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Mermaid

  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 Mermaid
Name mermaid
Manufacturer Sanritsu / Rock-Ola
Year 1982
Runnable yes
System arcade /
Number of players 2P alt
Added to MAME .037b02
Romset size 65 KB
Romset file 18 files
Romset zip 37 B
Language English
Evaluation 30 to 40 (Amendable)
Genre Sports

Parent and clones

Parent This game is the parent

Sound infos

Sound_channels 1

Driver infos

Driver status imperfect
Driver emulation good
Driver color good
Driver sound imperfect
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 256 224 60

Dipswitchs

Roms list

console name bios size crc md5 merge sha1 region offset status optional
arcade col_a.96 32 ef87bcd6 00a5888ad028fabeb7369eed33be5cd49b6b7bb0 proms 0 good no
arcade col_b.95 32 ca48abdd a864612c2c33acddfa9993ed10a1d63d2e3f145d proms 20 good no
arcade g960_32.15 4096 8311f090 c59485a712cf1cd384f03874c693b58e972fe4da maincpu 0 good no
arcade g960_33.16 4096 9f274fc4 4098e98c9d95f7e621de061925374154a23c5d35 maincpu 1000 good no
arcade g960_34.17 4096 5f910179 bcf1e24b7584d18f9e85a8b4aec6f03bb1034150 maincpu 2000 good no
arcade g960_35.18 4096 db1868a1 f5bb0b9895c5e2facc5ae9db9f1bed44e14d308a maincpu 3000 good no
arcade g960_36.19 4096 178a3567 993479d9fadf1c4d3f44ce030f2d6197ecfceb9d maincpu 4000 good no
arcade g960_37.20 4096 7d602527 1a888bd1829b9f12dd820c49785bea6bc8edab04 maincpu 5000 good no
arcade g960_38.21 4096 bf9f623c 48d3aebb01c01c51acaccd1a4582ab21e6ed1104 maincpu 6000 good no
arcade g960_39.22 4096 df0db390 b466cf1abbf0703d6fbacc86c65d254ef310ba27 maincpu 7000 good no
arcade g960_40.23 4096 fb7aba3f fe6903c11363ed4c34b29226df58e833150cc525 maincpu 8000 good no
arcade g960_41.24 4096 d022981d ab1659a933af4d49daeacd70072f6c1197181c20 maincpu 9000 good no
arcade g960_42.39 4096 287840bb 9a1836f39f328b0c9672976d95a9ece45bb9e89f adpcm 0 good no
arcade g960_43.26 4096 6f077417 f2c20e03427a2f5a113c6a4cf95875b77a0ec418 gfx2 0 good no
arcade g960_44.76 4096 fd76074e 673a214fc41b923191b4136c0cf39fc5efa970ba gfx1 1000 good no
arcade g960_45.77 4096 1f6b735e dd7ea4ef674f0495a87fc1929ea14852e8d8d338 gfx1 0 good no
arcade g960_46.78 4096 50c117cd 45b4055497c785218e2aaaffa86d732912555821 gfx1 3000 good no
arcade g960_47.79 4096 3b7d4ad0 722483989c611b6396538dd3b357589262f366e3 gfx1 2000 good no

Chips list

name tag type clock
AY-3-8910A ay2 audio 1500000
Speaker mono audio
Z80 maincpu cpu 4000000

Categories

MAMEinfo

0.37b2 [Zsolt Vasvari]


WIP:

- 0.136u4: Fabio Priuli added driver_data struct and save states to Mermaid driver.

- 0.128u4: Stephane Humbert fixed dipswitches (Bonus Life) for Mermaid and clone.

- 0.124u1: Roberto Zandona added proper implentation of hardware collision in Mermaid driver. This fixed Mermaid, when the player is in the water with the sharks. Roberto Zandona fixed also the priorities in Mermaid and a sprite wrapping bug.

- 0.124: Roberto Zandona fixed Mermaid's collision detection - Game now playable.

- 0.123u2: Changed palettesize to 68 colors.

- 0.88u3: Added clone Yachtsman. Curt Coder converted Mermaid driver to tilemaps, merged memory map, cleaned up driver and removed fake input port.

- 0.71u3: Pierpaolo Prazzoli fixed tile flip in the Mermaid driver.

- 25th May 2003: Guru - Received Yachtsman (Esco/Sanritsu 1982). Thanks to MAMEworld donations.

- 10th November 2002: Angelo Salese submitted a fix for the collision detection bug in Mermaid level 2.

- 0.59: Added 2nd player and dipswitches 'Flip Screen', 'Bonus Life', 'Allow Continue', 'Coinage' and '0xf800 bit 0 - 7'.

- 28th February 2002: Stephane Humbert fixed dipswitches and inputs in Kuri Kinton and Mermaid.

- 0.37b6: Added user1 rom ($0 - unknown).

- 0.37b2: Zsolt Vasvari added 'Mermaid' (Rock-ola 1982).

- 28th April 2000: Zsolt Vasvari sent in a driver for Mermaid.


LEVELS: 4


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History


Arcade Video game published 37 years ago:

Mermaid (c) 1982 Rock-ola.

A windsurfing sport game.

- TECHNICAL -

Main CPU: Zilog Z80 (@ 4 Mhz)
Sound Chips: (2x) General Instrument AY8910 (@ 1.5 Mhz)

Players: 2
Control: 8-way joystick
Buttons: 1

- TRIVIA -

Mermaid was released in April 1982.

This game is also known as "Yachtsman".

- STAFF -

Developed by: Sanritsu

- CONTRIBUTE -

Edit this entry: https://www.arcade-history.com/?&page=detail&id=1608&o=2

High scores

MAMESCORE records : 02/04/2017 13:01

plamat________________________107.696
sawys__________________________27.984
merlin_________________________26.812
dark_kariya____________________25.460
nicky634_______________________18.180
hulkiii________________________10.880