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Flying Shark (World)

  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. Serie
  12. Categories
  13. MAMEinfo
  14. History
  15. High scores
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Game infos

Description Flying Shark (World)
Name fshark
Manufacturer Toaplan / Taito Corporation
Year 1987
Runnable yes
System arcade /
Number of players 2P alt
Added to MAME .035rc2
Romset size 729 KB
Romset file 31 files
Romset zip 258 B
Language English
Evaluation 50 to 60 (Not Good Enough)
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 yes
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 270 no 320 240 54.877858 7000000 446 0 320 286 0 240

Dipswitchs

Roms list

console name bios size crc md5 merge sha1 region offset status optional
arcade 82s137-1.mcu 1024 cc5b3f53 33589665ac995cc4645b56bbcd6d1c1cd5368f88 dsp 0 good no
arcade 82s137-2.mcu 1024 47351d55 826add3ea3987f2c9ba2d3fc69a4ad2d9b033c89 dsp 0 good no
arcade 82s137-3.mcu 1024 70b537b9 5211ec4605894727747dda66b70c9427652b16b4 dsp 1 good no
arcade 82s137-4.mcu 1024 6edb2de8 48459037c3b865f0c0d63a416fa71ba1119f7a09 dsp 1 good no
arcade 82s137-5.mcu 1024 f35b978a 90da4ab12126727cd9510fdfe4f626452116c543 dsp 800 good no
arcade 82s137-6.mcu 1024 0459e51b b673f5e1fcf60c0ba668aeb98d545d17b988945d dsp 800 good no
arcade 82s137-7.mcu 1024 cbf3184b a3eafadc319183ed688dc081c4dfcbe8d476abea dsp 801 good no
arcade 82s137-8.mcu 1024 8246a05c 2511fa99fbdd6c75281fa85ecca2a617d36eb360 dsp 801 good no
arcade b02-19.b2 32 f72482db b0cb911f9c81f6088a5aa8760916ddae1f8534d7 proms 200 good no
arcade b02-20.b4 256 24e7d62f 1c06a1ef1b6a722794ca1d5ee2c476ecaa5178a3 proms 0 good no
arcade b02-21.b5 256 a50cef09 55cafb5b2551b80ae708e9b966cf37c70a16d310 proms 100 good no
arcade b02-22.c21 32 bc88cced 5055362710c0f58823c05fb4c0e0eec638b91e3d proms 220 good no
arcade b02-23.f28 32 4fb5df2a 506ef2c8e4cf45c256d6831a0a5760732f2de422 proms 240 good no
arcade b02_01.d15 65536 2234b424 bd6242b9dcdb0f582565df588106cd1ce2aad53b scu 0 good no
arcade b02_02.d16 65536 30d4c9a8 96ce4f41207c5487e801a8444030ec4dc7b58b23 scu 10000 good no
arcade b02_03.d17 65536 64f3d88f d0155cfb0a8885d58e34141f9696b9aa208440ca scu 20000 good no
arcade b02_04.d20 65536 3b23a9fc 2ac34445618e17371b5eed7eb6f43da4dbb99e28 scu 30000 good no
arcade b02_05-1.h8 16384 a8b05bd0 37317838ea57cb98cf9599cedf8e72bcae913d29 gfx1 8000 good no
arcade b02_06-1.h10 16384 5e53ae47 55bde4133deebb59a87d9b96c6d0fd7b4bbc0e02 gfx1 4000 good no
arcade b02_07-1.h11 16384 e669f80e 05c1a4ff9adaa6c8035f38a76c5ee333fafba2bf gfx1 0 good no
arcade b02_08.h13 32768 ef0cf49c 6fd5727462cd6c5dab4c5d780bd7504e48583894 gfx3 0 good no
arcade b02_09.h15 32768 230f1582 0fd4156a46ed64cb6e5c59b8836382dd86c229cf gfx3 18000 good no
arcade b02_10.h16 32768 4bd099ff 9326075f83549b0a9656f69bd4436fb1be2ac805 gfx3 10000 good no
arcade b02_11.h18 32768 f5799422 3f79dd849db787695a587f0db19a6782153b5955 gfx3 8000 good no
arcade b02_12.h20 32768 733b9997 75e874a1d148fcc8fa09bb724ce8346565ace4e5 gfx2 0 good no
arcade b02_13.h21 32768 62532cd3 df483db7604c0135130f92b08bad3fbffb4f5c47 gfx2 18000 good no
arcade b02_14.h23 32768 f711ba7d 49644a264c09fc2d743e4f801b8b82e980f2def9 gfx2 10000 good no
arcade b02_15.h24 32768 8b70ef32 e1f988d650dce17e3bfbea12e5fddbb671df18d4 gfx2 8000 good no
arcade b02_16.l5 32768 cdd1a153 de9827a959039cf753ecac6756fb1925c37466d8 audiocpu 0 good no
arcade b02_17-1.p8 65536 fd6ef7a8 ddbc05ce694ab4d929f5f621d95800b612bc5f66 maincpu 1 good no
arcade b02_18-1.m8 65536 04739e02 8a14284adb0f0f33adf9affdec081c90de85d594 maincpu 0 good no

Chips list

name tag type clock
M68000 maincpu cpu 7000000
Speaker mono audio
TMS32010 dsp cpu 14000000
YM3812 ymsnd audio 3500000
Z80 audiocpu cpu 3500000

Serie

Serie : Flying Shark
  1. Flyin' Shark (bootleg of Hishou Zame) (1987)
  2. Flying Shark (World) (1987)
  3. Flying Shark (UK) (1987)
  4. Flying Shark (bootleg with 8741) (1987)
  5. Hishou Zame (Japan) (1987)
  6. Sky Shark (US, set 1) (1987)
  7. Fighting Hawk (World) (1988)
  8. Fighting Hawk (Japan) (1988)
  9. Fire Shark (earlier) (1989)
  10. Same! Same! Same! (1P set) (1989)
  11. Same! Same! Same! (2P set) (1989)
  12. Sky Shark (USA, Rev. 0A) (1989)
  13. Fire Shark (1990)
  14. Fire Shark (Korea, set 1, easier) (1990)
  15. Fire Shark (Korea, set 2, harder) (1990)
  16. Same! Same! Same! (Jpn) (1990)
  17. Fire Shark (Euro) (1991)
  18. Hishouzame - Flying Shark (1991)
  19. Hishouzame / Flying Shark (1993)

Categories

MAMEinfo

0.35RC2 [Quench]


WIP:

- 0.173: ketburai fixed default DIP for Hishou Zame (Japan) based on dip sheet.

- 0.155: caius added clone Sky Shark (US, set 2). Changed description of clone (US) to 'Sky Shark (US, set 1)'.

- 0.149u1: Alex Jackson and Guru added correct PROMs to clone Flyin' Shark (bootleg of Hishou Zame), fixed ROM names, inputs and improved descriptions of both fshark bootleg sets. Changed description of clones (bootleg, set 1) to 'Flying Shark (bootleg with 8741)' and (bootleg, set 2) to 'Flyin' Shark (bootleg of Hishou Zame)'. Renamed (fsharkbla) to (fnshark).

- 0.144u7: Bonky0013 added clone Flying Shark (bootleg, set 2). Changed description of clone (bootleg) to 'Flying Shark (bootleg, set 1)'.

- 0.141u2: Alex Jackson added MCFG_SCREEN_RAW_PARAMS to Twincobr driver, correcting their refresh rates. Changed VSync to 54.877858 Hz.

- 0.137u1: Quench added I8741 and restored correct DSP roms loads and proms for clone Flying Shark (bootleg). Changed VSync to 54Hz.

- 0.136u4: Stephane Humbert fixed dipswitches and inputs in Flying Shark and clones (after verification of the M68000 code).

- 0.129u4: Brian Troha and Stefan Lindberg corrected and added missing proms for Flying Shark and clones. Fixed rom names.

- 16th November 2008: Guru - I recently picked up a pile of junk for spares and repairs from a local friend. It turned out there was quite a bit of interesting stuff in this lot. As far as I can make out, I got Flying Shark (Taito), I think? with TMS320Cxx.

- 0.122u6: Changed TMS32010 CPU3 clock speed to 14MHz.

- 0.105u2: Changed region user1 to cpu3. Fixed cpu3 rom loading.

- 10th October 2005: Guru - Flying Shark (Japanese version, bootleg) arrived. Thanks to our new Korean contact.

- 30th September 2005: Dumping Project - Our Korean contact has bought Flying Shark (bootleg, Japan) at a Korean shop.

- 0.80: Changed TMS32010 clock speed to 3.5MHz.

- 0.62: Changed TMS32010 CPU3 clock speed to 14MHz.

- 0.61: Fixed gfx2 roms addresses and VSync to 54.877857 Hz.

- 7th December 2000: Quench fixed the Flying Shark bootleg, which was broken in b9 and b10.

- 0.37b9: Changed cpu3 roms to user1.

- 0.37b6: Fixed cpu3 rom loading.

- 0.36b11: Added 8x user1 roms ($0-c00 - Co-Processor TMS320C10 MCU code) and proms ($0, 100, 200 - sprite priority control ??).

- 1st December 1999: Quench added new MCU roms to Flying Shark and Wardner.

- 0.35RC2: Quench added 'Flying Shark (World)' (Taito 1987) and clones (bootleg), Sky Shark (US) and Hishou Zame (Japan).

- 24th June 1999: Brad Oliver fixed Flying Shark bootleg MCU rom loading on the Mac side.

- 18th June 1999: Quench sent in a driver for Flying Shark.

- 2nd December 1997: Dumped Flying Shark (World).

- 9th November 1997: J-ROM dumped Hishou Zame (Japan).


LEVELS: 5 (endless)


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History


Arcade Video game published 32 years ago:

Flying Shark (c) 1987 Taito Corp.

Export version. For more information about the game itself, please see the original Japanese versino entry; "Hi Sho Zame [TP-007]".

- TECHNICAL -

Game ID : TP-027
Prom Stickers : B02 / FS

- TRIVIA -

Flying Shark was released in March 1987.

- SERIES -

1. Flying Shark [TP-027] (1987)
2. Fighting Hawk (1988)
3. Fire Shark! [TP-017] (1989)

- PORTS -

* COMPUTERS:
[EU] Sinclair ZX Spectrum (1987)
[EU] Amstrad CPC (1988)
[EU] Atari ST (1988)
[EU] Commodore Amiga (1988)
[EU] Amstrad CPC (1988, "Taito Coin-Op Hits")
[EU] Amstrad CPC (1988, "Les Défis de Taito")
[EU] Amstrad CPC (199?, "Les Monuments D'Arcade")
[EU] Commodore C64 (1987)

- CONTRIBUTE -

Edit this entry: https://www.arcade-history.com/?&page=detail&id=866&o=2

High scores

MAMESCORE records : 02/04/2017 13:01

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majygool____________________2.216.450
gillou________________________799.980
foxmulder_____________________620.950
jeanfi________________________533.500
didyeah_______________________476.400
muesliman_____________________464.290
olivier_______________________447.610
gnu___________________________447.520
nicky634______________________394.130
mamefreak_____________________387.270
sawys_________________________374.220
webmaster_____________________361.600
milfy_________________________319.320
dinkky________________________199.300
dark_kariya___________________192.990
davh58________________________192.800
cessna________________________187.330
theberzerker__________________106.630
thegamer______________________105.910
ezequiel_______________________82.500
zarouk_________________________78.920
gatts47________________________71.690
mike_gyver_____________________69.700
furohon________________________60.010
jgabmurer______________________55.700
docyoyo_49_____________________38.180
hulkiii________________________23.910