rotaryf: MAME ROM Information. History:
Rotary Fighter (c) 1979 Kansai Seiki Seisakusho Co.
A copy of "Space Invaders".
- TECHNICAL -
Main CPU : 8085A (@ 2 Mhz)
Sound Chips : SN76477 (@ 2 Mhz)
Screen orientation : Vertical
Video resolution : 256 x 256 pixels
Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz
Palette colors : 2
Players : 2
Control : 2-way joystick
Buttons : 1
- TRIVIA -
Released in January 1979.
Developed and sales by Kansai Co.
In February 1980, KASCO went bankrupt (because the Space Invaders boom had ended, many small video game companies went bankrupt).
- SERIES -
1. Rotary Fighter (1979)
2. Rotary Fighter DX (19??)
3. Rotary Fighter III (19??)
- SOURCES -
Game's rom.
MAME Info:
0.68 [David Haywood, Barry Rodewald]
Bugs:
- Screen is not flipped for the player 2 in cocktail mode. Speedfreak (ID 00340)
WIP:
- 0.122u7: Changed 8085A CPU1 clock speed to 4MHz.
- 0.114u4: Removed SN76477 and Discrete sound. Fixed visible area to 256x232 and gfx1 rom loading.
- 0.114u2: Replaced Samples sound with Discrete.
- 0.68: Added Rotary Fighter (Unknown 19??). TODO: Sound and verify game speed if possible (related to # of interrupts).
- 25th March 2003: Barry Rodewald fixed Rotary Fighter so that it is now playable.
- 25th February 2003: David Haywood sent in a preliminary driver for Rotary Fighter which boots but doesn't do much else.
LEVELS: 1 (endless)
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Space Invaders
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Space Invaders II
Space Stranger
Super Invader Attack
Invinco
Invinco / Deep Scan
Invinco / Head On 2
Rolling Crash / Moon Base
Space Attack
Space Attack / Head On
Space Fever
Space Fever High Splitter
Space Fighter Mark II
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Beam Invader
Rotary Fighter
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Shuttle Invader
Attack Ufo
Space Intruder
Romset: 6 kb / 6 files / 5.24 zip
MAME XML Output:
   | <game name="rotaryf" sourcefile="rotaryf.c"> |
   |    | <description>Rotary Fighter</description> |
   |    | <year>1979</year> |
   |    | <manufacturer>Kasco</manufacturer> |
   |    | <rom name="krf-1.bin" size="1024" crc="f7b2d3e6" sha1="be7afc1a14be60cb895fc4180167353c7156fc4c" region="maincpu" offset="0"/> |
   |    | <rom name="krf-2.bin" size="1024" crc="be9f047a" sha1="e5dd2b5b4fda7f178e7f1137592ba49fbc9cc82e" region="maincpu" offset="400"/> |
   |    | <rom name="krf-3.bin" size="1024" crc="c7629eb6" sha1="03aae964783ce4b1de77737e83fd2094483fbda4" region="maincpu" offset="800"/> |
   |    | <rom name="krf-4.bin" size="1024" crc="b4703093" sha1="9239d6da818049bc98a631c3bf5b962b5df5b2ea" region="maincpu" offset="c00"/> |
   |    | <rom name="krf-5.bin" size="1024" crc="ae233f07" sha1="a7bbd2ee4477ee041d170e2fc4e94c99c3b564fc" region="maincpu" offset="1000"/> |
   |    | <rom name="krf-6.bin" size="1024" crc="e28b3713" sha1="428f73891125f80c722357f1029b18fa9416bcfd" region="maincpu" offset="1400"/> |
   |    | <chip type="cpu" tag="maincpu" name="8085A" clock="4000000"/> |
   |    | <display tag="screen" type="raster" rotate="270" width="232" height="256" refresh="60.000000" pixclock="4024320" htotal="256" hbend="8" hbstart="240" vtotal="262" vbend="0" vbstart="256" /> |
   |    | <sound channels="0"/> |
   |    | <input players="2" buttons="1" coins="1"> |
   |    |    | <control type="joy" ways="2"/> |
   |    | </input> |
   |    | <dipswitch name="Unknown" tag="DSW" mask="2"> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="Off" value="0" default="yes"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="On" value="2"/> |
   |    | </dipswitch> |
   |    | <dipswitch name="Bonus Life" tag="DSW" mask="4"> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="1000" value="4"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="1500" value="0" default="yes"/> |
   |    | </dipswitch> |
   |    | <dipswitch name="Coinage" tag="DSW" mask="8"> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="2 Coins/1 Credit" value="8"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="1 Coin/1 Credit" value="0" default="yes"/> |
   |    | </dipswitch> |
   |    | <dipswitch name="Unknown" tag="DSW" mask="16"> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="Off" value="0" default="yes"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="On" value="16"/> |
   |    | </dipswitch> |
   |    | <dipswitch name="Unknown" tag="DSW" mask="32"> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="Off" value="0" default="yes"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="On" value="32"/> |
   |    | </dipswitch> |
   |    | <dipswitch name="Unknown" tag="DSW" mask="64"> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="Off" value="0" default="yes"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="On" value="64"/> |
   |    | </dipswitch> |
   |    | <dipswitch name="Lives" tag="DSW" mask="129"> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="3" value="129"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="4" value="1"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="5" value="128"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="6" value="0" default="yes"/> |
   |    | </dipswitch> |
   |    | <dipswitch name="Cabinet" tag="COCKTAIL" mask="1"> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="Upright" value="0" default="yes"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="Cocktail" value="1"/> |
   |    | </dipswitch> |
   |    | <driver status="preliminary" emulation="good" color="good" sound="preliminary" graphic="good" savestate="unsupported" palettesize="0"/> |
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