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Skull Fang (World)

  1. Game infos
  2. Parent and Clones
  3. Sound
  4. Driver
  5. Inputs
  6. Controls
  7. Display
  8. Roms list
  9. Chips list
  10. Serie
  11. Categories
  12. MAMEinfo
  13. History
  14. High scores
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Game infos

Description Skull Fang (World)
Name skullfng
Manufacturer Data East Corporation
Year 1996
Runnable yes
System arcade /
Number of players 2P sim
Added to MAME .129u4
Romset size 17.5 MB
Romset file 12 files
Romset zip 10 B
Language English
Genre Shooter

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 yes
Input tilt no
Input players 4
Input buttons
Input coins 4

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 320 240 58 4751360 320 0 320 256 8 248

Roms list

console name bios size crc md5 merge sha1 region offset status optional
arcade mch-00.2e 2097152 d5cc4238 f1bd86386e44a3f600475aeab310f7ea632998df gfx1 1 good no
arcade mch-01.8m 2097152 d37cf0cd c2fe7062a123ca2df65217c6dced857b803d8a8d gfx1 0 good no
arcade mch-02.4e 2097152 4046314d 32e3b7ddbe20ffa6ba6ebe9bd55a32e3b3a120f6 gfx1 400001 good no
arcade mch-03.10m 2097152 1dea8f6c c2ad59592385a00e323aac9057906c9384b67078 gfx1 400000 good no
arcade mch-04.6e 2097152 4869dfe8 296df6274ecb3eed485de24258cf462e3942f1fa gfx1 800001 good no
arcade mch-05.11m 2097152 ef0b54ba 3be56c064ac81686096be5f31ad2aad948ba6701 gfx1 800000 good no
arcade mch-06.6a 2097152 b2efe4ae 5a9dab74c2ba73a65e8f1419b897467804734fa2 ymz 200000 good no
arcade mch-07.11j 2097152 bc1a50a1 3de191fbc92d2ae84e54263f1c70afec6ff7cc3c ymz 400000 good no
arcade skullfng.eeprom 128 240d882e 3c1a15ccac91d95b02a8c54b051aa64ff28ce2ab eeprom 0 good no
arcade sw00-0.2a 524288 9658d9ce bd5b58a35e4fe301dc13bfe962e674fc8b26cf60 maincpu 0 good no
arcade sw01-0.2b 524288 c0d83d14 42a5e2fa0e26919b94566da3dec622cd25dd9558 maincpu 2 good no
arcade sw02-0.6h 524288 0d3ae757 480fc3855d330380b75a47a271f3571a59aee10c gfx2 0 good no

Chips list

name tag type clock
ARM maincpu cpu 7000000
Speaker rspeaker audio
YMZ280B ymz audio 14000000

Serie

Serie : Vapor Trail
  1. Kuhga - Operation Code 'Vapor Trail' (Japan revision 3) (1989)
  2. Vapor Trail - Hyper Offence Formation (World revision 1) (1989)
  3. Vapor Trail - Hyper Offence Formation (World revision 3?) (1989)
  4. Vapor Trail - Hyper Offence Formation (US) (1989)
  5. Rohga Armor Force (Asia/Europe v5.0) (1991)
  6. Rohga Armor Force (Asia/Europe v3.0 set 1) (1991)
  7. Rohga Armor Force (Asia/Europe v3.0 set 2) (1991)
  8. Rohga Armor Force (Hong Kong v3.0) (1991)
  9. Rohga Armor Force (US v1.0) (1991)
  10. Wolf Fang -Kuhga 2001- (Japan) (1991)
  11. Skull Fang (World) (1996)
  12. Skull Fang (Japan) (1996)
  13. Wolf Fang Kuuga 2001 (Jpn) (1996)
  14. Wolf Fang SS Kuuga 2001 (Jpn) (1997)

Categories

MAMEinfo

0.129u4 [Mexa]

0.78u1 [Bryan McPhail]


< Japan >


WIP:

- 0.182: Coolmod and The Dumping Union added clone Skull Fang (Asia).

- 0.133u1: Renamed (skullfnj) to (skullfngj).

- 0.130u1: David Haywood added default EEPROM to Skull Fang, so that it appears less broken by default (doesn't boot without one).

- 0.129u4: Mexa added Skull Fang (World). Renamed (skullfng) to (skullfnj).

- 0.103u3: Bryan McPhail fixed Skull Fang - Game now playable.

- 0.103u2: Changed YMZ280B clock speed to 14MHz.

- 0.103u1: Changed YMZ280B clock speed to 21MHz and visible area to 240x320. Fixed gfx/sound rom loading.

- 0.98u4: Changed visible area to 512x512.

- 0.98u3: Fixed cpu1 rom loading.

- 0.78u1: Bryan McPhail added 'Skull Fang (Japan)' (Data East 1996).

- 14th April 2003: Guru - Skull Fang (Data East 1996) arrived.


LEVELS: 6


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History


Arcade Video game published 23 years ago:

Skull Fang (c) 1996 Data East.

- TECHNICAL -

Data East MLC System hardware

Main CPU : ARM (@ 7 Mhz)
Sound Chips : Yamaha YMZ280B (@ 14 Mhz)

Players : 2
Control : 8-way Joystick
Buttons : 4

- TRIVIA -

Skull Fang was released in February 1996.

Soundtrack releases:
Data East Retro Game Music Collection - TEAM Entertainment [KDSD-00366] (July 21, 2010)

- TIPS AND TRICKS -

* Special Mode (boss battle only) : on the scroll selection screen, hold UP then press B3(x5), B2(x3).

* Very Hard : on the scroll selection screen, hold Right then press B2(x4), B3, B2, B3, B2(x2).

* Hardest Mode : on the scroll selection screen, hold Left then press B2, B3(x2), B2, B3(x2), B2, B3(x3).

* Thrust : if you select a 'Fighter' type pilot, you can use Thrust by 'code input' during ingame action.
1) Back Thrust : Up, Left or Right, Down + B3 - Back attack.
2) Side Thrust : Right or Left, Down + B3 - Side attack.
3) Air Brake : Down(x2) + B3 - Temporary invincibility.
4) Hi-Ion Shield : Left, Right + B3 or Right, Left + B3 - B.Roll Power-Up.
5) SECRET : Down(x4), Up(x2), Down + B3 - Enabled rolling attack.

- SERIES -

1. Kuhga - Operation Code Vapor Trail (1989)
2. Wolf Fang - Ku-U-Ga 2001 (1991)
3. Skull Fang (1996)

- STAFF -

Project Manager : Koji Jinbo
Project Leader : Minoru Sano
Software Design & Production Support : Wataru Iida, Ichikawa, Masaou Tomosawa
Hardware Design : Masao, Shingo Mitsui
Pixel Art Works : Hiroshi Tamawashi, Seiji Satoh, Yoshinari Kaihou, Tomoyuki Arakawa
Opening Movie Works : Hiroshi Tamawashi
Design Works : Hironori Kobayashi, Hiroshi Koga, Hiroshi Tamawashi
Sound Design : Hiroaki Yoshida (Maro) (Gamedelic)
Character Voice (Arts Vision) : Kan Tokumaru, Nobuyuki Hiyama, Isshin Chiba, Konami Yoshida, Michiko Neya
Character Voice (Data East) : Steve Miller
Market Research & Adviser : Makoto Nagao, Hitoshi Kitazume
Marketing & Promotion : S.P. Ohshima, Tomohiko Ebi, Yasuo Sogajima
Technical Support : Tomoo Adachi, Shinichi Suzuki
Character Voice Support : Arts Vision
English Support : Steve Miller
Planning & Direction : Hironoki Kobayashi

- PORTS -

* CONSOLES:
[JP] Sega Saturn (may.30, 1997) "Skull Fang - Kuuga Gaiden [Model T-1311G]"

- CONTRIBUTE -

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High scores

MAMESCORE records : 02/04/2017 13:01



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