stinger2: MAME ROM Information. History:
Stinger (c) 1983 Seibu Denshi.
The game consists of traveling around a space fortress meanwhile shooting aliens and spaceships. An object called 'Bongo' could be used as a defense method. This object will shoot itself to the enemies for a few seconds.
- TECHNICAL -
Main CPU : Z80 (@ 3.072 Mhz)
Sound CPU : Z80 (@ 1.78975 Mhz)
Sound Chips : (2x) AY8910 (@ 1.536 Mhz), Discrete (@ 1.536 Mhz)
Screen orientation : Vertical
Video resolution : 224 x 256 pixels
Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz
Palette Colors : 256
Players : 2
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 2
- TRIVIA -
This is the first game manufactured by Seibu Denshi. Stinger is notable for being a horizontally scrolling shoot'em up with a vertically oriented screen, a rather uncommon design.
- SOURCES -
Game's rom.
MAME Info:
0.37b16 [Filipe Estima]
0.34b3 [Nicola Salmoria]
Bugs:
- Graphic problem in cocktail mode, the big satellite sprite has a small line glitch (see snapshot). Bugfinder / DCisTHEbest (ID 00811)
WIP:
- 0.72u1: Added Discrete sound, fixed dipswitches and added 'Debug Mode' dipswitch.
- 12th August 2003: Acho A. Tang re-submitted framework for sound effects in Scion and Stinger.
- 22nd February 2003: Acho A. Tang submitted a very basic implementation of the discrete sounds in Stinger.
- 0.37b16: Filipe Estima added Stinger (set 1). Renamed (stinger) to (stinger2).
- 25th February 2001: Filipe Estima added another Stinger ROM set.
- 0.37b12: Changed clock speed of the 2x AY-8910 to 1536000 Hz.
- 31st July 2000: Guru - Dumped Stinger (alt, Seibu).
- 0.34RC1: Zsolt Vasvari added high score saving to Stinger.
- 0.34b8: Added new color proms ($0, 100).
- 0.34b4: Miguel Figueiredo fixed controls in Stinger.
- 0.34b3: Nicola Salmoria added Stinger (Seibu Denshi 1983).
- 11th August 1998: Dumped Stinger (prototype?).
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Romset: 97 kb / 15 files / 47.5 zip
MAME XML Output:
|    | <game name="stinger2" sourcefile="wiz.c" cloneof="stinger" romof="stinger"> |
|    |    | <description>Stinger (prototype?)</description> |
|    |    | <year>1983</year> |
|    |    | <manufacturer>Seibu Denshi</manufacturer> |
|    |    | <rom name="n1.bin" size="8192" crc="f2d2790c" sha1="0e5e92ef45b5bc27b0818f83c89b3bda0e701403" region="maincpu" offset="0"/> |
|    |    | <rom name="n2.bin" size="8192" crc="8fd2d8d8" sha1="d3318a81fddeb3fa50d01569c1e1145e26ce7277" region="maincpu" offset="2000"/> |
|    |    | <rom name="n3.bin" size="8192" crc="f1794d36" sha1="7954500f489c0bc58cda8e7ffc2e4474759fdc33" region="maincpu" offset="4000"/> |
|    |    | <rom name="n4.bin" size="8192" crc="230ba682" sha1="c419ffebd021d41b3f5021948007fb6bcdb1cdf7" region="maincpu" offset="6000"/> |
|    |    | <rom name="n5.bin" size="8192" crc="a03a01da" sha1="28fecac7a821ac4718242919840266a907160df0" region="maincpu" offset="8000"/> |
|    |    | <rom name="6-9f.bin" merge="6-9f.bin" size="8192" crc="79757f0c" sha1="71be938c32c6a84618763761786ecc5d7d47581a" region="audiocpu" offset="0"/> |
|    |    | <rom name="7-9e.bin" merge="7-9e.bin" size="8192" crc="775489be" sha1="5fccede323895626cf2eabd606ed21282aa36356" region="gfx1" offset="0"/> |
|    |    | <rom name="8-11e.bin" merge="8-11e.bin" size="8192" crc="43c61b3f" sha1="5cdb6a5096b42406c2f2784d37e4e39207c35d40" region="gfx1" offset="2000"/> |
|    |    | <rom name="9-14e.bin" merge="9-14e.bin" size="8192" crc="c9ed8fc7" sha1="259d7681b663adb1c5fe057e2ef08469ddcbd3c3" region="gfx1" offset="4000"/> |
|    |    | <rom name="10.bin" size="8192" crc="f6721930" sha1="fb903f1deb5f093ff5fe129e213966af58a68339" region="gfx2" offset="0"/> |
|    |    | <rom name="11.bin" size="8192" crc="a4404e63" sha1="50ae99748547af20e04f6c6c8c7eba85f967b9dc" region="gfx2" offset="2000"/> |
|    |    | <rom name="12.bin" size="8192" crc="b60fa88c" sha1="2d3bca35076625251933989f5e566d5d3290542b" region="gfx2" offset="4000"/> |
|    |    | <rom name="stinger.a7" merge="stinger.a7" size="256" crc="52c06fc2" sha1="b416077fcfabe0dbb1ca30752de6a219ea896f75" region="proms" offset="0"/> |
|    |    | <rom name="stinger.b7" merge="stinger.b7" size="256" crc="9985e575" sha1="b0d609968917121325760f8d4777066abdb7ccfc" region="proms" offset="100"/> |
|    |    | <rom name="stinger.a8" merge="stinger.a8" size="256" crc="76b57629" sha1="836763948753b7fed97c9e5d90a16dc4ba68f42a" region="proms" offset="200"/> |
|    |    | <chip type="cpu" tag="maincpu" name="Z80" clock="3072000"/> |
|    |    | <chip type="cpu" tag="audiocpu" name="Z80" clock="1789750"/> |
|    |    | <chip type="audio" tag="mono" name="Speaker"/> |
|    |    | <chip type="audio" tag="8910.1" name="AY-3-8910A" clock="1536000"/> |
|    |    | <chip type="audio" tag="8910.2" name="AY-3-8910A" clock="1536000"/> |
|    |    | <chip type="audio" tag="discrete" name="DISCRETE"/> |
|    |    | <display tag="screen" type="raster" rotate="90" width="256" height="224" refresh="60.000000" /> |
|    |    | <sound channels="1"/> |
|    |    | <input players="2" buttons="2" coins="2"> |
|    |    |    | <control type="joy" ways="8"/> |
|    |    | </input> |
|    |    | <dipswitch name="Coin A" tag="DSW0" mask="7"> |
|    |    |    | <dipvalue name="4 Coins/1 Credit" value="1"/> |
|    |    |    | <dipvalue name="3 Coins/1 Credit" value="2"/> |
|    |    |    | <dipvalue name="2 Coins/1 Credit" value="4"/> |
|    |    |    | <dipvalue name="3 Coins/2 Credits" value="0"/> |
|    |    |    | <dipvalue name="1 Coin/1 Credit" value="7" default="yes"/> |
|    |    |    | <dipvalue name="2 Coins/3 Credits" value="3"/> |
|    |    |    | <dipvalue name="1 Coin/2 Credits" value="6"/> |
|    |    |    | <dipvalue name="1 Coin/3 Credits" value="5"/> |
|    |    | </dipswitch> |
|    |    | <dipswitch name="Lives" tag="DSW0" mask="24"> |
|    |    |    | <dipvalue name="2" value="0"/> |
|    |    |    | <dipvalue name="3" value="8" default="yes"/> |
|    |    |    | <dipvalue name="4" value="16"/> |
|    |    |    | <dipvalue name="5" value="24"/> |
|    |    | </dipswitch> |
|    |    | <dipswitch name="Bonus Life" tag="DSW0" mask="224"> |
|    |    |    | <dipvalue name="20000 50000" value="224" default="yes"/> |
|    |    |    | <dipvalue name="20000 60000" value="192"/> |
|    |    |    | <dipvalue name="20000 70000" value="160"/> |
|    |    |    | <dipvalue name="20000 80000" value="128"/> |
|    |    |    | <dipvalue name="20000 90000" value="96"/> |
|    |    |    | <dipvalue name="30000 80000" value="64"/> |
|    |    |    | <dipvalue name="30000 90000" value="32"/> |
|    |    |    | <dipvalue name="None" value="0"/> |
|    |    | </dipswitch> |
|    |    | <dipswitch name="Debug Mode" tag="DSW1" mask="1"> |
|    |    |    | <dipvalue name="Off" value="0" default="yes"/> |
|    |    |    | <dipvalue name="On" value="1"/> |
|    |    | </dipswitch> |
|    |    | <dipswitch name="Unused" tag="DSW1" mask="2"> |
|    |    |    | <dipvalue name="Off" value="0" default="yes"/> |
|    |    |    | <dipvalue name="On" value="2"/> |
|    |    | </dipswitch> |
|    |    | <dipswitch name="Unused" tag="DSW1" mask="4"> |
|    |    |    | <dipvalue name="Off" value="0" default="yes"/> |
|    |    |    | <dipvalue name="On" value="4"/> |
|    |    | </dipswitch> |
|    |    | <dipswitch name="Unused" tag="DSW1" mask="8"> |
|    |    |    | <dipvalue name="Off" value="0" default="yes"/> |
|    |    |    | <dipvalue name="On" value="8"/> |
|    |    | </dipswitch> |
|    |    | <dipswitch name="Coin B" tag="DSW1" mask="112"> |
|    |    |    | <dipvalue name="1 Coin/1 Credit" value="112"/> |
|    |    |    | <dipvalue name="1 Coin/2 Credits" value="96"/> |
|    |    |    | <dipvalue name="1 Coin/3 Credits" value="80"/> |
|    |    |    | <dipvalue name="1 Coin/4 Credits" value="64"/> |
|    |    |    | <dipvalue name="1 Coin/5 Credits" value="48"/> |
|    |    |    | <dipvalue name="1 Coin/6 Credits" value="32" default="yes"/> |
|    |    |    | <dipvalue name="1 Coin/7 Credits" value="16"/> |
|    |    |    | <dipvalue name="1 Coin/8 Credits" value="0"/> |
|    |    | </dipswitch> |
|    |    | <dipswitch name="Cabinet" tag="DSW1" mask="128"> |
|    |    |    | <dipvalue name="Upright" value="128" default="yes"/> |
|    |    |    | <dipvalue name="Cocktail" value="0"/> |
|    |    | </dipswitch> |
|    |    | <driver status="imperfect" emulation="good" color="good" sound="imperfect" graphic="good" savestate="unsupported" palettesize="256"/> |
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