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Magical Drop III

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

Description Magical Drop III
Name magdrop3
Manufacturer Data East Corporation
Year 1997
Runnable yes
System arcade /
Number of players 2P sim
Added to MAME .034b05
Romset size 21.75 MB
Romset file 9 files
Romset zip 7 B
Language English
Evaluation 90 to 100 (Best Games)
Genre Puzzle

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 233-c1.c1 4194304 65e3f4c4 a6deb75d802225327f8f1c2733a7f2b47e722e59 cslot1:sprites 0 good no
arcade 233-c2.c2 4194304 35dea6c9 ea133bf947f950236f49d0ae0d1a9af3bc1a9a50 cslot1:sprites 1 good no
arcade 233-c3.c3 4194304 0ba2c502 8e0f1e553aef04758aaaa14d5115f0ecace4391e cslot1:sprites 800000 good no
arcade 233-c4.c4 4194304 70dbbd6d 32dd6a04c6329e89f4878e7a56f0d172a6388eea cslot1:sprites 800001 good no
arcade 233-m1.m1 131072 5beaf34e 2905d26945932cddc2dd3a1dc5abba8aa3baee14 cslot1:audiocpu 0 good no
arcade 233-p1.p1 1048576 931e17fa 4a95c4b79d0878485ce272e9f4c4f647bec0e070 cslot1:maincpu 0 good no
arcade 233-s1.s1 131072 7399e68a b535ee56a0f0995f04674e676f6aa636ffad26aa cslot1:fixed 0 good no
arcade 233-v1.v1 4194304 58839298 18cae7bba997c52780761cbf119c4e4b34397a61 cslot1:ymsnd 0 good no
arcade 233-v2.v2 524288 d5e30df4 bbbc0ff5b975471bd682f85976ac4a93f6d44f2e cslot1:ymsnd 400000 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 : Magical Drop
  1. Chain Reaction (Spa) (1988)
  2. Chain Reaction (UK) (1988)
  3. Chain Reaction (World, Version 2.2, 1995.09.25) (1995)
  4. Magical Drop (Japan, Version 1.1, 1995.06.21) (1995)
  5. Magical Drop (Jpn) (1995)
  6. Magical Drop (Jpn) (1995)
  7. Magical Drop Plus 1 (Japan, Version 2.1, 1995.09.12) (1995)
  8. Magical Drop II (1996)
  9. Magical Drop 2 (Jpn) (1996)
  10. Magical Drop II (1996)
  11. Magical Drop 2 (Jpn) (1996)
  12. Magical Drop 2 (Jpn) (1996)
  13. Magical Drop III (1997)
  14. Magical Drop III (1997)
  15. Magical Drop III - Toretate Zoukangou! (Jpn, 2M) (1997)
  16. Magical Drop Pocket (Euro, USA) (1999)
  17. Magical Drop for WonderSwan (1999)
  18. Magical Drop (Euro) (2000)

Categories

MAMEinfo

0.34b5 [?]


Neo-Geo

Artwork available


WIP:

- 0.79u2: Added new gfx3 roms.

- 0.35b12: Changed description to 'Magical Drop III'.

- 0.35b5: Added missing sound1 rom ($0).

- 0.34RC2: Changed description to 'Magical Drop 3 / Toretate Zoukangou III'.

- 0.34b6: Changed description to 'Magical Drop 3 / Toretate Zoukangou'.

- 0.34b5: Added 'Magical Drop 3' (Data East 1997).


LEVELS: 12


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History


SNK Neo-Geo MVS cart. published 22 years ago:

Magical Drop III (c) 1997 Data East.

More characters, more gameplay modes, more frantic gameplay, more fun! This is what every videogame sequel should be, and the sequel to one of the best puzzle games for the Neo-Geo MVS is indeed a game not to be missed! Lots of fun for one or two players!

- TECHNICAL -

Runs on the SNK "Neo-Geo MVS" hardware.
Game ID: NGM-233

Players: 2
Control: 8-Way Joystick
Buttons: 3
=> [A] Catch Balloons, [B] Throw Balloons, [C] Shift the balloons a line down

- TRIVIA -

Magical Drop III was released on February 25, 1997. This is Data East's final arcade video game.

The game now features parodies of all the characters featured in the 22 cards of the major Arcana in a Tarot card deck. These are numbered from 0 to 21 as follows :
00. Fool
01. Magician
02. High Priestess
03. Emperor
04. Empress
05. Hierophant
06. Lovers
07. Chariot
08. Strength
09. Hermit
10. (Wheel of) Fortune
11. Justice
12. Hanged Man
13. Death
14. Temperance
15. Devil
16. Tower
17. Star
18. Moon
19. Sun
20. Judgement
21. World

Note that the only exception to this statement would be Black Pierrot since he does not appear in a Tarot card deck. Black Pierrot is an added bonus character to challenge really good Magical Drop 3 pros!

Note : In puzzle and adventure modes, only 8 characters are available : Fool, High Priestess, Emperor, Lovers, Chariot, Strength, Justice and Star.

Default highscore table :
Name Score Reactions Time
1ST D.E 5000 8 06:00
2ND D.E 4500 7 05:30
3RD D.E 4000 6 05:00
4TH D.E 3500 5 04:30
5TH D.E 3000 4 04:00

Soundtrack releases (for limited edition):
Magical Drop III - Pony Canyon / Scitron - PCCBX-00002 - March 21, 1997

- UPDATES -

The Japanese version of this game features LOTS of stuff unavailable in any other version :

* In Challenge Mode there is a story intro at the beginning explaining the reason behind the Magical Drop competition, an extra animation showing a close-up of the Magical Drop book as it opens, an ending for each character available in the game, a "Hard" difficulty setting, as well as a bonus fortune reading when you beat the Challenge Mode or you lose against the CPU and refuse to continue. All of this is absent in the USA & Europe versions.

* In Challenge Mode, each character has a unique set of quotes before a battle begins, this even applies in the battles against the end bosses Tower & Fortune. In the USA & Europe versions there are only two possible quotes before a fight for all characters :

Quote #1
CPU : Get out of my way!
Player : I'll never lose to you!

Quote #2
CPU : You want to fight?
Player : Now let's see who is better!

* In Adventure mode, each character has its very own story intro as well as its very own ending which is different from the one seen in Challenge mode. Additionally this mode plays like a board game in which you compete against three other characters on the board, and if any of the others get to Empress' castle before your character, you will get a generic bad ending. If you arrive on a tile already occupied by a CPU-controlled character, you will have 2 options :
1) The option on the right : you don't want to trouble and ignore the opponent (sometimes you will have to back off 1 tile)
2) The option on the left : you fight the opponent. If you win, he or she will be eliminated but it would be the same for you if you fail, so be careful!
In the USA and European versions, there is no storyline and the only character on the board is controlled by the player.

* Like in the previous game, each character has his/her own unique voice. The European version features less voice tracks and the USA version features a single voice track for all characters.

- TIPS AND TRICKS -

* Play as Father Strength : At the character select screen, highlight Strength, hold C and press A or B. This trick does not work nor in puzzle mode nor in adventure mode.

* Play with bonus characters : At the character select screen, highlight any character (Except World, World's number is 21 so she can't be used for this trick) and wait until the timer counts down to the number assigned to that character :
00 - Fool
01 - Magician
02 - High Priestess
03 - Empress
04 - Emperor
05 - Hierophant
06 - Lovers
07 - Chariot
08 - Strength
11 - Justice
13 - Death
15 - Devil
17 - Star
19 - Sun
20 - Judgment
Then push C only three times. Moon, Hanged Man, Hermit, Temperance, Tower and Fortune will appear and will now be selectable. This trick does neither work in puzzle mode nor in adventure mode.

* Secret Stages :
1) Moon (after Level 6) : Finish the sixth stage without exceeding 90 seconds since the beginning.
2) Hanged Man (after Level 6) : Finish the sixth stage exceeding 300 seconds since the beginning.
3) Black Pierrot (after Level 10) : Finish the tenth stage with at least 150000 points.

- SERIES -

1. Magical Drop (1995, Arcade)
2. Magical Drop Plus 1! (1995, Arcade)
3. Magical Drop II [Model NGM-221] (1996, Arcade)
4. Magical Drop III [Model NGM-233] (1997, Arcade)
5. Magical Drop F - Daibouken Mo Rakujyanai! (1999, PlayStation)
6. Magical Drop V (2012, Arcade)

- STAFF -

Producer : Naomi Susa
Planner : S. Katagiri
Programmers : Tac. H, Poconyan, M. Saiki
Graphic designers : S. Takeuchi, H. Hachiya, R. Sakurai, N. Ishizuka, S. Nishiwaki, Okakumi, I. Seta, T. Arakawa, H. Hashimoto, Y. Kaihou
Sound designers : Koremasa, Hiroaki Yoshida (MARO) (Gamadelic), NmRtk (Gamadelic), Sin
Voice actors : Yuichi Nagashima, Fumihiko Tachiki, Takehito Koyasu, Haruna Ikezawa, Tsumugi Osawa, Miina Tominaga, E. Tanaka, M. Sunada, Eriko, Ring-Ring, Gorilla, Zaku, Okakumi
Cast coordinate : Radon'86 (Junko Araki)
Recording studio : Japan Vistec (Osamu Iwata)
Publish : K. Oshima, T. Ebi, H. Miyashita
English translators : Mikio Brooks, Monika Hudgins, Siobhan Fallon, Ron Aughenbaugh
Debugers : K. Kusanagi, H. Ohtsubo
Special advisers : A. Wakabayashi (Nal), A. Shibazaki<3

- PORTS -

* CONSOLES:
[JP] SNK Neo-Geo AES (apr.25, 1997) "Magical Drop III [Model NGH-233]"
[JP] Sega Saturn (june.20, 1997) "Magical Drop III - Toretate Zoukangou! [Model T-1313G]"
[JP] Sony PlayStation (oct.30, 1997) "Magical Drop III - Yokubari Tokudaigou! [Model SLPM-86051]"
[JP] Sega Saturn (oct.22, 1998) "Magical Drop III - Toretate Zoukangou! [Sega Saturn Collection] [Model T-1318G]"
[JP] Sony PlayStation (feb.25, 1999) "Magical Drop III + Wonderful! [Model SLPS-01917~8]"
SNK Neo-Geo Pocket Color [JP] (june.24, 1999) "Magical Drop Pocket [Model NEOP00480]"
[JP] Sony PlayStation (mar.1, 2001) "Magical Drop III + Wonderful! [Model SLPM 86755~6]"
[US] Nintendo Wii (feb.19, 2010) "Data East Arcade Classics [Model RVL-P-R26E]"

- CONTRIBUTE -

Edit this entry: https://www.arcade-history.com/?&page=detail&id=1445&o=2

High scores

MAMESCORE records : 02/04/2017 13:01



mode: challenge-easy

gohat0________________________442.694
abrasion______________________314.046
gnu___________________________254.632
dark_kariya___________________165.952
cessna________________________133.594
gatts47_______________________106.164
gerhard_schindler______________78.200
shurikn________________________72.956
zarouk_________________________69.446
hulkiii________________________34.838
jgabmurer_______________________4.972


mode: challenge-normal

gohat0______________________1.015.706
plamat________________________415.976
abrasion______________________255.780
gnu___________________________201.538
gerhard_schindler_____________143.262
shurikn________________________83.612
zarouk_________________________62.664


mode: magical-journey

titus_______________________9.999.999
gohat0______________________1.836.238
gnu___________________________779.366
dark_kariya___________________111.732
shurikn________________________54.242
gatts47________________________23.190
gerhard_schindler______________22.532
zarouk_________________________22.014
jgabmurer_______________________5.320


mode: survival-easy

gohat0______________________4.772.612
gnu___________________________204.408
dark_kariya___________________161.148
shurikn_______________________123.012
gatts47_______________________122.110
gerhard_schindler_____________117.286
zarouk________________________115.392
cessna________________________115.314
jgabmurer_____________________113.006
olivier_______________________112.626


mode: survival-hard

gohat0________________________601.946
gnu____________________________57.594
dark_kariya____________________35.860
shurikn________________________22.110
gerhard_schindler_______________4.508
zarouk__________________________2.428
jgabmurer_______________________1.238


mode: survival-normal

gohat0______________________1.037.688
luigy1984_____________________202.594
gnu___________________________191.072
sawys_________________________137.482
shurikn________________________87.368
zarouk_________________________47.836
jgabmurer______________________36.316