Mame game : samuraia : Samurai Aces (World)

Game infos

Description Samurai Aces (World)

Name samuraia

Manufacturer Psikyo

Year 1993

Runnable yes

System arcade /

Number of players 2P sim

Added to MAME .062

Romset size 5.88 MB

Romset file 8 files

Romset zip 2 B

Language English

Evaluation 90 to 100 (Best Games)

Genre Shooter

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 yes

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	270	no	320	224	59.3

Configuration

name	tag	mask
Region Name Hong Kong Value 191 Default no Name Korea Value 223 Default no Name Taiwan Value 127 Default no Name USA & Canada Value 239 Default no Name World Value 255 Default yes	DSW	255

Dipswitchs

2C Start, 1C Continue
- Off
- On [Free Play]
Bonus Life
- 400K
- 600K
Coin A
- 1 Coin/1 Credit
- 1 Coin/2 Credits
- 1 Coin/3 Credits
- 1 Coin/4 Credits
- 1 Coin/5 Credits
- 1C 6C [Free Play]
- 2 Coins/1 Credit
- 3 Coins/1 Credit
Coin B
- 1 Coin/1 Credit
- 1 Coin/2 Credits
- 1 Coin/3 Credits
- 1 Coin/4 Credits
- 1 Coin/5 Credits
- 1C 6C [Free Play]
- 2 Coins/1 Credit
- 3 Coins/1 Credit
Coin Slot
- Individual [Free Play]
- Shared
Demo Sounds
- Off
- On
Difficulty
- Easy
- Hard
- Hardest
- Normal
Flip Screen
- Off
- On
Lives
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
Service Mode
- Off
- On

Roms list

console	name	size	crc	sha1	region	offset	status	optional
arcade	3-u58.bin	131072	310f5c76	dbfd1c5a7a514bccd89fc4f7191744cf76bb745d	audiocpu	0	good	no
arcade	4-u127.bin	262144	8c9911ca	821ba648b9a1d495c600cbf4606f2dbddc6f9e6f	maincpu	0	good	no
arcade	5-u126.bin	262144	d20c3ef0	264e5a7e45e130a9e7152468733337668dc5b65f	maincpu	2	good	no
arcade	u11.bin	262144	11a04d91	5d146a9a39a70f2ee212ceab9a5469598432449e	spritelut	0	good	no
arcade	u14.bin	2097152	00a546cb	30a8679b49928d5fcbe58b5eecc2ebd08173adf8	gfx1	0	good	no
arcade	u34.bin	1048576	e6a75bd8	1aa84ea54584b6c8b2846194b48bf6d2afa67fee	gfx2	0	good	no
arcade	u35.bin	1048576	c4ca0164	c75422de2e0127cdc23d8c223b674a5bd85b00fb	gfx2	100000	good	no
arcade	u68.bin	1048576	9a7f6c34	c549b209bce1d2c6eeb512db198ad20c3f5fb0ea	ymsnd	0	good	no

Chips list

name	tag	type	clock
M68EC020	maincpu	cpu	16000000
Speaker	mono	audio
YM2610	ymsnd	audio	8000000
Z80	audiocpu	cpu	4000000

Serie

Serie : Samurai Aces

Samurai Aces (World) (1993)
Tengai (World) (1996)
Sengoku Blade: Sengoku Ace Episode II / Tengai (1996)

0.62 [Paul Priest]

0.37b5 [Luca Elia]

< Japan >

Artwork available

WIP:

- 0.168: Alex Cmaylo added clone Sengoku Ace (Japan, set 2). Changed description of clone (Japan) to 'Sengoku Ace (Japan, set 1)'.

- 0.133u5: hap fixed access violation in Samurai Aces and clone.

- 0.132: Corrado Tomaselli verified clocks on Samurai Aces PCB.

- 0.128u3: Pierpaolo Prazzoli fixed missing SFX sound in Samurai Aces.

- 3rd December 2006: Mr. Do - We have the instruction card for Sengoku Ace II from Hoppmann79.

- 0.62: Paul Priest added Samurai Aces (World).

- 28th August 2002: Paul Priest added the World version of Sengoku Ace called Samurai Aces.

- 0.37b9: Added 'Flip Screen' dipswitch.

- 0.37b6: Changed 68EC020 CPU1 clock speed to 16MHz.

- 0.37b5: Luca Elia added 'Sengoku Ace (Japan)' (Psikyo 1993).

- 30th June 2000: Luca Elia sent in a Psikyo driver, the strongest games being Sengoku Ace and Gunbird.

LEVELS: 7 (must be finished twice)

Other Emulators:

* FB Alpha

* Raine

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Sengoku Blade: Sengoku Ace Episode II / Tengai

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History

Arcade Video game published 26 years ago:

Samurai Aces (c) 1993 Psikyo.

A vertically scrolling shooter.

- TECHNICAL -

Main CPU : Motorola 68EC020 (@ 16 Mhz)
Sound CPU : Zilog Z80 (@ 4 Mhz)
Sound Chips : Yamaha YM2610 (@ 8 Mhz)

Players : 2
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 2
=> Fire, Bomb

- TRIVIA -

Released in April 1993.

This game is known in Japan as "Sengoku Ace" (translates from Japanese as 'Civil War Ace').

Samurai Aces is the very first game developed by Psikyo (Psikyo was founded in 1992 in Tokyo).

Note : There are 22 different endings!

- TIPS AND TRICKS -

*Extra features : If you hold Test Button + PL1 Button 1 during boot, you get extra options in the test menu. A level skip, BG test usually etc...

- SERIES -

1. Samurai Aces (1993)
2. Tengai - Sengoku Ace Episode II (1996)
3. Sengoku Cannon - Sengoku Ace Episode III (2005, Sony PSP)

- STAFF -

* Consoles :
Sony PlayStation 2 (2004, "Psikyo Shooting Collection Vol. 2")

- PORTS -

* CONSOLES:
Sony PlayStation 2 (2004, "Psikyo Shooting Collection Vol. 2")

- CONTRIBUTE -

Edit this entry: https://www.arcade-history.com/?&page=detail&id=2301&o=2

High scores

MAMESCORE records : 02/04/2017 13:01

majygool______________________834.600
gohat0________________________752.100
didyeah_______________________479.500
sawys_________________________461.900
foxmulder_____________________453.300
esia747_______________________395.100
zarouk________________________359.600
olivier_______________________342.600
hulkiii_______________________141.900
jgabmurer______________________83.400

Samurai Aces (World)