gseekeru: MAME ROM Information.
History:
Grid Seeker - Project Stormhammer (c) 1992 Taito.
It is August 1999. In the skies over the Middle East, the second Persian Gulf War has begun. The early half of the 90's, the Persian Gulf War breaks out in the Middle East and prolonged fighting rapidly increases the rate of destruction of the world's natural resources. In 1999 this develops into a state of crisis where the effects of the war have resulted in an absolute shortage of reserves. Mistaken policies have resulted in the nation of the Middle East, suffering from shortages since the time of the original Persian Gulf War, taking military action against neighboring nations in an attempt to assure a supply of resources for themselves. Those nations which have managed to escape the fighting once again form a Multinational Force. Using the technology gained from research which had been done for a new type of nuclear reactor, they succeed in developing and producing GRID - a Gyrodrive Reactive Intercept Device. This is the start of Project Storm Hammer.
- TECHNICAL -
Taito F3 System hardware
Prom Stickers : D40
Main CPU : 68EC020 (@ 16 Mhz)
Sound CPU : 68000 (@ 16 Mhz)
Sound Chips : ES5505 (@ 15.23805 Mhz)
Players : 4
Control : Dial
Buttons : 4
- TRIVIA -
Released in December 1992 in Japan.
Even if it had interesting game play and very good BGM, the game went unnoticed because the success of Capcom's Street Fighter II.
Pony Canyon / Scitron released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Grid Seeker - PCCB-00131) on 21/07/1993.
Zuntata record released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Taito Game Collection - Shooting cluster 1) on 29/06/2011.
- UPDATES -
The US version is slightly different, it has the "Winners Don't Use Drugs" screen.
- STAFF -
Game designers : Tsukasa Ohshima, <3Nurse<3 Mizukami, Takafumi kaneko
Programmers : Takahiro Natani, Takafumi Kaneko, Mercury Hayashi, Jinji Tantou
Software : Shirou Yoshida, Youichi Sakai, Hiroyuki Minemura
Character designers : Tsukasa Ohshima, <3Nurse<3 Mizukami, Keppel Maekawa
Object art director : Lin Chinkai (Indy Chinkai)
Screen art directors : Takashi Yamada, Lin Hu-Man Gas
Graphic designers : Takashi Yamada, Kenji Hazama, Kouichi Kizato, Tamae Kisanuki, Natsuko Tsuji, Mari Fukusaki, Akiyoshi Takada, Lin Chinkai (Indy Chinkai), Space Creative, A-Wave, Visual Arts Production
Hardware engineer : Katsumi Kaneoka
Decorator : Toshiyuki Takenami
Sound directors (Zuntata) : Norihiro Furukawa, Naoto Ishita (YAG)
Producer : Toshiaki Kato
- PORTS -
* Consoles :
Sony PlayStation 2 [JP] (July 26, 2005; "Taito Memories Joukan [Model SLPM-66057]")
Sony PlayStation 2 (2005, "Taito Memories Vol. 1")
Microsoft XBOX (2006, "Taito Legends 2")
Sony PlayStation 2 (2006, "Taito Legends 2")
* Computers :
PC [CD-ROM] (2006, "Taito Legends 2")
- SOURCES -
Game's rom.
MAME Info:
0.37b11 [Bryan McPhail]
Artwork available
Bugs:
- gseeker and clones: Missing background graphics on the right side. moa (ID 03599)
- In attract mode, there is a priority error where a stealth bomber is coming out of a hanger. Misc (ID 01187)
- Completely black continue screen. Twisty (ID 00026)
WIP:
- 0.135u2: Changed visible area to 232x320.
- 0.127u5: Couriersud fixed a priority error in Grid Seeker attract mode, where a stealth bomber is coming out of a hanger.
- 0.123u5: Couriersud fixed graphic problem without .nv file.
- 0.105u1: Changed description of 'Grid Seeker: Project Stormhammer (World)' to 'Grid Seeker: Project Storm Hammer (Ver 1.3O)' and clones 'Grid Seeker: Project Stormhammer (Japan)' to 'Grid Seeker: Project Storm Hammer (Ver 1.3J)' and 'Grid Seeker: Project Stormhammer (US)' to 'Grid Seeker: Project Storm Hammer (Ver 1.3A)'.
- 0.37b11: Bryan McPhail added 'Grid Seeker: Project Stormhammer (World)' (Taito 1992) and clones (US) and (Japan).
- 16th January 2001: Bryan McPhail fixed some memory corrupting bugs in the Taito F3 driver.
- 15th January 2001: Bryan McPhail finally submitted his Taito F3 driver, which is not graphically perfect and crashes hard sometimes but has complete ES5505 sound emulation thanks to Aaron Giles, Ian Schmidt and R. Belmont. Not all games are working due to 68020 core bugs, but these are: Ring Rage, Arabian Magic, Riding Fight, Grid Seeker: Project Stormhammer, Gunlock / Rayforce, Super Cup Finals / Hat Trick Hero '93, Top Ranking Stars, Light Bringer, Kaiser Knuckle / Global Champion, Bubble Bobble 2 / Bubble Symphony, Space Invaders DX, Taito Power Goal / Hat Trick Hero '95, Quiz Theater - 3tsu no Monogatari, Akkanvader, Moriguchi Hiroko no Quiz de Hyuu!Hyuu!, Puzzle Bobble 2 / Bust-A-Move Again, Puzzle Bobble 2X, Kyukyoku Tiger 2, Bubble Memories, Cleopatra Fortune, Puzzle Bobble 3, Arkanoid Returns, Kirameki Star Road, Puchi Carat and Pop 'N Pop.
STORY:
- It is August 1999. In the skies over the Middle East, the second Persian Gulf War has begun. The early half of the 90's, the Persian Gulf War breaks out in the Middle East and prolonged fighting rapidly increases the rate of destruction of the world's natural resources. In 1999 this develops into a state of crisis where the effects of the war have resulted in an absolute shortage of an reserves. Mistaken policies have resulted in the nation of the Middle East, suffering from shortages since the time of the original Persian Gulf War, taking military action against neighboring nations in an attempt to assure a supply of resources for themselves. Those nations which have managed to escape the fihting once again from a Multinational Force. Using the technology gained from research which had been done for a new type of nuclear reactor, they succeed in developing and producing GRID- a Gyrodrive Reactive Intercept Device. This is the start of Project Storm Hammer.
LEVELS: 7
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Romset: 9472 kb / 14 files / 4.72 zip
MAME XML Output:
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| | | <description>Grid Seeker: Project Storm Hammer (Ver 1.3A)</description> |
| | | <manufacturer>Taito America Corporation</manufacturer> |
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| | | <chip type="cpu" tag="audiocpu" name="68000" clock="16000000"/> |
| | | <chip type="audio" tag="lspeaker" name="Speaker"/> |
| | | <chip type="audio" tag="rspeaker" name="Speaker"/> |
| | | <chip type="audio" tag="ensoniq" name="ES5505" clock="15238050"/> |
| | | <display tag="screen" type="raster" rotate="90" width="320" height="232" refresh="58.970000" /> |
| | | <input players="4" buttons="4" coins="4" service="yes" tilt="yes"> |
| | | | <control type="joy" ways="8"/> |
| | | | <control type="dial" minimum="0" maximum="4095" sensitivity="25" keydelta="25"/> |
| | | <driver status="good" emulation="good" color="good" sound="good" graphic="good" savestate="unsupported" palettesize="8192"/> |
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