vfkids: MAME ROM Information. History:
Virtua Fighter Kids (c) 1996 Sega.
Virtua Fighter Kids is based on the Sega Saturn conversion of "Virtua Fighter 2". The differences are mostly art-related : Virtua Fighter Kids' character cast are now drawn in a super-deformed style.
- TECHNICAL -
Sega Titan Video hardware (STV)
Main CPU : (2x) SH-2 (@ 28.6364 Mhz), 68000 (@ 11.45456 Mhz)
Sound Chips : SCSP (@ 11.45456 Mhz)
Screen orientation : Horizontal
Video resolution : 704 x 513 pixels
Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz
Palette colors : 6144
Players : 2
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 6
- TRIVIA -
Released in March 1996.
Each character has a range of facial expressions not evident in "Virtua Fighter 2".
The game features some product placement : when Jacky wins a bout, he drinks from a can labelled 'Java Tea' - a famous Japanese brand name.
PATENTS :
U.S.A : 4,442,486 - 4,454,594 - 4,462,076
Europe : 80244
Canada : 1,183,276
Honk Kong : 88-4302
Singapore : 88-155
Toshiba EMI released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Virtua Fighter Kids Sound Tracks - TYCY-5520) on 26/09/1996.
- TIPS AND TRICKS -
Alternate Costumes : Hold UP and then select your character with any button.
- SERIES -
1. Virtua Fighter (1993)
2. Virtua Fighter 2 (1994)
3. Virtua Fighter Remix (1995)
4. Virtua Fighter Kids (1996)
5. Virtua Fighter 3 (1996)
6. Virtua Fighter 3 - Team Battle (1997)
7. Virtua Fighter 4 (2001)
8. Virtua Fighter 4 Evolution (2002)
9. Virtua Fighter 4 Final Tuned (2004)
10. Virtua Fighter Cyber Generation - Judgment Six No Yabou (2004, Sony PlayStation 2)
11. Virtua Fighter 5 (2006)
12. Virtua Fighter 5 R (2008)
13. Virtua Fighter 5 - Final Showdown (2010)
- STAFF -
Director : Makoto Osaki
Main program & Programming direction : Takayuki Yamaguchi
Scroll & Console program : Takashi Isowaki
Texture & Animation program : Takeshi Matsuda
Command & Test mode program : Shinji Ohshima
Enemy & Effect program : Norihiro Sekine
Motion program : Hiroaki Shoji
Character design & Design direction : Masataka Aochi
Stage & Scroll design : Ryoya Yui
Stage & Effect design : Saori Nishikawa
Stage & Title design : Masumi Uchida
Sound compose : Kazuhiko Kouchi
Publicity : Koji Umeda
Producer : Yu Suzuki
- PORTS -
* Consoles :
Sega Saturn (1996)
- SOURCES -
Game's rom.
MAME Info:
0.76u2 [David Haywood, Angelo Salese, Olivier Galibert]
0.74u2 [?]
0.63 [?]
Bugs:
- Graphic glitches. fallicanet (ID 04021)
WIP:
- 0.126u2: R. Belmont fixed logging for the SH-2 has been left on.
- 0.99u3: Mariusz Wojcieszek added VDP2 rotation in RBG0 layer to the ST-V driver. This improves 'Virtua Fighter Kids' backgrounds.
- 0.90u2: Changed description to 'Virtua Fighter Kids (JUET 960319 V0.000)'.
- 0.80u1: Mariusz Wojcieszek improved ST-V scaling tilemap backgrounds. The backgrounds in Virtua Fighter Kids are better now.
- 1st January 2003: Mariusz Wojcieszek fixed the sprite color calculation in Winter Heat and Virtua Fighter Kids, and he fixed Princess Clara Daisakusen so that it is playable now.
- 0.76u2: Status - Virtua Fighter Kids has bad sprite colours and missing ground effects.
- 0.74u2: Added Virtua Fighter Kids (Sega 1996).
- 0.63: Added Virtua Fighter Kids (Testdriver).
LEVELS: 11
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Romset: 37888 kb / 10 files / 22.2 zip
MAME XML Output:
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   |    | <description>Virtua Fighter Kids (JUET 960319 V0.000)</description> |
   |    | <year>1996</year> |
   |    | <manufacturer>Sega</manufacturer> |
   |    | <biosset name="jp" description="EPR-20091 (Japan 97/08/21)" default="yes"/> |
   |    | <biosset name="jp1" description="EPR-19730 (Japan 97/02/17)"/> |
   |    | <biosset name="jp2" description="EPR-17951A (Japan 95/04/25)"/> |
   |    | <biosset name="jp3" description="STVB1.11J (Japan 95/02/20)"/> |
   |    | <biosset name="jp4" description="EPR-17740 (Japan 95/01/31)"/> |
   |    | <biosset name="euro" description="EPR-17954A (Europe 95/04/25)"/> |
   |    | <biosset name="us" description="EPR-17952A (USA 95/04/25)"/> |
   |    | <biosset name="tw" description="EPR-17953A (Taiwan 95/04/25)"/> |
   |    | <biosset name="tw1" description="STVB1.11T (Taiwan 95/02/20)"/> |
   |    | <biosset name="debug" description="Debug (95/01/13)"/> |
   |    | <biosset name="dev" description="Development (bios 1.061)"/> |
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   |    | <chip type="cpu" tag="maincpu" name="SH-2" clock="28636360"/> |
   |    | <chip type="cpu" tag="slave" name="SH-2" clock="28636360"/> |
   |    | <chip type="cpu" tag="audiocpu" name="68000" clock="11289600"/> |
   |    | <chip type="audio" tag="lspeaker" name="Speaker"/> |
   |    | <chip type="audio" tag="rspeaker" name="Speaker"/> |
   |    | <chip type="audio" tag="scsp" name="SCSP"/> |
   |    | <chip type="audio" tag="cdda" name="CD/DA"/> |
   |    | <display tag="screen" type="raster" rotate="0" width="320" height="224" refresh="59.764793" pixclock="6711646" htotal="427" hbend="0" hbstart="320" vtotal="263" vbend="0" vbstart="224" /> |
   |    | <sound channels="2"/> |
   |    | <input players="4" buttons="4" coins="2" service="yes"> |
   |    |    | <control type="joy" ways="8"/> |
   |    | </input> |
   |    | <dipswitch name="PDR1" tag="DSW1" mask="1"> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="Off" value="1" default="yes"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="On" value="0"/> |
   |    | </dipswitch> |
   |    | <dipswitch name="Unknown" tag="DSW1" mask="2"> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="Off" value="2" default="yes"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="On" value="0"/> |
   |    | </dipswitch> |
   |    | <dipswitch name="Unknown" tag="DSW1" mask="4"> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="Off" value="4" default="yes"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="On" value="0"/> |
   |    | </dipswitch> |
   |    | <dipswitch name="Unknown" tag="DSW1" mask="8"> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="Off" value="8" default="yes"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="On" value="0"/> |
   |    | </dipswitch> |
   |    | <dipswitch name="Unknown" tag="DSW1" mask="16"> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="Off" value="16" default="yes"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="On" value="0"/> |
   |    | </dipswitch> |
   |    | <dipswitch name="Unknown" tag="DSW1" mask="32"> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="Off" value="32" default="yes"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="On" value="0"/> |
   |    | </dipswitch> |
   |    | <dipswitch name="Unknown" tag="DSW1" mask="64"> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="Off" value="64" default="yes"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="On" value="0"/> |
   |    | </dipswitch> |
   |    | <dipswitch name="Unknown" tag="DSW1" mask="128"> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="Off" value="128" default="yes"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="On" value="0"/> |
   |    | </dipswitch> |
   |    | <dipswitch name="PDR2" tag="DSW2" mask="1"> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="Off" value="1" default="yes"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="On" value="0"/> |
   |    | </dipswitch> |
   |    | <dipswitch name="Unknown" tag="DSW2" mask="2"> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="Off" value="2" default="yes"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="On" value="0"/> |
   |    | </dipswitch> |
   |    | <dipswitch name="Unknown" tag="DSW2" mask="4"> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="Off" value="4" default="yes"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="On" value="0"/> |
   |    | </dipswitch> |
   |    | <dipswitch name="Unknown" tag="DSW2" mask="8"> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="Off" value="8" default="yes"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="On" value="0"/> |
   |    | </dipswitch> |
   |    | <dipswitch name="Unknown" tag="DSW2" mask="16"> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="Off" value="16" default="yes"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="On" value="0"/> |
   |    | </dipswitch> |
   |    | <dipswitch name="Unknown" tag="DSW2" mask="32"> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="Off" value="32" default="yes"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="On" value="0"/> |
   |    | </dipswitch> |
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   |    |    | <dipvalue name="Off" value="64" default="yes"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="On" value="0"/> |
   |    | </dipswitch> |
   |    | <dipswitch name="Unknown" tag="DSW2" mask="128"> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="Off" value="128" default="yes"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="On" value="0"/> |
   |    | </dipswitch> |
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