zeropnt: MAME ROM Information. History:
Zero Point (c) 1998 Unico Electronics.
A target shooting game.
- TECHNICAL -
Main CPU : 68000 (@ 16 Mhz)
Sound Chips : YM3812 (@ 3.579545 Mhz), OKI6295 (@ 8 Khz)
Screen orientation : Horizontal
Video resolution : 384 x 224 pixels
Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz
Palette colors : 8192
Players : 2
Control : lightgun
Buttons : 1 (SHOOT)
- TRIVIA -
Although 'Zero Point' as a title is intended to paraphrase the idiom "Point Blank" it fails to have this effect. In fact 'Zero Point' is a quantum mechanical term, describing the intrinsic value of a particular quantum property in the absence of external influences.
- SERIES -
1. Zero Point (1998)
2. Zero Point 2 (1999)
- STAFF -
Programmers : Cheong yong ik, Koo eun joong
Graphic designers : Na jong yong, Lee gi seon, Moon sung ok, Hong you hyun
Music & sound : Park hyo jin
Hardware : Chun Chung ok
Scenario & director : Chun Chung ok
- SOURCES -
Game's rom.
Machine's picture.
MAME Info:
0.37b16 [Luca Elia]
Bugs:
- When you insert a coin, the credit sound does not play. Pika163 (ID 00938)
- Music (not normal sound) is two notes too high (for example E being F sharp). Verified with actual cabinet. Kurushimi (ID 00937)
WIP:
- 0.86u1: Fixed some bugs in Zero Point that were in 0.86 [various].
- 0.84: El Condor fixed sound clock frequency for Zero Point. Changed YM3812 clock speed to 3579545 Hz.
- 0.72: Brian Troha added clone Zero Point (set 2). Changed parent description to 'Zero Point (set 1)'. Fixed rom names.
- 9th August 2003: Brian Troha added an alternate version of Zero Point to the Unico driver.
- 0.68: Changed 'Unknown' to 'Unused' dipswitches.
- 6th May 2003: Guru fixed the dipswitch settings in Zero Point.
- 0.61: Light gun support [Bryan McPhail].
- 0.37b16: Luca Elia added Zero Point (Unico Electronics 1998).
- 6th June 2001: Luca Elia sent in a driver for Unico games, including Burglar X and Zero Point, and Nicola Salmoria fixed the light gun emulation in it.
- 5th June 2001: Guru - Dumped Zero Point (Unico 1998). It's virtually identical to Namco's Point Blank.
LEVELS: 4 - 25 (training, beginner/expert)
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* FB Alpha
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Romset: 17920 kb / 11 files / 8.30 zip
MAME XML Output:
   | <game name="zeropnt" sourcefile="unico.c"> |
   |    | <description>Zero Point (set 1)</description> |
   |    | <year>1998</year> |
   |    | <manufacturer>Unico</manufacturer> |
   |    | <rom name="zero_2.bin" size="524288" crc="1e599509" sha1="5a562a3c85700126b95fbdf21ef8c0ddd35d9037" region="maincpu" offset="0"/> |
   |    | <rom name="zero_3.bin" size="524288" crc="588aeef7" sha1="0dfa22c9e7b1fe493c16160b1ac76fa4d3bb2e68" region="maincpu" offset="1"/> |
   |    | <rom name="zpobjz01.bin" size="2097152" crc="1f2768a3" sha1="75c83458afc527dda47bfbd86a8e9c5ded7a5444" region="gfx1" offset="0"/> |
   |    | <rom name="zpobjz02.bin" size="2097152" crc="de34f33a" sha1="b77c7d508942176585afaeeaea2f34f60326eeb1" region="gfx1" offset="200000"/> |
   |    | <rom name="zpobjz03.bin" size="2097152" crc="d7a657f7" sha1="f1f9e6a01eef4d0c8c4b2e161136cc4438d770e2" region="gfx1" offset="400000"/> |
   |    | <rom name="zpobjz04.bin" size="2097152" crc="3aec2f8d" sha1="6fb1cfabfb0bddf688d3bfb60f7538209efbd8f1" region="gfx1" offset="600000"/> |
   |    | <rom name="zpscrz06.bin" size="2097152" crc="e1e53cf0" sha1="b440e09f6229d486d1a8be476ac8a17adde1ff7e" region="gfx2" offset="0"/> |
   |    | <rom name="zpscrz05.bin" size="2097152" crc="0d7d4850" sha1="43f87d0461fe022b68b4e57e6c9542bcd78e301b" region="gfx2" offset="200000"/> |
   |    | <rom name="zpscrz07.bin" size="2097152" crc="bb178f32" sha1="1354f4d90a8cec58d1f2b6809985776b309b96a8" region="gfx2" offset="400000"/> |
   |    | <rom name="zpscrz08.bin" size="2097152" crc="672f02e5" sha1="8e8b28a8b2293950764d453a3c385d7083eb5a57" region="gfx2" offset="600000"/> |
   |    | <rom name="zero_1.bin" size="524288" crc="fd2384fa" sha1="8ae83665fe952c5d03bd62d2abb507c351cf0fb5" region="oki" offset="0"/> |
   |    | <chip type="cpu" tag="maincpu" name="68000" clock="16000000"/> |
   |    | <chip type="audio" tag="lspeaker" name="Speaker"/> |
   |    | <chip type="audio" tag="rspeaker" name="Speaker"/> |
   |    | <chip type="audio" tag="ymsnd" name="YM3812" clock="3579545"/> |
   |    | <chip type="audio" tag="oki" name="OKI6295" clock="1056000"/> |
   |    | <display tag="screen" type="raster" rotate="0" width="384" height="224" refresh="60.000000" /> |
   |    | <sound channels="2"/> |
   |    | <input players="2" buttons="1" coins="2" service="yes"> |
   |    |    | <control type="lightgun" minimum="0" maximum="255" sensitivity="35" keydelta="15"/> |
   |    | </input> |
   |    | <dipswitch name="Unused" tag="DSW1" mask="256"> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="Off" value="0" default="yes"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="On" value="256"/> |
   |    | </dipswitch> |
   |    | <dipswitch name="Free Play" tag="DSW1" mask="512"> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="Off" value="0" default="yes"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="On" value="512"/> |
   |    | </dipswitch> |
   |    | <dipswitch name="Unused" tag="DSW1" mask="1024"> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="Off" value="0" default="yes"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="On" value="1024"/> |
   |    | </dipswitch> |
   |    | <dipswitch name="Demo Sounds" tag="DSW1" mask="2048"> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="Off" value="0"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="On" value="2048" default="yes"/> |
   |    | </dipswitch> |
   |    | <dipswitch name="Unused" tag="DSW1" mask="4096"> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="Off" value="0" default="yes"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="On" value="4096"/> |
   |    | </dipswitch> |
   |    | <dipswitch name="Coinage" tag="DSW1" mask="57344"> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="5 Coins/1 Credit" value="57344"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="4 Coins/1 Credit" value="49152"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="3 Coins/1 Credit" value="40960"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="2 Coins/1 Credit" value="32768"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="1 Coin/1 Credit" value="0" default="yes"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="1 Coin/2 Credits" value="8192"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="1 Coin/3 Credits" value="16384"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="1 Coin/4 Credits" value="24576"/> |
   |    | </dipswitch> |
   |    | <dipswitch name="Unused" tag="DSW2" mask="256"> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="Off" value="0" default="yes"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="On" value="256"/> |
   |    | </dipswitch> |
   |    | <dipswitch name="Unused" tag="DSW2" mask="512"> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="Off" value="0" default="yes"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="On" value="512"/> |
   |    | </dipswitch> |
   |    | <dipswitch name="Unused" tag="DSW2" mask="1024"> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="Off" value="0" default="yes"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="On" value="1024"/> |
   |    | </dipswitch> |
   |    | <dipswitch name="Unused" tag="DSW2" mask="2048"> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="Off" value="0" default="yes"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="On" value="2048"/> |
   |    | </dipswitch> |
   |    | <dipswitch name="Difficulty" tag="DSW2" mask="12288"> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="Easy" value="4096"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="Normal" value="0" default="yes"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="Hard" value="8192"/> |
   |    | </dipswitch> |
   |    | <dipswitch name="Lives" tag="DSW2" mask="49152"> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="2" value="16384"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="3" value="0" default="yes"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="4" value="32768"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="5" value="49152"/> |
   |    | </dipswitch> |
   |    | <driver status="good" emulation="good" color="good" sound="good" graphic="good" savestate="unsupported" palettesize="8192"/> |
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