sarukani: MAME ROM Information. History:
Saru Kani Hamu Zou - Taisen Block Kuzushi (c) 1997 Kaneko.
Breakout featuring a jumping character and hilarious graphics.
- TECHNICAL -
Kaneko Super Nova System hardware
Main CPU : SH-2 (@ 28.638 Mhz)
Sound Chips : YMZ280B (@ 16.666666 Mhz)
Screen orientation : Horizontal
Video resolution : 320 x 240 pixels
Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz
Palette colors : 32768
Players : 2
Control : dial
Buttons : 3
- TRIVIA -
Developed by Mediaworks for Kaneko. Released in January 1997 in Japan.
The title of this game translates from Japanese as 'Monkey Crab Hamster Elephant - Block Breaking Competition' ('Block Kuzushi'/'Block Breaking' is the Japanese name for 'Breakout'.)
This game is known in Asia as "VS Block Breaker".
- STAFF -
Planner : Koban
Programmer : Masayuki Yamakawa, Yash, Masahiro Honma, Yukihiro Yamazaki, Hisaya Sakuma
Sound Programmer : Mitsuhiro Kanaoka
Graphic Designer : Tatsuya Yoshikawa, YUzuru Suzuki, Makoto Sugimoto, Sera Shiina, Tsuneo Sato
Sound Creator : Sayoko Ueda
Original Game Designer : Syu Sato
Character Designer : syun Kazakami
Art Director : Makoto Kawamoto
Director : Koban
General Producer : Hiroshi Kaneko
Co-Operation : Dengeki Playstation (Mediaworks), Syun Kazakami
- SOURCES -
Game's rom.
MAME Info:
0.68 [David Haywood]
0.66 [David Haywood]
0.62 [?]
< Japan >
WIP:
- 0.68: David Haywood added VS Block Breaker (Asia). Changed 'Saru-Kani-Hamu-Zou' to clone 'Saru-Kani-Hamu-Zou (Japan)'.
- 0.66: Added Saru-Kani-Hamu-Zou.
- 27th February 2003: David Haywood added a clone of Saru-Kani-Hamu-Zou called Vs Block Breaker and a correct BIOS for it to the Super Kaneko Nova System driver.
- 26th February 2003: David Haywood fixed a bug in the Super Kaneko Nova System graphics emulation and Saru-Kani-Hamu-Zou is now playable.
- 15th February 2003: Guru - Vs Block Breaker (Kaneko 1997) arrived.
- 0.62: Added Saru-Kani-Hamu-Zou (Testdriver).
LEVELS: 32
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Romset: 8192 kb / 6 files / 3.13 zip
MAME XML Output:
   | <game name="sarukani" sourcefile="suprnova.c" cloneof="vblokbrk" romof="vblokbrk"> |
   |    | <description>Saru-Kani-Hamu-Zou (Japan)</description> |
   |    | <year>1997</year> |
   |    | <manufacturer>Kaneko / Mediaworks</manufacturer> |
   |    | <rom name="sknsj1.u10" merge="sknsj1.u10" size="524288" crc="7e2b836c" sha1="92c5a7a2472496028bff0e5980d41dd294f42144" region="maincpu" offset="0"/> |
   |    | <rom name="sk1j1.u10" size="524288" crc="fcc131b6" sha1="5e3e71ee1f736b6098e671e6f57b1fb313c81adb" region="user1" offset="0"/> |
   |    | <rom name="sk1j1.u8" size="524288" crc="3b6aa343" sha1="a969b20b1170d82351024cab9e37f2fbfd01ddeb" region="user1" offset="1"/> |
   |    | <rom name="sk100-00.u24" merge="sk100-00.u24" size="2097152" crc="151dd88a" sha1="87bb1039a9883f721a315760eb2c4abe4a94046f" region="gfx1" offset="0"/> |
   |    | <rom name="sk-101.u20" merge="sk-101.u20" size="1048576" crc="779cce23" sha1="70147b36d982524ba9921823e481ce8fbb5daa26" region="gfx1" offset="200000"/> |
   |    | <rom name="sk200-00.u16" merge="sk200-00.u16" size="2097152" crc="2e297c61" sha1="4071b945a1294fbc3d18fab1f144bf09af4349e8" region="gfx2" offset="0"/> |
   |    | <rom name="sk300-00.u4" merge="sk300-00.u4" size="2097152" crc="e6535c05" sha1="8895b7c326e0261691cb184887ac1ca637302460" region="ymz" offset="0"/> |
   |    | <chip type="cpu" tag="maincpu" name="SH-2" clock="28638000"/> |
   |    | <chip type="audio" tag="lspeaker" name="Speaker"/> |
   |    | <chip type="audio" tag="rspeaker" name="Speaker"/> |
   |    | <chip type="audio" tag="ymz" name="YMZ280B" clock="16666666"/> |
   |    | <display tag="screen" type="raster" rotate="0" width="320" height="240" refresh="59.597100" /> |
   |    | <sound channels="2"/> |
   |    | <input players="2" buttons="3" coins="2" service="yes" tilt="yes"> |
   |    |    | <control type="joy" ways="8"/> |
   |    |    | <control type="dial" minimum="0" maximum="255" sensitivity="100" keydelta="15" reverse="yes"/> |
   |    | </input> |
   |    | <dipswitch name="Service Mode" tag="400004" mask="1"> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="Off" value="1" default="yes"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="On" value="0"/> |
   |    | </dipswitch> |
   |    | <dipswitch name="Flip Screen" tag="400004" mask="2"> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="Off" value="2" default="yes"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="On" value="0"/> |
   |    | </dipswitch> |
   |    | <dipswitch name="Unknown" tag="400004" mask="4"> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="Off" value="4" default="yes"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="On" value="0"/> |
   |    | </dipswitch> |
   |    | <dipswitch name="Unknown" tag="400004" mask="8"> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="Off" value="8" default="yes"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="On" value="0"/> |
   |    | </dipswitch> |
   |    | <dipswitch name="Unknown" tag="400004" mask="16"> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="Off" value="16" default="yes"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="On" value="0"/> |
   |    | </dipswitch> |
   |    | <dipswitch name="Unknown" tag="400004" mask="32"> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="Off" value="32" default="yes"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="On" value="0"/> |
   |    | </dipswitch> |
   |    | <dipswitch name="Use Backup Ram" tag="400004" mask="64"> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="No" value="0"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="Yes" value="64" default="yes"/> |
   |    | </dipswitch> |
   |    | <dipswitch name="Freeze" tag="400004" mask="128"> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="Freezes the game" value="0"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="Right value" value="128" default="yes"/> |
   |    | </dipswitch> |
   |    | <driver status="imperfect" emulation="good" color="good" sound="good" graphic="imperfect" savestate="unsupported" palettesize="32768"/> |
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