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ar_xeon: MAME ROM Information.


History:

Xenon (c) 1988 Arcadia Systems.


A vertically scrolling shoot-em-up from well-known Commodore Amiga coders, the 'Bitmap Brothers'. Xenon's distinguishing gameplay feature is that the player's craft could be switched between being a land-based tank and an airborne spaceship at the touch of a button.


- TECHNICAL -


Arcadia System hardware


Main CPU : 68000 (@ 7.15909 Mhz)

Sound Chips : Custom (@ 3.579545 Mhz)


Screen orientation : Horizontal

Video resolution : 671 x 216 pixels

Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz

Palette colors : 4096


Players : 2

Control : 8-way Joystick

Buttons : 2


- TRIVIA -


Xenon was originally called "KellyX" during the development.


This is the first Bitmap Brothers game, a team of programmers which made some of the greatest amiga titles ever.


- SERIES -


1. Xenon (1988)

2. Xenon II (1989, Commodore Amiga)

3. Xenon 2000 - Project PCF (2002, PC [MS Windows])


- PORTS -


* Computers :

Amstrad CPC (1988)

Atari ST (1988)

Commodore Amiga (1988)

PC (1988)

Sinclair ZX Spectrum (1989)

Commodore 64 (1989)

MSX (1989)


- SOURCES -


Game's rom.




MAME Info:

0.89u5 [Mariusz Wojcieszek, Ernesto Corvi]


WIP:

- 0.112u2: Ernesto Corvi fixed regression in Xenon sprites.

- 6th January 2005: Mariusz Wojcieszek - Updated the Arcadia driver and Xenon is now playable.

- 0.89u5: Mariusz Wojcieszek and Ernesto Corvi added Xenon (Arcadia, V 2.3) (Arcadia Systems 1988).

- 18th July 1999: Mike Coates dumped Xenon (Arcadia, V 2.3).


LEVELS: 4


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Romset: 512 kb / 8 files / 247.4 zip




MAME XML Output:

       <game name="ar_xeon" sourcefile="arcadia.c" romof="ar_bios">
              <description>Xenon (Arcadia, V 2.3)</description>
              <year>1988</year>
              <manufacturer>Arcadia Systems</manufacturer>
              <biosset name="onep300" description="OnePlay 3.00" default="yes"/>
              <biosset name="onep211" description="OnePlay 2.11"/>
              <biosset name="tenp211" description="TenPlay 2.11"/>
              <biosset name="onep220" description="OnePlay 2.20"/>
              <rom name="scpav3_0.1h" merge="scpav3_0.1h" bios="onep300" size="65536" crc="2d8e1a06" sha1="be187f34624aeda110017c4a09242f7c00ef56a4" region="user2" offset="0"/>
              <rom name="scpav3_0.1l" merge="scpav3_0.1l" bios="onep300" size="65536" crc="e4f38fab" sha1="01c2eb5965070893be6734eb1372576727716476" region="user2" offset="1"/>
              <rom name="scpa211h" merge="scpa211h" bios="onep211" size="65536" crc="be9dbdc5" sha1="1554da09f051ec53937d65d4e451de51bc0c69e5" region="user2" offset="0"/>
              <rom name="scpa211l" merge="scpa211l" bios="onep211" size="65536" crc="95b84504" sha1="99999fc40909001b37aa1b543918118becc81800" region="user2" offset="1"/>
              <rom name="gcp-1-hi" merge="gcp-1-hi" bios="tenp211" size="65536" crc="67d44523" sha1="f3e3699132cdf741518accb890c04d17374c4049" region="user2" offset="0"/>
              <rom name="gcp-1-lo" merge="gcp-1-lo" bios="tenp211" size="65536" crc="65d9b9cf" sha1="5c60a0dd4a0a7d9b938ce6b0446a6ad2ecaf07ec" region="user2" offset="1"/>
              <rom name="gcp-2-hi" merge="gcp-2-hi" bios="tenp211" size="65536" crc="1d7594ae" sha1="6173bbfecf18d7d9ee6bc2b6753ca9d42fabd781" region="user2" offset="20000"/>
              <rom name="gcp-2-lo" merge="gcp-2-lo" bios="tenp211" size="65536" crc="e776198d" sha1="694ca4cc99ed84a95d18201c94a3332f8599654f" region="user2" offset="20001"/>
              <rom name="gcp-3-hi" merge="gcp-3-hi" bios="tenp211" size="65536" crc="3e7364be" sha1="26e10d0ddc031a891138db36ce4f1732722e6847" region="user2" offset="40000"/>
              <rom name="gcp-3-lo" merge="gcp-3-lo" bios="tenp211" size="65536" crc="87229e0d" sha1="0b18544801e529f954b9e03226bd2e5475f36351" region="user2" offset="40001"/>
              <rom name="scpa_v220_1h.u12" merge="scpa_v220_1h.u12" bios="onep220" size="65536" crc="79450b4b" sha1="a1e508a89fc62e1c4994064f2786f491b1dc8bc6" region="user2" offset="0"/>
              <rom name="scpa_v220_1l.u16" merge="scpa_v220_1l.u16" bios="onep220" size="65536" crc="d2825511" sha1="747a37c6073224472bf261ae376ac9abfbe07554" region="user2" offset="1"/>
              <rom name="kick12.rom" merge="kick12.rom" size="262144" crc="a6ce1636" sha1="11f9e62cf299f72184835b7b2a70a16333fc0d88" region="user1" offset="0"/>
              <rom name="xeon_1h.bin" size="65536" crc="ca422811" sha1="fa6f82e1d91b48d58b61f916d5b04dc1a13774fb" region="user3" offset="0"/>
              <rom name="xeon_1l.bin" size="65536" crc="97edf967" sha1="57fca524e01ba21f7420472f14aaf3fa63a326fa" region="user3" offset="1"/>
              <rom name="xeon_2h.bin" size="65536" crc="8078c10e" sha1="599995374b23da7187556e2f4f285b60d818f885" region="user3" offset="20000"/>
              <rom name="xeon_2l.bin" size="65536" crc="a8845d8f" sha1="2d54dc25af68c46bbbdf8f9ed8014ae7d8564e09" region="user3" offset="20001"/>
              <rom name="xeon_3h.bin" size="65536" crc="9d013152" sha1="7a3bec56d564efbca9721d308b3eddc76763ec41" region="user3" offset="40000"/>
              <rom name="xeon_3l.bin" size="65536" crc="331b1449" sha1="0e282d04b2c7e68051e5ea1671737b11dfb71521" region="user3" offset="40001"/>
              <rom name="xeon_4h.bin" size="65536" crc="fbf43d5c" sha1="6d335b7b1d3b75887526cb8ea3518661b5554774" region="user3" offset="60000"/>
              <rom name="xeon_4l.bin" size="65536" crc="47b60bf5" sha1="10d8addc090ad3fa2663c40e22f736ac3522b177" region="user3" offset="60001"/>
              <chip type="cpu" tag="maincpu" name="68000" clock="7159090"/>
              <chip type="audio" tag="lspeaker" name="Speaker"/>
              <chip type="audio" tag="rspeaker" name="Speaker"/>
              <chip type="audio" tag="amiga" name="Amiga Paula" clock="3579545"/>
              <display tag="screen" type="raster" rotate="0" width="671" height="216" refresh="59.997000" />
              <sound channels="2"/>
              <input players="2" buttons="2" coins="2" service="yes">
                     <control type="joy" ways="8"/>
              </input>
              <dipswitch name="DSW1 1" tag="CIA0PORTB" mask="1">
                     <dipvalue name="Reset" value="1" default="yes"/>
                     <dipvalue name="Set" value="0"/>
              </dipswitch>
              <driver status="good" emulation="good" color="good" sound="good" graphic="good" savestate="unsupported" palettesize="4096"/>
       </game>
 
 


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