Mame game : kov : Knights of Valour / Sangoku Senki (ver. 117)

Game infos

Description Knights of Valour / Sangoku Senki (ver. 117)

Name kov

Manufacturer IGS

Year 1999

Runnable yes

System arcade /

Number of players 4P sim

Added to MAME .061

Romset size 56 MB

Romset file 9 files

Romset zip 19 B

Language English

Genre Fighter

Driver infos

Driver status preliminary

Driver emulation good

Driver color good

Driver sound imperfect

Driver graphic good

Driver cocktail

Driver protection preliminary

Driver savestate yes

Inputs infos

Input service no

Input tilt no

Input players 4

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	448	224	59.17

Configuration

name	tag	mask
Region Name China Value 0 Default no Name Hong Kong Value 4 Default no Name Japan (Alta license) Value 2 Default no Name Korea Value 3 Default no Name Taiwan Value 1 Default no Name World Value 5 Default yes	Region	15

Dipswitchs

Free
- Off
- On
Music
- Off
- On
Service Mode
- Off
- On
Stop
- Off
- On
Unused
- Off
- On
Voice
- Off
- On

Roms list

console	name	bios	size	crc	merge	sha1	region	offset	status	optional
arcade	a0600.rom		8388608	d8167834		fa55a99629d03b2ea253392352f70d2c8639a991	sprcol	0	good	no
arcade	a0601.rom		8388608	ff7a4373		7def9fca7513ad5a117da230bebd2e3c78679041	sprcol	800000	good	no
arcade	a0602.rom		8388608	e7a32959		3d0ed684dc5b269238890836b2ce7ef46aa5265b	sprcol	1000000	good	no
arcade	a0603.rom		4194304	ec31abda		ee526655369bae63b0ef0730e9768b765c9950fc	sprcol	1800000	good	no
arcade	b0600.rom		8388608	7d3cd059		00cf994b63337e0e4ebe96453daf45f24192af1c	sprmask	0	good	no
arcade	b0601.rom		4194304	a0bb1c2f		0542348c6e27779e0a98de16f04f9c18158f2b28	sprmask	800000	good	no
arcade	kov_igs027a.bin		16384				prot	0	nodump	no
arcade	m0600.rom		4194304	3ada4fd6		4c87adb25d31cbd41f04fbffe31f7bc37173da76	ics	400000	good	no
arcade	p0600.117		4194304	c4d19fe6		14ef31539bfbc665e76c9703ee01b12228344052	maincpu	100000	good	no
arcade	pgm_m01s.rom		2097152	45ae7159	pgm_m01s.rom	d3ed3ff3464557fd0df6b069b2e431528b0ebfa8	ics	0	good	no
arcade	pgm_p01s.u20	v1	131072	e42b166e	pgm_p01s.u20	2a9df9ec746b14b74fae48b1a438da14973702ea	maincpu	0	good	no
arcade	pgm_p02s.u20	v2	131072	78c15fa2	pgm_p02s.u20	885a6558e022602cc6f482ac9667ba9f61e75092	maincpu	0	good	no
arcade	pgm_t01s.rom		2097152	1a7123a0	pgm_t01s.rom	cc567f577bfbf45427b54d6695b11b74f2578af3	tiles	0	good	no
arcade	t0600.rom		8388608	4acc1ad6		0668dbd5e856c2406910c6b7382548b37c631780	tiles	180000	good	no

BIOS set

name	description	default
v1	PGM Bios V1	yes
v2	PGM Bios V2	yes

Chips list

name	tag	type	clock
ARM7	prot	cpu	20000000
ICS2115	ics	audio
M68000	maincpu	cpu	20000000
Speaker	mono	audio
Z80	soundcpu	cpu	8467200

0.61 [ElSemi, David Haywood]

0.60 [Testdriver]

WIP:

- 0.147u2: IQ_132 fixed level 6 crash on kov.

- 0.145u5: Changed VSync to 59.17 Hz.

- 8th October 2010: Smitdogg - We got a Knights of Valour cart. I wasn't really sure if it was an undumped version or not but 95% of the KOV dumps we have still need their protection read so didn't have much to lose buying it. It turns out it's kovplusa. It uses an IGS 027 chip, not 027A as it's currently marked in the source.

- 0.137u1: Renamed (kovj) to (kov100).

- 0.130u3: XingXing added PGM video ram mirroring.

- 0.130u2: David Haywood disabled protection simulation for several sets. This demotes Knights of Valour & Knights of Valour Plus to NOT working as there is no dump of the internal rom. Added ARM7 (20MHz) CPU3.

- 0.78u1: Added clone Knights of Valour / Sangoku Senki (ver. 100, Japan Board).

- 0.62: Added clone (Testdriver) Knights of Valour Superheroes / Sangoku Senki Superheroes (ver. 322).

- 0.61: ElSemi added 'Knights of Valour / Sangoku Senki (ver. 117)' (IGS 1999) and clone (ver. 115).

- 26th May 2002: David Haywood added Knights of Valour to the PGM driver with much thanks to ElSemi for valuable information.

- 0.60: Added (Testdrivers) Sangoku Senki (ver. 115) and (ver. 117).

LEVELS: 7

Other Emulators:

* FB Alpha

* Nebula

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History

IGS PGM cart. published 20 years ago:

Knights of Valour (c) 1999 IGS.

A very good beat-'em-up with lots of special moves and great artwork.

- TECHNICAL -

IGS PGM hardware

Main CPU : Motorola 68000 (@ 20 Mhz)
Sound CPU : Zilog Z80 (@ 8.468 Mhz)
Sound Chips : ICS2115 (@ 8.468 Mhz)

Control per player: 8-way joystick
Buttons per player: 4

- TRIVIA -

Released in February 1999.

Licensed to Alta for Japan distribution.

This game is also known as "Sangoku Senki" (translates from Japanese as 'Knights of the Three Kingdoms').

Based on the Three Kingdoms saga.

- TIPS AND TRICKS -

* Play As Diao Chan : Press B, C, D, Up, Right, Down, Left, Up, Right, Down, Left.

* Play As Xu Zhu : Press Left, B, C, Up, D(x2), B, C, Right, B(x3), C, Right, C(x2), B, C.

* Play As Zhang Liao : Press D, B(x2), C, D, Up, Down, Left, Right, Up, Down, Left, Right, B, C, D.

* Play As Zhuge Liang : Press Down(x2) B, Left, Down, Right, C, Left, Up, Right, D, Left(x2), B.

* Internet Ranking Mode : To play in the Internet Ranking mode, hold Up+B on first player and Down+C on second player before pressing Start.

- SERIES -

1. Knights of Valour (1999)
2. Knights of Valour Plus (1999)
3. Knights of Valour Superheroes (1999)
4. Knights of Valour 2 (2000)
5. Knights of Valour 2 - Nine Dragons (2001)
6. Knights of Valour - The Seven Spirits (2003)
7. Knights of Valour Superheroes Plus (2004)
8. Knights of Valour 2 - New Legend (2008)
9. Knights of Valour 3 (2011)
10. Knights of Valour 3 HD (2011)

- STAFF -

Executive producer : Ray
Directors : Zhong Ren Gau, Keith Young, Andy Chu
Programmers : Alf, Why, Fred Liao, Yao Wen Lo, Mssheir, LTH
Hardware : Franklin Wu
Stylists : Joseph Chang, Muta Chen, Chun Lung Wu, Benson, Hark Lin
Pictures : Yao Kun Lai, Szu Chiang Wu, Pon-Pon Peng, Su Ping Chen, Abthony Ling, Yu Jem Lin, Gui Xin Xu, Hanks, Chia Sen Yeh, Mei Sen Chune, Hsien Chin Chou, Hsu Wei Chu, Feng Chiu Fu, Sheng Kai Chang, Ricky, Sung Chih Lin, Elvis Chen, Yang, Jeffrey Chang, Owl, Leo
Music conductor : Ray
Music & Sound effects by : Eddie Yao, Dean
Producers : Ko-Chu Lee, Paulchiang, A.C. Chen, Tzung-Hui Cheng

- CONTRIBUTE -

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High scores

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Knights of Valour / Sangoku Senki (ver. 117)