skullfng: MAME ROM Information. History:
Skull Fang (c) 1996 Data East.
- TECHNICAL -
Data East MLC System hardware
Main CPU : ARM (@ 7 Mhz)
Sound Chips : YMZ280B (@ 14 Mhz)
Players : 2
Control : 8-way Joystick
Buttons : 4
- TRIVIA -
Released in February 1996.
Soundtrack releases:
Data East Retro Game Music Collection - TEAM Entertainment [KDSD-00366] (July 21, 2010)
- TIPS AND TRICKS -
* Special Mode (boss battle only) : on the scroll selection screen, hold UP then press B3(x5), B2(x3).
* Very Hard : on the scroll selection screen, hold Right then press B2(x4), B3, B2, B3, B2(x2).
* Hardest Mode : on the scroll selection screen, hold Left then press B2, B3(x2), B2, B3(x2), B2, B3(x3).
* Thrust : if you select a 'Fighter' type pilot, you can use Thrust by 'code input' during ingame action.
1) Back Thrust : Up, Left or Right, Down + B3 - Back attack.
2) Side Thrust : Right or Left, Down + B3 - Side attack.
3) Air Brake : Down(x2) + B3 - Temporary invincibility.
4) Hi-Ion Shield : Left, Right + B3 or Right, Left + B3 - B.Roll Power-Up.
5) SECRET : Down(x4), Up(x2), Down + B3 - Enabled rolling attack.
- SERIES -
1. Vapor Trail - Hyper Offence Formation (1989)
2. Rohga Armor Force (1991)
3. Skull Fang (1996)
- STAFF -
Project Manager : Koji Jinbo
Project Leader : Minoru Sano
Software Design & Production Support : Wataru Iida, Ichikawa, Masaou Tomosawa
Hardware Design : Masao, Shingo Mitsui
Pixel Art Works : Hiroshi Tamawashi, Seiji Satoh, Yoshinari Kaihou, Tomoyuki Arakawa
Opening Movie Works : Hiroshi Tamawashi
Design Works : Hironori Kobayashi, Hiroshi Koga, Hiroshi Tamawashi
Sound Design : Maro
Character Voice (Arts Vision) : Kan Tokumaru, Nobuyuki Hiyama, Isshin Chiba, Konami Yoshida, Michiko Neya
Character Voice (Data East) : Steve Miller
Market Research & Adviser : Makoto Nagao, Hitoshi Kitazume
Marketing & Promotion : S.P. Ohshima, Tomohiko Ebi, Yasuo Sogajima
Technical Support : Tomoo Adachi, Shinichi Suzuki
Character Voice Support : Arts Vision
English Support : Steve Miller
Planning & Direction : Hironoki Kobayashi
- PORTS -
* Consoles :
Sega Saturn [JP] (May 30, 1997) "Skull Fang - Kuuga Gaiden [Model T-1311G]"
- SOURCES -
Game's rom.
MAME Info:
0.129u4 [Mexa]
0.78u1 [Bryan McPhail]
< Japan >
WIP:
- 0.133u1: Renamed (skullfnj) to (skullfngj).
- 0.130u1: David Haywood added default EEPROM to Skull Fang, so that it appears less broken by default (doesn't boot without one).
- 0.129u4: Mexa added Skull Fang (World). Renamed (skullfng) to (skullfnj).
- 0.103u3: Bryan McPhail fixed Skull Fang - Game now playable.
- 0.103u2: Changed YMZ280B clock speed to 14MHz.
- 0.103u1: Changed YMZ280B clock speed to 21MHz and visible area to 240x320. Fixed gfx/sound rom loading.
- 0.98u4: Changed visible area to 512x512.
- 0.98u3: Fixed cpu1 rom loading.
- 0.78u1: Bryan McPhail added Skull Fang (Japan) (Data East 1996).
- 14th April 2003: Guru - Skull Fang (Data East 1996) arrived.
LEVELS: 6
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Romset: 17921 kb / 12 files / 10.5 zip
MAME XML Output:
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   |    | <description>Skull Fang (World)</description> |
   |    | <year>1996</year> |
   |    | <manufacturer>Data East Corporation</manufacturer> |
   |    | <rom name="sw00-0.2a" size="524288" crc="9658d9ce" sha1="bd5b58a35e4fe301dc13bfe962e674fc8b26cf60" region="maincpu" offset="0"/> |
   |    | <rom name="sw01-0.2b" size="524288" crc="c0d83d14" sha1="42a5e2fa0e26919b94566da3dec622cd25dd9558" region="maincpu" offset="2"/> |
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   |    | <chip type="cpu" tag="maincpu" name="ARM" clock="7000000"/> |
   |    | <chip type="audio" tag="lspeaker" name="Speaker"/> |
   |    | <chip type="audio" tag="rspeaker" name="Speaker"/> |
   |    | <chip type="audio" tag="ymz" name="YMZ280B" clock="14000000"/> |
   |    | <display tag="screen" type="raster" rotate="270" width="320" height="240" refresh="58.000000" pixclock="4751360" htotal="320" hbend="0" hbstart="320" vtotal="256" vbend="8" vbstart="248" /> |
   |    | <sound channels="2"/> |
   |    | <input players="2" buttons="4" coins="2" service="yes"> |
   |    |    | <control type="joy" ways="8"/> |
   |    | </input> |
   |    | <driver status="good" emulation="good" color="good" sound="good" graphic="good" savestate="unsupported" palettesize="2048"/> |
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