vblokbrk: MAME ROM Information. History:
VS Block Breaker (c) 1997 Kaneko.
Breakout featuring a jumping character and hilarious graphics.
- TECHNICAL -
Kaneko Super Nova System hardware
Main CPU : SH-2 (@ 28.638 Mhz)
Sound Chips : YMZ280B (@ 16.666666 Mhz)
Screen orientation : Horizontal
Video resolution : 320 x 240 pixels
Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz
Palette colors : 32768
Players : 2
Control : dial
Buttons : 3
- TRIVIA -
Developed by MediaWorks for Kaneko. MediaWorks was acquired by Kadokawa Shoten, in 2008, and was merged with ASCII. So, their name began 'ASCII MediaWorks'. They now have the direction of video games magazines and publishing imprints like: 'Dengeki Bunko', 'Nintendo Dreams', 'Dengeki Playstation', 'Dengeki G's Magazine'.
This game is known in Japan as "Saru Kani Hamu Zou - Taisen Block Kuzushi".
- STAFF -
Planner : Koban
Programmer : Masayuki Yamakawa, Yash, Masahiro Honma, Yukihiro Yamazaki, Hisaya Sakuma
Sound Programmer : Mitsuhiro Kanaoka
Graphic Designer : Tatsuya Yoshikawa, YUzuru Suzuki, Makoto Sugimoto, Sera Shiina, Tsuneo Sato
Sound Creator : Sayoko Ueda
Original Game Designer : Syu Sato
Character Designer : syun Kazakami
Art Director : Makoto Kawamoto
Director : Koban
General Producer : Hiroshi Kaneko
Co-Operation : Dengeki Playstation (Mediaworks), Syun Kazakami
- SOURCES -
Game's rom.
MAME Info:
0.68 [David Haywood]
0.66 [David Haywood]
0.62 [?]
< Japan >
WIP:
- 0.68: David Haywood added VS Block Breaker (Asia). Changed 'Saru-Kani-Hamu-Zou' to clone 'Saru-Kani-Hamu-Zou (Japan)'.
- 0.66: Added Saru-Kani-Hamu-Zou.
- 27th February 2003: David Haywood added a clone of Saru-Kani-Hamu-Zou called Vs Block Breaker and a correct BIOS for it to the Super Kaneko Nova System driver.
- 26th February 2003: David Haywood fixed a bug in the Super Kaneko Nova System graphics emulation and Saru-Kani-Hamu-Zou is now playable.
- 15th February 2003: Guru - Vs Block Breaker (Kaneko 1997) arrived.
- 0.62: Added Saru-Kani-Hamu-Zou (Testdriver).
LEVELS: 32
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Romset: 8192 kb / 6 files / 3.13 zip
MAME XML Output:
   | <game name="vblokbrk" sourcefile="suprnova.c" romof="skns"> |
   |    | <description>VS Block Breaker (Asia)</description> |
   |    | <year>1997</year> |
   |    | <manufacturer>Kaneko / Mediaworks</manufacturer> |
   |    | <rom name="sknsa1.u10" merge="sknsa1.u10" size="524288" crc="745e5212" sha1="caba649ab2d83b2d7e007eecee0fc582c019df38" region="maincpu" offset="0"/> |
   |    | <rom name="sk01a.u10" size="524288" crc="4d1be53e" sha1="3d28b73a67530147962b8df6244af8bea2ab080f" region="user1" offset="0"/> |
   |    | <rom name="sk01a.u8" size="524288" crc="461e0197" sha1="003573a4abdbecc6dd234a13c61ef07a25d980e2" region="user1" offset="1"/> |
   |    | <rom name="sk100-00.u24" size="2097152" crc="151dd88a" sha1="87bb1039a9883f721a315760eb2c4abe4a94046f" region="gfx1" offset="0"/> |
   |    | <rom name="sk-101.u20" size="1048576" crc="779cce23" sha1="70147b36d982524ba9921823e481ce8fbb5daa26" region="gfx1" offset="200000"/> |
   |    | <rom name="sk200-00.u16" size="2097152" crc="2e297c61" sha1="4071b945a1294fbc3d18fab1f144bf09af4349e8" region="gfx2" offset="0"/> |
   |    | <rom name="sk300-00.u4" size="2097152" crc="e6535c05" sha1="8895b7c326e0261691cb184887ac1ca637302460" region="ymz" offset="0"/> |
   |    | <chip type="cpu" tag="maincpu" name="SH-2" clock="28638000"/> |
   |    | <chip type="audio" tag="lspeaker" name="Speaker"/> |
   |    | <chip type="audio" tag="rspeaker" name="Speaker"/> |
   |    | <chip type="audio" tag="ymz" name="YMZ280B" clock="16666666"/> |
   |    | <display tag="screen" type="raster" rotate="0" width="320" height="240" refresh="59.597100" /> |
   |    | <sound channels="2"/> |
   |    | <input players="2" buttons="3" coins="2" service="yes" tilt="yes"> |
   |    |    | <control type="joy" ways="8"/> |
   |    |    | <control type="dial" minimum="0" maximum="255" sensitivity="100" keydelta="15" reverse="yes"/> |
   |    | </input> |
   |    | <dipswitch name="Service Mode" tag="400004" mask="1"> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="Off" value="1" default="yes"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="On" value="0"/> |
   |    | </dipswitch> |
   |    | <dipswitch name="Flip Screen" tag="400004" mask="2"> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="Off" value="2" default="yes"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="On" value="0"/> |
   |    | </dipswitch> |
   |    | <dipswitch name="Unknown" tag="400004" mask="4"> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="Off" value="4" default="yes"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="On" value="0"/> |
   |    | </dipswitch> |
   |    | <dipswitch name="Unknown" tag="400004" mask="8"> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="Off" value="8" default="yes"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="On" value="0"/> |
   |    | </dipswitch> |
   |    | <dipswitch name="Unknown" tag="400004" mask="16"> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="Off" value="16" default="yes"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="On" value="0"/> |
   |    | </dipswitch> |
   |    | <dipswitch name="Unknown" tag="400004" mask="32"> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="Off" value="32" default="yes"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="On" value="0"/> |
   |    | </dipswitch> |
   |    | <dipswitch name="Use Backup Ram" tag="400004" mask="64"> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="No" value="0"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="Yes" value="64" default="yes"/> |
   |    | </dipswitch> |
   |    | <dipswitch name="Freeze" tag="400004" mask="128"> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="Freezes the game" value="0"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="Right value" value="128" default="yes"/> |
   |    | </dipswitch> |
   |    | <driver status="imperfect" emulation="good" color="good" sound="good" graphic="imperfect" savestate="unsupported" palettesize="32768"/> |
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