correct v1 to Pulstar.
- 0.79u2: Added new gfx3 roms ($0/1, 800000/1, 1000000/1).
- 0.37b13: Nicola Salmoria fixed NeoGeo raster effects in Pulstar (level 2 boss).
- 0.35b9: Added missing sound1 roms.
- 0.34RC2: Added new 4MB sound roms.
- 0.34b5: Added Pulstar (Aicom 1995).
LEVELS: 8
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Romset: 40192 kb / 14 files / 17.5 zip
MAME XML Output:
   | <game name="pulstar" sourcefile="neodrvr.c" romof="neogeo"> |
   |    | <description>Pulstar</description> |
   |    | <year>1995</year> |
   |    | <manufacturer>Aicom</manufacturer> |
   |    | <biosset name="euro" description="Europe MVS (Ver. 2)" default="yes"/> |
   |    | <biosset name="euro-s1" description="Europe MVS (Ver. 1)"/> |
   |    | <biosset name="us" description="US MVS (Ver. 2?)"/> |
   |    | <biosset name="us-e" description="US MVS (Ver. 1)"/> |
   |    | <biosset name="asia" description="Asia MVS (Ver. 3)"/> |
   |    | <biosset name="japan" description="Japan MVS (Ver. 3)"/> |
   |    | <biosset name="japan-s2" description="Japan MVS (Ver. 2)"/> |
   |    | <biosset name="japan-s1" description="Japan MVS (Ver. 1)"/> |
   |    | <biosset name="mv1c" description="NEO-MVH MV1C"/> |
   |    | <biosset name="japan-j3" description="Japan MVS (J3)"/> |
   |    | <biosset name="japan-hotel" description="Custom Japanese Hotel"/> |
   |    | <biosset name="uni-bios_2_3" description="Universe Bios (Hack, Ver. 2.3)"/> |
   |    | <biosset name="uni-bios_2_3o" description="Universe Bios (Hack, Ver. 2.3, older?)"/> |
   |    | <biosset name="uni-bios_2_2" description="Universe Bios (Hack, Ver. 2.2)"/> |
   |    | <biosset name="uni-bios_2_1" description="Universe Bios (Hack, Ver. 2.1)"/> |
   |    | <biosset name="uni-bios_2_0" description="Universe Bios (Hack, Ver. 2.0)"/> |
   |    | <biosset name="uni-bios_1_3" description="Universe Bios (Hack, Ver. 1.3)"/> |
   |    | <biosset name="uni-bios_1_2" description="Universe Bios (Hack, Ver. 1.2)"/> |
   |    | <biosset name="uni-bios_1_2o" description="Universe Bios (Hack, Ver. 1.2, older)"/> |
   |    | <biosset name="uni-bios_1_1" description="Universe Bios (Hack, Ver. 1.1)"/> |
   |    | <biosset name="uni-bios_1_0" description="Universe Bios (Hack, Ver. 1.0)"/> |
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   |    | <rom name="089-p2.sp2" size="2097152" crc="028b774c" sha1="fc5da2821a5072f2b78245fc59b6e3eeef116d16" region="maincpu" offset="100000"/> |
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   |    | <rom name="sfix.sfix" merge="sfix.sfix" size="131072" crc="c2ea0cfd" sha1="fd4a618cdcdbf849374f0a50dd8efe9dbab706c3" region="fixedbios" offset="0"/> |
   |    | <rom name="000-lo.lo" merge="000-lo.lo" size="131072" crc="5a86cff2" sha1="5992277debadeb64d1c1c64b0a92d9293eaf7e4a" region="zoomy" offset="0"/> |
   |    | <rom name="sm1.sm1" merge="sm1.sm1" size="131072" crc="94416d67" sha1="42f9d7ddd6c0931fd64226a60dc73602b2819dcf" region="audiobios" offset="0"/> |
   |    | <rom name="089-m1.m1" size="131072" crc="ff3df7c7" sha1="59d2ef64f734f6026073b365300221909057a512" region="audiocpu" offset="0"/> |
   |    | <rom name="089-v1.v1" size="4194304" crc="6f726ecb" sha1="e8e2a46af690ce6c7ee64a58ab5010d22df9548c" region="ymsnd" offset="0"/> |
   |    | <rom name="089-v2.v2" size="4194304" crc="9d2db551" sha1="83f7e5db7fb1502ceadcd334df90b11b1bba78e5" region="ymsnd" offset="400000"/> |
   |    | <rom name="089-c1.c1" size="4194304" crc="f4e97332" sha1="54693827a99836e7d61c45d495dd78bf3fcf1544" region="sprites" offset="0"/> |
   |    | <rom name="089-c2.c2" size="4194304" crc="836d14da" sha1="99cc4f9b764503eff7849ff2977d90bb47c5564a" region="sprites" offset="1"/> |
   |    | <rom name="089-c3.c3" size="4194304" crc="913611c4" sha1="9664eb1fe1e6f8c3ddeeff872d38ea920ed38a82" region="sprites" offset="800000"/> |
   |    | <rom name="089-c4.c4" size="4194304" crc="44cef0e3" sha1="34f6f348ba86a2a06cb9c43a16b97cf6ee6158ac" region="sprites" offset="800001"/> |
   |    | <rom name="089-c5.c5" size="4194304" crc="89baa1d7" sha1="976c745c44967de61e2a23227835be580b1d283a" region="sprites" offset="1000000"/> |
   |    | <rom name="089-c6.c6" size="4194304" crc="b2594d56" sha1="685c0bf8ff76c76e41c2ceaebb96349634cfdb2e" region="sprites" offset="1000001"/> |
   |    | <rom name="089-c7.c7" size="2097152" crc="6a5618ca" sha1="9a1d5f998b0dfabacf9dad45c94bef2bb43e5e0c" region="sprites" offset="1800000"/> |
   |    | <rom name="089-c8.c8" size="2097152" crc="a223572d" sha1="2791b1212f57937b2b2a95bc9e420c06d0c37669" region="sprites" offset="1800001"/> |
   |    | <chip type="cpu" tag="maincpu" name="68000" clock="12000000"/> |
   |    | <chip type="cpu" tag="audiocpu" name="Z80" clock="4000000"/> |
   |    | <chip type="audio" tag="lspeaker" name="Speaker"/> |
   |    | <chip type="audio" tag="rspeaker" name="Speaker"/> |
   |    | <chip type="audio" tag="ymsnd" name="YM2610" clock="8000000"/> |
   |    | <display tag="screen" type="raster" rotate="0" width="320" height="224" refresh="59.185606" pixclock="6000000" htotal="384" hbend="30" hbstart="350" vtotal="264" vbend="16" vbstart="240" /> |
   |    | <sound channels="2"/> |
   |    | <input players="2" buttons="4" coins="2"> |
   |    |    | <control type="joy" ways="8"/> |
   |    | </input> |
   |    | <dipswitch name="Test Switch" tag="IN0" mask="1"> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="Off" value="1" default="yes"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="On" value="0"/> |
   |    | </dipswitch> |
   |    | <dipswitch name="Coin Chutes?" tag="IN0" mask="2"> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="1?" value="0"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="2?" value="2" default="yes"/> |
   |    | </dipswitch> |
   |    | <dipswitch name="Autofire (in some games)" tag="IN0" mask="4"> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="Off" value="4" default="yes"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="On" value="0"/> |
   |    | </dipswitch> |
   |    | <dipswitch name="COMM Setting (Cabinet No.)" tag="IN0" mask="24"> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="1" value="24" default="yes"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="2" value="16"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="3" value="8"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="4" value="0"/> |
   |    | </dipswitch> |
   |    | <dipswitch name="COMM Setting (Link Enable)" tag="IN0" mask="32"> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="Off" value="32" default="yes"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="On" value="0"/> |
   |    | </dipswitch> |
   |    | <dipswitch name="Free Play" tag="IN0" mask="64"> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="Off" value="64" default="yes"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="On" value="0"/> |
   |    | </dipswitch> |
   |    | <dipswitch name="Freeze" tag="IN0" 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="0"/> |
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