ashura: MAME ROM Information.
History:
Ashura Blaster (c) 1990 Taito.
A vertically scrolling shoot'em up game.
- TECHNICAL -
Taito B System hardware
Prom Stickers : C43
Main CPU : 68000 (@ 12 Mhz), Z80 (@ 4 Mhz)
Sound Chips : YM2610 (@ 8 Mhz)
Players : 2
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 2 (FIRE, BOMB)
- TRIVIA -
Released in March 1990.
Developed by Visco (in the 2th stage, you can see 'Visco').
The kanji characters on the titlescreen read 'Ashura'. Ashura is a demon related to fighting.
The game forbids the initials 'SEX' on the high score table. If you try, it gets changed to 'REX'.
- UPDATES -
The US version is slightly different, it has the "Winners Don't Use Drugs" screen.
- TIPS AND TRICKS -
In this game, there is no back fire from enemies, like in other similar shoot'em ups. So you do not have to worry to be hit, after you pass certain enemies.
- SOURCES -
Game's rom.
Machine's picture.
MAME Info:
0.131 [Tirino73]
0.37b3 [Jarek Burczynski]
Bugs:
- The continue screen doesn't appear correctly. ponzicar (ID 01011)
WIP:
- 0.131: Tirino73 added Ashura Blaster (World). Renamed (ashura) to (ashuraj).
- 19th April 2009: Tirino73 dumped Ashura Blaster (World). This romset comes from an original PCB.Differences are: Booting notice (Jap vers.) and cycling FBI logo (US vers.) screens removed.Copyright string same as jap version. Like other versions,this game runs on the Taito B-System.
- 0.106u3: Added 'Cabinet' dipswitch.
- 0.37b4: Added clone Ashura Blaster (US). Added dipswitches 'Flip Screen', 'Difficulty' and 'Bonus Life'.
- 0.37b3: Jarek Burczynski added Ashura Blaster (Japan) (Taito 1990).
- 26th May 2000: Jarek Burczynski added Ashura Blaster to the Taito-B driver.
- 14th February 1999: Vixen dumped Ashura Blaster (Japan).
LEVELS: 6 (endless)
Other Emulators:
* FB Alpha
* Raine
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Romset: 2112 kb / 8 files / 868.6 zip
MAME XML Output:
| | <game name="ashura" sourcefile="taito_b.c"> |
| | | <description>Ashura Blaster (World)</description> |
| | | <manufacturer>Taito Corporation Japan</manufacturer> |
| | | <rom name="c43-15.50" size="131072" crc="5d05d6c6" sha1="43bcf6dbfa982595154ebb2b478415b63dfcb7aa" region="maincpu" offset="0"/> |
| | | <rom name="c43-13.31" size="131072" crc="75b7d877" sha1="54ffb35fdc84c86a3187291e2f1862a1a9152812" region="maincpu" offset="1"/> |
| | | <rom name="c43-14.49" size="131072" crc="ede7f37d" sha1="3ed744885f2aaba5c4e6f4d77ed33d12f0290968" region="maincpu" offset="40000"/> |
| | | <rom name="c43-12.30" size="131072" crc="b08a4ba0" sha1="dad644bcaa240bf0d7393153ab0d0e9bf1d620b2" region="maincpu" offset="40001"/> |
| | | <rom name="c43-16" size="65536" crc="cb26fce1" sha1="7cc60326455c7bb2ca543ddfd4002462cc079837" region="audiocpu" offset="0"/> |
| | | <rom name="c43-02" size="524288" crc="105722ae" sha1="1de5d396d2a4d5948544082c471a15ca1b8e756c" region="gfx1" offset="0"/> |
| | | <rom name="c43-03" size="524288" crc="426606ba" sha1="961ec0a9dc18044adae433337bfa89d951c5207c" region="gfx1" offset="80000"/> |
| | | <rom name="c43-01" size="524288" crc="db953f37" sha1="252591b676366d4828acb20c77aa9960ad9b367e" region="ymsnd" offset="0"/> |
| | | <chip type="cpu" tag="maincpu" name="68000" clock="12000000"/> |
| | | <chip type="cpu" tag="audiocpu" name="Z80" clock="4000000"/> |
| | | <chip type="audio" tag="mono" name="Speaker"/> |
| | | <chip type="audio" tag="ymsnd" name="YM2610" clock="8000000"/> |
| | | <display tag="screen" type="raster" rotate="270" width="320" height="224" refresh="60.000000" /> |
| | | <input players="2" buttons="2" coins="2" tilt="yes"> |
| | | | <control type="joy" ways="8"/> |
| | | <dipswitch name="Cabinet" tag="DSWA" mask="1"> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="Upright" value="0" default="yes"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="Cocktail" value="1"/> |
| | | <dipswitch name="Flip Screen" tag="DSWA" mask="2"> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="Off" value="2" default="yes"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="On" value="0"/> |
| | | <dipswitch name="Service Mode" tag="DSWA" mask="4"> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="Off" value="4" default="yes"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="On" value="0"/> |
| | | <dipswitch name="Demo Sounds" tag="DSWA" mask="8"> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="Off" value="0"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="On" value="8" default="yes"/> |
| | | <dipswitch name="Coin A" tag="DSWA" mask="48"> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="4 Coins/1 Credit" value="0"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="3 Coins/1 Credit" value="16"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="2 Coins/1 Credit" value="32"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="1 Coin/1 Credit" value="48" default="yes"/> |
| | | <dipswitch name="Coin B" tag="DSWA" mask="192"> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="1 Coin/2 Credits" value="192" default="yes"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="1 Coin/3 Credits" value="128"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="1 Coin/4 Credits" value="64"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="1 Coin/6 Credits" value="0"/> |
| | | <dipswitch name="Difficulty" tag="DSWB" mask="3"> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="Easy" value="2"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="Medium" value="3" default="yes"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="Hard" value="1"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="Hardest" value="0"/> |
| | | <dipswitch name="Bonus Life" tag="DSWB" mask="12"> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="every 100k" value="8"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="every 150k" value="12" default="yes"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="every 200k" value="4"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="every 250k" value="0"/> |
| | | <dipswitch name="Lives" tag="DSWB" mask="48"> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="1" value="0"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="2" value="16"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="3" value="48" default="yes"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="4" value="32"/> |
| | | <dipswitch name="Allow Continue" tag="DSWB" mask="64"> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="Off" value="0"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="On" value="64" default="yes"/> |
| | | <dipswitch name="Unknown" tag="DSWB" mask="128"> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="Off" value="128" default="yes"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="On" value="0"/> |
| | | <driver status="good" emulation="good" color="good" sound="good" graphic="good" savestate="supported" palettesize="4096"/> |
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