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alexkidd: MAME ROM Information.


History:

Alex Kidd With Stella - The Lost Stars (c) 1986 Sega.


A platform game.


- TECHNICAL -


Sega System 16A hardware


Main CPU : 68000 (@ 10 Mhz)

Sound CPU : Z80 (@ 4 Mhz), N7751 (@ 400 Khz)

Sound Chips : YM2151 (@ 4 Mhz), DAC (@ 4 Mhz)


Players : 2

Control : 8-way joystick

Buttons : 2


- TRIVIA -


Released in December 1986 in Japan.


This game is the debut of Sega's first mascot, Alex Kidd who mostly appeared in various games for the Sega Master System. Alex's only game that was made for the Sega Mega Drive was "Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle" in 1989. Alex Kidd's last game was titled "Alex Kidd in Shinobi World" which was somewhat of a crossover between the Alex Kidd series and Shinobi. In 1991, Alex Kidd was replaced with a 'faster than a speeding bullet'-type character called Sonic The Hedgehog.


Opa-Opa, the main character from "Fantasy Zone", appears as the container for the 'Miracle Ball' in round 2 of this game.


Sony Music Entertainment / Scitron released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Sega Arcade 80's Vol.1 - SCDC-00245) on 19/02/2003.


- UPDATES -


Protected PCB (set 1 in MAME) : specific platforms in gameplay move upward.

Unprotected PCB (set 2 in MAME) : specific platforms in gameplay move downward.


- SERIES -


1. Alex Kidd In Miracle World (1986, Sega Master System)

2. Alex Kidd With Stella - The Lost Stars (1986)

3. Alex Kidd In High-Tech World (1989, Sega Master System)

4. Alex Kidd In Enchanted Castle (1989, Sega Mega Drive)

5. Alex Kidd In Shinobi World (1990, Sega Master System)


- STAFF -


Sound composer : Hiroshi Kawaguchi (Hiro)


- PORTS -


* Consoles :

Sega Master System (1988)


- SOURCES -


Game's rom.




MAME Info:

0.92 [Phil Stroffolino]

0.36b2 [Andrew Prime]

0.34b4 [Phil Stroffolino]


WIP:

- 0.133u1: Renamed (alexkid1) to (alexkidd1).

- 0.127u1: Atari Ace moved FD1089 decryption keys to external files. Added 317-0021.key to clone Alex Kidd: The Lost Stars (set 1, FD1089A 317-0021).

- 0.125u6: Changed description of clone '(set 1, FD1089A 317-unknown)' to '(set 1, FD1089A 317-0021)'.

- 0.92: Renamed (alexkidd) to (alexkid1) and (alexkida) to (alexkidd).

- 0.90u1: Added partial FD1089A table derived by comparison with the unencrypted versions for Alex Kidd (set 1) - Game now playable. Actual working cpu are needed to obtain full tables. Changed description to 'Alex Kidd: The Lost Stars (set 1, FD1089A 317-unknown)'.

- 0.89u1: Changed Z80 CPU2 clock speed to 4MHz.

- 0.88u7: Changed description to 'Alex Kidd: The Lost Stars (set 1, FD1094? 317-unknown)' and clone '(set 2)' to '(set 2, unprotected)'. Changed Z80 CPU2 clock speed to 5MHz and palettesize to 6144 colors.

- 0.67: Changed parent and clone descriptions to 'Alex Kidd: The Lost Stars'.

- 0.37b9: Fixed gfx2 rom loading.

- 0.36b4: Added 'Continues' dipswitch.

- 0.36b3: Changed description to 'Alex Kidd (set 1)' and clone '(bootleg)' to '(set 2)'. Renamed (alexkdbl) to (alexkida).

- 0.36b2: Andrew Prime added Alex Kidd (Sega 1986). Renamed (alexkidd) to (alexkdbl).

- 0.36b1: Added 'Demo Sounds' dipswitch.

- 0.34b4: Phil Stroffolino added Alex Kidd (bootleg) (1986), not working.


LEVELS: 7 (must be finished twice)


Other Emulators:

* Calice

* FB Alpha

* System 16


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Romset: 705 kb / 19 files / 284.2 zip




MAME XML Output:

       <game name="alexkidd" sourcefile="segas16a.c">
              <description>Alex Kidd: The Lost Stars (set 2, unprotected)</description>
              <year>1986</year>
              <manufacturer>Sega</manufacturer>
              <rom name="epr-10447.43" size="65536" crc="29e87f71" sha1="af980e55c02b3de1121c144fee23af74d24042ac" region="maincpu" offset="0"/>
              <rom name="epr-10445.26" size="65536" crc="25ce5b6f" sha1="dfec64df7e8d145d30740808bc94bdbbe667c4e8" region="maincpu" offset="1"/>
              <rom name="epr-10448.42" size="65536" crc="05baedb5" sha1="fc15989bf3d850170e4e018d74f18553f0268576" region="maincpu" offset="20000"/>
              <rom name="epr-10446.25" size="65536" crc="cd61d23c" sha1="c235c4fef28556e9f2d07e815ad213c308e85598" region="maincpu" offset="20001"/>
              <rom name="epr-10431.95" size="32768" crc="a7962c39" sha1="c816fc5d9f21b2ba32b9841e64b634bce7ea78c8" region="gfx1" offset="0"/>
              <rom name="epr-10432.94" size="32768" crc="db8cd24e" sha1="656d98844ad9ccaa68e3f501137dddd0a27d999d" region="gfx1" offset="8000"/>
              <rom name="epr-10433.93" size="32768" crc="e163c8c2" sha1="ac54c5ecedca5b1a2c550de32687ca57c4d3a411" region="gfx1" offset="10000"/>
              <rom name="epr-10437.10" size="32768" crc="522f7618" sha1="9a6bc857dfef1dd1b7bffa034523c1c4cd8b3f4c" region="gfx2" offset="1"/>
              <rom name="epr-10441.11" size="32768" crc="74e3a35c" sha1="26b980a0a3aee94ac38e0e0c7d305bb35a60d1c4" region="gfx2" offset="0"/>
              <rom name="epr-10438.17" size="32768" crc="738a6362" sha1="a3c5f10c263cb216d275875f6333484a1cca281b" region="gfx2" offset="10001"/>
              <rom name="epr-10442.18" size="32768" crc="86cb9c14" sha1="42bd0ed985de61ff183eed0192257966caa01594" region="gfx2" offset="10000"/>
              <rom name="epr-10439.23" size="32768" crc="b391aca7" sha1="ca9d80b67e5365f709f90a5342b5e3aa7c7126e1" region="gfx2" offset="20001"/>
              <rom name="epr-10443.24" size="32768" crc="95d32635" sha1="788af2af1ae783128bcdc8cd44d17cd2f1542231" region="gfx2" offset="20000"/>
              <rom name="epr-10440.29" size="32768" crc="23939508" sha1="68450a18fc7e35f5b0155632aa68cffd251be38c" region="gfx2" offset="30001"/>
              <rom name="epr-10444.30" size="32768" crc="82115823" sha1="e4103003cda949bebe57815115a5028f4fe8e7d7" region="gfx2" offset="30000"/>
              <rom name="epr-10434.12" size="32768" crc="77141cce" sha1="6c5e83527f7e11a5ff5cc4fa75d55618a55e1a58" region="soundcpu" offset="0"/>
              <rom name="7751.bin" size="1024" crc="6a9534fc" sha1="67ad94674db5c2aab75785668f610f6f4eccd158" region="n7751" offset="0"/>
              <rom name="epr-10435.1" size="32768" crc="ad89f6e3" sha1="812a132142065b0fe13b5f0ac534b6d8830ba102" region="n7751data" offset="0"/>
              <rom name="epr-10436.2" size="32768" crc="96c76613" sha1="fe3e4e649fd2cb2453eec0c92015bd54b3b9a1b5" region="n7751data" offset="8000"/>
              <chip type="cpu" tag="maincpu" name="68000" clock="10000000"/>
              <chip type="cpu" tag="soundcpu" name="Z80" clock="4000000"/>
              <chip type="cpu" tag="n7751" name="N7751" clock="6000000"/>
              <chip type="audio" tag="mono" name="Speaker"/>
              <chip type="audio" tag="ymsnd" name="YM2151" clock="4000000"/>
              <chip type="audio" tag="dac" name="DAC"/>
              <display tag="screen" type="raster" rotate="0" width="320" height="224" refresh="60.000000" pixclock="5376240" htotal="342" hbend="0" hbstart="320" vtotal="262" vbend="0" vbstart="224" />
              <sound channels="1"/>
              <input players="2" buttons="3" coins="2" service="yes">
                     <control type="joy" ways="8"/>
              </input>
              <dipswitch name="Coin A" tag="DSW1" mask="15">
                     <dipvalue name="4 Coins/1 Credit" value="7"/>
                     <dipvalue name="3 Coins/1 Credit" value="8"/>
                     <dipvalue name="2 Coins/1 Credit" value="9"/>
                     <dipvalue name="2 Coins/1 Credit, 5/3, 6/4" value="5"/>
                     <dipvalue name="2 Coins/1 Credit, 4/3" value="4"/>
                     <dipvalue name="1 Coin/1 Credit" value="15" default="yes"/>
                     <dipvalue name="1 Coin/1 Credit, 5/6" value="3"/>
                     <dipvalue name="1 Coin/1 Credit, 4/5" value="2"/>
                     <dipvalue name="1 Coin/1 Credit, 2/3" value="1"/>
                     <dipvalue name="2 Coins/3 Credits" value="6"/>
                     <dipvalue name="1 Coin/2 Credits" value="14"/>
                     <dipvalue name="1 Coin/3 Credits" value="13"/>
                     <dipvalue name="1 Coin/4 Credits" value="12"/>
                     <dipvalue name="1 Coin/5 Credits" value="11"/>
                     <dipvalue name="1 Coin/6 Credits" value="10"/>
                     <dipvalue name="Free Play (if Coin B too) or 1/1" value="0"/>
              </dipswitch>
              <dipswitch name="Coin B" tag="DSW1" mask="240">
                     <dipvalue name="4 Coins/1 Credit" value="112"/>
                     <dipvalue name="3 Coins/1 Credit" value="128"/>
                     <dipvalue name="2 Coins/1 Credit" value="144"/>
                     <dipvalue name="2 Coins/1 Credit, 5/3, 6/4" value="80"/>
                     <dipvalue name="2 Coins/1 Credit, 4/3" value="64"/>
                     <dipvalue name="1 Coin/1 Credit" value="240" default="yes"/>
                     <dipvalue name="1 Coin/1 Credit, 5/6" value="48"/>
                     <dipvalue name="1 Coin/1 Credit, 4/5" value="32"/>
                     <dipvalue name="1 Coin/1 Credit, 2/3" value="16"/>
                     <dipvalue name="2 Coins/3 Credits" value="96"/>
                     <dipvalue name="1 Coin/2 Credits" value="224"/>
                     <dipvalue name="1 Coin/3 Credits" value="208"/>
                     <dipvalue name="1 Coin/4 Credits" value="192"/>
                     <dipvalue name="1 Coin/5 Credits" value="176"/>
                     <dipvalue name="1 Coin/6 Credits" value="160"/>
                     <dipvalue name="Free Play (if Coin A too) or 1/1" value="0"/>
              </dipswitch>
              <dipswitch name="Continues" tag="DSW2" mask="1">
                     <dipvalue name="Only before level 5" value="1"/>
                     <dipvalue name="Unlimited" value="0" default="yes"/>
              </dipswitch>
              <dipswitch name="Demo Sounds" tag="DSW2" mask="2">
                     <dipvalue name="Off" value="2"/>
                     <dipvalue name="On" value="0" default="yes"/>
              </dipswitch>
              <dipswitch name="Lives" tag="DSW2" mask="12">
                     <dipvalue name="3" value="12" default="yes"/>
                     <dipvalue name="4" value="8"/>
                     <dipvalue name="5" value="4"/>
                     <dipvalue name="240 (Cheat)" value="0"/>
              </dipswitch>
              <dipswitch name="Bonus Life" tag="DSW2" mask="48">
                     <dipvalue name="10000" value="32"/>
                     <dipvalue name="20000" value="48" default="yes"/>
                     <dipvalue name="40000" value="16"/>
                     <dipvalue name="None" value="0"/>
              </dipswitch>
              <dipswitch name="Time Adjust" tag="DSW2" mask="192">
                     <dipvalue name="70" value="128"/>
                     <dipvalue name="60" value="192" default="yes"/>
                     <dipvalue name="50" value="64"/>
                     <dipvalue name="40" value="0"/>
              </dipswitch>
              <driver status="good" emulation="good" color="good" sound="good" graphic="good" savestate="supported" palettesize="6144"/>
       </game>
 
 


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