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U.N. Squadron (USA)

  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
Download unsquad.zip (3.19 MB)
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Game infos

Description U.N. Squadron (USA)
Name unsquad
Manufacturer Capcom
Year 1989
Runnable yes
System arcade /
Number of players 2P sim
Added to MAME .031
Romset size 3.19 MB
Romset file 18 files
Romset zip 1 B
Language English
Evaluation 70 to 80 (Good)
Genre Shooter

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 384 224 59.637405 8000000 512 64 448 262 16 240

Dipswitchs

Roms list

console name bios size crc md5 merge sha1 region offset status optional
arcade ar-1m.3a 524288 5965ca8d 49abf80fc012a7f73306139a2871aeac7fd6a3d0 gfx 4 good no
arcade ar-32m.8h 524288 ae1d7fb0 bb51e77574db5e2d807c4ca8e85a5d9661f5d3b3 maincpu 80000 good no
arcade ar-3m.5a 524288 ac6db17d 78eef9ba6a392859f70467f6d7cb5aa91964abed gfx 6 good no
arcade ar-5m.7a 524288 bf4575d8 1b268e1698be8ff9c16f80f7b9081b6be9f72601 gfx 0 good no
arcade ar-7m.9a 524288 a02945f4 ff35cdbd6c1e43b16a906f68e416559cb3d5746b gfx 2 good no
arcade ar24b.1a 279 09a51271 147f53f426f258ad127157967fa59d4098e5ed16 bboardplds 0 good no
arcade ar_09.12b 65536 f3dd1367 09eef72e862ac6b1a5cce5a45938b45bf4e456ad audiocpu 0 good no
arcade aru_18.11c 131072 584b43a9 7820815c8c67d484baf2fdad7e55d8c14b98b860 oki 0 good no
arcade aru_30.11f 131072 24d8f88d 9c39aa1140e92307d6d9c0ca198003282bf78c78 maincpu 0 good no
arcade aru_31.12f 131072 33e9694b 90db3052ac2ff859ede8473dd13e0f5be148590c maincpu 40000 good no
arcade aru_35.11h 131072 8b954b59 33114f1417d48f60c6da3e14a094be7c0f0fd979 maincpu 1 good no
arcade aru_36.12h 131072 7cc8fb9e f70118d1a368fd4795d9953c55d283305d1f9630 maincpu 40001 good no
arcade buf1 279 eb122de7 b26b5bfe258e3e184f069719f9fd008d6b8f6b9b aboardplds 0 good no
arcade ioa1 279 59c7ee3b fbb887c5b4f5cb8df77cec710eaac2985bc482a6 aboardplds 0 good no
arcade lwio.11e 279 ad52b90c f0fd6aeea515ee449320fe15684e6b3ab7f97bf4 bboardplds 0 good no
arcade prg1 279 f1129744 a5300f301c1a08a7da768f0773fa0fe3f683b237 aboardplds 0 good no
arcade rom1 279 41dc73b9 7d4c9f1693c821fbf84e32dd6ef62ddf14967845 aboardplds 0 good no
arcade sou1 279 84f4b2fe dcc9e86cc36316fe42eace02d6df75d08bc8bb6d aboardplds 0 good no

Chips list

name tag type clock
M68000 maincpu cpu 10000000
OKI6295 oki audio 1000000
Speaker mono audio
YM2151 2151 audio 3579545
Z80 audiocpu cpu 3579545

Serie

Serie : U.N. Squadron
  1. Area 88 (Japan) (1989)
  2. Area 88 (Japan Resale Ver.) (1989)
  3. U.N. Squadron (USA) (1989)
  4. Carrier Air Wing (World 901012) (1990)
  5. Carrier Air Wing (bootleg with 2xYM2203 + 2xMSM205 set 2) (1990)
  6. Carrier Air Wing (bootleg with 2xYM2203 + 2xMSM205 set 1) (1990)
  7. U.S. Navy (Japan 901012) (1990)
  8. Carrier Air Wing (World 901009) (1990)
  9. Carrier Air Wing (USA 901012) (1990)
  10. U.N. Squadron (UK) (1990)
  11. Area 88 (Jpn) (1991)
  12. U.N. Squadron (Euro) (1991)

Categories

MAMEinfo

0.31 [Paul Leaman]


WIP:

- 0.156: Handcrafted CPS-1 PALs for clone Area 88 (Japan Resale Ver.) [Palindrome].

- 0.141u2: Changed 68000 CPU1 clock speed to 12MHz in clone Area 88 (Japan Resale Ver.).

- 0.139u1: Team Japump added clone Area 88 (Japan Resale Ver.). Brian Troha set correct B-Board mapper for "resale" kits. This fixes missing graphics in clone Area 88 (Japan Resale Ver.).

- 0.139: Changed description to 'U.N. Squadron (USA)'.

- 0.127u1: Added 3rd button.

- 0.126u5: Added A-board PLDs (buf1, ioa1, prg1, rom1 and sou1) and B-board PLDs (ar24b.1a and lwio.11e).

- 25th April 2008: Corrado Tomaselli dumped Area 88 (Japan).

- 0.124u2: Nicola Salmoria fixed DOT TEST in service mode shows garbage chars.

- 12th February 2003: Nicola Salmoria fixed the graphics layer order in U.N. Squadron and Magic Sword in the CPS-1 driver though this problem never occurred in these games.

- 0.63: Added 'Damage' and 'Game Mode' dipswitch. Changed 'Unknown' dipswitches to 'Unused'. Removed 3rd button.

- 0.36RC1: Changed description to 'U.N. Squadron (US)'.

- 0.35b4: Changed description to 'UN Squadron (US)' and clone 'Area 88' to 'Area 88 (Japan)'.

- 0.34b8: Changed description to 'UN Squadron' and clone 'UN Squadron / Area 88 (Japan)' to 'Area 88'.

- 0.34b7: Changed description to 'UN Squadron / Area 88 (US)' and clone 'Area 88' to 'UN Squadron / Area 88 (Japan)'.

- 0.34b4: Changed description to 'UN Squadron (US)'.

- 0.34b3: Santeri Saarimaa added clone Area 88. Changed parent description to 'UN Squadron'.

- 0.33b6: Changed description to 'UN Squadron (US)'.

- 0.31: Paul Leaman added 'UN Squadron' (Capcom 1989). Preliminary with huge memory requirements.


ARCADE RELEASE: Area 88 (Capcom) - 1989/Aug/24


STORY:

- Kutal, a Middle Eastern country, has been in a dreadful state of civil war for many years. An organization of arms dealers banded together to from "Project 4" so that they could maximize their profits. The profits were so high, however that "Project 4" soon started fomenting war in Kutal anytime peace threatened. Using their illicit funds, they have developed many revolutionary new weapons and now aspire to couquer the globe. To try to combat this menace before all of their plans are complete and restore a long sought peace to Kutal, a special international fighting team was formed... The U.N. Squadron.


LEVELS: 10


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History


Arcade Video game published 30 years ago:

U.N. Squadron (c) 1989 Capcom USA, Incorporated.

North American release. For more information on this game itself, refer to the original Japanese entry; "Area 88 [B-Board 88622B-3]".

- TECHNICAL -

Capcom Play System Hardware (CP-S)
B-Board: 89624B-2

- TRIVIA -

U.N. Squadron was released in August 1989 in North America by Capcom USA. It is known in Japan as "Area 88".

In this version, the special mission is missing.

- SERIES -

1. U.N. Squadron [CP-S No. 06] (1989)
2. Carrier Airwing [CP-S No. 12] (1990)

- PORTS -

All ports were listed in USA version including European ports. Please refer to the original Capcom entry for Japanese ports.

* CONSOLES:
[US] Nintendo SNES (sept.1991) [Model SNS-E8]
[EU] Nintendo SNES (dec.10, 1992) [Model SNSP-E8]

* COMPUTERS:
[EU] Amstrad CPC (1990)
[EU] Atari ST (1990)
[EU] Sinclair ZX Spectrum (1990)
[US] Commodore C64 [EU] (1990)
Commodore Amiga [US] (1990)
[EU] Amstrad CPC (1991) "Capcom Collection"
[EU] Atari ST (1991) "Capcom Collection"
[EU] Commodore C64 (1991) "Capcom Collection"
[EU] Commodore Amiga (1991) "Capcom Collection"
[EU] Sinclair ZX Spectrum (1991) "Capcom Collection"

- CONTRIBUTE -

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High scores

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majygool______________________331.850
zarouk________________________205.580
mgrosdes______________________191.530
foxmulder_____________________136.580
olivier________________________84.930
sawys__________________________49.430


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