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dassault: MAME ROM Information.


History:

Desert Assault (c) 1991 Data East.


In this shoot'em up game, four soldiers grab machine guns and other projectile weapons and shoot their way through the terrorist arsenal.


- TECHNICAL -


Game ID : MAJ


Main CPU : (2x) 68000 (@ 14 Mhz)

Sound CPU : HuC6280 (@ 4.0275 Mhz)

Sound Chips : YM2203 (@ 4.0275 Mhz), YM2151 (@ 3.58 Mhz), OKI6295 (@ 7.757 Khz), OKI6295 (@ 15.514 Khz)


Screen orientation : Horizontal

Video resolution : 320 x 240 pixels

Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz

Palette Colors : 4096


Players : 4

Control : 8-way joystick

Buttons : 2


- TRIVIA -


Released in March 1991.


This game is known outside US as "Thunder Zone".


- STAFF -


Project leader : Naomi Susa

Planner : Yoshiaki Honda

Programmers : Souichi Akiyama, Haruyuki Kobayashi, Nod Suzuki

Adviser : Kazuyuki Kurata

Graphic designers : Masanori Tokoro, Sonomi Kiyota, Noriyuki Morita, Kappa-Kun, Ryohei Hirakata, Mario Watanabe, Atsushi Takahashi, Takahide Koizumi, Chie Kitahara, Makoto Nozu

Composers : Hiroaki Yoshida (Maro), Akira Takemoto (Raika)

Hardware : Shingo Mitsui

Special Thanks : Data East USA Inc.


- SOURCES -


Game's rom.

Machine's picture.




MAME Info:

0.61 [Bryan McPhail]


WIP:

- 0.144u7: Converted Thunder Zone/Desert Assault to use generic DECO sprite implementation [David Haywood].

- 0.136u4: Fabio Priuli converted Thunder Zone to use device versions of the deco16 video chips and added driver_data class and save states.

- 0.133u1: Renamed (dassaul4) to (dassault4).

- 0.131u1: MooglyGuy merged memory maps in Thunder Zone.

- 0.126u4: Fabio Priuli added DIP locations to Thunder Zone.

- 11th June 2008: Guru - Thunder Zone (Data East 1991) 4p version arrived a few days ago, thanks to gplee.

- 0.106u12: MASH added pld ($400 - pal16l8b.7d) to Thunder Zone and clones.

- 0.93: Changed 2nd OKI6295 clock speed to 15541 Hz.

- 8th May 2003: Jarek Burczynski fixed a bug in the YM2203 core that caused a stuck tone in Desert Assault.

- 0.66: Bryan McPhail fixed graphics in stage 4 or 5 of clone Desert Assault.

- 17th February 2003: Bryan McPhail converted the Desert Assault driver to use the Deco16IC functions and fixed a few other graphics problems.

- 0.61: Bryan McPhail added Thunder Zone (World) (Data East 1991) and clones Desert Assault (US) and (US 4 Players).

- 25th May 2002: Stephane Humbert fixed the dipswitch settings in Desert Assault.

- 24th May 2002: Bryan McPhail sent in a driver for Desert Assault.


LEVELS: 5


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* FB Alpha


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Romset: 9541 kb / 31 files / 3.53 zip




MAME XML Output:

       <game name="dassault" sourcefile="dassault.c" cloneof="thndzone" romof="thndzone">
              <description>Desert Assault (US)</description>
              <year>1991</year>
              <manufacturer>Data East Corporation</manufacturer>
              <rom name="01.bin" size="131072" crc="14f17ea7" sha1="0bb8b7dba05f1ea42e68838861f0d4c263eac6b3" region="maincpu" offset="0"/>
              <rom name="03.bin" size="131072" crc="bed1b90c" sha1="c100f89b69025e2ff885b35a733abc627da98a07" region="maincpu" offset="1"/>
              <rom name="gs00" merge="gs00" size="131072" crc="b7277175" sha1="ffb19c4dd12e0391f01de57c46a7998885fe22bf" region="maincpu" offset="40000"/>
              <rom name="gs02" merge="gs02" size="131072" crc="cde31e35" sha1="0219845308c9f46e73b0504bd2aefa2fa74f388e" region="maincpu" offset="40001"/>
              <rom name="hc10-1.bin" size="131072" crc="ac5ac770" sha1="bf6640900c2f9c8091168bf106edf85350c34652" region="sub" offset="0"/>
              <rom name="hc08-1.bin" size="131072" crc="864dca56" sha1="0967f613684b539d10b67e4f6033c890e2134ea2" region="sub" offset="1"/>
              <rom name="gs11" merge="gs11" size="131072" crc="80cb23de" sha1="d52426460eea2285c57cfc3fe37aa6dc79990e25" region="sub" offset="40000"/>
              <rom name="gs09" merge="gs09" size="131072" crc="0a8fa7e1" sha1="330ae9602b5f56b5dc4961a41991b64412a59880" region="sub" offset="40001"/>
              <rom name="gs04" merge="gs04" size="65536" crc="81c29ebf" sha1="1b241277a8e35cdeaeb120970d14a09d33032459" region="audiocpu" offset="0"/>
              <rom name="gs05" merge="gs05" size="65536" crc="0aae996a" sha1="d37a12b057e9934212362d7eafa575c961819a27" region="gfx1" offset="0"/>
              <rom name="gs06" merge="gs06" size="65536" crc="4efdf03d" sha1="835d22829c6d0f4efc76801b449f9a779f460f1c" region="gfx1" offset="1"/>
              <rom name="maj-02" merge="maj-02" size="1048576" crc="383bbc37" sha1="c537ab147a2770ce28ee185b08dd62d35249bfa9" region="gfx2" offset="0"/>
              <rom name="maj-01" merge="maj-01" size="1048576" crc="9840a204" sha1="096c351769da5184c3d9a05495370134acc9507a" region="gfx3" offset="0"/>
              <rom name="maj-00" merge="maj-00" size="1048576" crc="87ea8d16" sha1="db47123aa2ebbb800cfc5cfcf50309bc39cadbcd" region="gfx3" offset="100000"/>
              <rom name="maj-04" merge="maj-04" size="524288" crc="36e49b19" sha1="bfbc45b635bf3d46ff8b8a514a3f352bf3a95535" region="gfx4" offset="0"/>
              <rom name="maj-05" merge="maj-05" size="524288" crc="80fc71cc" sha1="65b15afbe5d628051b012777d486b6ce92a3795c" region="gfx4" offset="80000"/>
              <rom name="maj-06" merge="maj-06" size="524288" crc="2e7a684b" sha1="cffeda1a816dad30d6b1cb12458661188d625d40" region="gfx4" offset="100000"/>
              <rom name="maj-07" merge="maj-07" size="524288" crc="3acc1f78" sha1="87ec65b4f54a66370754534d03f4c9217531b42f" region="gfx4" offset="180000"/>
              <rom name="maj-08" merge="maj-08" size="524288" crc="1958a36d" sha1="466a30dcd2ea13028272ed2187f890ee20d6636b" region="gfx4" offset="200000"/>
              <rom name="maj-09" merge="maj-09" size="524288" crc="c21087a1" sha1="b769c5f2f9b9c525d121902fe9557a6bfc077b99" region="gfx4" offset="280000"/>
              <rom name="maj-10" merge="maj-10" size="524288" crc="a02fa641" sha1="14b999a441964e612700bf21945a948eaebb253e" region="gfx4" offset="300000"/>
              <rom name="maj-11" merge="maj-11" size="524288" crc="dabe9305" sha1="44d69fe55e674de7f4c610d295d4528d4b2eb150" region="gfx4" offset="380000"/>
              <rom name="gs12" merge="gs12" size="131072" crc="9a86a015" sha1="968576b8422393ab9a93d98c15428b1c11417b3d" region="gfx5" offset="0"/>
              <rom name="gs13" merge="gs13" size="131072" crc="f4709905" sha1="697842a3d7bc2588c77833c3af8938e6f0b1238d" region="gfx5" offset="1"/>
              <rom name="gs14" merge="gs14" size="131072" crc="750fc523" sha1="ef8794359ff3a44a97ab402821fbe205a0be8f6a" region="gfx5" offset="40000"/>
              <rom name="gs15" merge="gs15" size="131072" crc="f14edd3d" sha1="802d576df6dac2c9bf99f963f1955fc3a7ffdac0" region="gfx5" offset="40001"/>
              <rom name="gs07" merge="gs07" size="131072" crc="750b7e5d" sha1="d33b17a1d8c9b05d5c1daf0c80fed6381e04b167" region="oki1" offset="0"/>
              <rom name="maj-03" merge="maj-03" size="524288" crc="31dcfac3" sha1="88c7fc139f871991defbc8dc2c9c66b150dd6f6f" region="oki2" offset="0"/>
              <rom name="mb7128y.10m" merge="mb7128y.10m" size="2048" crc="bde780a2" sha1="94ea9fe6c3a421e976d077e67f564ca5c37a5e88" region="proms" offset="0"/>
              <rom name="mb7128y.16p" merge="mb7128y.16p" size="2048" crc="c44d2751" sha1="7c195650689d5cbbdccba696e0e7d3dc5bb7c506" region="proms" offset="800"/>
              <rom name="pal16r8a 1h" size="260" status="nodump" region="plds" offset="0"/>
              <rom name="pal16l8b.7c" size="260" status="nodump" region="plds" offset="200"/>
              <rom name="pal16l8b.7d" merge="pal16l8b.7d" size="260" crc="199e83fd" sha1="ebb5d66f29935b0a58e79b0db30611b5dce328a6" region="plds" offset="400"/>
              <rom name="pal16l8b.7e" size="260" status="nodump" region="plds" offset="600"/>
              <rom name="pal16l8b.7l" size="260" status="nodump" region="plds" offset="800"/>
              <rom name="pal16l8b.8e" size="260" status="nodump" region="plds" offset="a00"/>
              <rom name="pal16l8b.9d" size="260" status="nodump" region="plds" offset="c00"/>
              <rom name="pal16l8b.10c" size="260" status="nodump" region="plds" offset="e00"/>
              <chip type="cpu" tag="maincpu" name="68000" clock="14000000"/>
              <chip type="cpu" tag="sub" name="68000" clock="14000000"/>
              <chip type="cpu" tag="audiocpu" name="HuC6280" clock="4027500"/>
              <chip type="audio" tag="lspeaker" name="Speaker"/>
              <chip type="audio" tag="rspeaker" name="Speaker"/>
              <chip type="audio" tag="ym1" name="YM2203" clock="4027500"/>
              <chip type="audio" tag="ym2" name="YM2151" clock="3580000"/>
              <chip type="audio" tag="oki1" name="OKI6295" clock="1023924"/>
              <chip type="audio" tag="oki2" name="OKI6295" clock="2047848"/>
              <display tag="screen" type="raster" rotate="0" width="320" height="240" refresh="60.000000" />
              <sound channels="2"/>
              <input players="4" buttons="2" coins="4">
                     <control type="joy" ways="8"/>
              </input>
              <dipswitch name="Coin A" tag="DSW1" mask="7">
                     <dipvalue name="3 Coins/1 Credit" value="0"/>
                     <dipvalue name="2 Coins/1 Credit" value="1"/>
                     <dipvalue name="1 Coin/1 Credit" value="7" default="yes"/>
                     <dipvalue name="1 Coin/2 Credits" value="6"/>
                     <dipvalue name="1 Coin/3 Credits" value="5"/>
                     <dipvalue name="1 Coin/4 Credits" value="4"/>
                     <dipvalue name="1 Coin/5 Credits" value="3"/>
                     <dipvalue name="1 Coin/6 Credits" value="2"/>
              </dipswitch>
              <dipswitch name="Coin B" tag="DSW1" mask="56">
                     <dipvalue name="3 Coins/1 Credit" value="0"/>
                     <dipvalue name="2 Coins/1 Credit" value="8"/>
                     <dipvalue name="1 Coin/1 Credit" value="56" default="yes"/>
                     <dipvalue name="1 Coin/2 Credits" value="48"/>
                     <dipvalue name="1 Coin/3 Credits" value="40"/>
                     <dipvalue name="1 Coin/4 Credits" value="32"/>
                     <dipvalue name="1 Coin/5 Credits" value="24"/>
                     <dipvalue name="1 Coin/6 Credits" value="16"/>
              </dipswitch>
              <dipswitch name="Flip Screen" tag="DSW1" mask="64">
                     <dipvalue name="Off" value="64" default="yes"/>
                     <dipvalue name="On" value="0"/>
              </dipswitch>
              <dipswitch name="2 Coins to Start, 1 to Continue" tag="DSW1" mask="128">
                     <dipvalue name="Off" value="128" default="yes"/>
                     <dipvalue name="On" value="0"/>
              </dipswitch>
              <dipswitch name="Unused" tag="DSW2" mask="1">
                     <dipvalue name="Off" value="1" default="yes"/>
                     <dipvalue name="On" value="0"/>
              </dipswitch>
              <dipswitch name="Unused" tag="DSW2" mask="2">
                     <dipvalue name="Off" value="2" default="yes"/>
                     <dipvalue name="On" value="0"/>
              </dipswitch>
              <dipswitch name="Difficulty" tag="DSW2" mask="12">
                     <dipvalue name="Easy" value="8"/>
                     <dipvalue name="Normal" value="12" default="yes"/>
                     <dipvalue name="Hard" value="4"/>
                     <dipvalue name="Hardest" value="0"/>
              </dipswitch>
              <dipswitch name="Max Players" tag="DSW2" mask="48">
                     <dipvalue name="2" value="48" default="yes"/>
                     <dipvalue name="3" value="32"/>
                     <dipvalue name="4" value="16"/>
              </dipswitch>
              <dipswitch name="Unused" tag="DSW2" mask="64">
                     <dipvalue name="Off" value="64" default="yes"/>
                     <dipvalue name="On" value="0"/>
              </dipswitch>
              <dipswitch name="Demo Sounds" tag="DSW2" mask="128">
                     <dipvalue name="Off" value="128"/>
                     <dipvalue name="On" value="0" default="yes"/>
              </dipswitch>
              <driver status="good" emulation="good" color="good" sound="good" graphic="good" savestate="supported" palettesize="4096"/>
       </game>
 
 


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