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Gradius (PlayChoice-10)

  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
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Game infos

Description Gradius (PlayChoice-10)
Name pc_grdus
Manufacturer Konami
Year 1986
Runnable yes
System arcade /
Number of players 2P alt
Added to MAME .037b07
Romset size 73 KB
Romset file 4 files
Romset zip 39 B
Language English
Evaluation 50 to 60 (Not Good Enough)
Genre Shooter

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 yes
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 256 240 60 4024320 256 0 256 262 0 240
raster 0 no 256 240 60 4024320 256 0 256 262 0 240

Dipswitchs

Roms list

console name bios size crc md5 merge sha1 region offset status optional
arcade gr-u2 32768 aa96889c e4380a7c0778541af8216e3ac1e14ff23fb074a9 cart 8000 good no
arcade gr-u3 32768 de963bec ecb76b5897658ebac31a07516bb2a5820279474f gfx2 0 good no
arcade gr-u4 8192 27d76160 605d58c57969c831778b95356fcf103a1d5f98a3 maincpu c000 good no
arcade pch1-c-6d.82s129an.6d 256 1213ebd4 pch1-c-6d.82s129an.6d 0ad386fc3eab5e53c0288ad1de33639a9e461b7c proms 200 good no
arcade pch1-c-6e.82s129an.6e 256 a2625c6e pch1-c-6e.82s129an.6e a448b47c9289902e26a3d3c4c7d5a7968c385e81 proms 100 good no
arcade pch1-c-6f.82s129an.6f 256 e5414ca3 pch1-c-6f.82s129an.6f d2878411cda84ffe0afb2e538a67457f51bebffb proms 0 good no
arcade pch1-c_8m.8m singleb 8192 83ebc7a3 pch1-c_8m.8m a7c607138f4f9b96ab5d3a82c47895f77672e296 gfx1 2000 good no
arcade pch1-c_8p-8p singleb 8192 90e1b80c pch1-c_8p-8p c4f4b135b2a11743518aaa0554c365b4a8cf299a gfx1 0 good no
arcade pch1-c_8te.8t alt 16384 123ffa37 pch1-c_8te.8t 3bef754a5a85a8498bb6222ddf5cb9021f264db5 maincpu 0 good no
arcade pch1-c__8k.8k singleb 8192 9acffb30 pch1-c__8k.8k b814f10ef23f2ca445fabafcbf7f25e2d454ba8c gfx1 4000 good no
arcade pch1-c__8m_e-1.8m singleb 8192 c1232eee pch1-c__8m_e-1.8m beaf9fa2d091a3c7f70c51e966d885b1f9f0935f gfx1 2000 good no
arcade pch1-c__8p_e-1.8p singleb 8192 30c15e23 pch1-c__8p_e-1.8p 69166afdb2fe827c7f1919cdf4197caccbd961fa gfx1 0 good no
arcade pch1-c__8t_e-2.8t dual 16384 d52fa07a pch1-c__8t_e-2.8t 55cabf52ae10c050c2229081a80b9fe5454ab8c5 maincpu 0 good no
arcade pck1-c.8t single 16384 503ee8b1 pck1-c.8t 3bd20bc71cac742d1b8c1430a6426d0a19db7ad0 maincpu 0 good no
arcade pck1-c_fix.8t singleb 16384 0be8ceb4 pck1-c_fix.8t 45b127a537370226e6b30be2b5a92ad05673ca7f maincpu 0 good no
arcade rp2c0x.pal 192 48de65dc rp2c0x.pal d10acafc8da9ff479c270ec01180cca61efe62f5 palette 0 good no
arcade security.prm 16 b8d5bf8a 1c208fa5409b6e21aa576e1b9e086e830dc26a1a rp5h01 0 good no

BIOS set

name description default
alt Alt Bios yes
dual Dual Monitor Version yes
single Single Monitor Version yes
singleb Single Monitor Version (Newer?) yes

Chips list

name tag type clock
N2A03 cart cpu 1789772
N2A03 APU cart:nesapu audio 1789772
Speaker mono audio
Z80 maincpu cpu 4000000

Serie

Serie : Gradius
  1. Nemesis (1984)
  2. Gradius (Japan, ROM version) (1985)
  3. Nemesis (ROM version) (1985)
  4. Nemesis (World?, ROM version) (1985)
  5. Nemesis (Euro) ~ Gradius (Jpn) (1986)
  6. Gradius (1986)
  7. Lifeforce (US) (1986)
  8. Nemesis (1986)
  9. Gradius (PlayChoice-10, older) (1986)
  10. Gradius (PlayChoice-10) (1986)
  11. Salamander (version D) (1986)
  12. Salamander (version J) (1986)
  13. Vs. Gradius (US, set GR E) (1986)
  14. Gradius (1987)
  15. Gradius (1987)
  16. Nemesis 2 (Euro) ~ Gradius 2 (Jpn) (1987)
  17. Nemesis 2 (Euro) ~ Gradius 2 (Jpn) (Alt) (1987)
  18. Lifeforce (Japan) (1987)
  19. Nemesis (UK) (1987)
  20. Nemesis (Kor) (1987)
  21. Salamander (Jpn) (1987)
  22. Salamander (Jpn) (1987)
  23. Vulcan - The Tunisian Campaign (UK) (1987)
  24. Gradius (Euro) (1988)
  25. Gradius II - GOFER no Yabou (Japan New Ver.) (1988)
  26. Gradius II (Jpn) (1988)
  27. Gradius II - GOFER no Yabou (Japan Old Ver.) (1988)
  28. Gradius II - GOFER no Yabou (Japan Older Ver.) (1988)
  29. Life Force (USA) (1988)
  30. Salamander - Nemesis 2 (UK) (1988)
  31. Salamander - Nemesis 2 (UK) (UK retail version) (CPM) [Original] (Weak Sectors) (1988)
  32. Salamander (1988)
  33. Vulcan Venture (New) (1988)
  34. Vulcan Venture (Old) (1988)
  35. Vulcan Venture (Oldest) (1988)
  36. Gradius III (World, program code R) (1989)
  37. Gradius III (Asia) (1989)
  38. Gradius III (Japan, program code S) (1989)
  39. Gradius III (Japan, program code S, split) (1989)
  40. Life Force Salamander (Euro) (1989)
  41. Gradius III (Jpn) (1990)
  42. Gradius (1991)
  43. Gradius III (USA) (1991)
  44. Nemesis (Euro) (1991)
  45. Salamander (1991)
  46. Salamander (Tourvision PCE bootleg) (1991)
  47. Gradius - The Interstellar Assault (USA) (1992)
  48. Gradius II - Gofer no Yabou (SCD)(Jpn) (1992)
  49. Gradius II - Gofer no Yabou (1992)
  50. Salamander (1992)
  51. Nemesis '90 Kai (1993)
  52. Salamander 2 (ver JAA) (1996)
  53. Salamander 2 (ver AAB) (1996)
  54. Solar Assault (ver UAA) (1997)
  55. Gradius 4: Fukkatsu (1998)
  56. Nemesis 88 (19??)
  57. Salamander II (19??)
  58. Gradius Advance (Euro) (2001)
  59. Gradius III Legends (Spa) (2001)
  60. Gradius III Legends (Spa, Demo) (2001)

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MAMEinfo

0.37b7 [Ernesto Corvi]


WIP:

- 0.88u2: Changed description to 'Gradius (PlayChoice-10)' and clone (older) to 'Gradius (PlayChoice-10, older)'.

- 0.71: Changed description of clone (Early version) to 'PlayChoice-10: Gradius (older)'.

- 0.68: Added clone 'PlayChoice-10: Gradius (Early version)'.

- 0.37b7: Ernesto Corvi added 'PlayChoice-10: Gradius' (Konami 1986).


PLAY INSTRUCTIONS:

- Use the A button to fire at Enemies and defend yourself!

- Capture RED colored Enemy Power Capsules to light up the blue Power Boost Selection Indicators at the bottom of the game screen! To activate the Power Boost, hit the Power Boost B button when the desired Indicator light has turned yellow.

- Capture BLUE Power Capsules to destroy all the Enemies visible on the screen!

- Secret Power Up: Press START to pause the game. To restart your game move the Controller UP-UP-DOWN-DOWN-LEFT-RIGHT-LEFT-RIGHT the press B-A and START. Waring: You can use the Secret Power-Up only once per phase!

- Secret Continue: After losing game, move Controller DOWN-UP then press B-A-B-A-B-A-B-A quickly while GAME OVER is displayed.


LEVELS: 7


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History


Nintendo PlayChoice-10 cart. published 33 years ago:

Gradius (c) 1986 Konami Industry Company, Limited.

PlayCHoice-10 version. For more information about the game, please see the original Famicom version entry; "Gradius [Model RC810]".

- TECHNICAL -

Nintendo PlayChoice-10 hardware
Game ID : GR

Main CPU : Zilog Z80 (@ 4 Mhz), N2A03 (@ 1.789772 Mhz)
Sound Chips : Zetex N2A03 (@ 1.789772 Mhz)

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

- CONTRIBUTE -

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