zodiack: MAME ROM Information. History:
Zodiack (c) 1983 Esco Trading Co., Inc.
- TECHNICAL -
Main CPU : Z80 (@ 4 Mhz), Z80 (@ 1.78975 Mhz)
Sound Chips : AY8910 (@ 1.78975 Mhz)
Screen orientation : Vertical
Video resolution : 224 x 256 pixels
Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz
Palette Colors : 49
Players : 2
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 1
- TRIVIA -
Licensed to Esco Trading for Japanese manufacture and distribution.
- SOURCES -
Game's rom.
MAME Info:
0.35b13 [Zsolt Vasvari]
WIP:
- 0.141u1: Brian Troha added DIP locations for Zodiack.
- 0.130u2: Guru added board description to Zodiack.
- 28th July 2006: Guru - Zodiack (Orca 1983) and other games just arrived in 2 huge boxes. I think most of these are just for fixing issues in MAME (snd/gfx etc). Big thanks to Tingoes.
- 0.36b11: Changed palettesize from 32 to 49 colors. Fixed gfx1 rom ($0) length to 2kb.
- 0.35b13: Zsolt Vasvari added Zodiack (Orca 1983 (Esco Trading)).
- 17th May 1999: Zsolt Vasvari sent in a driver for Zodiack.
LEVELS: 99 (endless - after 99th level, the level counter crashes)
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Romset: 33 kb / 9 files / 20.1 zip
MAME XML Output:
   | <game name="zodiack" sourcefile="zodiack.c"> |
   |    | <description>Zodiack</description> |
   |    | <year>1983</year> |
   |    | <manufacturer>Orca (Esco Trading Co)</manufacturer> |
   |    | <rom name="ovg30c.2" size="8192" crc="a2125e99" sha1="00ae4ed2c7b6895d2dc58aa2fc51c25b6428e4ba" region="maincpu" offset="0"/> |
   |    | <rom name="ovg30c.3" size="8192" crc="aee2b77f" sha1="2581b7a75d38663cc5ebc91a77385ca7eb9b4aba" region="maincpu" offset="2000"/> |
   |    | <rom name="ovg30c.6" size="2048" crc="1debb278" sha1="98c9f09c5f3125ba8a1392be62fd469aa0ba4d98" region="maincpu" offset="4000"/> |
   |    | <rom name="ovg20c.1" size="4096" crc="2d3c3baf" sha1="e32937b947e591cba45da2dd456e4f655e62ddfd" region="audiocpu" offset="0"/> |
   |    | <rom name="ovg40c.7" size="2048" crc="ed9d3be7" sha1="80d5906afef8b6d68fb13d41992aea208d9e3690" region="gfx1" offset="0"/> |
   |    | <rom name="orca40c.8" size="4096" crc="88269c94" sha1="acc27be0d27b33c2242ecf0563fe986e8dffb264" region="gfx1" offset="800"/> |
   |    | <rom name="orca40c.9" size="4096" crc="a3bd40c9" sha1="dcf8cbb73c081a3af85da135e8278c54e9e0de7c" region="gfx1" offset="1800"/> |
   |    | <rom name="ovg40c.2a" size="32" crc="703821b8" sha1="33dcc9b0bea5e110eb4ffd3b8b8763e32e927b22" region="proms" offset="0"/> |
   |    | <rom name="ovg40c.2b" size="32" crc="21f77ec7" sha1="b1019afc4361aca98b7120b21743bfeb5ea2ff63" region="proms" offset="20"/> |
   |    | <chip type="cpu" tag="maincpu" name="Z80" clock="4000000"/> |
   |    | <chip type="cpu" tag="audiocpu" name="Z80" clock="1789750"/> |
   |    | <chip type="audio" tag="mono" name="Speaker"/> |
   |    | <chip type="audio" tag="aysnd" name="AY-3-8910A" clock="1789750"/> |
   |    | <display tag="screen" type="raster" rotate="270" width="256" height="224" refresh="60.000000" /> |
   |    | <sound channels="1"/> |
   |    | <input players="2" buttons="1" coins="1"> |
   |    |    | <control type="joy" ways="8"/> |
   |    | </input> |
   |    | <dipswitch name="Lives" tag="DSW1" mask="3"> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="3" value="0" default="yes"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="4" value="1"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="5" value="2"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="6" value="3"/> |
   |    | </dipswitch> |
   |    | <dipswitch name="Coinage" tag="DSW1" mask="28"> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="2 Coins/1 Credit" value="20"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="2 Coins/1 Credit 3 Coins/2 Credits" value="24"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="1 Coin/1 Credit" value="0" default="yes"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="1 Coin/2 Credits" value="4"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="1 Coin/3 Credits" value="8"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="1 Coin/4 Credits" value="12"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="1 Coin/6 Credits" value="16"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="Free Play" value="28"/> |
   |    | </dipswitch> |
   |    | <dipswitch name="Bonus Life" tag="DSW1" mask="32"> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="20000 50000" value="0" default="yes"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="40000 70000" value="32"/> |
   |    | </dipswitch> |
   |    | <dipswitch name="Cabinet" tag="DSW1" mask="64"> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="Upright" value="64" default="yes"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="Cocktail" value="0"/> |
   |    | </dipswitch> |
   |    | <dipswitch name="Unknown" tag="DSW1" mask="128"> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="Off" value="0" default="yes"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="On" value="128"/> |
   |    | </dipswitch> |
   |    | <driver status="imperfect" emulation="good" color="imperfect" sound="good" graphic="good" savestate="supported" palettesize="50"/> |
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