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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"/>
       </game>
 
 


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