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Cobra-Command (World revision 5)

  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
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Game infos

Description Cobra-Command (World revision 5)
Name cobracom
Manufacturer Data East Corporation
Year 1988
Runnable yes
System arcade /
Number of players 2P alt
Added to MAME .036rc2
Romset size 864 KB
Romset file 15 files
Romset zip 308 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 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 256 240 57.444853 5000000 320 0 256 272 8 248

Dipswitchs

Roms list

console name bios size crc md5 merge sha1 region offset status optional
arcade el00-4.bin 65536 122da2a8 ce72f16abf7e5449c7d044d4b827e8735c3be0ff gfx2 0 good no
arcade el01-4.bin 65536 27bf705b 196c35aaf3816d3eef4c2af6d146a90a48365d33 gfx2 20000 good no
arcade el02-4.bin 65536 c86fede6 97584fa19591651fcfb39d1b2b6306165e93554c gfx2 40000 good no
arcade el03-4.bin 65536 1d8a855b 429261c200dddc62a330be8aea150b2037133188 gfx2 60000 good no
arcade el04.bin 65536 d80a49ce 1a92413b5ab53f80e44a954433e69ec5fe2c0aa6 gfx3 40000 good no
arcade el05.bin 65536 1c4f6033 4a7dece911166d1ff5f41df6ec5140596206d8d4 gfx3 0 good no
arcade el06.bin 65536 d24ba794 b34b7bbaab4ebdd81c87d363f087cc92e27e8d1c gfx3 20000 good no
arcade el07.bin 65536 6d771fc3 f29979f3aa07bdb544fb0c1d773c5558b4533390 gfx3 60000 good no
arcade el08.bin 65536 cb0dcf4c e14853f83ee9ba5cbf2eb1e085fee4e65af3cc25 gfx4 0 good no
arcade el09.bin 65536 1fae5be7 be6e090b0b82648b385d9b6d11775f3ff40f0af3 gfx4 20000 good no
arcade el10-4.bin 32768 edfad118 10de8805472346fead62460a3fdc09ae26a4e0d5 audiocpu 8000 good no
arcade el11-5.bin 32768 af0a8b05 096e4e7f2785a20bfaec14277413ce4e20e90214 maincpu 8000 good no
arcade el12-4.bin 65536 7a44ef38 d7dc277dce08f9d073290e100be4a7ca2e2b82cb maincpu 10000 good no
arcade el13.bin 65536 04505acb 2220efb277884588859375dab9960f04f07273a7 maincpu 20000 good no
arcade el14.bin 32768 47246177 51b025740dc03b04009ac97d8d110ab521894386 gfx1 0 good no

Chips list

name tag type clock
M6502 audiocpu cpu 1500000
M6809 maincpu cpu 2000000
Speaker mono audio
YM2203 ym1 audio 1500000
YM3812 ym2 audio 3000000

Categories

MAMEinfo

0.36RC2 [Bryan McPhail]

0.33b5 [Bryan McPhail]


WIP:

- 0.145u4: Stephane Humbert fixed dipswitches and inputs (after verification of the M6809/HD6309 code) in Cobra-Command. Removed 3rd coin slot. Changed 'Unknown' dipswitches to 'Unused'.

- 0.142: David Haywood converted Cobra-Command to use the common DECO sprite functions.

- 31st August 2009: f205v dumped Cobra-Command (Italian bootleg).

- 0.133u1: Renamed (cobracmj) to (cobracomj).

- 0.111u5: Canim fixed YM2203 volume.

- 0.74u2: Added 'Bonus Life' dipswitch.

- 0.36RC2: Bryan McPhail added Cobra-Command (World revision 5). Renamed (cobracom) to (cobracmj).

- 2nd March 2000: Bryan McPhail added the world romset of Cobra Command.

- 0.36b9: Changed M6809 CPU1 clock speed to 2MHz and M6502 CPU2 to 1.5MHz.

- 0.35b13: Changed description to 'Cobra-Command (Japan)'.

- 0.35b9: Changed description to 'Cobra Command (Japan)'.

- 0.35b7: Bryan McPhail added the missing background layer to Cobra Command.

- 15th March 1999: Bryan McPhail fixed graphics of Cobra Command, Captain Silver and Super Real Darwin.

- 0.34b3: Juan Carlos Lorente added high score saving to Cobra Command.

- 0.33b5: Bryan McPhail added 'Cobra Command' (Data East 1988). Dipswitches not confirmed but seem reasonable.

- 25th March 1998: CaBBe dumped Cobra-Command (Japan).


LEVELS: 14


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* FB Alpha


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History


Arcade Video game published 31 years ago:

Cobra-Command (c) 1988 Data East.

A horizontally scrolling helicopter battle game.

- TECHNICAL -

Main CPU : Motorola M6809 (@ 2 Mhz)
Sound CPU : MOS Technology M6502 (@ 1.5 Mhz)
Sound Chips : YM2203 (@ 1.5 Mhz), YM3812 (@ 3 Mhz)

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

- TRIVIA -

Cobra-CommanD was released in September 1988.

Based on the original 1984 animated laserdisc game of the same name.

Pony Canyon / Scitron released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (G.S.M. Data East 1 - D25B1002) on June 6, 1989.

- UPDATES -

The Japanese and World versions feature the same levels, but in different order.

- STAFF -

Produce & program : K. Sasamoto
Graphic & design : A. Ontani
Graphic : M. Narita, T. Konishi
Graphic advice : S. Furukawa
Hardware : T. Takayama
Sound : A. Hare
Original plan : T. Seki
Management : T. Kato

- PORTS -

* COMPUTERS:
[JP] Nintendo Famicom (oct.21, 1988) [Model DFC-CN]
[US] Nintendo NES (nov.1988) [Model NES-NC]

- CONTRIBUTE -

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High scores

MAMESCORE records : 02/04/2017 13:01

jyd_________________________1.251.440
majygool____________________1.138.890
rising_thunder________________476.550
didyeah_______________________402.300
cessna________________________236.800
foxmulder_____________________196.250
sawys_________________________189.400
thegamer______________________180.850
gatts47_______________________166.050
topmav________________________164.250
hulkiii________________________27.350