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China Gate (US)

  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 chinagat.zip (1.41 MB)
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Game infos

Description China Gate (US)
Name chinagat
Manufacturer Technos Japan (Taito / Romstar license)
Year 1988
Runnable yes
System arcade /
Number of players 2P sim
Added to MAME .037b16
Romset size 1.41 MB
Romset file 16 files
Romset zip 630 B
Language English
Evaluation 50 to 60 (Not Good Enough)
Genre Platform

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 no
Input players 2
Input buttons
Input coins 3

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 256 240 57.444853 6000000 384 0 256 272 0 240

Dipswitchs

Roms list

console name bios size crc md5 merge sha1 region offset status optional
arcade 23j0-0.40 32768 9ffcadb6 606dbdd73aee3cabb2142200ac6f8c96169e4b19 soundcpu 0 good no
arcade 23j1-0.53 131072 f91f1001 378402a3c966cabd61e9662ae5decd66672a228b oki 0 good no
arcade 23j2-0.52 131072 8b6f26e9 7da26ae846814b3957b19c38b6bf7e83617dc6cc oki 20000 good no
arcade 23j4-0.48 131072 2914af38 3d690fa50b7d36a22de82c026d59a16126a7b73c sub 10000 good no
arcade 23j5-0.45 256 fdb130a9 4c4f214229b9fab2b5d69c745ec5428787b89e1f user1 200 good no
arcade 23j7-0.103 131072 2f445030 3fcf32097e655e963d952d01a30396dc195269ca gfx2 0 good no
arcade 23j8-0.102 131072 237f725a 47bebe5b9878ca10fe6efd4f353717e53a372416 gfx2 20000 good no
arcade 23j9-0.101 131072 8caf6097 50ad192f831b055586a4a9974f8c6c2f2063ede5 gfx2 40000 good no
arcade 23ja-0.100 131072 f678594f 4bdcf9407543925f4630a8c7f1f48b85f76343a9 gfx2 60000 good no
arcade 23jb-0.16 512 46339529 64f4c42a826d67b7cbaa8a23a45ebc4eb6248891 user1 0 good no
arcade cgate18.bin 131072 8d88d64d 57265138ebb0c6419542cce5953aee7335bfa2bd gfx1 0 good no
arcade cgate51.bin 131072 439a3b19 01393b4302ac7a66390270b01e2757582240f6b8 maincpu 10000 good no
arcade chinagat_a-12 65536 3c864299 cb12616e4d6c53a82beb4cd51510a632894b359c gfx3 10000 baddump no
arcade chinagat_a-13 65536 b745cac4 759767ca7c5123b03b9e1a42bb105d194cb76400 gfx3 0 baddump no
arcade chinagat_a-14 65536 aef814c8 f6b9229ca7beb9a0e47d1f6a1083c6102fdd20c8 gfx3 30000 baddump no
arcade chinagat_a-15 65536 2f268f37 f82cfe3b2001d5ed2a709ca9c51febcf624bb627 gfx3 20000 baddump no

Chips list

name tag type clock
HD6309 sub cpu 6000000
OKI6295 oki audio 1065000
Speaker mono audio
YM2151 ymsnd audio 3579545
Z80 soundcpu cpu 3579545

Categories

MAMEinfo

0.37b16 [Paul Hampson]


WIP:

- 0.182: IRQ cleanups [AJR].

- 0.153: Osso fixed sprite offset right in China Gate with flipscreen on.

- 0.148u5: Changed commented out code in China Gate driver (AM_DEVREADWRITE_LEGACY -> AM_DEVREADWRITE) [smf].

- 0.148u2: Modernized China Gate [Miodrag Milanovic].

- 0.145u6: hap added gfx3 roms from the bootleg set for missing background gfx in China Gate and clone Sai Yu Gou Ma Roku.

- 0.135u3: Fabio Priuli fixed a driver data struct issues in clones Sai Yu Gou Ma Roku (Japan bootleg 1/2).

- 0.135u2: Fabio Priuli added driver data and save state support to China Gate.

- 0.134u1: Sasuke changed OKI6295 sound clock to (1065000 Hz) in China Gate and clones.

- 0.133u1: Renamed (saiyugb1) to (saiyugoub1) and (saiyugb2) to (saiyugoub2).

- 0.129: Mamesick converted the China Gate driver to use scanline interrupts, partial updates and raw video parameters. Changed visible area to 256x240 and VSync to 57.444853 Hz.

- 0.127u2: Couriersud changed sound CPU type in clone Sai Yu Gou Ma Roku (Japan bootleg 1) to I8748.

- 0.126u4: Fabio Priuli added DIP locations for China Gate (DIP locations and factory settings verified with China Gate US manual).

- 0.123: Aaron Giles fixed sprite placement again in China Gate.

- 0.122u7: Changed HD6309 CPU1/2 clock speeds to 6MHz.

- 0.115u2: Robbert fixed China Gate high scores.

- 0.67: Changed description of clones (bootleg 1) to 'Sai Yu Gou Ma Roku (Japan bootleg 1)' and (bootleg 2) to 'Sai Yu Gou Ma Roku (Japan bootleg 2)'.

- 0.53: Changed clones description to 'Sai Yu Gou Ma Roku'.

- 0.37b16: Paul Hampson added 'China Gate (US') (Technos 1988 (Taito Romstar license)) and clones Sai Yo Gou Ma Roku (Japan), (bootleg 1) and (bootleg 2).

- 20th June 2001: Quench added sound chips into the China Gate driver but it still doesn't make any sound.

- 16th April 2001: Paul Hampson and Quench finished off the China Gate driver.

- 18th June 2000: Guru - Redumped my Saiya Gouma Roku board. Hopefully that will resolve the current issues and allow this game to be added into MAME soon.

- 12th June 2000: Preliminary Super Dodgeball and China Gate drivers were submitted, but they lack minor things like controls ;-(

- 14th May 2000: Guru - Dumped Saiya Gouma Roku (Technos).


LEVELS: 5


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History


Arcade Video game published 31 years ago:

China Gate (c) 1988 Technos.

A beat'em up / platform game.

- TECHNICAL -

Game ID : TA-0023

Main CPU : (2x) HD6309 (@ 1.5 Mhz), Zilog Z80 (@ 3.579545 Mhz)
Sound Chips : Yamaha YM2151 (@ 3.579545 Mhz), OKI6295 (@ 11 Khz)

Screen orientation : Horizontal
Video resolution : 240 x 224 pixels
Screen refresh : 56.00 Hz
Palette colors : 384

Players : 2
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 3

- TRIVIA -

Released in September 1988.

Licensed to Taito for US manufacture and to Romstar for distribution. This game is known in Japan as "Sai Yu Gou Ma Roku - Ryuu Bou You Gi No Shou".

- CONTRIBUTE -

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High scores

MAMESCORE records : 02/04/2017 13:01

zeromax_______________________181.900
equipe.droids_________________170.850
dark_kariya____________________97.820
michaelknight__________________53.090
didyeah________________________46.100
mike_gyver_____________________41.190
nicky634_______________________34.840
hulkiii________________________33.660