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Bermuda Triangle (World?)

  1. Game infos
  2. Parent and Clones
  3. Sound
  4. Driver
  5. Inputs
  6. Controls
  7. Display
  8. Dipswitchs
  9. Roms list
  10. Chips list
  11. Categories
  12. MAMEinfo
  13. History
  14. High scores
Download bermudat.zip (1.22 MB)
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Game infos

Description Bermuda Triangle (World?)
Name bermudat
Manufacturer SNK
Year 1987
Runnable yes
System arcade /
Number of players 2P sim
Added to MAME .035b08
Romset size 1.22 MB
Romset file 27 files
Romset zip 437 B
Language English
Evaluation 40 to 50 (Decent)
Genre Shooter

Parent and clones

Parent This game is the parent

Sound infos

Sound_channels 1

Driver infos

Driver status good
Driver emulation good
Driver color good
Driver sound good
Driver graphic good
Driver cocktail
Driver protection
Driver savestate yes

Inputs infos

Input service no
Input tilt yes
Input players 2
Input buttons
Input coins 2

Controls infos

type ways minimum maximum sensitivity keydelta reverse
joy 8 no
positional 0 12 15 1 yes

Display infos

type rotate flipx width height refresh pixclock htotal hbend hbstart vtotal vbend vbstart
raster 270 no 400 224 60 5376000 400 0 400 224 0 224

Dipswitchs

Roms list

console name bios size crc md5 merge sha1 region offset status optional
arcade bt_p1.rom 65536 43dec5e9 2b29016d4af2a0a6be87f440f235a6a76f8a52a0 maincpu 0 good no
arcade bt_p10.rom 32768 d3650211 cc7cfe05c5903caf33f8f02c416f68e6d2f6baa7 tx_tiles 0 good no
arcade bt_p11.rom 65536 aae7410e 19dcd13fc53c05bac05d2242965129ab1e3a4a88 sp32_tiles 0 good no
arcade bt_p12.rom 65536 18914f70 2c4e7db8b6e70dffb27d10032f750932c7379a66 sp32_tiles 10000 good no
arcade bt_p13.rom 65536 cd79ce81 00f205f8a97f839e2592bdfb624fe6b902ce5a93 sp32_tiles 20000 good no
arcade bt_p14.rom 65536 edc57117 899a524973f407c3be1de9dac50f3d373bccb2e5 sp32_tiles 30000 good no
arcade bt_p15.rom 65536 448bf9f4 0f880ba3e97a57c937afdce29a1461bc310196eb sp32_tiles 40000 good no
arcade bt_p16.rom 65536 119999eb 0030121239c3ef07c093a7e2146c4027e1b544ac sp32_tiles 50000 good no
arcade bt_p17.rom 65536 b5462139 9af190cf5fabcc017d707be43bd141dc6db12827 sp32_tiles 60000 good no
arcade bt_p18.rom 65536 cb416227 aba0b5a0c93713c676a59e8d3c36d780a4e01894 sp32_tiles 70000 good no
arcade bt_p19.rom 65536 8ed759a0 cd039ed9cb4127729bd29c6232dcbb77b85a4159 bg_tiles 30000 good no
arcade bt_p2.rom 65536 0e193265 765ad63d1f752920d3d7829747e8f2808670ee84 sub 0 good no
arcade bt_p20.rom 65536 ab6217b7 fb4b0fcd9ff1f04cf772a46b6727d3de531beb0e bg_tiles 20000 good no
arcade bt_p21.rom 65536 b7689599 ffa35b480efbc55948e5d0202e7a7ab6446db905 bg_tiles 10000 good no
arcade bt_p22.rom 65536 8daf7df4 c6b5157821f3751bc70411ba0e1ea43d223ad0f6 bg_tiles 0 good no
arcade bt_p3.rom 65536 53a82e50 ce1e72f0ddc5e19c2d8a6a545ce205c7c39da2dd audiocpu 0 good no
arcade bt_p4.rom 65536 4bc83229 b58d08ebed0b02279385a7ac2f385e62443e3de6 ym2 0 good no
arcade bt_p5.rom 65536 817bd62c d3ee2ff01a4da8b928728b2fd4948fabd2b04420 ym2 10000 good no
arcade bt_p6.rom 32768 8ffdf969 68672dc74156ebbf59316dfeae25b155d699d0eb sp16_tiles 0 good no
arcade bt_p7.rom 32768 268d10df 6a297bbd7b4248306d8756a80f4403c45d833eb3 sp16_tiles 8000 good no
arcade bt_p8.rom 32768 3e39e9dd 394c85841113a1b2bdd744445e3e4e3acc7099c6 sp16_tiles 10000 good no
arcade bt_p9.rom 32768 bf56da61 855687b6a0a4cef3b8294ca359abe14b11ad5749 sp16_tiles 18000 good no
arcade btj_01r.prm 1024 f4b54d06 620ea513dbf3219844cdb36ea5d7e2a1b13e3198 proms 0 good no
arcade btj_02g.prm 1024 baac139e c951c9a2d8bb1af178de63c6e2cb716dcb2ac57c proms 400 good no
arcade btj_03b.prm 1024 2edf2e0b b430ec934399909e6e1f27c7bf47bbacf01f266f proms 800 good no
arcade btj_h.prm 1024 c20b197b 504cb28d652029fe87a5411d6239e78d93c83e91 proms c00 good no
arcade btj_v.prm 1024 5d0c617f 845e52173c33500227cabe1e21b34919d2856215 proms 1000 good no

Chips list

name tag type clock
Speaker mono audio
Y8950 ym2 audio 4000000
YM3526 ym1 audio 4000000
Z80 audiocpu cpu 4000000

Categories

MAMEinfo

0.68 [Carlos A. Lozano, Phil Stroffolino]

0.62 [Alessio Manuele]

0.35b8 [Carlos A. Lozano, Phil Stroffolino]


SERVICE MODE:

- To enter service mode hold P1 Start during ROM test.


WIP:

- 0.133u1: Renamed (bermudaj) to (bermudatj) and (bermudaa) to (bermudata).

- 0.129u4: Changed visible area to 224x400.

- 0.127u7: Stephane Humbert checked inputs and dipswitches via Z80 code analysis for Bermuda Triangle and clone (Japan).

- 0.127u1: SNK rewrite [Nicola Salmoria]: Fixed sprite-sprite priorities. Removed ROM patches, simulated "turbo front" check, clarified the relationship between the sets, converted to tilemaps, proper memory maps and inputs etc. Changed Z80 CPU2 clock speed to 4MHz and visible area to 224x368. Changed description to 'Bermuda Triangle (World?)' and clone (Japan old version) to 'Bermuda Triangle (Japan)'. Renamed (bermudao) to (bermudaj).

- 0.126u5: Fixed gfx3 rom addresses to $8000/10000/18000.

- 0.112u1: Removed Dial control.

- 0.68: Changed visible area to 224x384. Renamed (bermudat) to (bermudao) and (bermudao) to (bermudat).

- 0.62: Added 'Unused' dipswitch. Changed clone 'Bermuda Triangle (Japan)' to parent and (US) to clone 'Bermuda Triangle (Japan old version)' and clones (US early version) to 'Bermuda Triangle (US older version)' and 'World Wars (Japan)' to 'World Wars (World)'. Renamed (bermudat) to (bermudao) and (bermudaj) to (bermudat).

- 0.37b6: Changed Z80 CPU2 clock speed to 5MHz.

- 0.36b16: Changed description to 'Bermuda Triangle (US)'. Replaced YM3526 sound with Y8950.

- 28th January 2000: Bryan McPhail added a Bermuda Triangle clone to the SNK driver.

- 0.36b14: Replaced YM-3812 sound with YM-3526.

- 0.36b3: Alessio Manuele added clone Bermuda Triangle (Japan). Added proms ($0, 400, 800) from clone (Japan). Added dipswitches 'Game Mode', 'Bonus Life', 'Game Style' and 'Unused'. Changed parent description to 'Bermuda Triangle (World?)'.

- 0.35: Added 3rd player and changed 8-way Joystick to Dial.

- 0.35b8: Carlos A. Lozano and Phil Stroffolino added 'Bermuda Triangle' (SNK 1987).


LEVELS: 9


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* FB Alpha


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History


Arcade Video game published 32 years ago:

Bermuda Triangle (c) 1987 SNK.

A vertically scrolling shoot'em up.

- TECHNICAL -

Game ID : A6003 'WW'

Main CPU : Zilog Z80 (@ 4 Mhz), Zilog Z80 (@ 5 Mhz)
Sound CPU : Zilog Z80 (@ 4 Mhz)
Sound Chips : Yamaha YM3526 (@ 4 Mhz), Y8950 (@ 4 Mhz)

Players : 2
Control : dial
Buttons : 2

- TRIVIA -

Released in February 1987.

This game is known in Japan as "World Wars" (but similar to the US older version).

- UPDATES -

The US older version is a different version :
* Different weapon powerup.
* Graphics are almost completely different.
* More different bosses.
* No shape-changing by powerups.
* No Speeches.
* Players beam to different places instead of times after finishing a level.

- STAFF -

Director : Eikichi Kawasaki
Software : SNK jr.
Designers : Rampty, Tetsuyaki
Assistants : Miss Yoko, Angel
Hardware : Akitadesi
Sound : Kenny
Producer : Mr. Oba
Printing : Tomotae

- CONTRIBUTE -

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