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Guardian (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
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Game infos

Description Guardian (US)
Name grdian
Manufacturer Toaplan / Taito America Corporation (Kitkorp license)
Year 1986
Runnable yes
System arcade /
Number of players 2P alt
Added to MAME .034b06
Romset size 345 KB
Romset file 17 files
Romset zip 149 B
Language English
Evaluation 50 to 60 (Not Good Enough)
Genre Fighter

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 280 240 60

Dipswitchs

Roms list

console name bios size crc md5 merge sha1 region offset status optional
arcade a68-03.12d 8192 18daa44c 1a3d22a186c591321d1b836ee30d89fba4771122 audiocpu 0 good no
arcade a68-10.6h 32768 83161ed0 a6aa28f22f487dc3a2ec07935e6d42bcdd1eff81 gfx3 18000 good no
arcade a68-11.8h 32768 f24158cf db4c6b68a488b0798ea5f793ac8ced283a8ecab2 gfx3 10000 good no
arcade a68-12.6j 32768 11f74e32 02d8b4cc679f45a02c4989f2b62cde91b7418235 gfx3 8000 good no
arcade a68-13.8j 32768 643fb282 d904d3c27c2b56341929c5eed4ea97e948c53c34 gfx3 0 good no
arcade a68_00-1.8p 16384 6a8bdc6c c923bca539bd2eb9a34cb9c7a67a199e28bc081a maincpu 0 good no
arcade a68_01-1.8n 16384 ebe8db3c 9046d6e63c33fc9cbd48b90dcbcc0badf1d3b9ba maincpu 4000 good no
arcade a68_02-1.8k 32768 343e8415 00b98055277a0ddfb7d0bda6537df10a4049533e maincpu 10000 good no
arcade a68_04-1.6g 8192 1fc8f277 59dc1a0fad23b1e98abca3d0b1685b9d2939b059 gfx1 2000 good no
arcade a68_05-1.6f 8192 06f60107 c5dcf0c7a5863ea960ee747d2d7ec7ac8bb7d3af gfx1 0 good no
arcade a68_06.6p 32768 05f9eb9a a71640a63b259799086d361ef293aa26cec46a0c gfx2 18000 good no
arcade a68_07.6n 32768 cf1a964c e9223c8d4f3bdafed193a1ded63e377f16f45e17 gfx2 10000 good no
arcade a68_08.6m 32768 37662375 46ba8a3f0b553d476ecf431d0d20556896b4ca43 gfx2 8000 good no
arcade a68_09.4m 32768 a293cc2e a2c2598e92982d13b51cbb6efb4b963142233433 gfx2 0 good no
arcade a68_14.6a 2048 bmcu:mcu 0 nodump no
arcade rom19.12p 256 513224f0 15b34612206138f6fc5f7478925b1fff2ed56aa8 proms 200 good no
arcade rom20.12m 256 4ca01887 2892c89d5e60f1d10593adffff55c1a9654e8209 proms 100 good no
arcade rom21.12q 256 d6360b4d 3e64548c82a3378fc091e104cdc2b0c7e592fc44 proms 0 good no

Chips list

name tag type clock
AY-3-8910A ay2 audio 1500000
MC68705P5 bmcu:mcu cpu 3000000
Speaker mono audio
Z80 audiocpu cpu 3000000

Categories

MAMEinfo

0.36RC1 [?]

0.34b6 [Luca Elia]


Bugs:

- Clone getstarb: Whatever your score is, you are never asked to enter your initial for the Hi-score table. YMI (ID 00361)


WIP:

- 0.182: Replaced 'M68705 (NEW)' CPU3 with 'MC68705P5'.

- 0.181: Replaced M68705 CPU3 with 'M68705 (NEW)'.

- 0.171: Fixed rom names.

- 0.153: Renamed (getstar) to (grdian), (gtstarb1) to (getstarb1) and (gtstarb2) to (getstarb2).

- 0.138u3: Added M68705 (3MHz) CPU3 and fixed rom names.

- 0.126u1: Stephane Humbert added MCU simulation for 'getstar' and 'getstarj' heavily based on 'gtstarb1' bootleg. Cleaned/fixed dipswitches and added port locations. Added notes with the differences between the different sets (and especially detailed the numerous ingame bugs in 'gtstarb2'). Changed 'Unknown' dipswitches to 'Unused'. Changed description to 'Guardian (US)' and clones (bootleg set 1) to 'Get Star (bootleg set 2)' and (bootleg set 2) to 'Get Star (bootleg set 1)'. Renamed (getstarb) to (gtstarb2) and (gtstarba) to (gtstarb1).

- 0.123u1: Changed Z80 CPU2 clock speed to 3MHz.

- 0.104u9: David Haywood added clone Get Star (bootleg, set 2). A bootleg with own protection instead and corrupt GFX1 roms. Changed description of clone (bootleg) to 'Get Star (bootleg, set 1)'.

- 0.97u4: Mamesick fixed input in clone Get Star (bootleg).

- 15th March 2005: Tirino73 dumped Get Star (bootleg, set 2).

- 22nd May 2004: Guru - Got the Get Star PCB that Randy bought on eBay. Unfortunately it's a bootleg. There's no 68705 on it, so it's useless.

- 17th September 2000: Bryan McPhail fixed sprite lag in Getstar.

- 0.36RC1: Added 'Guardian' (Taito 1986) and clone Get Star (Japan). Fixed colors with new proms. Renamed (getstar) to (getstarb).

- 0.34b6: Luca Elia added 'Get Star (bootleg)' (1986).

- 25th March 1998: CaBBe dumped Get Star (bootleg set 2).


LEVELS: 6 (endless)


Other Emulators:

* FB Alpha

* JFF


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History


Arcade Video game published 33 years ago:

Guardian (c) 1986 KitKorp.

A side-scrolling beat 'em up where you fight your way through various planets, each with a different theme.

- TECHNICAL -

Main CPU : (2x) Zilog Z80 (@ 6 Mhz)
Sound Chips : (2x) General Instrument AY8910 (@ 1.5 Mhz)

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

- TRIVIA -

Released in March 1986.

Manufactured by KitKorp, under license from Taito America.

Game developed by Toaplan.

This game is known in Japan as "Get Star".

Will Czeswinski holds the official record for this game with 1,058,420 points.

- CONTRIBUTE -

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