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King of the Monsters (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. BIOS set
  11. Chips list
  12. Serie
  13. Categories
  14. MAMEinfo
  15. History
  16. High scores
Download kotm.zip (6.88 MB)
Snapshot

Game infos

Description King of the Monsters (set 1)
Name kotm
Manufacturer SNK
Year 1991
Runnable yes
System arcade /
Number of players 2P sim
Added to MAME .035b03
Romset size 6.88 MB
Romset file 10 files
Romset zip 3 B
Language English
Evaluation 70 to 80 (Good)
Genre Fighter

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 no
Input players 2
Input buttons
Input coins 4

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 320 224 59.185606 6000000 384 30 350 264 16 240

Dipswitchs

Roms list

console name bios size crc md5 merge sha1 region offset status optional
arcade 000-lo.lo 131072 5a86cff2 000-lo.lo 5992277debadeb64d1c1c64b0a92d9293eaf7e4a zoomy 0 good no
arcade 016-c1.c1 1048576 71471c25 bc8e3fee56b33ef2bac5b4b852339d2fbcd09b7c cslot1:sprites 0 good no
arcade 016-c2.c2 1048576 320db048 d6b43834de6f5442e23ca8fb26b3a36e96790d8d cslot1:sprites 1 good no
arcade 016-c3.c3 1048576 98de7995 e33edf4d36c82196d2b474e37be180a05976f558 cslot1:sprites 200000 good no
arcade 016-c4.c4 1048576 070506e2 3a2ec365e1d87a9c5ce1ee9bea88402a8eef4ed7 cslot1:sprites 200001 good no
arcade 016-m1.m1 131072 9da9ca10 88b915827d529f39c365d3e41197d5461e07a085 cslot1:audiocpu 0 good no
arcade 016-p1.p1 524288 1b818731 b98b1b33c0301fd79aac908f6b635dd00d1cb08d cslot1:maincpu 0 good no
arcade 016-p2.p2 131072 12afdc2b 3a95f5910cbb9f17e63ddece995c6e120fa2f622 cslot1:maincpu 80000 good no
arcade 016-s1.s1 131072 1a2eeeb3 8d2b96d395020197bc59294b6b0c8d62b1d8d4dd cslot1:fixed 0 good no
arcade 016-v1.v1 1048576 86c0a502 7fe2db0c64aefdd14d6c36f7fcd6442591e9a014 cslot1:ymsnd 0 good no
arcade 016-v2.v2 1048576 5bc23ec5 f4ff5d20587469daa026d5c812739335ce53cfdf cslot1:ymsnd 100000 good no
arcade asia-s3.rom asia 131072 91b64be3 asia-s3.rom 720a3e20d26818632aedf2c2fd16c54f213543e1 mainbios 0 good no
arcade japan-j3.bin japan-j3 131072 dff6d41f japan-j3.bin e92910e20092577a4523a6b39d578a71d4de7085 mainbios 0 good no
arcade sfix.sfix 131072 c2ea0cfd sfix.sfix fd4a618cdcdbf849374f0a50dd8efe9dbab706c3 fixedbios 0 good no
arcade sm1.sm1 131072 94416d67 sm1.sm1 42f9d7ddd6c0931fd64226a60dc73602b2819dcf audiobios 0 good no
arcade sp-1v1_3db8c.bin japan-hotel 131072 162f0ebe sp-1v1_3db8c.bin fe1c6dd3dfcf97d960065b1bb46c1e11cb7bf271 mainbios 0 good no
arcade sp-45.sp1 mv1c 524288 03cc9f6a sp-45.sp1 cdf1f49e3ff2bac528c21ed28449cf35b7957dc1 mainbios 0 good no
arcade sp-e.sp1 us-e 131072 2723a5b5 sp-e.sp1 5dbff7531cf04886cde3ef022fb5ca687573dcb8 mainbios 0 good no
arcade sp-j2.sp1 japan-s2 131072 acede59c sp-j2.sp1 b6f97acd282fd7e94d9426078a90f059b5e9dd91 mainbios 0 good no
arcade sp-s.sp1 euro-s1 131072 c7f2fa45 sp-s.sp1 09576ff20b4d6b365e78e6a5698ea450262697cd mainbios 0 good no
arcade sp-s2.sp1 euro 131072 9036d879 sp-s2.sp1 4f5ed7105b7128794654ce82b51723e16e389543 mainbios 0 good no
arcade sp-u2.sp1 us 131072 e72943de sp-u2.sp1 5c6bba07d2ec8ac95776aa3511109f5e1e2e92eb mainbios 0 good no
arcade sp1.jipan.1024 japan-s1 131072 9fb0abe4 sp1.jipan.1024 18a987ce2229df79a8cf6a84f968f0e42ce4e59d mainbios 0 good no
arcade uni-bios_1_0.rom unibios10 131072 0ce453a0 uni-bios_1_0.rom 3b4c0cd26c176fc6b26c3a2f95143dd478f6abf9 mainbios 0 good no
arcade uni-bios_1_1.rom unibios11 131072 5dda0d84 uni-bios_1_1.rom 4153d533c02926a2577e49c32657214781ff29b7 mainbios 0 good no
arcade uni-bios_1_2.rom unibios12 131072 4fa698e9 uni-bios_1_2.rom 682e13ec1c42beaa2d04473967840c88fd52c75a mainbios 0 good no
arcade uni-bios_1_2o.rom unibios12o 131072 e19d3ce9 uni-bios_1_2o.rom af88ef837f44a3af2d7144bb46a37c8512b67770 mainbios 0 good no
arcade uni-bios_1_3.rom unibios13 131072 b24b44a0 uni-bios_1_3.rom eca8851d30557b97c309a0d9f4a9d20e5b14af4e mainbios 0 good no
arcade uni-bios_2_0.rom unibios20 131072 0c12c2ad uni-bios_2_0.rom 37bcd4d30f3892078b46841d895a6eff16dc921e mainbios 0 good no
arcade uni-bios_2_1.rom unibios21 131072 8dabf76b uni-bios_2_1.rom c23732c4491d966cf0373c65c83c7a4e88f0082c mainbios 0 good no
arcade uni-bios_2_2.rom unibios22 131072 2d50996a uni-bios_2_2.rom 5241a4fb0c63b1a23fd1da8efa9c9a9bd3b4279c mainbios 0 good no
arcade uni-bios_2_3.rom unibios23 131072 27664eb5 uni-bios_2_3.rom 5b02900a3ccf3df168bdcfc98458136fd2b92ac0 mainbios 0 good no
arcade uni-bios_2_3o.rom unibios23o 131072 601720ae uni-bios_2_3o.rom 1b8a72c720cdb5ee3f1d735bbcf447b09204b8d9 mainbios 0 good no
arcade uni-bios_3_0.rom unibios30 131072 a97c89a9 uni-bios_3_0.rom 97a5eff3b119062f10e31ad6f04fe4b90d366e7f mainbios 0 good no
arcade uni-bios_3_1.rom unibios31 131072 0c58093f uni-bios_3_1.rom 29329a3448c2505e1ff45ffa75e61e9693165153 mainbios 0 good no
arcade uni-bios_3_2.rom unibios32 131072 a4e8b9b3 uni-bios_3_2.rom c92f18c3f1edda543d264ecd0ea915240e7c8258 mainbios 0 good no
arcade v2.bin us-v2 131072 62f021f4 v2.bin 62d372269e1b3161c64ae21123655a0a22ffd1bb mainbios 0 good no
arcade vs-bios.rom japan 131072 f0e8f27d vs-bios.rom ecf01eda815909f1facec62abf3594eaa8d11075 mainbios 0 good no

BIOS set

name description default
asia Asia MVS (Ver. 3) yes
euro Europe MVS (Ver. 2) yes
euro-s1 Europe MVS (Ver. 1) yes
japan Japan MVS (Ver. 3) yes
japan-hotel Custom Japanese Hotel yes
japan-j3 Japan MVS (J3) yes
japan-s1 Japan MVS (Ver. 1) yes
japan-s2 Japan MVS (Ver. 2) yes
mv1c NEO-MVH MV1C yes
unibios10 Universe Bios (Hack, Ver. 1.0) yes
unibios11 Universe Bios (Hack, Ver. 1.1) yes
unibios12 Universe Bios (Hack, Ver. 1.2) yes
unibios12o Universe Bios (Hack, Ver. 1.2, older) yes
unibios13 Universe Bios (Hack, Ver. 1.3) yes
unibios20 Universe Bios (Hack, Ver. 2.0) yes
unibios21 Universe Bios (Hack, Ver. 2.1) yes
unibios22 Universe Bios (Hack, Ver. 2.2) yes
unibios23 Universe Bios (Hack, Ver. 2.3) yes
unibios23o Universe Bios (Hack, Ver. 2.3, older?) yes
unibios30 Universe Bios (Hack, Ver. 3.0) yes
unibios31 Universe Bios (Hack, Ver. 3.1) yes
unibios32 Universe Bios (Hack, Ver. 3.2) yes
us US MVS (Ver. 2?) yes
us-e US MVS (Ver. 1) yes
us-v2 US MVS (4 slot, Ver 2) yes

Chips list

name tag type clock
M68000 maincpu cpu 12000000
Speaker rspeaker audio
YM2610 ymsnd audio 8000000
Z80 audiocpu cpu 4000000

Serie

Serie : King of the Monsters
  1. King of the Monsters (set 1) (1991)
  2. King of the Monsters (set 1) (1991)
  3. King of the Monsters (set 2) (1991)
  4. King of the Monsters (set 2) (1991)
  5. King of the Monsters (Euro) (1992)
  6. King of the Monsters 2 - The Next Thing (NGM-039 ~ NGH-039) (1992)
  7. King of the Monsters 2 - The Next Thing (NGM-039 ~ NGH-039) (1992)
  8. King of the Monsters 2 - The Next Thing (older) (1992)
  9. King of the Monsters 2 - The Next Thing (older) (1992)
  10. King of the Monsters 2 - The Next Thing (prototype) (1992)
  11. King of the Monsters 2 - The Next Thing (prototype) (1992)
  12. King of the Monsters (Euro) (1993)
  13. King of the Monsters 2 (USA) (1994)
  14. King of the Monsters 2 (Jpn, USA) (1994)
  15. King of the Monsters 2 (USA) (1994)

Categories

MAMEinfo

0.34b1 [The Shin Emu Keikaku team]


Neo-Geo

Artwork available


WIP:

- 0.143u2: Fixed rom names.

- 13th June 2011: Smitdogg - We got a prototype cart of King of Monsters.

- 0.125u5: Johnboy removed BAD_DUMP from King of the Monsters, added correct m1 CPU2 rom.

- 0.69u3: Razoola added clone King of the Monsters (set 2). Changed parent description to 'King of the Monsters (set 1)'.

- 0.37b9: Replaced MGD2 dump with a MVS dump.

- 0.35b3: Renamed (kingofm) to (kotm).

- 0.34b2: Changed description to 'King of the Monsters'.

- 0.34b1: Added 'King of Monsters' (SNK 1991).


LEVELS: 12


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History


$vgmplay=kotm,

SNK Neo-Geo MVS cart. published 28 years ago:

King of the Monsters (c) 1991 SNK.

If "Rampage" were a beat-'em-up and set in Japan, it would be King of the Monsters. Destroy the city while destroying your opponent!

- TECHNICAL -

Runs on the SNK "Neo-Geo MVS" hardware.
Game ID : NGM-016

[SNK MVS Neo-Geo Controls]
2 Players - 4 buttons per player (3 usables).
=> [Joystick] 8-way, [A] Punch [B] Kick [C] Run

- TRIVIA -

Released in February 1991.

Pony Canyon / Scitron released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (King of the Monsters / Quiz Daisousasen - G.S.M. 1500 / PCCB-00072) on 21/09/1991.

- SERIES -

1. King of the Monsters [Model NGM-016] (1991)
2. King of the Monsters 2 - The Next Thing [Model NGM-039] (1992)

- STAFF -

Producer & Director : Hamachi Papa
Chiff designer : Mitsuzo
Main designer : Tomomi
Background designers : Taka, Sakai
Character designers : Joe Toshiaki, Cagamaru, Yu-Zo, Y-Tick, Fuziki Boke
Main programmer : Makoto
Assistant programmer : Yamatan
Sound creaters : Tarukun, Konny, Ten6 Jaguars

Special thanks : Y. Ebara, H. Tanaka, M. Yokoyama, Yoko Hiro

- PORTS -

* CONSOLES:
[JP] SNK Neo-Geo AES (jul.1, 1991; "King of the Monsters [Model NGH-016]")
[JP] Nintendo Super Famicom (jul.31, 1992; "King of the Monsters [Model SHVC-KM]")
[JP] Sega Mega Drive (Nov. 26, 1993; "King of the Monsters [Model G-4104]")
[US] Sony PS2 may.05, 2008 "SNK Arcade Classics Vol.1 [Model SLUS-21724]"
[US] Sony PSP may.05, 2008 "SNK Arcade Classics Vol.1 [Model ULUS-10338]"
[KO] Sony PS2 may.29, 2008 "SNK Arcade Classics Vol.1 [Model SLKA-25424]"
[US] Nintendo Wii jul.29, 2008 "SNK Arcade Classics Vol.1 [Model RVL-P-RNCE]"
[EU] Sony PSP Oct. 17, 2008 "SNK Arcade Classics Vol.1 [Model ULES-01105]"
[EU] Nintendo Wii Oct. 31, 2008 "SNK Arcade Classics Vol.1 [Model RVL-P-RJZP]"
[EU] Sony PS2 Nov. 21, 2008 "SNK Arcade Classics Vol.1 [Model SLES-55232]"
[JP] Sony PSP May. 21, 2009 "SNK Arcade Classics Vol.1 [Model ULJS-193]"

* COMPUTERS:
PC (2000)

- CONTRIBUTE -

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High scores

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