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Cosmo Gang the Video (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
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Game infos

Description Cosmo Gang the Video (US)
Name cosmogng
Manufacturer Namco
Year 1991
Runnable yes
System arcade /
Number of players 2P sim
Added to MAME .036b14
Romset size 6.91 MB
Romset file 21 files
Romset zip 1 B
Language English
Evaluation 80 to 90 (Very Good)
Genre Shooter

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 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 90 no 288 224 60.606061 6144000 384 0 288 264 0 224

Dipswitchs

Roms list

console name bios size crc md5 merge sha1 region offset status optional
arcade co1chr0.bin 524288 ee375b3e e7cc3a137450a79c6068c3bf2c15149f6f6dd18a gfx2 0 good no
arcade co1chr1.bin 524288 0149de65 36d42e56251c850e26ee2253cebf62682ac7516f gfx2 80000 good no
arcade co1chr2.bin 524288 93d565a0 c6e993dc77c5a30daee5de4363454e2ccf3bd02d gfx2 100000 good no
arcade co1chr3.bin 524288 4d971364 579f7e37bfa37b8b152ac44cdfe712c2ec2cda8b gfx2 180000 good no
arcade co1dat0.bin 131072 b53da2ae a7fe63668d50928d5d2e2249a5f377c7e8dfc6a5 data_rom 0 good no
arcade co1dat1.bin 131072 d21ad10b dcf2d4cc048ea57507952a9a35390af7de5cfe34 data_rom 1 good no
arcade co1obj0.bin 524288 5df8ce0c afb9fb6e048af5aed8976192b847c0674c5e5ce1 gfx1 0 good no
arcade co1obj1.bin 524288 3d152497 70c6725cacf86ba4d4b9dbeed7a1e04df9301228 gfx1 80000 good no
arcade co1obj2.bin 524288 4e50b6ee 0fd4c19fa77ba6774237c760ac1096d4806248dd gfx1 100000 good no
arcade co1obj3.bin 524288 7beed669 92e5eb2a8de3ff71c002807f31581a79a5db5422 gfx1 180000 good no
arcade co1roz0.bin 524288 2bea6951 273e3e8ccb042ec794b1709d6626603c8a39a73a gfx3 0 good no
arcade co1sha0.bin 524288 063a70cc c3179d55d57c47d3fef49d45e45b88c4d8250548 gfx4 0 good no
arcade co1spr0.bin 131072 bba2c28f 5adf4eb9d24833e462a240253ab9ac0205cb6501 slave 0 good no
arcade co1spr1.bin 131072 c029b459 b92c0d24449b8db352bbbd782dc43af0640479e5 slave 1 good no
arcade co2_s0 131072 4ca59338 95916977ab4e0704216984ceed66df7b9e1fdf44 audiocpu c000 good no
arcade co2mpr0.bin 131072 2632c209 a03136c18eff4e3d69dda955a3c774f2829393ec maincpu 0 good no
arcade co2mpr1.bin 131072 65840104 71dfd379a985779e11e9e321ee998df21d03c30e maincpu 1 good no
arcade co2voi1.bin 524288 5a301349 e333ea5955a66ac8d7c94cd50047efaf6fa95b15 c140 0 good no
arcade co2voi2.bin 524288 a27cb45a 08ccaaf43369e8358e31b213877829bdfd61479e c140 80000 good no
arcade sys2c65c.bin 32768 a5b2a4ff 068bdfcc71a5e83706e8b23330691973c1c214dc mcu 8000 good no
arcade sys2mcpu.bin 8192 a342a97e 2c420d34dba21e409bf78ddca710fc7de65a6642 mcu 0 good no

Chips list

name tag type clock
C140 c140 audio 21333
HD63705 mcu cpu 2048000
M68000 slave cpu 12288000
M6809 audiocpu cpu 2048000
Speaker rspeaker audio
YM2151 ymsnd audio 3579545

Categories

MAMEinfo

0.36b14 [?]

0.36b8 [Keith Wilkins]

0.35b10 [Testdriver]


WIP:

- 0.133u1: Renamed (cosmognj) to (cosmogngj).

- 0.36b14: Added 'Cosmo Gang the Video (US)'. Renamed (cosmogng) to (cosmognj).

- 0.36b8: Keith Wilkins added 'Cosmo Gang the Video (Japan)' (Namco 1991).

- 12th October 1999: Keith Wilkins sent in another Namco System 2 update with controls working in most games, and also fixed a lot of the graphics bugs. The playable games are now Assault, Ordyne, Mirai Ninja, Phelios, Valkyrie No Densetsu, Finest Hour, Burning Force, Marvel Land, Dragon Saber and Cosmo Gang the Video.

- 10th October 1999: Keith Wilkins sent in another Namco System 2 driver with a lot of optimization and Cosmo Gang is now playable.

- 0.35b10: Keith Wilkins and Phil Stroffolino added (Testdriver) Cosmo Gang the Video.

- 3rd April 1999: Keith Wilkins sent an updated Namco System 2 driver, but absolutely nothing works except Cosmo Gang, which still has garbled graphics and no sound.


LEVELS: 33


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Cosmo Gang the Puzzle


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History


Arcade Video game published 28 years ago:

Cosmo Gang - The Video (c) 1991 Namco.

Defend against the Cosmo Gang baddies which enter in patterns and join an attack formation. Keep the baddies from stealing energy in the challenging stages.

- TECHNICAL -

Namco System 2 hardware
Game ID : CO

Main CPU : (2x) Motorola 68000 (@ 12.288 Mhz), M6809 (@ 3.072 Mhz), HD63705 (@ 2.048 Mhz)
Sound Chips : C140 (@ 21.39 Khz), YM2151 (@ 3.57958 Mhz)

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

- TRIVIA -

Released in March 1992 in Japan (even if the titlescreen says 1991).

This is the video version of a popular novelty redemption game of the same name.

Victor Entertainment released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Cosmo Gang - The Video : Namco Game Sound Express Vol.8 - VICL-15018) on 24/03/1993.

- UPDATES -

The US version is slightly different :
* 'Winners Don't Use Drugs' screen added.

- STAFF -

Game designer : Kohji Kenjoh
Programmer : Shiohigaler Itoh
Original character designer : Fanchan
Visual : Tatsuya
Sound : Yoshie Arakawa

- PORTS -

* CONSOLES:
Nintendo Super Famicom (1992) "Cosmo Gang - The Video [Model SHVC-CA]"

- CONTRIBUTE -

Edit this entry: https://www.arcade-history.com/?&page=detail&id=513&o=2

High scores

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