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wfortune: MAME ROM Information.


History:

Wheel of Fortune (c) 1989 GameTek.


Spin the wheel!!! Prepare to select a letter and spell the secret word... toc-toc-toc-BANKRUPT!! oh no :(


- TECHNICAL -


Main CPU : (2x) M6809 (@ 2 Mhz)

Sound Chips : OKI6295 (@ 7.812 Khz), YM2203 (@ 4 Mhz)


Screen orientation : Horizontal

Video resolution : 256 x 240 pixels

Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz

Palette colors : 256


Players : 3

Control : dial

Buttons : 1


- TRIVIA -


Developed by Incredible Technologies, Inc. for GameTek.


Released in September 1989.


The game is based on a TV show produced by Merv Griffin Enterprises that's followed by more than forty million viewers every week.


- STAFF -


Programming : Steve Jaskowiak

Artwork : Susan Svoboda

Music & Sounds : David D. Thiel

Technical Support : Scott Allie


- PORTS -


* Consoles:

Nintendo NES (1987)

Sega Megadrive (1992)

Nintendo SNES (1992)

Sega Game Gear (1993)

Nintendo Game Boy

Sega CD (1994)

Sega Saturn (1996)

Nintendo 64 (1997)

Sony PlayStation (1999)


* Computers:

MS-DOS (1987)

Commodore C64 (1990)

Apple II E


* Others:

Tiger Game.Com (1997)


- SOURCES -


Game's rom.

Machine's picture.




MAME Info:

0.37b10 [Aaron Giles]


WIP:

- 0.145u5: Changed description to 'Wheel Of Fortune (set 1)' and clone '(alternate)' to '(set 2)'.

- 0.133u1: Renamed (wfortuna) to (wfortunea).

- 0.37b15: Added clone Wheel Of Fortune (alternate).

- 0.37b11: Changed OKI6295 clock speed to 7812 Hz.

- 0.37b10: Aaron Giles added Wheel Of Fortune (GameTek 1989).

- 2nd December 2000: Aaron Giles sent in the first version of his Strata / Incredible Technologies driver with support for Wheel of Fortune, Golden Tee Golf, Golden Tee Golf II, Peggle, Hot Shots Tennis, Rim Rockin' Basketball and Ninja Clowns.


Romset: 480 kb / 7 files / 264.8 zip




MAME XML Output:

       <game name="wfortune" sourcefile="itech8.c">
              <description>Wheel Of Fortune (set 1)</description>
              <year>1989</year>
              <manufacturer>GameTek</manufacturer>
              <rom name="wofpgm" size="65536" crc="bd984654" sha1="8e16d2feb26e9a6f86c4a36bf0f03db80ded03f6" region="maincpu" offset="4000"/>
              <rom name="wofsnd" size="32768" crc="0a6aa5dc" sha1="42eef40a4300d6d16d9e2af678432a02be05f104" region="soundcpu" offset="8000"/>
              <rom name="wofgrom0" size="65536" crc="9a157b2c" sha1="c349b41ba00cf6e2fec32872627c8cfdd8b5c1b9" region="grom" offset="0"/>
              <rom name="wofgrom1" size="65536" crc="5064739b" sha1="424e3f94333f8ca21ac39b64b684cf6b487164d3" region="grom" offset="10000"/>
              <rom name="wofgrom2" size="65536" crc="3d393b2b" sha1="2c94d2dab7369c099c470cf96391b033f39add78" region="grom" offset="20000"/>
              <rom name="wofgrom3" size="65536" crc="117a2ce9" sha1="8d601c1cf9f783a42617f13c6862a5835553ac4f" region="grom" offset="30000"/>
              <rom name="wofsbom0" size="131072" crc="5c28c3fe" sha1="eba64ede749fb26f9926f644d66860b54b4c76e7" region="oki" offset="0"/>
              <chip type="cpu" tag="maincpu" name="M6809" clock="2000000"/>
              <chip type="cpu" tag="soundcpu" name="M6809" clock="2000000"/>
              <chip type="audio" tag="mono" name="Speaker"/>
              <chip type="audio" tag="ymsnd" name="YM2203" clock="4000000"/>
              <chip type="audio" tag="oki" name="OKI6295" clock="1000000"/>
              <display tag="screen" type="raster" rotate="0" width="256" height="240" refresh="60.000000" pixclock="8079360" htotal="512" hbend="0" hbstart="256" vtotal="263" vbend="0" vbstart="240" />
              <sound channels="1"/>
              <input players="3" buttons="1" coins="2" service="yes">
                     <control type="dial" minimum="0" maximum="255" sensitivity="75" keydelta="10"/>
              </input>
              <dipswitch name="Cabinet" tag="40" mask="8">
                     <dipvalue name="Upright" value="8" default="yes"/>
                     <dipvalue name="Cocktail" value="0"/>
              </dipswitch>
              <driver status="good" emulation="good" color="good" sound="good" graphic="good" savestate="unsupported" palettesize="0"/>
       </game>
 
 


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