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Super Qix (World/Japan, V1.2)

  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
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Game infos

Description Super Qix (World/Japan, V1.2)
Name sqix
Manufacturer Kaneko / Taito
Year 1987
Runnable yes
System arcade /
Number of players 2P alt
Added to MAME .031
Romset size 324 KB
Romset file 6 files
Romset zip 129 B
Language English
Genre Puzzle

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 no
Input tilt no
Input players 2
Input buttons
Input coins 2

Controls infos

type ways minimum maximum sensitivity keydelta reverse
joy 4 no

Display infos

type rotate flipx width height refresh pixclock htotal hbend hbstart vtotal vbend vbstart
raster 90 no 256 224 60

Dipswitchs

Roms list

console name bios size crc md5 merge sha1 region offset status optional
arcade b03__01-2.ef3 32768 5ded636b 827954001b4617b3bd439be75094d8dca06ea32b maincpu 0 good no
arcade b03__02.h3 65536 9c23cb64 7e04cb18cabdc0031621162cbc228cd95875a022 maincpu 10000 good no
arcade b03__03.l2 4096 f0c3af2b 6dce2175011b5c8d0f1bce433c53979841d5d1a4 mcu 0 good no
arcade b03__04.s8 32768 f815ef45 4189d455b6ccf3ae922d410fb624c4665203febf gfx1 0 good no
arcade b03__05.t8 65536 df326540 1fe025edcd38202e24c4e1005f478b6a88533453 gfx3 0 good no
arcade taito_sq-iu3__lh231041__sharp_japan__8709_d.p8 131072 b8d0c493 ef5d62ef3835c7ae088a7aa98945f747130fe0ec gfx2 0 good no

Chips list

name tag type clock
AY-3-8910A ay2 audio 1500000
I8751 mcu cpu 4000000
Speaker mono audio
Z80 maincpu cpu 6000000

Serie

Serie : Qix
  1. Qix (Rev 2) (1981)
  2. Qix II (Tournament) (1981)
  3. Qix (set 2, smaller roms) (1981)
  4. Qix (set 2, larger roms) (1981)
  5. Qix (set 3, earlier) (1981)
  6. Qix (1982)
  7. Qix (1982)
  8. Super Qix (World/Japan, V1.2) (1987)
  9. Super Qix (bootleg of V1.0, 8031 MCU) (1987)
  10. Super Qix (bootleg, No MCU) (1987)
  11. Super Qix (World/Japan, V1.0) (1987)
  12. Super Qix (World/Japan, V1.1) (1987)
  13. Super Qix (US) (1987)
  14. Qix (clean crack) (1989)
  15. Qix (1990)
  16. Qix (World) (1990)
  17. Qix (Euro, USA) (1991)
  18. Qix (USA) (1991)
  19. Twin Qix (Ver 1.0A 1995/01/17, prototype) (1995)
  20. Space Invaders / Qix Silver Anniversary Edition (Ver. 2.03) (2003)

Categories

MAMEinfo

0.131u3 [Stefan Lindberg]

0.31 [Mirko Buffoni, Nicola Salmoria]


WIP:

- 0.181: Deprotected an original Japan/World Super Qix 8751 MCU and verified that the presumptive B03 // 03 MCU dump is correct [Lord Nightmare].

- 0.178: Lord Nightmare added clone Super Qix (World/Japan, V1.0). Shuffled around the Super Qix machine configs to make a bit more logical sense. Added a custom input member to clean up the MCU semaphore implementation for sqix and clones. Added some notes about the sqixb1 MCU code origin [Lord Nightmare]. Marked the recovered sqixb1 MCU dump good for that specific set as it matches a dump from a working PCB and updated notes [Lord Nightmare, Elgen]. Replaced bootleg MCU code on sqix and sqixr1 sets with an MCU dump patched from the decapped sqixu MCU, using hints in the bootleg MCU code to figure out what to change. This very likely will match the real sqix/sqixr1 MCU once it gets dumped, but mark it as BAD_DUMP since it is a user-created image. Added sqixr0 World/Japan V1.0 romset as a working clone, dumped from an early PCB. Renamed sqixr1, sqix and sqixb1 set long names to include their version numbers. Updated comments about sqixb1, which is in fact an exact copy of sqixr0 with one gfx rom split and the MCU replaced with a bootleg version. Added notes about the greenwire fix on 7H on the V1.0 pcb vs the res/cap fix on later PCBs and notes about V1.0 coin lockout being inverted compared to the later sets. Minor comment updates and rom name fixes [Lord Nightmare]. Changed parent description to 'Super Qix (World/Japan, V1.2)' and clones (World, Rev 1) to 'Super Qix (World/Japan, V1.1)', (bootleg set 1) to 'Super Qix (bootleg of V1.0, 8031 MCU)' and (bootleg set 2) to 'Super Qix (bootleg, No MCU)'.

- 0.146: hap added NMI ack for Super Qix bootlegs.

- 0.131u4: ShimaPong fixed coin issue clone Super Qix (World, Rev 1).

- 0.131u3: Stefan Lindberg added Super Qix (World, Rev 2). Dr. Decapitator and Nicola Salmoria added I8751 ROM to clone Super Qix (US). Nicola Salmoria fixed sqix/sqixa bootleg MCU bad dump by comparison with the original. Changed description of (set 1) to 'Super Qix (World, Rev 1)' and clones (set 2) to 'Super Qix (bootleg set 1)' and (bootleg) to 'Super Qix (bootleg set 2)'. Renamed (sqix) to (sqixr1), (sqixa) to (sqixb1) and (sqixbl) to (sqixb2).

- 6th May 2009: Guru - Chip 8751 found on Super Qix B03_08.2L has just been decapped and dumped.

- 0.125u7: Couriersud fixed sprites slowdown.

- 15th March 2008: Guru - Super Qix PCB arrived, thanks to madness.

- 0.119u3: Added clone Super Qix (US).

- 0.93u2: Nicola Salmoria fixed 2 Player game in Super Qix.

- 31st January 2005: Dumping Project - Randy bagged a 'Super Qix' board for possible trojaning.

- 0.90: Super Qix driver update [Nicola Salmoria]. Manually repaired the ROM code and added support for the I8751 MCU, so the two original sets work. Swapped Super Qix (set 1) and (set 2), because the former was dumped from a bootleg board (though there's no reason to believe the ROMs were modified, so I didn't mark it as bootleg). Added I8751 (4MHz) CPU2.

- 0.84u1: David Haywood added clone Super Qix (set 2). Changed parent description to 'Super Qix (set 1)'. Renamed (superqix) to (sqix).

- 4th March 2003: David Haywood converted the Super Qix driver to the tilemap system.

- 0.34b5: Mirko Buffoni fixed sprite flipping in Super Qix.

- 0.34b3: Juan Carlos Lorente added high score saving to Super Qix.

- 0.33b7: Super Qix might be running at the proper speed now [Nicola Salmoria]. Known issues: Sprite flipping is not emulated.

- 0.31: Mirko Buffoni and Nicola Salmoria added 'Super Qix' (Taito 1987) and clone (bootleg). Known issues: Speed is wrong (much too slow). Sprite flipping is not emulated. Due to protection, the original version doesn't work. Use the bootleg instead.


LEVELS: 16


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History


Arcade Video game published 32 years ago:

Super Qix (c) 1987 Taito Corp.

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- TECHNICAL -

Prom Stickers : B03

Main CPU : Zilog Z80, I8751
Sound Chips : (2x) General Instrument AY8910

Players : 2
Control : 4-way joystick
Buttons : 1

- TRIVIA -

Developed by Kaneko. Super Qix was released in March 1987 by Taito.

- UPDATES -

The bootleg doesn't use the I8751 @ 4 Mhz :-)

- TIPS AND TRICKS -

* Free Credits : Ever wonder why the attract mode says "Go for 98%"? It's because if you cover at least 98% of the playing surface, you're rewarded with a free credit. This is very possible if you get the 'freeze' powerup.

- SERIES -

1. Qix (1981, ARC)
2. Qix II - Tournament (1982, ARC)
3. Super Qix (1987, ARC)
4. Ultimate Qix (1991, MD)
5. Twin Qix (1995, ARC)
6. Battle Qix (2002, ARC)
7. Qix ++ (2009, XBLA)

- PORTS -

* CONSOLES:
[EU] Microsoft XBOX (oct.14, 2005) "Taito Legends"
[EU] Sony PS2 (oct.14, 2005) "Taito Legends [Model SLES-53438]"
[US] Microsoft XBOX (oct.25, 2005) "Taito Legends"
[US] Sony PS2 (oct.25, 2005) "Taito Legends [Model SLUS-21122]"
[KO] Sony PS2 (jul.18, 2006) "Taito Legends [Model SLKA-15056]"
[JP] Sony PS2 (jan.25, 2007) "Taito Memories II Joukan [Model SLPM-66649]"

* COMPUTERS:
[EU] PC [MS Windows, CD-ROM] (oct.14, 2005) "Taito Legends"
[US] PC [MS Windows, CD-ROM] (nov.10, 2005) "Taito Legends"

- CONTRIBUTE -

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