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Gunlock (Ver 2.3O 1994/01/20)

  1. Game infos
  2. Parent and Clones
  3. Sound
  4. Driver
  5. Inputs
  6. Controls
  7. Display
  8. Roms list
  9. Chips list
  10. Serie
  11. Categories
  12. MAMEinfo
  13. History
  14. High scores
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Game infos

Description Gunlock (Ver 2.3O 1994/01/20)
Name gunlock
Manufacturer Taito Corporation Japan
Year 1993
Runnable yes
System arcade /
Number of players 2P sim
Added to MAME .037b11
Romset size 11.5 MB
Romset file 14 files
Romset zip 4 B
Language English
Evaluation 90 to 100 (Best Games)
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 yes
Input tilt yes
Input players 4
Input buttons
Input coins 4

Controls infos

type ways minimum maximum sensitivity keydelta reverse
dial 0 4095 25 25 no
joy 8 no

Display infos

type rotate flipx width height refresh pixclock htotal hbend hbstart vtotal vbend vbstart
raster 90 no 320 224 58.97

Roms list

console name bios size crc md5 merge sha1 region offset status optional
arcade d66-01.ic2 2097152 58c92efa bb207b35b8f9538362bb99a9ec8df206694f00ce ensoniq.0 0 good no
arcade d66-02.ic3 2097152 dcdafaab c981c7e54a2a9aaa85bb758691858495d623b029 ensoniq.0 400000 good no
arcade d66-03.ic45 1048576 e7a4a491 87837e8dd1c9a1db5e540b678233634bd52328f0 gfx1 0 good no
arcade d66-04.ic46 1048576 c1c7aaa7 f929516cf50d82b2d1d1b4c49a0eb1dea819aae1 gfx1 1 good no
arcade d66-05.ic47 1048576 a3cefe04 dd4f47a814853f4512ce25c5f25121c53ee4ada1 gfx1 300000 good no
arcade d66-06.ic48 1048576 b3d8126d 3cbb44f396973c36abdf3fdf391becb22bb6d661 gfx2 0 good no
arcade d66-07.ic49 1048576 a6da9be7 b528505ab925db75acf31bfbed2035cbe36e7a74 gfx2 1 good no
arcade d66-08.ic49 1048576 9959f30b 64bf2bf995c283c00d968e3c078b824de4084d3d gfx2 300000 good no
arcade d66-18.ic24 262144 8418513e a071647268fad08802b88fb6d795612218b7ddef maincpu 0 good no
arcade d66-19.ic26 262144 95731473 ab79821cd6098a4db84ebc9a499c29b1525510a5 maincpu 1 good no
arcade d66-21.ic37 262144 bd0d60f2 609ed2b04cb9efc4b370dcbdf22fd168318989be maincpu 2 good no
arcade d66-22.ic23 262144 83dd7f9b dae21f64232d3e268f22b5e9899e0b726fdc9a9f taito_en:audiocpu 100001 good no
arcade d66-23.ic10 262144 57fb7c49 f8709fd1e9ea7cee10ee2288d13339f675a7d3ae taito_en:audiocpu 100000 good no
arcade d66-24.ic35 262144 97816378 b22cb442b663c7a10fbc292583cd788f66f10a25 maincpu 3 good no

Chips list

name tag type clock
ES5505 taito_en:ensoniq audio 15238050
M68000 taito_en:audiocpu cpu 15238050
M68EC020 maincpu cpu 16000000
Speaker taito_en:rspeaker audio

Serie

Serie : Gunlock
  1. Gunlock (Ver 2.3O 1994/01/20) (1993)
  2. Ray Force (Ver 2.3A 1994/01/20) (1993)
  3. Ray Force (Ver 2.3J 1994/01/20) (1993)
  4. Ray Storm (Ver 2.06A) (1996)
  5. Ray Storm (Ver 2.05J) (1996)
  6. Ray Storm (Ver 2.05O) (1996)
  7. Ray Storm (Ver 2.05A) (1996)
  8. RayStorm (USA) (1997)
  9. Ray Crisis (V2.03J 1998/11/15 15:43) (1998)
  10. RayCrisis - Series Termination (USA) (2000)

Categories

MAMEinfo

0.37b11 [Bryan McPhail]


Artwork available


Bugs:

- There are small, square glitches on the title screen. Kanikani (ID 02527)


WIP:

- 0.146u3: Phil Bennett fixed barely audible sound in Gunlock.

- 0.138u2: Stefan Lindberg and Dumping Union added PCB locations to Gunlock and clones.

- 0.133u1: Renamed (rayforcj) to (rayforcej).

- 0.127u7: Couriersud fixed a title screen trouble in Gunlock and clone Ray Force (Ver 2.3J 1994/01/20).

- 0.126u1: Nicola Salmoria fixed color of battleships in 1st stage and explosive color of the demo.

- 0.105u1: Changed description to 'Gunlock (Ver 2.3O 1994/01/20)' and clones 'Rayforce (Japan)' to 'Ray Force (Ver 2.3J 1994/01/20)' and 'Rayforce (US)' to 'Ray Force (Ver 2.3A 1994/01/20)'.

- 0.102u5: Nicola Salmoria fixed sound and music get glichy from the 2nd stage boss since 0.92 in Gunlock.

- 0.37b11: Bryan McPhail added 'Gunlock (World)' (Taito 1993) and clones Rayforce (US) and Rayforce (Japan).

- 16th January 2001: Bryan McPhail fixed some memory corrupting bugs in the Taito F3 driver.

- 15th January 2001: Bryan McPhail finally submitted his Taito F3 driver, which is not graphically perfect and crashes hard sometimes but has complete ES5505 sound emulation thanks to Aaron Giles, Ian Schmidt and R. Belmont. Not all games are working due to 68020 core bugs, but these are: Ring Rage, Arabian Magic, Riding Fight, Grid Seeker: Project Stormhammer, Gunlock / Rayforce, Super Cup Finals / Hat Trick Hero '93, Top Ranking Stars, Light Bringer, Kaiser Knuckle / Global Champion, Bubble Bobble 2 / Bubble Symphony, Space Invaders DX, Taito Power Goal / Hat Trick Hero '95, Quiz Theater - 3tsu no Monogatari, Akkanvader, Moriguchi Hiroko no Quiz de Hyuu!Hyuu!, Puzzle Bobble 2 / Bust-A-Move Again, Puzzle Bobble 2X, Kyukyoku Tiger 2, Bubble Memories, Cleopatra Fortune, Puzzle Bobble 3, Arkanoid Returns, Kirameki Star Road, Puchi Carat and Pop 'N Pop.


LEVELS: 7


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History


Taito F3 cart. published 26 years ago:

Gunlock (c) 1993 Taito.

Export version. For more information about the game, please see the Japanese version entry, "Rayforce".

- TECHNICAL -

Runs on the "Taito F3 System" Hardware.
Prom Stickers : D66

- TRIVIA -

Even if title screen says 1993, Gunlock was released in January 1994 in Europe.

This game appeared in the US exclusively on home consoles (See Ports below).

- SERIES -

1. Gunlock (1994)
2. Ray Storm (1996)
3. Raycrisis (1998)

- PORTS -

* CONSOLES:
[US] Sega Saturn (1995) "Galactic Attack [Model T-8116H]"
[EU] Sega Saturn (1995) "Galactic Attack [Model T-8116H-50]"
[EU] Microsoft XBOX (mar.31, 2006) "Taito Legends 2"

* COMPUTERS:
[EU] PC [MS Windows, CD-ROM] (mar.31, 2006) "Taito Legends 2"
[US] PC [MS Windows, CD-ROM] (jul.10, 2007) "Taito Legends 2"

* OTHERS:
Apple iPhone/iPod [US] (jan.13, 2012) "Rayforce [Model 484012905]"

- CONTRIBUTE -

Edit this entry: https://www.arcade-history.com/?&page=detail&id=1052&o=2

High scores

MAMESCORE records : 02/04/2017 13:01

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rising_thunder________________775.100
thegamer______________________614.800
zarouk________________________529.800
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foxmulder_____________________488.700
furohon_______________________445.600
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