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NFL Blitz (boot ROM 1.2)

  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. Disks list
  12. Serie
  13. Categories
  14. MAMEinfo
  15. History
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Game infos

Description NFL Blitz (boot ROM 1.2)
Name blitz
Manufacturer Midway Games
Year 1997
Runnable yes
System arcade /
Number of players 2P sim
Added to MAME .077u2
Romset size 544 KB
Romset file 2 files
Romset zip 74 B
Language English
Evaluation 60 to 70 (Passable)
Genre Sports

Parent and clones

Parent This game is the parent

Sound infos

Sound_channels 2

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 yes
Input tilt yes
Input players 4
Input buttons
Input coins 4

Controls infos

type ways minimum maximum sensitivity keydelta reverse
joy 8 no

Display infos

type rotate flipx width height refresh pixclock htotal hbend hbstart vtotal vbend vbstart
raster 0 no 640 480 57 17510400 640 0 640 480 0 480

Dipswitchs

Roms list

console name bios size crc md5 merge sha1 region offset status optional
arcade blitz1_2.u32 524288 38dbecf5 7dd5a5b3baf83a7f8f877ff4cd3f5e8b5201b36f user1 0 good no
arcade sound102.u95 32768 bec7d3ae db80aa4a645804a4574b07b9f34dec6b6b64190d dcs 0 good no

Chips list

name tag type clock
ADSP-2115 dcs:dcs2 cpu 16000000
DMA-driven DAC dcs:dac2 audio
R5000 (little) maincpu cpu 150000000
Speaker dcs:rspeaker audio

Disks list

name md5 sha1 merge region index status optional
blitz 9131c7888e89b3c172780156ed3fe1fe46f78b0a ide:0:hdd:image 0 good no

Serie

Serie : NFL Blitz
  1. Blitz! (1982)
  2. Blitz! (1984)
  3. Blitz! - Jeu d'Echecs (1985)
  4. Blitz! (1985)
  5. Blitz! (1986)
  6. Blitz! (1991)
  7. Blitz! (UK, Ripped from Amstrad Action Issue 105 Covertape) (1994)
  8. NFL Blitz (boot ROM 1.2) (1997)
  9. NFL Blitz (boot ROM 1.1) (1997)
  10. NFL Blitz (Euro, USA, Rev. A) (1998)
  11. NFL Blitz (USA) (1998)
  12. NFL Blitz (USA) (1998)
  13. NFL Blitz '99 (ver 1.30, Sep 22 1998) (1998)
  14. NFL Blitz '99 (ver 1.2, Aug 28 1998) (1998)
  15. NFL Blitz 2000 Gold Edition (ver 1.2, Sep 22 1999) (1999)
  16. NFL Blitz 2000 (USA) (1999)
  17. NFL Blitz 2000 (USA, Rev. A) (1999)
  18. NFL Blitz 2000 (USA) (1999)
  19. NBA Showtime / NFL Blitz 2000 (ver 2.1) (1999)

Categories

MAMEinfo

0.77u2 [Aaron Giles]


HardDisk required

Artwork available


WIP:

- 0.161: Osso added missing save state (audio\dcs.c), fixes DRAM reload problems in NFL Blitz (boot ROM 1.1) and War Gods.

- 0.102: Brian Troha added clone NFL Blitz (boot ROM 1.1). Changed parent description to 'NFL Blitz (boot ROM 1.2)'.

- 0.79u2: Replaced Custom sound with 2x DMA-driven DACs.

- 0.78u4: Changed region cpu2 to sound1.

- 0.77u3: Aaron Giles added speedups to Blitz and Blitz 2000. Changed ADSP2115 CPU2 clock speed to 16MHz and visible area to 512x400. Added dipswitches 'Curency Type', 'Graphics Mode', 'Graphics Speed' and 'Bill Validator'.

- 7th December 2003: Aaron Giles speedups to NFL Blitz and NFL Blitz 2000 and did various other bug fixes and cleanups in the Seattle driver.

- 0.77u2: Aaron Giles added 'NFL Blitz' (Midway 1997).

- 30th November 2003: Aaron Giles added NFL Blitz and NFL Blitz 2000 to the Seattle driver.


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Field Goal



Harddisk: 1.5 GB (CYLS: 3128, HEADS: 16, SECS: 63 - Compressed: 262.1)

History


Arcade Video game published 22 years ago:

NFL Blitz (c) 1997 Midway Games, Incorporated.

- TECHNICAL -

Midway Seattle hardware

Main CPU : MIPS R5000 (@ 150 Mhz)
Sound CPU : ADSP2115 (@ 16 Mhz)
Sound Chips : (2x) DMA-driven (@ 16 Mhz)

Screen orientation : Horizontal
Video resolution : 640 x 480 pixels
Screen refresh : 57.00 Hz
Palette colors : 65536

Players : 4
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 3

- TRIVIA -

NFL Blitz was the first 3-D Arcade Hardware system designed by the Steve Correll group (see Staff section for more information).

- TIPS AND TRICKS -

* TMU Codes : At the 'Tonights Match-Up' screen, enter the following code (hit numbers on Turbo-Jump-Pass-Joystick)...
Show More Field - 0-2-1-Right
Big Head - 2-0-0-Right
Team Big Heads - 2-0-3-Right
Team Big Players - 1-4-1-Right
Team Tiny Players - 3-1-0-Right
Big Football - 0-5-0-Right
Hide Receiver Name - 1-0-2-Right
Fog On - 0-3-0-Down
No CPU Assistance - 0-1-2-Down
No Random Fumbles - 4-2-3-Down
Smart CPU Opponent - 3-1-4-Down
Show Field Goal % - 0-0-1-Down
Tournament Mode - 1-1-1-Down
Thick Fog On - 0-4-1-Down
Power Up Offense - 3-1-2-Up
Power Up Defense - 4-2-1-Up
Power Up Teammates - 2-3-3-Up
Super Blitzing - 0-4-5-Up
Infinite Turbo - 5-1-4-Up
No Punting - 1-5-1-Up
No Interceptions - 3-4-4-Up
No First Downs - 2-1-0-Up
Huge Head - 0-4-0-Up
No Play Selection - 1-1-5-Left
Fast Passes - 2-5-0-Left
Fast Turbo Running - 0-3-2-Left
Power Up Speed - 4-0-4-Left
Power Up Blockers - 3-1-2-Left
Allow Stepping OB - 2-1-1-Left
Super Field Goals - 1-2-3-Left
Ground Fog - 2-3-2-Down
Invisible Quarterbacks - 3-4-2-Left

* Secret Characters : Enter the name and PIN number as stated to receive the corresponding character.
You should hear the announcer say, 'Lights out Baby!' if you did it right.
Mark Turmell - Turmell / 0322
Sal Divita - SAL / 0201
Jason Skiles - JASON / 3141
Jennifer Hedrick - JENIFR / 3333
Dan Thompson - DANIEL / 0604
Jeff Johnson - JAPPLE / 6660
John Root - ROOT / 6000
Luis Mangubat - LUIS / 3333
Mike Lynch - MIKE / 3333
Jim Gentile - GENTIL / 1111
Dan Forden - FORDEN / 1111
??? - VAN / 1234
Headless Guy - CARLTN / 1111
Skull - SKULL / 1111
Brain - BRAIN / 1111
Demon (Shinok from Mortal Kombat) - SHINOK / 8337
Raiden (from Mortal Kombat) - RAIDEN / 3691

* Extra Blocker On Defense : Hike the ball with all three buttons.

* Onside Kick : After scoring, hold all three buttons.

* Secret Plays : While selecting your plays, press Up(x4) and your cursor will disappear.

- SERIES -

1. NFL Blitz (1997, ARC)
2. NFL Blitz '99 (1998, ARC)
3. NFL Blitz 2000 Gold Edition (1999, ARC)
4. NFL Blitz 2001 (2000, N64)
5. NFL Blitz 2002 (2002, NGC)
6. NFL Blitz 2003 (2002, NGC)
7. NFL Blitz Pro (2003, NGC)

- STAFF -

Staff : Sal Divita, Luis Mangubat, John Root, Jennifer Hedrick, Jim Gentile, Dan Forden, Mark Turmell, Jason Skiles, Daniel Thompson, Jeff Johnson, Mark Guidarelli

Engineering Manager : Cary Mednick
Hardware Design Team : Steve Correll, Andrew Dyer, John Lowes, Ross Shaffer, Mike Lynch
PCB Layout & Hardware Supporters : Steve Norris, Gregg Piotrowski, Ray Gay, Betty Purcell, Jeff Peters

- PORTS -

* CONSOLES:
Nintendo 64 (1998)
Sony PlayStation (1998)
Nintendo Game Boy Color (1998)

* COMPUTERS:
PC [MS Windows] (1998)

- CONTRIBUTE -

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