radm: MAME ROM Information.
History:
Rad Mobile [Deluxe model] (c) 1990 Sega.
Another in the long line of ground-breaking racing games from Sega, Rad Mobile is a twenty stage race across America; starting in Los Angeles and finishing in New York. With the game's release, Sega yet again introduced new gameplay elements to the genre, primarily in the form of dynamic weather effects. Sega's 1989 racer, "Turbo Out Run", also included limited weather effects, but they were far less prominent as a gameplay feature and a good deal less impressive than they are here.
Another Sega innovation is that many of Rad Mobile's stages have banked corners; with the car's cockpit view tilting to match the driving surface. Some stages also have police patrols, and players must either avoid or outrun the police cars or risk being pulled over. Being pulled over will result in a loss of valuable seconds.
In addition to the tight time limit, rival drivers (represented as red cars) and heavy, two-way traffic, players now had to contend with heavy rain, thick fog and darkness. Windscreen wipers and headlights had to be manually switched on by the player which, together with the first-person in-car view, gave a more realistic and interactive feel to standard but undeniably superb racing action.
- TECHNICAL -
Sega System 32 hardware
Main CPU : V60 (@ 16.10795 Mhz), Z80 (@ 8.053975 Mhz)
Sound Chips : (2x) YM3438 (@ 8.053975 Mhz), RF5C68 (@ 12.5 Mhz)
Screen orientation : Horizontal
Video resolution : 416 x 224 pixels
Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz
Palette colors : 16384
Players : 1
Control : paddle
Buttons : 2
- TRIVIA -
Even if the titlescreen says '1990', the game was released in February 1991 in Japan.
Also released as "Rad Mobile [Upright model]".
Rad Mobile was Sega's first 32bit arcade game.
Sega's legendary game mascot, "Sonic The Hedgehog", is shown in this game dangling from the player's rear view mirror. This is actually the first time Sonic ever appeared in a video game.
Pony Canyon / Scitron released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Formula : G.S.M. Sega 5 - PCCB-00059) on 21/04/1991.
A Rad Mobile unit appears in the 1992 movie 'Encino Man'.
- UPDATES -
The US version is slightly different, it has the "Winners Don't Use Drugs" screen.
- TIPS AND TRICKS -
* Rad Mobile's stages and relative driving conditions are as follows :
1. Los Angeles - Day
2. Mojave Desert - Day
3. Las Vegas - Night
4. Provo - Rain (features police patrol cars)
5. Salt Lake City - Day
6. Rocky Mountains - Day
7. Cheyenne - Thunder Storm (features police patrol cars)
8. Lincoln - Night
9. Omaha - Day
10. Kansas City - Fog (features police patrol cars)
11. St. Louis - Night
12. Springfield - Rain
13. Chicago - Day
14. Indianapolis - Night
15. Cincinnati - Day (features police patrol cars)
16. Columbus - Dusk
17. Pittsburgh - Night
18. Washington - Fog (features police patrol cars)
19. Philadelphia - Day
20. New York - Day
* The two-lane, oncoming traffic levels, such as the Rocky Mountains, are easier than they appear. Rather than trying to pass cars on the left and risk a head-on collision, pass them on the right. This is particularly good advice for the Rocky Mountains stage as it's possible to fall over the cliff edge that is situated on the left-hand side of the course.
* There are at least two endings to this game depending on what place the player finishes in and whether or not he or she used any short cuts. The best ending is achieved by finishing in first place without using any shortcuts.
- SERIES -
1. Rad Mobile (1990)
2. Rad Rally (1991)
- PORTS -
* Consoles :
Sega Saturn (1994, "Gale Racer")
- SOURCES -
Game's rom.
Machine's picture.
MAME Info:
0.90 [Chris Hardy]
0.63 [David Haywood, Olivier Galibert, R. Belmont, Farfetch'd]
Artwork available
WIP:
- 0.136: Added eeprom-radm.bin EEPROM.
- 12th August 2007: Mr. Do - We got a Rad Mobile upright bezel, vectored by Jcroach and with color correction by Ad_Enuff.
- 0.111u1: Fixed rom names.
- 12th November 2006: Mr. Do - Thanks to photographs from Bobby Tribble and cleanup by Ad_Enuff, we have instruction card for Rad Mobile..
- 0.97u4: Fixed ROM loading of rom epr13523.
- 0.97u2: Removed 3rd button and 2nd coin slot.
- 0.90: Chris Hardy added Rad Mobile (World). Renamed (radm) to (radmu).
- 0.89u5: Changed description to 'Rad Mobile (US)'.
- 0.84u5: Replaced Stick controller with Paddle.
- 0.78: Removed buttons 4/5. Added 4x 'Unknown' dipswitches.
- 0.68: Removed 2nd Player.
- 0.63: David Haywood added Rad Mobile (Sega 1990). Rad Mobile was the first 32-bit game released by Sega, running on the new Sega System 32 equiped with a RISC processor and superior video hardware. This game includes some nice features: Dynamic weather, both day and night driving, incoming traffic, police chases, the ability to choose paths on later levels, etc. This game has a vast amount of different sceneries, a quality that most games lacked.
- 28th November 2002: David Haywood sent in another update to the Sega System 32 driver with protection fixes for Burning Rivals, Arabian Fight and Golden Axe 2 from R. Belmont, improved inputs from Stephane Humbert and various improvements to the graphics emulation, making Super Visual Football, Burning Rivals, Rad Mobile, Rad Rally and F1 Exhaust Note playable.
LEVELS: 20
Recommended Games (Racing 3D):
Datsun 280 Zzzap
Night Driver
Speed Freak
Change Lanes
Konami GT
Out Run
Out Run (Mega-Tech)
Turbo Out Run
Turbo Outrun (Mega-Tech)
OutRunners
Out Run 2
Out Run 2 Special Tours
Rad Racer
Rad Racer II
Top Speed
Hard Drivin'
Race Drivin'
Hard Drivin's Airborne
Street Drivin'
Big Run
Cisco Heat
Rad Mobile
Rad Rally
Ridge Racer
Ridge Racer 2
Ridge Racer V Arcade Battle
Cruis'n USA
Cruis'n World
Cruis'n Exotica
Dangerous Curves
Dirt Dash
Midnight Run
Rave Racer
Sega Rally Championship
Sega Rally 2
Sega Rally 2 DX
Wheels & Fire
GTI Club
GTI Club 2
Pocket Racer
San Francisco Rush
San Francisco Rush: The Rock
San Francisco Rush 2049
Scud Race
Side By Side
Side By Side 2
Speed Up
Winding Heat
Over Rev
Roads Edge / Round Trip
California Speed
Thrill Drive
Thrill Drive 2
Battle Gear
Battle Gear 2
California Chase
18 Wheeler Deluxe
Initial D Arcade Stage
King of Route 66
Faster Than Speed
Romset: 13089 kb / 21 files / 4.07 zip
MAME XML Output:
| | <game name="radm" sourcefile="segas32.c"> |
| | | <description>Rad Mobile (World)</description> |
| | | <manufacturer>Sega</manufacturer> |
| | | <rom name="epr-13693.ic21" size="131072" crc="3f09a211" sha1="e0e011d7069745e9bf0395bc1375d0f8b9c46dab" region="maincpu" offset="0"/> |
| | | <rom name="epr-13525.ic37" size="524288" crc="62ad83a0" sha1="b537176ebca15d91db04d5d7ab36aa967d41288e" region="maincpu" offset="100000"/> |
| | | <rom name="epr-13526.ic38" size="524288" crc="59ea372a" sha1="e7a5d59586652c59c23e07e0a99ecc740fb6144d" region="maincpu" offset="100001"/> |
| | | <rom name="epr-13527.ic9" size="131072" crc="a2e3fbbe" sha1="2787bbef696ab3f2b7855ac991867837d3de54cd" region="soundcpu" offset="100000"/> |
| | | <rom name="epr-13523.ic14" size="524288" crc="d5563697" sha1="eb3fd3dbfea383ac1bb5d2e1552723994cb4693d" region="soundcpu" offset="200000"/> |
| | | <rom name="epr-13699.ic20" size="524288" crc="33fd2913" sha1="60b664559b4989446b1c7d875432e53a36fe27df" region="soundcpu" offset="300000"/> |
| | | <rom name="epr-13523.ic22" size="524288" crc="d5563697" sha1="eb3fd3dbfea383ac1bb5d2e1552723994cb4693d" region="soundcpu" offset="400000"/> |
| | | <rom name="mpr-13519.ic3" size="524288" crc="bedc9534" sha1="7b3f7a47b6c0ca6707dc3c1167f3564d43adb32f" region="gfx1" offset="0"/> |
| | | <rom name="mpr-13520.ic7" size="524288" crc="3532e91a" sha1="669c8d27b4b48e1ab9d6d30b0994f5a4e5169118" region="gfx1" offset="2"/> |
| | | <rom name="mpr-13521.ic12" size="524288" crc="e9bca903" sha1="18a73c830b9755262a1c525e3ad5ae084117b64d" region="gfx1" offset="1"/> |
| | | <rom name="mpr-13522.ic18" size="524288" crc="25e04648" sha1="617e794e8f7aa2a435bac917b8968699fe88dafb" region="gfx1" offset="3"/> |
| | | <rom name="mpr-13511.ic1" size="1048576" crc="f8f15b11" sha1="da6c2b8c3a94c4c263583f046823eaea818aff7c" region="gfx2" offset="0"/> |
| | | <rom name="mpr-13512.ic5" size="1048576" crc="d0be34a6" sha1="b42a63e30f0f7a94de8a825ca93cf8efdb7a7648" region="gfx2" offset="1"/> |
| | | <rom name="mpr-13513.ic10" size="1048576" crc="feef1982" sha1="bdf906317079a12c48ef4fca5bef0d437e9bf050" region="gfx2" offset="2"/> |
| | | <rom name="mpr-13514.ic16" size="1048576" crc="d0f9ebd1" sha1="510ebd3d7a52bcab2debea61591770d1dff172a1" region="gfx2" offset="3"/> |
| | | <rom name="mpr-13515.ic2" size="1048576" crc="77bf2387" sha1="7215dde5618e238edbe16b3007ede790785fe25f" region="gfx2" offset="4"/> |
| | | <rom name="mpr-13516.ic6" size="1048576" crc="8c4bc62d" sha1="3206f623ec0b7558413d063404103b183f26b488" region="gfx2" offset="5"/> |
| | | <rom name="mpr-13517.ic11" size="1048576" crc="1d7d84a7" sha1="954cfccfc7250a5bead2eeba42e655d5ac82955f" region="gfx2" offset="6"/> |
| | | <rom name="mpr-13518.ic17" size="1048576" crc="9ea4b15d" sha1="7dcfd6d42bb945beca8344cf92e7bd53903a824b" region="gfx2" offset="7"/> |
| | | <rom name="epr-13686.bin" size="32768" crc="317a2857" sha1="e0788dc7a7d214d9c4d26b24e44c1a0dc9ae477c" region="user2" offset="0"/> |
| | | <rom name="eeprom-radm.bin" size="128" crc="b1737c06" sha1="29448a6effeb53322a93158feb9a62bc6ad31f21" region="eeprom" offset="0"/> |
| | | <chip type="cpu" tag="maincpu" name="V60" clock="16107950"/> |
| | | <chip type="cpu" tag="soundcpu" name="Z80" clock="8053975"/> |
| | | <chip type="audio" tag="lspeaker" name="Speaker"/> |
| | | <chip type="audio" tag="rspeaker" name="Speaker"/> |
| | | <chip type="audio" tag="ym1" name="YM3438" clock="8053975"/> |
| | | <chip type="audio" tag="ym2" name="YM3438" clock="8053975"/> |
| | | <chip type="audio" tag="rfsnd" name="RF5C68" clock="12500000"/> |
| | | <display tag="screen" type="raster" rotate="0" width="416" height="224" refresh="60.000000" pixclock="6539520" htotal="416" hbend="0" hbstart="416" vtotal="262" vbend="0" vbstart="224" /> |
| | | <input players="1" buttons="2" coins="1" service="yes"> |
| | | | <control type="paddle" minimum="0" maximum="255" sensitivity="30" keydelta="10"/> |
| | | | <control type="pedal" minimum="0" maximum="255" sensitivity="30" keydelta="10"/> |
| | | <dipswitch name="Unknown" tag="SERVICE34_A" mask="1"> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="Off" value="1" default="yes"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="On" value="0"/> |
| | | <dipswitch name="Unknown" tag="SERVICE34_A" mask="2"> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="Off" value="2" default="yes"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="On" value="0"/> |
| | | <dipswitch name="Unknown" tag="SERVICE34_A" mask="4"> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="Off" value="4" default="yes"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="On" value="0"/> |
| | | <dipswitch name="Unknown" tag="SERVICE34_A" mask="8"> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="Off" value="8" default="yes"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="On" value="0"/> |
| | | <driver status="imperfect" emulation="good" color="good" sound="good" graphic="imperfect" savestate="unsupported" palettesize="16384"/> |
|
|
