vindctr2: MAME ROM Information. History:
Vindicators Part II (c) 1989 Atari Games.
- TECHNICAL -
Main CPU : 68010 (@ 7.15909 Mhz), M6502 (@ 1.789772 Mhz)
Sound Chips : YM2151 (@ 3.579545 Mhz), POKEY (@ 1.789772 Mhz), TMS5220 (@ 650.826 Khz)
Screen orientation : Horizontal
Video resolution : 336 x 240 pixels
Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz
Palette colors : 1024
Players : 2
Control : Double 2-way joysticks (vertical)
Buttons : 4
- TRIVIA -
Released in May 1989. This was sold only as a conversion kit for "Gauntlet". About 400 of these kits were made.
Vindicators part II plays identically to "Vindicators" with some exceptions :
* Changes were made to the original weapons.
* No T-shirt contest appears nor are there any contest-related items.
* Only 10 of the 14 original levels are included.
- UPDATES -
REVISION 1 :
* Build date : OS : 30JUN1988 13 :24 :12 / PG : 10AUG1988 13 :24 :45
REVISION 2 :
* Build date : OS : 30JUN1988 13 :24 :12 / PG : 16JAN1989 10 :33 :55
REVISION 3 :
* Build date : OS : 30JUN1988 13 :24 :12 / PG : 31JAN1989 14 :50 :03
- STAFF -
Designed and programmed by : Kelly Turner, Norm Avellar, Russel Dawe (Rusty)
Art and animation by : Kris Moser, Susan G. McBride
Audio by : Brad Fuller, Hal Canon
- SOURCES -
Game's rom.
Machine's picture.
MAME Info:
0.35b11 [Aaron Giles]
NOTE:
- You need to 'earn' the power to rotate the turret, which you can get with at least 2 stars before you exit the first level. Buy the power up and you can use Buttons 2 and Button 4 on the player to rotate the turret without issue.
WIP:
- 0.134u1: Lord Nightmare added TMS5220C variant: Implemented reset for TMS5220C if /RS and /WS are pulled down together. Inserted LNs email and corrections as comment into source. Created a TODO section. Couriersud updated 'Vindicators Part II' to use "new" TMS5220 interface. Replaced TMS5220 speech with TMS5220C.
- 0.133u1: Renamed (vindc2r2) to (vindctr2r2) and (vindc2r1) to (vindctr2r1).
- 0.105u4: Added proms ($0, 200, 400 - timing, flip control and position/size).
- 0.95u3: Aaron Giles removed fake hack ports from Vindicators Part II. Changed 8-way Joystick to Double 8-way.
- 0.76: Aaron Giles added clones Vindicators Part II (rev 1) and (rev 2). Changed parent description to 'Vindicators Part II (rev 3)'. Fixed rom names.
- 8th March 2000: Aaron Giles fixed Vindicators II palette marking bugs.
- 0.36RC2: Aaron Giles fixed Vindicators Part II colors.
- 0.36RC1: Changed 68010 CPU1 clock speed to 7159090 Hz, M6502 CPU2 to 1789772 Hz, YM-2151 to 3579545, Pokey to 1789772 Hz, TMS5220 to 650826 Hz and palettesize to 1024 colors.
- 0.35b13: Changed description to 'Vindicators Part II'.
- 3rd May 1999: Aaron Giles sent in a HUGE Atari games update with Vindicators 1 and 2 shadow effects.
- 0.35b11: Aaron Giles added 'Vindicators part II' (Atari Games 1988).
- 19th April 1999: Aaron Giles sent in another Atari games update with support for Vindicators II, some alternate romsets and the driver is now much cleaner.
LEVELS: 50 (5 levels x 10 stations)
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Romset: 1186 kb / 42 files / 490.6 zip
MAME XML Output:
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   |    | <description>Vindicators Part II (rev 3)</description> |
   |    | <year>1988</year> |
   |    | <manufacturer>Atari Games</manufacturer> |
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   |    | <chip type="cpu" tag="maincpu" name="68010" clock="7159090"/> |
   |    | <chip type="cpu" tag="audiocpu" name="M6502" clock="1789772"/> |
   |    | <chip type="audio" tag="lspeaker" name="Speaker"/> |
   |    | <chip type="audio" tag="rspeaker" name="Speaker"/> |
   |    | <chip type="audio" tag="ymsnd" name="YM2151" clock="3579545"/> |
   |    | <chip type="audio" tag="pokey" name="POKEYN" clock="1789772"/> |
   |    | <chip type="audio" tag="tms" name="TMS5220C" clock="650826"/> |
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   |    | <sound channels="2"/> |
   |    | <input players="2" buttons="4" coins="4"> |
   |    |    | <control type="doublejoy" ways="vertical2" ways2="vertical2"/> |
   |    | </input> |
   |    | <dipswitch name="Service Mode" tag="803008" mask="8"> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="Off" value="8" default="yes"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="On" value="0"/> |
   |    | </dipswitch> |
   |    | <driver status="good" emulation="good" color="good" sound="good" graphic="good" savestate="unsupported" palettesize="1024"/> |
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