Mame game : buccanrs : Buccaneers (set 1)

Game infos

Description Buccaneers (set 1)

Name buccanrs

Manufacturer Duintronic

Year 1989

Runnable yes

System arcade /

Number of players 2P alt

Added to MAME .090

Romset size 1 MB

Romset file 16 files

Romset zip 254 B

Language English

Evaluation 20 to 30 (Bad)

Genre Fighter

Driver infos

Driver status good

Driver emulation good

Driver color good

Driver sound good

Driver graphic good

Driver cocktail preliminary

Driver protection

Driver savestate yes

Inputs infos

Input service no

Input tilt no

Input players 2

Input buttons

Input coins 2

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	256	256	55

Dipswitchs

Allow Continue
- No
- Yes
Cabinet
- Cocktail
- Upright
Coin A
- 1 Coin/1 Credit
- 1 Coin/2 Credits
- 1 Coin/3 Credits
- 1 Coin/4 Credits
- 1 Coin/5 Credits
- 2 Coins/1 Credit
- 3 Coins/1 Credit
- 3 Coins/2 Credits
- 3 Coins/5 Credits
- 4 Coins/1 Credit
- 4 Coins/3 Credits
- 5 Coins/2 Credits
Coin B
- 1 Coin/1 Credit
- 1 Coin/2 Credits
- 1 Coin/3 Credits
- 1 Coin/4 Credits
- 1 Coin/5 Credits
- 2 Coins/1 Credit
- 3 Coins/1 Credit
- 3 Coins/2 Credits
- 3 Coins/5 Credits
- 4 Coins/1 Credit
- 4 Coins/3 Credits
- 5 Coins/2 Credits
Demo Sounds
- Off
- On
Difficulty
- Hard
- Invicibility (time still decrease)
- Medium
- Normal
Flip Screen
- Off
- On
Lives
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
Service Mode
- Off
- On

Roms list

console	name	size	crc	sha1	region	offset	status	optional
arcade	BC-001_K-0161.U128	65536	eb65f8c3	82566becb630ce92303905dc0c5bef9e80e9caad	soundcpu	0	good	no
arcade	BC-002_K-0161.U74	65536	36ee1dac	6dfd2a885c0b1c9347abc4b204ade66551c4b404	samples	0	good	no
arcade	BC-003_K-0161.U212	65536	95e3c517	9954830ebc3a6414a3236f4e41981db082e5ea19	gfx1	0	good	no
arcade	BC-004_K-0161.U189	65536	fe2377ab	8578c5466d98f140fdfc41e91cd841e725786e32	gfx1	10000	good	no
arcade	BC-005_K-0161.U113	131072	16dc435f	0c13e9786b356770c84f94684697e43d0ea9e7cc	gfx2	0	good	no
arcade	BC-006_K-161.U80	65536	4fe3bf97	7910ace1eed80bfafa1f9f057ed67e23aa446a22	gfx2	10000	good	no
arcade	BC-007_K-161.U70	65536	f650fa90	c87081b4d6b09f865d08c5120da3d0fb3196a2c3	gfx2	50000	good	no
arcade	BC-008_K-161.U52	131072	078aef7f	72e60d39d8af8bd31e9ae019b12620797eb0af7f	gfx2	40000	good	no
arcade	BC-009_K-163.U49	131072	0c6188fb	d49034384c6d0e94db2890223b32a2a49e79a639	gfx3	20000	good	no
arcade	BC-010_K-163.U27	131072	2d383ff8	3062baac27feba69c6ed94935c5ced72d89ed4fb	gfx3	0	good	no
arcade	BC-011_K-163.U58	65536	bf1d7e6f	55dcf993515b57c3eb1fab98097a2171df3e38ed	maincpu	0	good	no
arcade	BC-012_K-163.U25	65536	87303ba8	49a25393e853b9adf7df00a6f9c38a526a02ea4e	maincpu	10000	good	no
arcade	pal16l8.u103	260			plds	0	nodump	no
arcade	pal16l8.u156	260			plds	200	nodump	no
arcade	pal16l8.u42	260			plds	400	nodump	no
arcade	prom1.u54	256	c324835e	cf6ffe38523badfda211d341410e93e647de87a9	proms	0	good	no
arcade	prom2.u99	256	e0aa8869	ac8bdfeba69420ba56ec561bf3d0f1229d02cea2	proms	300	good	no
arcade	prom3.u88	256	b43d094f	2bed4892d8a91d7faac5a07bf858d9294eb30606	proms	200	good	no
arcade	prom4.u79	256	e6506ef4	079841da7640b14d94aaaeb572bf018932b58293	proms	100	good	no

Chips list

name	tag	type	clock
8-Bit R-2R DAC	dac	audio
Irem M72 Audio Custom	m72	audio
Speaker	rspeaker	audio
YM2203	ym2	audio	3072000
Z80	soundcpu	cpu	3072000

0.94u4 [f205v]

0.90 [Tomasz Slanina]

TEST MODE:

- To enter test mode press any button durning memory test.

WIP:

- 0.172: System11 added clone Buccaneers (set 3, harder). Fixed rom names.

- 0.143u1: Brian Troha added DIP locations to Buccaneers.

- 0.142u1: Added 'M72 Custom' sound.

- 0.133u1: Renamed (buccanra) to (buccanrsa).

- 0.95: Corrado Tomaselli fixed Buccaneers sound frequency. Pierpaolo Prazzoli fixed sprite bug. Changed Z80 CPU1 clock speed to 5688800 Hz, Z80 CPU2 to 3072000 Hz and the 2x YM2203 to 3072000 Hz.

- 0.94u5: Pierpaolo Prazzoli fixed transparency issue in Buccaneers. Added dipswitches 'Coin A/B', 'Flip Screen', 'Lives', 'Difficulty', 'Cabinet', 'Demo Sounds' and 'Allow Continue'.

- 0.94u4: Added Buccaneers (set 1). Added cpu1 rom and new gfx2 roms ($10000, 50000) to clone (set 2). Added dipswitches 'Service Mode' and 16x 'Unknown'. Changed 'Buccaneers' to clone 'Buccaneers (set 2)'. Renamed (buccanrs) to (buccanra).

- 17th March 2005: David Haywood - Did a little bit of work on the Buccaneers driver, this one seems 99% complete now, just one or two graphical oddities to verify.

- 3rd March 2005: f205v dumped Buccaneers (set 1).

- 0.90: Tomasz Slanina added Buccaneers (Duintronic 1989). Missing one program rom.

- 1st January 2005: Tomasz Slanina - Added Buccaneers (Duintronic) to Vigilante driver (one ROM is missing).

LEVELS: 4

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* FB Alpha

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History

Arcade Video game published 30 years ago:

Buccaneers (c) 1989 Duintronic.

A horizontal-scrolling fighting/adventure game where the player controls a swashbuckling sailor who fights pirates through the town, the castle and the castle dungeons to rescue his fellow sailors from a mad pirate captain.

- TECHNICAL -

Main CPU : Zilog Z80 (@ 3.579645 Mhz)
Sound CPU : Zilog Z80 (@ 3.579645 Mhz)
Sound Chips : (2x) Yamaha YM2203 (@ 3.579545 Mhz), DAC

Players : 2
Control : 8-Way Joystick
Buttons : 2

- TRIVIA -

The game looks like a hack of Irem's "Vigilante", the sounds are identical and also the gameplay.

- CONTRIBUTE -

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High scores

MAMESCORE records : 02/04/2017 13:01

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Buccaneers (set 1)