lithero: MAME ROM Information. History:
Little Hero! (c) 1987 HB Corporation.
Little Hero is a bootleg which derives from the Japanese version.
- TECHNICAL -
Main CPU : Z80 (@ 4 Mhz)
Sound CPU : M6803 (@ 894.886 Khz)
Sound Chips : (2x) AY8910 (@ 894.886 Khz), (2x) MSM5205 (@ 384 Khz)
Players : 2
Control : 8-way Joystick
Buttons : 2
- TRIVIA -
Official products:
Kaiketsu Yanchamaru (Irem Corp.)
Kid Niki - Radical Ninja (Irem Corp.)
Kid Niki - Radical Ninja (Data East USA)
Unofficial products:
Little Hero! (HB Corp.)
- SOURCES -
Game's rom.
MAME Info:
0.102u3 [Stefan Lindberg]
0.34b8 [Phil Stroffolino]
TODO:
* Add drum samples
Bugs:
- On real hardware it is possible to see the shape of his hair when in the darkness during the title sequence. Stefan Lindberg (ID 00200)
WIP:
- 0.102u3: Stefan Lindberg added 'Kid Niki - Radical Ninja (World)'. Renamed (kidniki) to (kidnikiu).
- 0.92u1: Pierpaolo Prazzoli added clone Little Hero.
- 12th February 2005: f205v Corrado and Tomaselli dumped Little Hero.
- 0.90u2: Nicola Salmoria fixed priority bug in Kid Niki and crash on last level.
- 0.37b6: Changed clock speed of the M6803 CPU2 and the 2x AY-8910 to 894886 Hz.
- 0.36b10: Added clone Kaiketsu Yanchamaru (Japan). Changed parent description to 'Kid Niki - Radical Ninja (US)'.
- 0.35b13: Changed description to 'Kid Niki - Radical Ninja'.
- 0.35b2: Changed Z80 CPU1 clock speed to 4MHz. Added 3rd coin slot. Known issues: Kid Niki crashes/messes up in the confrontation with the final boss. Reason unknown.
- 0.35b1: Changed VSync to 55Hz. Added proms ($620, 820 - unknown and video timing).
- 0.34RC1: Dave W. added high score saving to Kid Niki.
- 0.34b8: Phil Stroffolino added 'Kid Niki, Radical Ninja' (Data East 1986).
STORY:
- You are a tatally rad ninja swordsman. Princess Margo is being held captive by the Stone Wizard. Save her!
LEVELS: 8
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* FB Alpha
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Romset: 515 kb / 34 files / 206.4 zip
MAME XML Output:
   | <game name="lithero" sourcefile="m62.c" cloneof="kidniki" romof="kidniki"> |
   |    | <description>Little Hero</description> |
   |    | <year>1987</year> |
   |    | <manufacturer>bootleg</manufacturer> |
   |    | <rom name="4.bin" size="32768" crc="80903766" sha1="f16d603798f8a9ad62df8d89334758326257201a" region="maincpu" offset="0"/> |
   |    | <rom name="11.bin" size="32768" crc="7a1ef8cb" sha1="5c94a06a5f64365068daee3d7da7f2a8e52479da" region="maincpu" offset="10000"/> |
   |    | <rom name="12.bin" size="32768" crc="a929110b" sha1="87334f946e14c79426bc7a14e8da984bb8ef9cfc" region="maincpu" offset="18000"/> |
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   |    | <rom name="dr25.3f" merge="dr25.3f" size="256" crc="8e91430b" sha1="a7a1567a0fd31cd65260f3ddb5280368704378bd" region="proms" offset="0"/> |
   |    | <rom name="dr30.1m" merge="dr30.1m" size="256" crc="28c73263" sha1="ffeb8d1310759bf20b1624ab92fc91078726679c" region="proms" offset="100"/> |
   |    | <rom name="dr26.3h" merge="dr26.3h" size="256" crc="b563b93f" sha1="86aefdaa63b35fe82f9f70eff3e4c14629f7a184" region="proms" offset="200"/> |
   |    | <rom name="dr31.1n" merge="dr31.1n" size="256" crc="3529210e" sha1="3042ec941bdcb873077e77cffe36d4a28298bbbb" region="proms" offset="300"/> |
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   |    | <rom name="dr28.8f" merge="dr28.8f" size="512" crc="6cef0fbd" sha1="0c5c63a203e7bd852a3574c18f212487caf529ca" region="proms" offset="620"/> |
   |    | <rom name="dr33.6f" merge="dr33.6f" size="256" crc="34d88d3c" sha1="727f4c5cfff33538886fa0a29fd119aa085d7008" region="proms" offset="820"/> |
   |    | <chip type="cpu" tag="maincpu" name="Z80" clock="4000000"/> |
   |    | <chip type="cpu" tag="iremsound" name="M6803" clock="3579545"/> |
   |    | <chip type="audio" tag="mono" name="Speaker"/> |
   |    | <chip type="audio" tag="irem_audio" name="Irem Audio"/> |
   |    | <chip type="audio" tag="ay1" name="AY-3-8910A" clock="894886"/> |
   |    | <chip type="audio" tag="ay2" name="AY-3-8910A" clock="894886"/> |
   |    | <chip type="audio" tag="msm1" name="MSM5205" clock="384000"/> |
   |    | <chip type="audio" tag="msm2" name="MSM5205" clock="384000"/> |
   |    | <display tag="screen" type="raster" rotate="0" width="384" height="256" refresh="55.000000" /> |
   |    | <sound channels="1"/> |
   |    | <input players="2" buttons="2" coins="2"> |
   |    |    | <control type="joy" ways="8"/> |
   |    | </input> |
   |    | <dipswitch name="Flip Screen" tag="DSW2" mask="1"> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="Off" value="1" default="yes"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="On" value="0"/> |
   |    | </dipswitch> |
   |    | <dipswitch name="Cabinet" tag="DSW2" mask="2"> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="Upright" value="0" default="yes"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="Cocktail" value="2"/> |
   |    | </dipswitch> |
   |    | <dipswitch name="Coin Mode" tag="DSW2" mask="4"> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="Mode 1" value="4" default="yes"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="Mode 2" value="0"/> |
   |    | </dipswitch> |
   |    | <dipswitch name="Game Repeats" tag="DSW2" mask="8"> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="No" value="8" default="yes"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="Yes" value="0"/> |
   |    | </dipswitch> |
   |    | <dipswitch name="Allow Continue" tag="DSW2" mask="16"> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="No" value="0"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="Yes" value="16" default="yes"/> |
   |    | </dipswitch> |
   |    | <dipswitch name="Freeze (Cheat)" tag="DSW2" mask="32"> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="Off" value="32" default="yes"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="On" value="0"/> |
   |    | </dipswitch> |
   |    | <dipswitch name="Invulnerability (Cheat)" tag="DSW2" mask="64"> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="Off" value="64" default="yes"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="On" value="0"/> |
   |    | </dipswitch> |
   |    | <dipswitch name="Service Mode" tag="DSW2" mask="128"> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="Off" value="128" default="yes"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="On" value="0"/> |
   |    | </dipswitch> |
   |    | <dipswitch name="Lives" tag="DSW1" mask="3"> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="2" value="2"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="3" value="3" default="yes"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="4" value="1"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="5" value="0"/> |
   |    | </dipswitch> |
   |    | <dipswitch name="Difficulty" tag="DSW1" mask="4"> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="Normal" value="4" default="yes"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="Hard" value="0"/> |
   |    | </dipswitch> |
   |    | <dipswitch name="Bonus Life" tag="DSW1" mask="8"> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="50000" value="8" default="yes"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="80000" value="0"/> |
   |    | </dipswitch> |
   |    | <dipswitch name="Coin A" tag="DSW1" mask="48"> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="5 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> |
   |    | <dipswitch name="Coin B" tag="DSW1" mask="192"> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="1 Coin/2 Credits" value="192" default="yes"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="1 Coin/3 Credits" value="128"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="1 Coin/5 Credits" value="64"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="1 Coin/6 Credits" value="0"/> |
   |    | </dipswitch> |
   |    | <dipswitch name="Coinage" tag="DSW1" mask="240"> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="6 Coins/1 Credit" value="160"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="5 Coins/1 Credit" value="176"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="4 Coins/1 Credit" value="192"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="3 Coins/1 Credit" value="208"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="8 Coins/3 Credits" value="16"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="2 Coins/1 Credit" value="224"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="5 Coins/3 Credits" value="32"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="3 Coins/2 Credits" value="48"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="1 Coin/1 Credit" value="240" default="yes"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="2 Coins/3 Credits" value="64"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="1 Coin/2 Credits" value="144"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="1 Coin/3 Credits" value="128"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="1 Coin/4 Credits" value="112"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="1 Coin/5 Credits" value="96"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="1 Coin/6 Credits" value="80"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="Free Play" value="0"/> |
   |    | </dipswitch> |
   |    | <driver status="imperfect" emulation="good" color="good" sound="imperfect" graphic="good" savestate="supported" palettesize="512"/> |
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