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hanagumi: MAME ROM Information.


History:

Hanagumi Taisen Columns - Sakura Wars (c) 1997 Sega.


A competitive variation of Columns featuring characters from the Sakura Taisen series.


- TECHNICAL -


Sega Titan Video hardware (STV)


Main CPU : (2x) SH-2 (@ 28.6364 Mhz), 68000 (@ 11.45456 Mhz)

Sound Chips : SCSP (@ 11.45456 Mhz)


Screen orientation : Horizontal

Video resolution : 704 x 513 pixels

Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz

Palette colors : 6144


Players : 2

Control : 8-way joystick

Buttons : 6


- TRIVIA -


Released in October 1997.


The title of this game translates from Japanese as 'Flower Branch Competition Columns - Cherry Blossom Wars'.


One of Sega's last games for the STV/Saturn hardware.


PATENTS :

U.S.A : 4,442,486 - 4,454,594 - 4,462,076

Europe : 80244

Canada : 1,183,276

Honk Kong : 88-4302

Singapore : 88-155


- SERIES -


1. Columns (1990)

2. Columns II - The Voyage Through Time (1990)

3. Columns III - Revenge of Columns (1993)

4. Stack Columns (1994)

5. Super Columns [Model G-3226] (1995, Sega Game Gear)

6. Columns '97 (1997)

7. Hanagumi Taisen Columns - Sakura Wars (1998)

8. Hanagumi Taisen Columns 2 (2000, Sega Dreamcast)

9. Columns Crown (2002, Nintendo Game Boy Advance)


- PORTS -


* Consoles :

Sega Saturn (1997)


- SOURCES -


Game's rom.



MAME Info:

0.73 [Angelo Salese, David Haywood]

0.63 [?]


< Japan >


WIP:

- 0.99u3: Mariusz Wojcieszek fixed character choice mode in Hanagumi Taisen Columns.

- 0.90: Changed description to 'Hanagumi Taisen Columns - Sakura Wars (J 971007 V1.010)'.

- 15th April 2004: Mariusz Wojcieszek fixed a sprite rendering bug in the ST-V driver where some sprites got distorted to the wrong size, improving Othello Shiyouyo title screen, helicopter in Die Hard Arcade, attract modes in Cotton Boomerang and Hanagumi Taisen Columns and it also makes Super Major League almost playable.

- 0.74u1: Changed visible area to 512x512.

- 0.73: Angelo Salese and David Haywood added 'Hanagumi Taisen Columns - Sakura Wars' (Sega 1998). This is the first ST-C game to be supported by MAME, please note that due to the complexity of the system emulation is still preliminary and there are still various issues that will need ironing out, there is currently no sound. Many Improvements to the ST-V emulation, resulting in Hanagumi Columns being playable and other games on the driver starting to show some graphics [Angelo Salese, David Haywood].

- 1st September 2003: David Haywood and Angelo Salese submitted a major improvement to the Sega ST-V driver with Hanagumi Taisen Columns - Sakura Wars fully playable, except it's missing sound.

- 0.72u2: Various ST-V improvements, Hanagumi Columns shows a partial title screen (still disabled so you'll have to enable it yourself if you want to see) [Angelo Salese].

- 0.63: Added Hanagumi Taisen Columns - Sakura Wars (Testdriver).


LEVELS: 8


Recommended Games:

Columns

Columns (Mega-Tech)

Columns II - The Voyage Through Time

Columns III (Mega Play)

Stack Columns

Columns 97

Hanagumi Taisen Columns


Romset: 46080 kb / 12 files / 31.9 zip



MAME XML Output:

       <game name="hanagumi" sourcefile="stv.c" romof="stvbios">
              <description>Hanagumi Taisen Columns - Sakura Wars (J 971007 V1.010)</description>
              <year>1997</year>
              <manufacturer>Sega</manufacturer>
              <biosset name="jp" description="EPR-20091 (Japan 97/08/21)" default="yes"/>
              <biosset name="jp1" description="EPR-19730 (Japan 97/02/17)"/>
              <biosset name="jp2" description="EPR-17951A (Japan 95/04/25)"/>
              <biosset name="jp3" description="STVB1.11J (Japan 95/02/20)"/>
              <biosset name="jp4" description="EPR-17740 (Japan 95/01/31)"/>
              <biosset name="euro" description="EPR-17954A (Europe 95/04/25)"/>
              <biosset name="us" description="EPR-17952A (USA 95/04/25)"/>
              <biosset name="tw" description="EPR-17953A (Taiwan 95/04/25)"/>
              <biosset name="tw1" description="STVB1.11T (Taiwan 95/02/20)"/>
              <biosset name="debug" description="Debug (95/01/13)"/>
              <biosset name="dev" description="Development (bios 1.061)"/>
              <rom name="epr-20091.ic8" merge="epr-20091.ic8" bios="jp" size="524288" crc="59ed40f4" sha1="eff0f54c70bce05ff3a289bf30b1027e1c8cd117" region="maincpu" offset="0"/>
              <rom name="epr-19730.ic8" merge="epr-19730.ic8" bios="jp1" size="524288" crc="d0e0889d" sha1="fae53107c894e0c41c49e191dbe706c9cd6e50bd" region="maincpu" offset="0"/>
              <rom name="epr-17951a.ic8" merge="epr-17951a.ic8" bios="jp2" size="524288" crc="2672f9d8" sha1="63cf4a6432f6c87952f9cf3ab0f977aed2367303" region="maincpu" offset="0"/>
              <rom name="stvb111j.ic8" merge="stvb111j.ic8" bios="jp3" size="524288" crc="3e23c81f" sha1="f9b282fd27693e9891843597b2e1823da3d23c7b" region="maincpu" offset="0"/>
              <rom name="epr-17740.ic8" merge="epr-17740.ic8" bios="jp4" size="524288" crc="5c5aa63d" sha1="06860d96923b81afbc21e0ad32ee19487d8ff6e7" region="maincpu" offset="0"/>
              <rom name="epr-17954a.ic8" merge="epr-17954a.ic8" bios="euro" size="524288" crc="f7722da3" sha1="af79cff317e5b57d49e463af16a9f616ed1eee08" region="maincpu" offset="0"/>
              <rom name="epr-17952a.ic8" merge="epr-17952a.ic8" bios="us" size="524288" crc="d1be2adf" sha1="eaf1c3e5d602e1139d2090a78d7e19f04f916794" region="maincpu" offset="0"/>
              <rom name="epr-17953a.ic8" merge="epr-17953a.ic8" bios="tw" size="524288" crc="a4c47570" sha1="9efc73717ec8a13417e65c54344ded9fc25bf5ef" region="maincpu" offset="0"/>
              <rom name="stvb111t.ic8" merge="stvb111t.ic8" bios="tw1" size="524288" crc="02daf123" sha1="23185beb1ce9c09b8719e57d1adb7b28c8141fd5" region="maincpu" offset="0"/>
              <rom name="stv110.bin" merge="stv110.bin" bios="debug" size="524288" crc="3dfeda92" sha1="8eb33192a57df5f3a1dfb57263054867c6b2db6d" region="maincpu" offset="0"/>
              <rom name="stv1061.bin" merge="stv1061.bin" bios="dev" size="524288" crc="728dbca3" sha1="0ed2030177f0aa8285645c395ae9ad9f568ab1d6" region="maincpu" offset="0"/>
              <rom name="mpr20143.7" size="1048576" crc="7bfc38d0" sha1="66f223e7ff2b5456a6f4185b7ab36f9cd833351a" region="game0" offset="200000"/>
              <rom name="mpr20138.2" size="4194304" crc="fdcf1046" sha1="cbb1f03879833c17feffdd6f5a4fbff06e1059a2" region="game0" offset="400000"/>
              <rom name="mpr20139.3" size="4194304" crc="7f0140e5" sha1="f2f7de7620d66a596d552e1af491a0592ebc4e51" region="game0" offset="800000"/>
              <rom name="mpr20140.4" size="4194304" crc="2fa03852" sha1="798ce008f6fc24a00f85298188c8d0d01933640d" region="game0" offset="c00000"/>
              <rom name="mpr20141.5" size="4194304" crc="45d6d21b" sha1="fe0f0b2195b74e79b8efb6a7c0b7bedca7194c48" region="game0" offset="1000000"/>
              <rom name="mpr20142.6" size="4194304" crc="e38561ec" sha1="c04c400be033bc74a7bb2a60f6ae00853a2220d4" region="game0" offset="1400000"/>
              <rom name="mpr20137.1" size="4194304" crc="181d2688" sha1="950059f89eda30d8a5bce145421f507e226b8b3e" region="game0" offset="1800000"/>
              <rom name="mpr20144.8" size="4194304" crc="235b43f6" sha1="e35d9bf15ac805513ab3edeca4f264647a2dc0b0" region="game0" offset="1c00000"/>
              <rom name="mpr20145.9" size="4194304" crc="aeaac7a1" sha1="5c75ecce49a5c53dbb0b07e75f3a76e6db9976d0" region="game0" offset="2000000"/>
              <rom name="mpr20146.10" size="4194304" crc="39bab9a2" sha1="077132e6a03afd181ee9ca9ca4f7c9cbf418e57e" region="game0" offset="2400000"/>
              <rom name="mpr20147.11" size="4194304" crc="294ab997" sha1="aeba269ae7d056f07edecf96bc138231c66c3637" region="game0" offset="2800000"/>
              <rom name="mpr20148.12" size="4194304" crc="5337ccb0" sha1="a998bb116eb10c4044410f065c5ddeb845f9dab5" region="game0" offset="2c00000"/>
              <chip type="cpu" tag="maincpu" name="SH-2" clock="28636360"/>
              <chip type="cpu" tag="slave" name="SH-2" clock="28636360"/>
              <chip type="cpu" tag="audiocpu" name="68000" clock="11289600"/>
              <chip type="audio" tag="lspeaker" name="Speaker"/>
              <chip type="audio" tag="rspeaker" name="Speaker"/>
              <chip type="audio" tag="scsp" name="SCSP"/>
              <chip type="audio" tag="cdda" name="CD/DA"/>
              <display tag="screen" type="raster" rotate="0" width="320" height="224" refresh="59.764793" pixclock="6711646" htotal="427" hbend="0" hbstart="320" vtotal="263" vbend="0" vbstart="224" />
              <sound channels="2"/>
              <input players="4" buttons="4" coins="2" service="yes">
                     <control type="joy" ways="8"/>
              </input>
              <dipswitch name="PDR1" tag="DSW1" mask="1">
                     <dipvalue name="Off" value="1" default="yes"/>
                     <dipvalue name="On" value="0"/>
              </dipswitch>
              <dipswitch name="Unknown" tag="DSW1" mask="2">
                     <dipvalue name="Off" value="2" default="yes"/>
                     <dipvalue name="On" value="0"/>
              </dipswitch>
              <dipswitch name="Unknown" tag="DSW1" mask="4">
                     <dipvalue name="Off" value="4" default="yes"/>
                     <dipvalue name="On" value="0"/>
              </dipswitch>
              <dipswitch name="Unknown" tag="DSW1" mask="8">
                     <dipvalue name="Off" value="8" default="yes"/>
                     <dipvalue name="On" value="0"/>
              </dipswitch>
              <dipswitch name="Unknown" tag="DSW1" mask="16">
                     <dipvalue name="Off" value="16" default="yes"/>
                     <dipvalue name="On" value="0"/>
              </dipswitch>
              <dipswitch name="Unknown" tag="DSW1" mask="32">
                     <dipvalue name="Off" value="32" default="yes"/>
                     <dipvalue name="On" value="0"/>
              </dipswitch>
              <dipswitch name="Unknown" tag="DSW1" mask="64">
                     <dipvalue name="Off" value="64" default="yes"/>
                     <dipvalue name="On" value="0"/>
              </dipswitch>
              <dipswitch name="Unknown" tag="DSW1" mask="128">
                     <dipvalue name="Off" value="128" default="yes"/>
                     <dipvalue name="On" value="0"/>
              </dipswitch>
              <dipswitch name="PDR2" tag="DSW2" mask="1">
                     <dipvalue name="Off" value="1" default="yes"/>
                     <dipvalue name="On" value="0"/>
              </dipswitch>
              <dipswitch name="Unknown" tag="DSW2" mask="2">
                     <dipvalue name="Off" value="2" default="yes"/>
                     <dipvalue name="On" value="0"/>
              </dipswitch>
              <dipswitch name="Unknown" tag="DSW2" mask="4">
                     <dipvalue name="Off" value="4" default="yes"/>
                     <dipvalue name="On" value="0"/>
              </dipswitch>
              <dipswitch name="Unknown" tag="DSW2" mask="8">
                     <dipvalue name="Off" value="8" default="yes"/>
                     <dipvalue name="On" value="0"/>
              </dipswitch>
              <dipswitch name="Unknown" tag="DSW2" mask="16">
                     <dipvalue name="Off" value="16" default="yes"/>
                     <dipvalue name="On" value="0"/>
              </dipswitch>
              <dipswitch name="Unknown" tag="DSW2" mask="32">
                     <dipvalue name="Off" value="32" default="yes"/>
                     <dipvalue name="On" value="0"/>
              </dipswitch>
              <dipswitch name="Unknown" tag="DSW2" mask="64">
                     <dipvalue name="Off" value="64" default="yes"/>
                     <dipvalue name="On" value="0"/>
              </dipswitch>
              <dipswitch name="Unknown" tag="DSW2" mask="128">
                     <dipvalue name="Off" value="128" default="yes"/>
                     <dipvalue name="On" value="0"/>
              </dipswitch>
              <driver status="imperfect" emulation="good" color="good" sound="imperfect" graphic="imperfect" savestate="unsupported" palettesize="6144"/>
       </game>
 
 


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