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Time Killers (v1.32)

  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
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Game infos

Description Time Killers (v1.32)
Name timekill
Manufacturer Strata/Incredible Technologies
Year 1992
Runnable yes
System arcade /
Number of players 2P sim
Added to MAME .037b11
Romset size 10.63 MB
Romset file 14 files
Romset zip 7 B
Language English
Evaluation 50 to 60 (Not Good Enough)
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 384 240 60.10699 8000000 508 0 384 262 0 240

Dipswitchs

Roms list

console name bios size crc md5 merge sha1 region offset status optional
arcade time_killers_0.rom0 2097152 94cbf6f8 dac5c4d9c8e42336c236ecc3c72b3b1f8282dc2f gfx1 0 good no
arcade time_killers_1.rom1 2097152 c07dea98 dd8b88beb9781579eb0a17231ad2a274b70ae1bc gfx1 1 good no
arcade time_killers_2.rom2 2097152 183eed2a 3905268fe45ecc47cd4d349666b4d33efda2140b gfx1 2 good no
arcade time_killers_3.rom3 2097152 b1da1058 a1d483701c661d69cecc9d073b23683b119f5ef1 gfx1 3 good no
arcade timekill_grom01.grom1 131072 b030c3d9 f5c21285ec8ff4f74205e0cf18da67e733e31183 gfx1 800000 good no
arcade timekill_grom02.grom2 131072 e98492a4 fe8fb4bd3900109f3872f2930e8ddc9d19f599fd gfx1 800001 good no
arcade timekill_grom03.grom3 131072 6088fa64 a3eee10bdef48fefec3836f551172dbe0819acf6 gfx1 800002 good no
arcade timekill_grom04.grom4 131072 95be2318 60580c87d63a114df44e2580e138128388ff447b gfx1 800003 good no
arcade tk00_v1.32_u54.u54 262144 68c74b81 acdf677f82d7428acc6cf01076d43dd6330e9cb3 user1 0 good no
arcade tk01_v1.32_u53.u53 262144 2158d8ef 14aa66e020a9fa890fadbaf0936dfdc4e272f543 user1 1 good no
arcade tk_snd_v_4.1_u17.u17 131072 c699af7b 55863513a1c27dcb257dbc20e522cfafa9b92c9d soundcpu 10000 good no
arcade tksrom00_u18.u18 524288 79d8b83a 78934b4d0ccca8fefcf8277e4296eb1d59cd575b ensoniq.2 0 good no
arcade tksrom01_u20.u20 524288 ec01648c b83c66cf22db5d89b9ed79b79861b79429d8380c ensoniq.2 100000 good no
arcade tksrom02_u26.u26 524288 051ced3e 6b63c4837e709806ffea9a37d93933635d356a6e ensoniq.2 200000 good no

Chips list

name tag type clock
ES5506 ensoniq audio 16000000
M68000 maincpu cpu 12000000
M6809 soundcpu cpu 2000000
Speaker mono audio

Serie

Serie : Time Killers
  1. Time Killers (v1.32) (1992)
  2. Time Killers (v1.21) (1992)
  3. Time Killers (v1.31) (1992)
  4. Blood Storm (v2.22) (1994)
  5. Blood Storm (v1.04) (1994)
  6. Blood Storm (v1.10) (1994)
  7. Blood Storm (v2.10) (1994)
  8. Blood Storm (v2.20) (1994)
  9. Time Killers (Euro) (1996)

Categories

MAMEinfo

0.37b11 [Aaron Giles]


WIP:

- 0.149u1: Minor doc update about Time Killer sound CPU program [Brian Troha].

- 0.140u2: Gnoppi, Smitdogg and The Dumping Union added clone Time Killers (v1.21).

- 24th November 2010: Smitdogg - We got Time Killers (rev 1.21).

- 16th July 2010: Smitdogg - Brian Troha got the PIC from Time Killers for decapping.

- 0.133u1: Renamed (timek131) to (timekill131).

- 0.60: Added 'Video Sync' dipswitch.

- 23rd July 2001: Aaron Giles added global brightness control to Toobin' and Time Killers.

- 0.37b11: Aaron Giles added 'Time Killers (v1.32)' (Strata/Incredible Technologies 1992) and clone (v1.31).

- 1st February 2001: Aaron Giles fixed the missing Time Killers sound.

- 8th January 2001: Aaron Giles finished the Strata / Incredible Technologies 32-bit driver, supporting Time Killers, Bloodstorm and Hard Yardage.

- 14th December 2000: Aaron Giles reported some good progress on Time Killers and Blood Storm.


LEVELS: 9


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History


Arcade Video game published 27 years ago:

Time Killers (c) 1992 Strata.

Cartoony weapon-based fighter wrought with dismemberment and decapitation. 8 characters to choose from and cut apart!

- TECHNICAL -

Main CPU : Motorola 68000 (@ 12 Mhz), M6809 (@ 2 Mhz)
Sound Chips : ES5506 (@ 16 Mhz)

Screen orientation : Horizontal
Video resolution : 384 x 240 pixels
Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz
Palette colors : 8192

Players : 2
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 5

- TRIVIA -

Released in November 1992. Time Killers was removed from many arcades for being just a little too gory.

This game had a unique button layout that no other games uses. Even its sequel, "Blood Storm", doesn't use it, but instead uses the "Mortal Kombat" five button X pattern. The unique part is those five buttons are laid out in a pattern that resembles the human anatomy on the Time Killer control panel. There are many moves that requires hitting all 5 buttons at the same time, which is easy to do with the above layout (use your entire hand to press all 5 buttons simultaneously).

Michael Jackson used to own this game. It was sold at the official Michael Jackson Auction on Apr. 24th, 2009.

- UPDATES -

Revision 1 :
* Software version : 1.21

Revision 2 :
* Software version : 1.31

Revision 3 :
* Software version : 1.32

- SERIES -

1. Time Killers (1992)
2. Blood Storm (1994)

- STAFF -

Developed by Incredible Technologies, Inc.

Principal programmer : Richard Ditton
Game Play : Leif Marwede

Audio system programming : David D. Thiel
Music : David D. Thiel
Sound Effect : David D. Thiel

Others : Chris Oberth

- PORTS -

* CONSOLES:
Sega Mega Drive (1996)

- CONTRIBUTE -

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High scores

MAMESCORE records : 02/04/2017 13:01

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