wwestern: MAME ROM Information. History:
Wild Western (c) 1982 Taito.
A sheriff on horseback must protect a train, located in the center of the screen, from groups of bandits. Players must avoid running into obstacles, getting shot, or allowing three bandits to board the train. A bonus game is played between rounds.
- TECHNICAL -
Taito SJ System hardware
Board Number : WW070001
Prom Stickers : WW8..14
Main CPU : Z80 (@ 4 Mhz)
Sound CPU : Z80 (@ 3 Mhz)
Sound Chips : (4x) AY8910 (@ 1.5 Mhz), DAC
Players : 2
Control : Double 8-way joysticks
Buttons : 2
- TRIVIA -
Released in May 1982.
A Wild Western machine was shown at the 2003 classic arcade games show 'California Extreme' in San Jose, California.
- PORTS -
* Consoles :
Colecovision (Unreleased prototype)
Sony PlayStation 2 [JP] (August 25, 2005; "Taito Memories Gekan [Model SLPM-66092]")
Sony PlayStation 2 (2005, "Taito Memories Vol. 2")
Microsoft XBOX (2006, "Taito Legends 2")
Sony PlayStation 2 (2006, "Taito Legends 2")
* Computers :
PC [CD-ROM] (2006, "Taito Legends 2")
- SOURCES -
Game's rom.
Machine's picture.
MAME Info:
0.25 [Nicola Salmoria]
Artwork available
WIP:
- 7th December 2009: Mr. Do - I found the instruction card for Wild Western in the BYOAC / CAG Artwork.
- 0.133u1: Renamed (wwester1) to (wwestern1).
- 0.122u3: Atari Ace fixed save state in Wild Western (wwestern0115u1yel).
- 24th December 2006: Mr. Do - hanks to the loan by Vintage Arcade Superstore and vectorization by Zorg, we have Wild Western bezel.
- 0.103u3: Nicola Salmoria fixed the Wild Western bonus screen, where the horse would not scroll into view.
- 0.36b3: Added 'High Score Table' dipswitch.
- 0.36b2: Zsolt Vasvari hacked protection in Wild Western, fixed bonus game and added second button to jump onto the train. Added 2nd player button.
- 0.36b1: Zsolt Vasvari fixed Wild Western - Game now playable. Added Taito SJ sprite-sprite collision detection and other improvements to in the Taito SJ games. Added clone Wild Western (set 2). Changed input to Double 8-way Joystick with 1 button. Fixed cpu1 rom ($4000) and dipswitches. Added layer prom ww17.
- 22nd July 1999: Zsolt Vasvari added the missing button to Wild Western.
- 15th July 1999: Zsolt Vasvari fixed Wild Western graphics priorities and input ports.
- 12th July 1999: Zsolt Vasvari added sprite-sprite collision check into the old Taito games, and fixed Wild Western crashes.
- 0.31: Known issues: Probably due to copy protection, the game is not playable and resets often.
- 0.29: The hardware of the Taito games (Elevator Action, Jungle King, Wild Western, Front Line) is emulated more faithfully. Playfield priority is accurate in Jungle King, however this broke Wild Western - strange. Front Line works. Merged all the drivers into Taito driver [Nicola Salmoria].
- 0.27: Elevator Action, Jungle King and Wild Western now use the same Taito video hardware driver.
- 0.25: Nicola Salmoria added a preliminary driver for Wild Western (Taito 1982), which is not playable yet.
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Romset: 57 kb / 15 files / 29.3 zip
MAME XML Output:
   | <game name="wwestern" sourcefile="taitosj.c"> |
   |    | <description>Wild Western (set 1)</description> |
   |    | <year>1982</year> |
   |    | <manufacturer>Taito Corporation</manufacturer> |
   |    | <rom name="ww01.bin" size="4096" crc="bfe10753" sha1="468cf5a2f7232b5faf4a371aee2c83196fc486a5" region="maincpu" offset="0"/> |
   |    | <rom name="ww02d.bin" size="4096" crc="20579e90" sha1="be250b4b89d1742b4cffd108c32497a0db428335" region="maincpu" offset="1000"/> |
   |    | <rom name="ww03d.bin" size="4096" crc="0e65be37" sha1="5e672c6a33d9b68752c27465fd6172304de55d2d" region="maincpu" offset="2000"/> |
   |    | <rom name="ww04d.bin" size="4096" crc="b3565a31" sha1="a42a7989530108aa198d77e1369d5b2ca6c69907" region="maincpu" offset="3000"/> |
   |    | <rom name="ww05d.bin" size="4096" crc="089f3d89" sha1="aa8c9868ebc593eb1cd9af4d41e1aa0cbb8fb316" region="maincpu" offset="4000"/> |
   |    | <rom name="ww06d.bin" size="4096" crc="c81c9736" sha1="43dfdcd93f30a99ffb22d4d5fc9bc886276ab69c" region="maincpu" offset="5000"/> |
   |    | <rom name="ww07.bin" size="4096" crc="1937cc17" sha1="fcec4b6dafd631dd2b33db5852b5ae9412910527" region="maincpu" offset="6000"/> |
   |    | <rom name="ww14.bin" size="4096" crc="23776870" sha1="b15fe4f0fabd0939d87fe8c04c7edf74bbd6a23b" region="audiocpu" offset="0"/> |
   |    | <rom name="ww08.bin" size="4096" crc="041a5a1c" sha1="c4006dc4915c6107a3f2e41534521385ba6c306c" region="gfx1" offset="0"/> |
   |    | <rom name="ww09.bin" size="4096" crc="07982ac5" sha1="4ff76a53cb7af9ccf084513ee66c73bf16826959" region="gfx1" offset="1000"/> |
   |    | <rom name="ww10.bin" size="4096" crc="f32ae203" sha1="3455f99403246ce4483c3b6e954ebe6d93725ec3" region="gfx1" offset="2000"/> |
   |    | <rom name="ww11.bin" size="4096" crc="7ff1431f" sha1="945d7f58bd8855f046693eea7791c164bd1d7a3d" region="gfx1" offset="3000"/> |
   |    | <rom name="ww12.bin" size="4096" crc="be1b563a" sha1="447e1c982eea6198b99095e26aa5fec4e9ae1e54" region="gfx1" offset="4000"/> |
   |    | <rom name="ww13.bin" size="4096" crc="092cd9e5" sha1="56059bf41bb4ccf0f88cea679fdffc061e19f76e" region="gfx1" offset="5000"/> |
   |    | <rom name="ww17" size="256" crc="93447d2b" sha1="d29f4a56a06ac809b4b9efa8aa9d1f246250e3a2" region="proms" offset="0"/> |
   |    | <chip type="cpu" tag="maincpu" name="Z80" clock="4000000"/> |
   |    | <chip type="cpu" tag="audiocpu" name="Z80" clock="3000000"/> |
   |    | <chip type="audio" tag="mono" name="Speaker"/> |
   |    | <chip type="audio" tag="ay1" name="AY-3-8910A" clock="1500000"/> |
   |    | <chip type="audio" tag="ay2" name="AY-3-8910A" clock="1500000"/> |
   |    | <chip type="audio" tag="ay3" name="AY-3-8910A" clock="1500000"/> |
   |    | <chip type="audio" tag="ay4" name="AY-3-8910A" clock="1500000"/> |
   |    | <chip type="audio" tag="dac" name="DAC"/> |
   |    | <display tag="screen" type="raster" rotate="270" width="256" height="224" refresh="60.000000" /> |
   |    | <sound channels="1"/> |
   |    | <input players="2" buttons="2" coins="3" tilt="yes"> |
   |    |    | <control type="doublejoy" ways="8" ways2="8"/> |
   |    | </input> |
   |    | <dipswitch name="Bonus Life" tag="DSW1" mask="3"> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="10000" value="3" default="yes"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="30000" value="2"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="50000" value="1"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="70000" value="0"/> |
   |    | </dipswitch> |
   |    | <dipswitch name="High Score Table" tag="DSW1" mask="4"> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="No" value="4"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="Yes" value="0" default="yes"/> |
   |    | </dipswitch> |
   |    | <dipswitch name="Lives" tag="DSW1" mask="24"> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="3" value="24" default="yes"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="4" value="16"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="5" value="8"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="6" value="0"/> |
   |    | </dipswitch> |
   |    | <dipswitch name="Service Mode" tag="DSW1" mask="32"> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="Off" value="32" default="yes"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="On" value="0"/> |
   |    | </dipswitch> |
   |    | <dipswitch name="Flip Screen" tag="DSW1" mask="64"> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="Off" value="64" default="yes"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="On" value="0"/> |
   |    | </dipswitch> |
   |    | <dipswitch name="Cabinet" tag="DSW1" mask="128"> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="Upright" value="0" default="yes"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="Cocktail" value="128"/> |
   |    | </dipswitch> |
   |    | <dipswitch name="Coin A" tag="DSW2" mask="15"> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="9 Coins/1 Credit" value="15"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="8 Coins/1 Credit" value="14"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="7 Coins/1 Credit" value="13"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="6 Coins/1 Credit" value="12"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="5 Coins/1 Credit" value="11"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="4 Coins/1 Credit" value="10"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="3 Coins/1 Credit" value="9"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="2 Coins/1 Credit" value="8"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="1 Coin/1 Credit" value="0" default="yes"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="1 Coin/2 Credits" value="1"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="1 Coin/3 Credits" value="2"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="1 Coin/4 Credits" value="3"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="1 Coin/5 Credits" value="4"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="1 Coin/6 Credits" value="5"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="1 Coin/7 Credits" value="6"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="1 Coin/8 Credits" value="7"/> |
   |    | </dipswitch> |
   |    | <dipswitch name="Coin B" tag="DSW2" mask="240"> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="9 Coins/1 Credit" value="240"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="8 Coins/1 Credit" value="224"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="7 Coins/1 Credit" value="208"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="6 Coins/1 Credit" value="192"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="5 Coins/1 Credit" value="176"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="4 Coins/1 Credit" value="160"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="3 Coins/1 Credit" value="144"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="2 Coins/1 Credit" value="128"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="1 Coin/1 Credit" value="0" default="yes"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="1 Coin/2 Credits" value="16"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="1 Coin/3 Credits" value="32"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="1 Coin/4 Credits" value="48"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="1 Coin/5 Credits" value="64"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="1 Coin/6 Credits" value="80"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="1 Coin/7 Credits" value="96"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="1 Coin/8 Credits" value="112"/> |
   |    | </dipswitch> |
   |    | <dipswitch name="Unknown" tag="DSW3" mask="1"> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="Off" value="1" default="yes"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="On" value="0"/> |
   |    | </dipswitch> |
   |    | <dipswitch name="Unknown" tag="DSW3" mask="2"> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="Off" value="2" default="yes"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="On" value="0"/> |
   |    | </dipswitch> |
   |    | <dipswitch name="Unknown" tag="DSW3" mask="4"> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="Off" value="4" default="yes"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="On" value="0"/> |
   |    | </dipswitch> |
   |    | <dipswitch name="Unknown" tag="DSW3" mask="8"> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="Off" value="8" default="yes"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="On" value="0"/> |
   |    | </dipswitch> |
   |    | <dipswitch name="Unknown" tag="DSW3" mask="16"> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="Off" value="0"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="On" value="16" default="yes"/> |
   |    | </dipswitch> |
   |    | <dipswitch name="Unknown" tag="DSW3" mask="32"> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="Off" value="32" default="yes"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="On" value="0"/> |
   |    | </dipswitch> |
   |    | <dipswitch name="Invulnerability (Cheat)" tag="DSW3" mask="64"> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="Off" value="64" default="yes"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="On" value="0"/> |
   |    | </dipswitch> |
   |    | <dipswitch name="Coinage" tag="DSW3" mask="128"> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="A and B" value="128" default="yes"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="A only" value="0"/> |
   |    | </dipswitch> |
   |    | <driver status="good" emulation="good" color="good" sound="good" graphic="good" savestate="supported" palettesize="64"/> |
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