quester: MAME ROM Information.
History:
Quester (c) 1987 Namco.
- TECHNICAL -
Namco System 1 hardware
Game ID : QS
Main CPU : 6809 (@ 1.536 Mhz)
Sub CPU : 6809 (@ 1.536 Mhz)
Sound CPU : 6809 (@ 1.536 Mhz)
MCU : HD63701 (@ 1.536 Mhz)
Sound Chips : YM2151 (@ 3.57958 Mhz), Namco advanced 8-channel stereo WSG, stereo DAC
Screen orientation : Vertical
Video resolution : 224 x 288 pixels
Screen refresh : 60.61 Hz
Palette colors : 24-bit RGB palette
Players : 2
Control : Dial
Buttons : 1
- TRIVIA -
Released in September 1987.
Quester represents the Namco response to Taito's "Arkanoid".
Victor Entertainment released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Namco Video Game Graffiti Vol.4 - VDR-5282) on 08/03/1989.
- STAFF -
Game designer : Shinji Noguchi
Field designers : Toru Iwatani, Shinji Noguchi, Yukihiko Yagi
Graphic designers : Nobutaka Nakajima, Shinji Noguchi, Yukari Miyagi, Satoshi Norimatsu, Michiyo Yamashita
Title logo designer : Akira Usukura
Music composer : Shinji Hosoe
Game sequence : Kosei Matsuura
Device driver : Atsushi Yuhara
Sound driver : Junko Ozawa, Takatoshi Kobayashi
Hardware test : Hideto Yamazaki
PCB & chip designers : Toru Ogawa, Makoto Inoue, Tsutomu Fujita, Takao Okada, Kazukiyo Shinozaki
Control panel : Akira Ohsugi, Hiroyuki Kobayashi
Produced by : Toru Iwatani
- SOURCES -
Game's rom.
MAME Info:
0.36RC1 [Vernon C. Brooks]
WIP:
- 0.140u3: taka-e added clone Quester Special Edition (Japan).
- 0.89: Added 'Level Select', 'Brightness' and 4x 'Unknown' dipswitches.
- 0.36RC1: Vernon C. Brooks added Quester (Japan) (Namco 1987).
- 22nd February 2000: Vernon C. Brooks added Quester to the Namco System 1 driver.
LEVELS: 33
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Romset: 836 kb / 11 files / 141.0 zip
MAME XML Output:
| | <game name="quester" sourcefile="namcos1.c"> |
| | | <description>Quester (Japan)</description> |
| | | <manufacturer>Namco</manufacturer> |
| | | <rom name="qs1_s0.bin" size="65536" crc="c2ef3af9" sha1="aa0766aad450660e216d817e41e030141e8d1f48" region="audiocpu" offset="c000"/> |
| | | <rom name="qs1_p5.bin" size="65536" crc="c8e11f30" sha1="33589ceb723c3b3cfbe36d58ca9426d26bd28568" region="user1" offset="280000"/> |
| | | <rom name="qs1_p7b.bin" size="65536" crc="f358a944" sha1="317adf846c6dbf6d00b13020b5078e2263056f93" region="user1" offset="380000"/> |
| | | <rom name="cus64-64a1.mcu" size="4096" crc="ffb5c0bd" sha1="7a38c0cc2553c627f4ec507fb6e807cf7d537c02" region="mcu" offset="f000"/> |
| | | <rom name="qs1_v0.bin" size="65536" crc="6a2f3038" sha1="00870da9b7f65536ff052c32da2d553f8c6b994b" region="mcu" offset="10000"/> |
| | | <rom name="qs1_c8.bin" size="65536" crc="06730d54" sha1="53d79c27e2f1b192b1de781b6b5024eb1e8126ad" region="gfx1" offset="0"/> |
| | | <rom name="qs1_c0.bin" size="131072" crc="ca69bd7a" sha1="98130f06e3d7b480b76bf28a4e252b4aaa1e1b3e" region="gfx2" offset="0"/> |
| | | <rom name="qs1_c1.bin" size="131072" crc="d660ba71" sha1="738d225c0e2b91c785fde0c33a0520a672933659" region="gfx2" offset="20000"/> |
| | | <rom name="qs1_c2.bin" size="131072" crc="4686f656" sha1="8628a18bf7154b8edaf7cfbee2d8881a28690bff" region="gfx2" offset="40000"/> |
| | | <rom name="qs1_o0.bin" size="65536" crc="e24f0bf1" sha1="31f37f853fe27c24cfeaa059f8959dfea37911cb" region="gfx3" offset="0"/> |
| | | <rom name="qs1_o1.bin" size="65536" crc="e4aab0ca" sha1="e4765dd369b02492dbb9955cc082f24665a01635" region="gfx3" offset="20000"/> |
| | | <chip type="cpu" tag="maincpu" name="M6809" clock="1536000"/> |
| | | <chip type="cpu" tag="sub" name="M6809" clock="1536000"/> |
| | | <chip type="cpu" tag="audiocpu" name="M6809" clock="1536000"/> |
| | | <chip type="cpu" tag="mcu" name="HD63701" clock="6144000"/> |
| | | <chip type="audio" tag="lspeaker" name="Speaker"/> |
| | | <chip type="audio" tag="rspeaker" name="Speaker"/> |
| | | <chip type="audio" tag="ymsnd" name="YM2151" clock="3579580"/> |
| | | <chip type="audio" tag="namco" name="Namco CUS30" clock="12000"/> |
| | | <chip type="audio" tag="dac" name="DAC"/> |
| | | <display tag="screen" type="raster" rotate="90" width="288" height="224" refresh="60.606060" /> |
| | | <input players="2" buttons="1" coins="2" service="yes"> |
| | | | <control type="dial" minimum="0" maximum="255" sensitivity="30" keydelta="15"/> |
| | | <dipswitch name="Level Select" tag="DIPSW" mask="1"> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="Off" value="1" default="yes"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="On" value="0"/> |
| | | <dipswitch name="Unknown" tag="DIPSW" mask="2"> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="Off" value="2" default="yes"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="On" value="0"/> |
| | | <dipswitch name="Brightness" tag="DIPSW" mask="4"> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="Low" value="4"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="Normal" value="0" default="yes"/> |
| | | <dipswitch name="Unknown" tag="DIPSW" mask="8"> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="Off" value="8" default="yes"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="On" value="0"/> |
| | | <dipswitch name="Freeze" tag="DIPSW" mask="16"> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="Off" value="16" default="yes"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="On" value="0"/> |
| | | <dipswitch name="Unknown" tag="DIPSW" mask="32"> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="Off" value="32" default="yes"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="On" value="0"/> |
| | | <dipswitch name="Unk 1" tag="DIPSW" mask="64"> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="Off" value="64" default="yes"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="On" value="0"/> |
| | | <dipswitch name="Service Mode" tag="DIPSW" mask="128"> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="Off" value="128" default="yes"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="On" value="0"/> |
| | | <driver status="good" emulation="good" color="good" sound="good" graphic="good" savestate="unsupported" palettesize="8192"/> |
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