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Knuckle Joe (set 1)

  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 Knuckle Joe (set 1)
Name kncljoe
Manufacturer Seibu Kaihatsu (Taito license)
Year 1985
Runnable yes
System arcade /
Number of players 2P alt
Added to MAME .037b07
Romset size 250 KB
Romset file 18 files
Romset zip 123 B
Language English
Evaluation 50 to 60 (Not Good Enough)
Genre Platform

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 240 256 60

Dipswitchs

Roms list

console name bios size crc md5 merge sha1 region offset status optional
arcade kj-1.bin 16384 4e4f5ff2 7d889aa4f4138f01014c1dda391f82396074cfab maincpu 0 good no
arcade kj-10.bin 16384 74d3ba33 c7887d690cb7f7a7b24d59d490ffc088fb6cc49c gfx1 0 good no
arcade kj-11.bin 16384 8ea01455 b4b42fe373a1019b4f2a4b763a8a7219a5c9987e gfx1 4000 good no
arcade kj-12.bin 16384 33367c41 e6c56bcad008f3af4bc0f7d7afe8e23c8eb9d943 gfx1 8000 good no
arcade kj-13.bin 8192 0a0be3f5 00be47fc76500843b6f5de63622edb1748ef5f7d soundcpu 6000 good no
arcade kj-2.bin 16384 cb11514b c75d4019d1617493ff074ce8187a81ad70d9b60c maincpu 4000 good no
arcade kj-3.bin 16384 0f50697b 412c6aba270824299ca2a74e9bea42b83e69797b maincpu 8000 good no
arcade kj-4.bin 32768 a499ea10 cb671cc75b3c6029dd3529e62d83025f78b45271 gfx2 0 good no
arcade kj-5.bin 32768 11111759 504c62fc6778a4afa86cba69634652708535bef6 gfx2 10000 good no
arcade kj-6.bin 32768 815f5c0a ad0b59eeebb2e57035a3f643ac0ef575569bec0f gfx2 8000 good no
arcade kj-7.bin 16384 121fcccb 77f3e7e49787d6a893c5d8c0c3ac612b1180e866 gfx3 0 good no
arcade kj-8.bin 16384 e057e72a 3a85750c72caaa027f302dc6ca4086bdbd49b5ff gfx3 8000 good no
arcade kj-9.bin 16384 affbe3eb 056111fc5b04ff14b114b5f724d02789c8e3ee10 gfx3 4000 good no
arcade kjclr1.bin 256 c3378ac2 264fdc0718b36e02fc1fc1064a9566e349f4bf25 proms 0 good no
arcade kjclr2.bin 256 2126da97 6ca394a5977fab72200a00716a1f25f2a9447896 proms 100 good no
arcade kjclr3.bin 256 fde62164 d0f6b8d0dce63ce592a5f0c9dc8e6260f69a9141 proms 200 good no
arcade kjprom4.bin 256 48dc2066 b8007a5115d475b535284965681ae341f819d3db proms 320 good no
arcade kjprom5.bin 32 5a81dd9f 090ec9135b12e85ed02ab71fca55cc8d1ea8215a proms 300 good no

Chips list

name tag type clock
AY-3-8910A aysnd audio 894886
M6803 soundcpu cpu 3579545
SN76489 sn2 audio 3579545
Speaker mono audio
Z80 maincpu cpu 6000000

Categories

MAMEinfo

0.37b7 [Ernesto Corvi]


Bugs:

- kncljoe and clones: Knuckle Joe graphics glitches. LastNinja2 (ID 01654)


WIP:

- 0.135u3: Fabio Priuli added driver data struct and save states to Knuckle Joe.

- 0.127u4: Aaron Giles fixed missing AY-3-8910A sound effects in Knuckle Joe.

- 0.123u5: Tomasz Slanina fixed missing music in Knuckle Joe. Changed Z80 CPU1 clock speed to 6MHz. Replaced 2nd AY-3-8910A and the 2x MSM5205 sound with 2x SN76489 (3579545 Hz).

- 0.123u2: Changed palettesize to 256 colors.

- 12th February 2008: Guru - More arrivals today! The box up contains Knuckle Joe (Taito 1985) bootleg. Thanks to GP-Lee.

- 0.122u8: Fixed cpu2 rom address to $6000.

- 0.122u7: Changed M6803 CPU2 clock speed to 3579545 Hz.

- 0.72u2: Acho A. Tang changed Z80 CPU clock speed to 5.5MHz and fixed the following problems: You can't play anymore after you die(clock speed too low, check XTAL), scrolling in bike levels(scroll register overflow), sprites disappearing at left screen edge(bad clipping) and artifacts in stage 3 and others(clear sprite mem at bank switch?).

- 0.60: Added clone Bone Crusher (bootleg 1985).

- 2nd April 2002: Smitdogg Jones added a bootleg of Knuckle Joe called Bone Crusher.

- 0.59: Fixed dipswitches and Z80 CPU1 clock speed to 6MHz - game works now. Added dipswitches 'Free Play', 'Unused SW B-0', 'Bonus Life' and 'Difficulty?'.

- 0.37b8: Changed VSync to 60Hz.

- 0.37b7: Ernesto Corvi added 'Knuckle Joe (set 1)' ([Seibu Kaihatsu] (Taito license) 1985) and clone (set 2). TODO: Lots of unknown dipswitches.

- 25th May 2000: Phil Stroffolino fixed a lot of bugs in Knuckle Joe, but colors are still wrong and there is no sound.

- 20th May 2000: Ernesto Corvi sent in a preliminary Knuckle Joe driver - sprites are garbled and there is no sound.


Other Emulators:

* FB Alpha


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History


Arcade Video game published 34 years ago:

Knuckle Joe (c) 1985 Seibu Kaihatsu.

A side-scrolling fighting game.

- TECHNICAL -

Main CPU : Zilog Z80 (@ 5.5 Mhz)
Sound CPU : Motorola M6803 (@ 894.886 Khz)
Sound Chips : (2x) General Instrument AY8910 (@ 894.886 Khz), (2x) MSM5205 (@ 384 Khz)

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

- TRIVIA -

Released in April 1985.

Licensed to Taito for manufacture and distribution.

A bootleg of this game is known as "Bone Crusher".

- CONTRIBUTE -

Edit this entry: https://www.arcade-history.com/?&page=detail&id=1308&o=2

High scores

MAMESCORE records : 02/04/2017 13:01

blackt________________________107.540
thegamer_______________________27.060
didyeah________________________15.540
hulkiii________________________14.750