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Samurai Nihon-Ichi (set 1)

  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. Categories
  12. MAMEinfo
  13. History
  14. High scores
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Game infos

Description Samurai Nihon-Ichi (set 1)
Name tsamurai
Manufacturer Kaneko / Taito
Year 1985
Runnable yes
System arcade /
Number of players 2P alt
Added to MAME .036b03
Romset size 157 KB
Romset file 18 files
Romset zip 68 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 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 01.3r 16384 d09c8609 66b51897704250f520b4c58cb6f6f3aef8913459 maincpu 0 good no
arcade 02.3t 16384 d0f2221c 6cfa9a52b35d17776cfa3e14e679b1a6218d54fa maincpu 4000 good no
arcade 03.3v 16384 eee8b0c9 91dd47cdcd36d804e178b70d4338292ac36517f0 maincpu 8000 good no
arcade 13.4j 8192 73feb0e2 7c650d0cdc517a60e14614083ab42aa934338556 audio2 0 good no
arcade 14.4e 8192 220e9c04 660351c866995147d2ba69940707879d6cf11718 audiocpu 0 good no
arcade a35-04.10a 8192 b97ce9b1 3993001bd98758fd5673d91786846ae019c64027 gfx1 0 good no
arcade a35-05.10b 8192 55a17b08 29427b51b780fb622ac093ea4604caf77cb587ed gfx1 2000 good no
arcade a35-06.10d 8192 f5ee6f8f 0ec90c5edd4d8a9ef614d60bafb002be3daf34ee gfx1 4000 good no
arcade a35-07.12h 16384 38fc349f d9fdb5bc84808d065e84e077f0e78d8f71b4f0ca gfx3 0 good no
arcade a35-08.12j 16384 a07d6dc3 2ab50ea462a63548d401f85627d85de2e4867303 gfx3 4000 good no
arcade a35-09.12k 16384 c0784a0e e8303bb274361910746eba5e3d61b6ea862a6416 gfx3 8000 good no
arcade a35-10.11n 4096 0b5a0c45 4b8ea5dd58c437e7d7929b93ff795803422cb505 gfx2 0 good no
arcade a35-11.11q 4096 93346d75 b7936ff6f08e4d01bf7d4d2f06ef6b5d84b5097d gfx2 2000 good no
arcade a35-12.11r 4096 f4c69d8a fb308146d4f4b01bd1318c6986e5124725b2a98f gfx2 4000 good no
arcade a35-15.4c 8192 1e0d1e33 02612f10c264f06f59f61f0de4df0ef84249e963 audiocpu 2000 good no
arcade a35-16.2j 256 72d8b332 623b1f3fd0008ad92fd1f6fc2b07215da0c26207 proms 0 good no
arcade a35-17.2l 256 9bf1829e 7ee47a1a0aa2e4592896d0fc5959343452c224a8 proms 100 good no
arcade a35-18.2m 256 918e4732 a38686b32d5ac0ebcba59fdba3201fe35c83d4d0 proms 200 good no

Chips list

name tag type clock
8-Bit R-2R DAC dac2 audio
AY-3-8910A aysnd audio 3000000
Speaker speaker audio
Z80 audio2 cpu 3000000

Categories

MAMEinfo

0.36b3 [Phil Stroffolino]


Artwork available


WIP:

- 0.145u1: Changed parent and clones descriptions to 'Samurai Nihon-Ichi'.

- 0.141u3: f205v changed description of clone (set 3, harder) to 'Samurai Nihon-ichi (bootleg, harder)'.

- 0.131u2: f205v added clone Samurai Nihon-ichi (set 3, harder).

- 5th May 2009: f205v dumped Samurai Nihon-ichi (set 3, harder).

- 0.130u3: Renamed (tsamura2) to (tsamurai2).

- 17th February 2009: Mr. Do - Kiltron got extra busy this past month: Samurai Nihon-ichi artwork, courtesy of the BYOAC/CAG artwork.

- 0.62: Fixed gfx1 rom loading.

- 0.37b9: Fixed gfx1/2 rom loading.

- 0.36b10: Added clone Samurai Nihon-ichi (set 2). Changed parent description to 'Samurai Nihon-ichi (set 1)'. Fixed rom names.

- 17th November 1999: Takahiro Nogi fixed Samurai (Taito) colors.

- 0.36b4: Replaced the 2x MSM5205 sound with 2x DAC. Added missing gfx2 rom ($4000).

- 29th August 1999: Phil Stroffolino hooked up DACs properly in Samurai (Taito) and added the missing ROM.

- 0.36b3: Phil Stroffolino added 'Samurai (Taito)' (Taito 1985). Known issues: ADPCM sounds rough. Text layer colors are bogus for two reasons: It isn't clear what part of the palette should be used one of Samurai's GFX ROMs is bad. Colors need verification.


LEVELS: 5


Other Emulators:

* FB Alpha


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History


Arcade Video game published 34 years ago:

Samurai Nihon-ichi (c) 1985 Taito.

Set in ancient feudal japan, you play as a samurai warrior and must fend with his katana, advancing and waging battles to death against the enemies and their wild animals, while you jump and you crouch it to dodge the enemy's attacks, move forward through varied zones and keeping the bushido code to well finish your battle.

- TECHNICAL -

Board Number : M6100070A
Prom Stickers : A35

Main CPU : Zilog Z80 (@ 4 Mhz)
Sound CPU : (2x) Zilog Z80 (@ 2 Mhz)
Sound Chips : General Instrument AY8910 (@ 2 Mhz), (2x) DAC

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

- TRIVIA -

Developed by Kaneko. Released in February 1985 in Japan.

The title of this game translates from Japanese as 'Japan's No. 1 Samurai'.

- CONTRIBUTE -

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High scores

MAMESCORE records : 02/04/2017 13:01

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