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yanchamr: MAME ROM Information.


History:

Kaiketsu Yanchamaru (c) 1986 Irem.


- TECHNICAL -


Irem M-62 system hardware


Main CPU : Z80 (@ 4 Mhz)

Sound CPU : M6803 (@ 894.886 Khz)

Sound Chips : (2x) AY8910 (@ 894.886 Khz), (2x) MSM5205 (@ 384 Khz)


Screen orientation : Horizontal

Video resolution : 384 x 256 pixels

Screen refresh : 55.00 Hz

Palette Colors : 512


Players : 2

Control : 8-way joystick

Buttons : 2


- TRIVIA -


Released in December 1986.


The title of this game translates from Japanese as 'Wonder Boy Yanchamaru'.


Alfa Records released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (R-Type : Irem Game Music - 28XA-199) on 25/01/1988.


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.)


- UPDATES -


In "Kid Niki - Radical Ninja", Kid Niki has spiky hair and a little rat tail. In Kaiketsu Yanchamaru, Kid Niki has a more traditional Japanese haircut.


- SERIES -


1. Kaiketsu Yanchamaru (1987)

2. Kaiketsu Yanchamaru 2 - Karakuri Land (1991, Nintendo Famicom)

3. Kaiketsu Yanchamaru 3 - Taiketsu! Zouringen (1993, Nintendo Famicom)


- PORTS -


* Consoles :

Nintendo Game Boy (19??, "Gensou Yanchamaru")


- 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


Other Emulators:

* FB Alpha


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Samurai

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Kung Fu (PlayChoice-10)

Kung-Fu Taikun

The Legend of Kage

Ninjakun Majou no Bouken

Ninja-Kid II / NinjaKun Ashura no Shou

Vs. Ninja Jajamaru Kun

Chanbara

Ikki

Kicker

Lady Master of Kung Fu

Onna Sansirou

Samurai Nihon-Ichi

Sega Ninja

Kid Niki - Radical Ninja

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Kozure Ookami

Ninja Mission (Arcadia)

The Ninja Warriors

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Kabuki-Z

Kuri Kinton

The Masters of Kin

Mirai Ninja

Ninja Spirit

Shingen Samurai-Fighter

Mystic Defender (Mega-Tech)

Ninja Combat

The Ninja Kids

Ken-Go

Sengoku

Sengoku 2

Sengoku 3

Mazin Wars / Mazin Saga (Mega Play)

Mystic Warriors

Shadow Force

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Ganryu

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Age Of Heroes - Silkroad 2

Legend of Heroes


Romset: 515 kb / 34 files / 206.4 zip



MAME XML Output:

       <game name="yanchamr" sourcefile="m62.c" cloneof="kidniki" romof="kidniki">
              <description>Kaiketsu Yanchamaru (Japan)</description>
              <year>1986</year>
              <manufacturer>Irem</manufacturer>
              <rom name="ky_a-4e-.bin" size="16384" crc="c73ad2d6" sha1="2e5d100e043f77c056b0d5bb80f310a6866fd2b1" region="maincpu" offset="0"/>
              <rom name="ky_a-4d-.bin" size="16384" crc="401af828" sha1="eec1c082f42e441071fcf005803205b2275b0327" region="maincpu" offset="4000"/>
              <rom name="ky_t-8k-.bin" size="32768" crc="e967de88" sha1="75c0890eb98feb882fe01de5e93e228690e00904" region="maincpu" offset="10000"/>
              <rom name="ky_t-8l-.bin" size="32768" crc="a929110b" sha1="87334f946e14c79426bc7a14e8da984bb8ef9cfc" region="maincpu" offset="18000"/>
              <rom name="ky_a-3a-.bin" size="16384" crc="cb365f3b" sha1="fefad25459eb00d228ee29931c5714ae895b76c7" region="iremsound" offset="4000"/>
              <rom name="dr01.3cd" merge="dr01.3cd" size="16384" crc="e66897bd" sha1="04ea4a857a94d4e884fb28623ec6195dae701e25" region="iremsound" offset="8000"/>
              <rom name="dr02.3f" merge="dr02.3f" size="16384" crc="f9e31e26" sha1="712b1bde4b3c18c9ac26d58ade48316af004e733" region="iremsound" offset="c000"/>
              <rom name="ky_t-2c-.bin" size="32768" crc="cb9761fc" sha1="3eaf289ebd4ee1b1659dda0804fc0597ccc76218" region="gfx1" offset="0"/>
              <rom name="ky_t-2d-.bin" size="32768" crc="59732741" sha1="e77fbe3b0cd57a6a3fea7da46d8f23a4bcc7b583" region="gfx1" offset="8000"/>
              <rom name="ky_t-2a-.bin" size="32768" crc="0370fd82" sha1="0ddad9638b778f5651fccbec9b2c711c8ad07098" region="gfx1" offset="10000"/>
              <rom name="ky_b-4k-.bin" size="16384" crc="263a9d10" sha1="fd44163d8bb2e8b46d07f1ba827033f1fe873d29" region="gfx2" offset="0"/>
              <rom name="ky_b-4f-.bin" size="16384" crc="86e3d4a8" sha1="98d938e47308e90434e16b55ab90123cf18d34c6" region="gfx2" offset="4000"/>
              <rom name="ky_b-4l-.bin" size="16384" crc="19fa7558" sha1="0211e0d6af43b9ef6bb5e6115215c9c96e479e62" region="gfx2" offset="8000"/>
              <rom name="ky_b-4h-.bin" size="16384" crc="93e6665c" sha1="c2ca394befcb01587882641d9b170a8a5c71646c" region="gfx2" offset="c000"/>
              <rom name="ky_b-3n-.bin" size="16384" crc="0287c525" sha1="5c19cc5806b5ef0846bcdf67ac762ba2a7934d5c" region="gfx2" offset="10000"/>
              <rom name="ky_b-4n-.bin" size="16384" crc="764946e0" sha1="224487fa62d80e7210bdff5ea90c82d97d6dee37" region="gfx2" offset="14000"/>
              <rom name="ky_b-4m-.bin" size="16384" crc="eced5db9" sha1="a6cf0c8cfe923166223c75e2ae8fbc35e625b21e" region="gfx2" offset="18000"/>
              <rom name="ky_b-3m-.bin" size="16384" crc="be6cee44" sha1="c1a93bda531c8f227b7deb91368c08b6fc206baa" region="gfx2" offset="1c000"/>
              <rom name="ky_b-4c-.bin" size="16384" crc="84d6b65d" sha1="675134ae87d64da8d8d4dcc344106888013eba35" region="gfx2" offset="20000"/>
              <rom name="ky_b-4e-.bin" size="16384" crc="f91f9273" sha1="a24f6b82eee10267f18751eb73a6dcd33e175a8a" region="gfx2" offset="24000"/>
              <rom name="ky_b-4d-.bin" size="16384" crc="a2fc15f0" sha1="27b668db7976325b66f7006aecebc6f5b196e16f" region="gfx2" offset="28000"/>
              <rom name="ky_b-4a-.bin" size="16384" crc="ff2b9c8a" sha1="99bd093a7ad5c039740fbb73b61f1a309054dd68" region="gfx2" offset="2c000"/>
              <rom name="ky_t-4l-.bin" size="16384" crc="1d0a9253" sha1="4952c945502a19c6b4e7ab1ae6f5a374bad7fe60" region="gfx3" offset="0"/>
              <rom name="ky_t-4m-.bin" size="16384" crc="4075c396" sha1="5d1612a89631800693c79dce01fa2494a8b1f49a" region="gfx3" offset="4000"/>
              <rom name="ky_t-4n-.bin" size="16384" crc="7564f2ff" sha1="fbf0adf3d8e15d899ece96e34019cfcc56c52ddb" region="gfx3" offset="8000"/>
              <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"/>
              <rom name="dr27.3j" merge="dr27.3j" size="256" crc="70d668ef" sha1="2cc647f2708932105bb9a5130aacc5a8a160e418" region="proms" offset="400"/>
              <rom name="dr29.1l" merge="dr29.1l" size="256" crc="1173a754" sha1="dbb7d02b72ae1842e0d17aee324a5b85ff2a2178" region="proms" offset="500"/>
              <rom name="dr32.5p" merge="dr32.5p" size="32" crc="11cd1f2e" sha1="45ceb84ff373127ff370610c1ce8d83fc6045bcb" region="proms" offset="600"/>
              <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"/>
       </game>
 
 


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