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Power Instinct (USA)

  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. Serie
  12. Categories
  13. MAMEinfo
  14. History
  15. Commands list
  16. High scores
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Game infos

Description Power Instinct (USA)
Name powerins
Manufacturer Atlus
Year 1993
Runnable yes
System arcade /
Number of players 2P sim
Added to MAME .128u2
Romset size 15.75 MB
Romset file 22 files
Romset zip 6 B
Language English
Genre Fighter

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 320 224 56

Dipswitchs

Roms list

console name bios size crc md5 merge sha1 region offset status optional
arcade 20.u54 256 38bd0e2f 20d311869642cd96bb831fdf4a458e0d872f03eb proms 100 good no
arcade 21.u71 256 182cd81f 3a76bea81b34ea7ccf56044206721058aa5b03e6 proms 20 good no
arcade 22.u81 32 67d5ec4b 87d32948a0c88277dcdd0eaa035bde40fc7db5fe proms 0 good no
arcade 93095-1.u15 131072 6a579ee0 438e87b930e068e0cf7352e614a14049ebde6b8a gfx2 0 good no
arcade 93095-10.u48 1048576 329ac6c5 e809b94e2623141f5a48995cfa97fe1ead7ab40b oki1 40000 good no
arcade 93095-11.u49 1048576 75d6097c 3c89a7c9b12087e2d969b822419d3e5f98f5cb1d oki1 140000 good no
arcade 93095-12.u116 1048576 35f3c2a3 70efebfe248401ba3d766dc0e4bcc2846cd0d9a0 gfx3 0 good no
arcade 93095-13.u117 1048576 1ebd45da 99b0ac734890673064b2a4b4b57ff2694e338dea gfx3 100000 good no
arcade 93095-14.u118 1048576 760d871b 4887122ad0518c90f08c11a7a6b694f3fd218498 gfx3 200000 good no
arcade 93095-15.u119 1048576 d011be88 837409a2584abdf22e022b0f06181a600a974cbe gfx3 300000 good no
arcade 93095-16.u120 1048576 a9c16c9c a34e81324c875c2a57f778d1dbdda8da81850a29 gfx3 400000 good no
arcade 93095-17.u121 1048576 51b57288 821473d51565bc0a8b9a979723ce1307b97e517e gfx3 500000 good no
arcade 93095-18.u122 1048576 b135e3f2 339fb4007ca0f379b7554a1c4f711f494a371fb2 gfx3 600000 good no
arcade 93095-19.u123 1048576 67695537 4c78ce3e36f27d2a6a9e50e8bf896335d4d0958a gfx3 700000 good no
arcade 93095-2.u90 131072 4b123cc6 ed61d3a2ab20c86b91fd7bafa717be3ce26159be soundcpu 0 good no
arcade 93095-3a.u108 524288 9825ea3d 567fd8e3d866a58a68608ea20c5d3fc16cf9f444 maincpu 0 good no
arcade 93095-4.u109 524288 d3d7a782 7846de0ebb09bd9b2534cd451ff9aa5175e60647 maincpu 80000 good no
arcade 93095-5.u16 1048576 b1371808 15fca313314ff2e0caff35841a2fdda97f6235a8 gfx1 0 good no
arcade 93095-6.u17 1048576 29c85d80 abd54f9c8bade21ea918a426627199da04193165 gfx1 100000 good no
arcade 93095-7.u18 524288 2dd76149 975e4d371fdfbbd9a568da4d4c91ffd3f0ae636e gfx1 200000 good no
arcade 93095-8.u46 1048576 f019bedb 4b6e10f85671c75b666e547887d403d6e607cec8 oki2 40000 good no
arcade 93095-9.u47 1048576 adc83765 9e760443f9de21c1bb7e33eaa1541023fcdc60ab oki2 140000 good no

Chips list

name tag type clock
M68000 maincpu cpu 12000000
OKI6295 oki2 audio 4000000
Speaker mono audio
YM2203 ym2203 audio 1500000
Z80 soundcpu cpu 6000000

Serie

Serie : Power Instinct
  1. Power Instinct (USA) (1993)
  2. Power Instinct (USA, bootleg set 1) (1993)
  3. Power Instinct (USA, bootleg set 2) (1993)
  4. Power Instinct (USA) (1994)
  5. Power Instinct 2 (US, Ver. 94/04/08) (1994)
  6. Gogetsuji Legends (US, Ver. 95/06/20) (1995)
  7. Gouketsuji Gaiden - Saikyou Densetsu (Japan, Ver. 95/06/20) (1995)
  8. Groove on Fight - Gouketsuji Ichizoku 3 - Kakuchou Ram Cartridge-tsuki! (Jpn) (1997)
  9. Groove on Fight - Gouketsuji Ichizoku 3 (J 970416 V1.001) (1998)
  10. Groove on Fight - Gouketsuji Ichizoku 3 (J 970416 V1.001) (1998)
  11. Matrimelee / Shin Gouketsuji Ichizoku Toukon (NGM-2660 ~ NGH-2660) (2002)
  12. Matrimelee / Shin Gouketsuji Ichizoku Toukon (NGM-2660 ~ NGH-2660) (2002)
  13. Matrimelee / Shin Gouketsuji Ichizoku Toukon (bootleg) (2002)
  14. Matrimelee / Shin Gouketsuji Ichizoku Toukon (bootleg) (2002)

Categories

MAMEinfo

0.128u2 [Jim Hernandez]

0.103 [Pierpaolo Prazzoli, Guru]

0.37b3 [Luca Elia]


TEST MODE:

- To enter test mode press F2 (Test). Use 9 (Service Coin) to change page.


Bugs:

- powerins and powerinsj: Background sprites issues. In stages of characters Reiji, Annie and White Buffalo the background sprites move with issues. Augusto (ID 06502)

- powerins and others sets: Issues using controllers with analog buttons. Augusto (ID 06255)

- Clone powerina: The Map World's music and the VS screen's music repeat after at ended. Takuma Sakazaki (ID 00890)


WIP:

- 0.161: Added save state support to Power Instinct [Osso]. Use OKI address map for bootleg [Alex Jackson].

- 15th April 2015: Guru - Recently I got hold of a bunch of random PCBs: Atlus Power Instinct (bootleg). Some of them could be undumped versions. At the very least they will be used to make Guru-Readme's and added to MAME source.

- 0.133u1: Renamed (powerinj) to (powerinsj), (powerina) to (powerinsa) and (powerinb) to (powerinsb).

- 0.131u1: Angelo Salese merged memory maps in Power Instinct.

- 0.128u3: Jim Hernandez corrected YM2203 balance in Power Instinct.

- 0.128u2: Jim Hernandez added Power Instinct (USA). Renamed (powerins) to (powerinj).

- 0.123u1: Atari Ace added initialization to machine\nmk112.c.

- 0.117u3: Removed clone Gouketsuji Ichizoku (Japan, bootleg). BisonSAS improved dipswitches in Power Instinct driver.

- 0.103: Pierpaolo Prazzoli and Guru added 'Gouketsuji Ichizoku (Japan)' (Atlus 1993). Renamed (powerina) to (powerinb), (powerins) to (powerina) and (powerinj) to (powernjb).

- 29th December 2005: Guru - I just dumped an original Power Instinct. It's hard to believe that a dump of the original Power Instinct has eluded us for so long. But now that's history.

- 0.101u2: David Haywood added clone Gouketsuji Ichizoku (Japan, bootleg). Changed parent description to 'Power Instinct (USA, bootleg) (set 1)' and clone (set 2) to 'Power Instinct (USA, bootleg) (set 2)'.

- 10th October 2005: Guru - Gouketsuji Ichizoku (Power Instinct JP) arrived from Japan. Purchased by the Dumping Project Team.

- 31st August 2005: Dumping Project - Our Japanese contact just shipped a box to Guru with an original Atlus 'Power Instinct'.

- 0.99u4: Alex W. Jackson created new NMK112 ROM banking module and connected it up to Power Instinct that made use of it.

- 0.78u4: Quench improved sound in clone Power Instinct (bootleg set 2).

- 0.77u3: Pierpaolo Prazzoli added clone Power Instinct (USA bootleg) (set 2). Sound not yet working. Changed 68000 CPU1 clock speed to 12MHz. Changed parent description to 'Power Instinct (USA bootleg) (set 1)'.

- 10th December 2003: Pierpaolo Prazzoli added an alternate ROM set for Power Instinct, but sound doesn't work in it.

- 0.71u3: Brian Troha fixed Power Instinct DIPs. Added dipswitches 'Coin Chutes', 'Join In Mode', 'Blood Color', 'Game Time' and 'Difficulty'.

- 5th July 2003: Guru - Received Power Instinct (Atlus 1993, original PCB) from Taucher.

- 0.53: Changed description to 'Power Instinct (USA bootleg)'.

- 0.37b3: Luca Elia added 'Power Instinct (USA) [bootleg]' (Atlus 1993). TODO: Sprites flip y (not used by the game).

- 11th May 2000: Luca Elia fixed some bugs in Power Instinct.

- 6th May 2000: Luca Elia sent in a driver for Power Instinct.


LEVELS: 9


Other Emulators:

* FB Alpha


Recommended Games (Fighter):

Street Smart

Violence Fight

Solitary Fighter

Art of Fighting

Art of Fighting 2

Art of Fighting 3 - The Path of the Warrior

Fit of Fighting

Burning Rival

World Heroes

World Heroes 2

World Heroes 2 Jet

World Heroes Perfect

The History of Martial Arts

Fighter's History

Karnov's Revenge / Fighter's History Dynamite

Martial Champion

Power Instinct

Power Instinct 2

Groove on Fight - Gouketsuji Ichizoku 3

Gogetsuji Legends

Tao Taido

Aggressors of Dark Kombat

Alien Challenge

Best Of Best

Kaiser Knuckle

Dan-Ku-Ga

Double Dragon (Neo-Geo)

Dragoon Might

Savage Reign

Breakers

Breakers Revenge

Kizuna Encounter - Super Tag Battle

SD Fighters

Cute Fighter

Toukidenshou - Angel Eyes

JoJo's Venture

JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken: Mirai e no Isan

Garou - Mark of the Wolves

Matrimelee

Rage of the Dragons

Chaos Breaker

Arcana Heart

Arcana Heart Full

Fist Of The North Star

Melty Blood Act Cadenza

Melty Blood Actress Again

S.V.G. - Spectral vs Generation

Fearless Pinocchio

Akatsuki Blitzkampf Ausf. Achse

History


Arcade Video game published 26 years ago:

Gouketsuji Ichizoku (c) 1993 Atlus.

8 characters fight each other for control of Oume World, featuring great music and possibly THE coolest character of all time, Otane Goketuji!

- TECHNICAL -

Main CPU : Motorola 68000 (@ 12 Mhz)
Sound Chips : OKI6295 (@ 6 Khz)

Screen orientation : Horizontal
Video resolution : 320 x 224 pixels
Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz
Palette colors : 2048

Players : 2
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 4
=> [A] Weak Punch, [B] Weak Kick, [C] Strong Punch, [D] Strong Kick

- TRIVIA -

The title of this game translates from Japanese as 'Overpowering Blood Temple Family'.

Known outside Japan as "Power Instinct".

- SERIES -

1. Gouketsuji Ichizoku (1993)
2. Gouketsuji Ichizoku 2 (1994)
3. Gouketsuji Ichizoku Saikyou Densetsu (1995)
4. Gouketsuji Ichizoku 3 - Groove on Fight (1997)
5. Shin Gouketsuji Ichizoku Tokon - Matrimelee (2003)
6. Shin Gouketsuji Ichizoku - Bonnou Kaihou (2006, Sony PlayStation 2)
7. Gouketsuji Ichizoku Senzo Kuyou (2009)

- STAFF -

Producer : Fuuuu
Sub Producer : Chuuko
Programmers : Mako MK2, 680*0 Freak Yan
Sound : Toshikazu Tanaka (Dencyu)
Front Designers : Pa Pi Pu Pe, Masada-M, Super K!, Yie-Yah!, Ohryu-S
Back Designers : [Chikuwa] Henacyoko, Moto. I, Murata Range (Range), Asaki
Songs : Tatanka Chorus (Tatanka No Uta), Japanese Cheering Party (Otoko No Karatemichi), Ainote Sisters (A Yoisyo De Ikou), Kurokos (Etc.)

- PORTS -

* CONSOLES:
[JP] Nintendo Super Famicom (oct.14, 1994; "Goketsuji Ichizoku") [Model SHVC-AGKJ]
Nintendo Super Famicom [US] (dec.1994) [Model SNS-AGKE]
[JP] Sega Mega Drive (nov.18, 1994; "Goketsuji Ichizoku") [Model T-144013]
Nintendo Wii [Virtual Console] [JP] (oct.4, 2011; "Goketsuji Ichizoku")

- CONTRIBUTE -

Edit this entry: https://www.arcade-history.com/?&page=detail&id=4695&o=2

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High scores

MAMESCORE records : 02/04/2017 13:01

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