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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"/>
       </game>
 
 


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