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Rolling Thunder 2

  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. High scores
Download rthun2.zip (6.04 MB)
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Game infos

Description Rolling Thunder 2
Name rthun2
Manufacturer Namco
Year 1990
Runnable yes
System arcade /
Number of players 2P sim
Added to MAME .036b08
Romset size 6.04 MB
Romset file 21 files
Romset zip 1 B
Language English
Evaluation 90 to 100 (Best Games)
Genre Platform

Parent and clones

Parent This game is the parent

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 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 288 224 60.606061 6144000 384 0 288 264 0 224

Dipswitchs

Roms list

console name bios size crc md5 merge sha1 region offset status optional
arcade chr0.bin 524288 6f0e9a68 873296778104eff11b828273abf7f6ca461c055a gfx2 0 good no
arcade chr1.bin 524288 15e44adc fead0b2d693f9b6267895d8339bb250f5c77fb4d gfx2 80000 good no
arcade data0.bin 131072 0baf44ee 5135d634f76893adb26a32976a69e2d47e2385c6 data_rom 0 good no
arcade data1.bin 131072 58a8daac c13ae8fc25b748a006c6db5b4b7ae593738544e8 data_rom 1 good no
arcade data2.bin 131072 8e850a2a e5230e80a23ca6d09c2c53f443ecf70cc74075d7 data_rom 100000 good no
arcade mpr0.bin 131072 e09a3549 027fe87c98a497c50d12c810b9c7e7216f985dca maincpu 0 good no
arcade mpr1.bin 131072 09573bff b75e036419f95967d5d95c14f1e08aa0c2a05d8a maincpu 1 good no
arcade obj0.bin 524288 e5cb82c1 2dc1922ecfd9e52af8c4a1edac1df343be64b499 gfx1 0 good no
arcade obj1.bin 524288 19ebe9fd 6d7991a52a707f710c809eb44f1dfa4873369c17 gfx1 80000 good no
arcade obj2.bin 524288 455c4a2f 9d7944b41e98f990423d315365106890e2c5ae77 gfx1 100000 good no
arcade obj3.bin 524288 fdcae8a9 a1e1057b3263ee9af9e2d861cf8879f51265805e gfx1 180000 good no
arcade roz0.bin 524288 482d0554 95b99d1db5851b83b2af4deda2b61635a0562604 gfx3 0 good no
arcade shape.bin 524288 cf58fbbe fbe3b2f0c3267b298993d6238d97b119e13e07f6 gfx4 0 good no
arcade snd0.bin 131072 55b7562a 47b12206ec4a709769351f3f5b4a1c5ebb98b416 audiocpu c000 good no
arcade snd1.bin 131072 00445a4f 2e136e3c38e4a1b69f80a19e07555f3269b7beb1 audiocpu 30000 good no
arcade spr0.bin 65536 54c22ac5 747df2362839e6af15bdbf3298f9ea1c6e25f76a slave 0 good no
arcade spr1.bin 65536 060eb393 e8f7dd163df16747a74713a6cadd1d52c09b8036 slave 1 good no
arcade sys2c65c.bin 32768 a5b2a4ff 068bdfcc71a5e83706e8b23330691973c1c214dc mcu 8000 good no
arcade sys2mcpu.bin 8192 a342a97e 2c420d34dba21e409bf78ddca710fc7de65a6642 mcu 0 good no
arcade voi1.bin 524288 e42027cd fa3a81118c7f112289c27023236dec2e9cbc78b5 c140 0 good no
arcade voi2.bin 524288 0c4c2b66 7723cbef755439a66d026015596fe1547ccd65b1 c140 80000 good no

Chips list

name tag type clock
C140 c140 audio 21333
HD63705 mcu cpu 2048000
M68000 slave cpu 12288000
M6809 audiocpu cpu 2048000
Speaker rspeaker audio
YM2151 ymsnd audio 3579545

Serie

Serie : Rolling Thunder
  1. Rolling Thunder (rev 3) (1986)
  2. Rolling Thunder (oldest) (1986)
  3. Rolling Thunder (rev 1) (1986)
  4. Rolling Thunder (rev 2) (1986)
  5. Rolling Thunder (rev 3, hack) (1986)
  6. Rolling Thunder (UK) (1987)
  7. Rolling Thunder (1988)
  8. Rolling Thunder (USA) (1989)
  9. Rolling Thunder 2 (1990)
  10. Rolling Thunder 2 (Japan) (1990)
  11. Rolling Thunder 2 (Euro) (1991)
  12. Rolling Thunder 2 (Jpn) (1991)
  13. Rolling Thunder (Spa) (1997)

Categories

MAMEinfo

0.36b8 [Keith Wilkins]

0.35b10 [Testdriver]


Artwork available


WIP:

- 26th July 2008: Mr. Do - Funny story. Tormod sent me a BUNCH of instruction cards a long time ago. You've probably been seeing them added in every so often. Well, around July of last year, I had completed a whole bunch of them, but then had a computer crash, and they ended up on the "spare" hard drive by mistake. I found them again going through a cleanup. So thanks to Tormod, this week we have Rolling Thunder 2.

- 0.88u1: Phil Stroffolino fixed sprite priorities in Rolling Thunder 2.

- 0.36b9: Added clone Rolling Thunder 2 (Japan).

- 0.36b8: Keith Wilkins added 'Rolling Thunder 2' (Namco 1990).

- 25th October 1999: Keith Wilkins got Rolling Thunder 2 working by patching the protection.

- 0.35b10: Keith Wilkins and Phil Stroffolino added (Testdriver) Rolling Thunder 2.


STORY:

- In 199x, orbiting satellites of many countries were mysterioulsy destroyed, one after another. Information was cut off and the world fell into chaos. While investigating the problem, WCPO discovered a diabolical plot. The evil gang known as Geldra, which was once destroyed, has now resurfaced and become active again. Thus, the battles of special agent Rolling Thunder begin again.


LEVELS: 8


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History


Arcade Video game published 29 years ago:

Rolling Thunder 2 (c) 1990 Namco.

A straight sequel to the superb 1986 original, Rolling Thunder 2 sees one or two players taking control of secret agents in this scrolling, platform shoot-em-up. The agents once again find themselves up against the sinister GERDRA organization and its many armed agents. Gameplay is very similar to the original, with doors both releasing enemies and hiding weapons and ammunition for the players to collect.

Rolling Thunder 2 improves on its illustrious predecessor in a number of ways; the most obvious one being the vastly improved and incredibly colourful graphics. The most striking improvement, however, is the addition of a simultaneous, co-operative two player mode; which adds immeasurably to the game's appeal. For the sequel, the one player agent is a woman, with a second player taking the role of a male agent.

- TECHNICAL -

Namco System 2 hardware
Game ID : RTS

Main CPU : (2x) Motorola 68000 (@ 12.288 Mhz), M6809 (@ 3.072 Mhz), HD63705 (@ 2.048 Mhz)
Sound Chips : C140 (@ 21.39 Khz), YM2151 (@ 3.57958 Mhz)

Players : 2
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 2 (ATTACK, JUMP)

- TRIVIA -

Even if the titlescreen says '1990', Rolling Thunder 2 was released in March 1991.

Victor Entertainment released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Rolling Thunder 2 : Namco Game Sound Express Vol.5 - VICL-15005) on June 21, 1991.

- SERIES -

1. Rolling Thunder (1986)
2. Rolling Thunder 2 (1990)
3. Rolling Thunder 3 (1993, Genesis): released in North America only.

- STAFF -

Directed by : T. Negoro
Programmed by : K. Nikaido
Designed by : H. Kuwabara
Music composed by : Ayako Saso

- PORTS -

* CONSOLES:
[EU] Sega Mega Drive (1991)
[US] Sega Genesis (nov.18, 1991) "Rolling Thunder 2 [Model T-14066]"
[JP] Sega Mega Drive (nov.19, 1991) "Rolling Thunder 2 [Model T-14133]"
Nintendo Wii [Virtual Console Arcade] (oct.27, 2009)

- CONTRIBUTE -

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High scores

MAMESCORE records : 02/04/2017 13:01

mike_gyver____________________225.190
zzip__________________________208.150
furohon_______________________207.040
cessna________________________200.300
sawys_________________________154.390
olivier________________________91.910
nicky634_______________________66.440
zarouk_________________________62.180
jgabmurer______________________35.630