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Vulcan Venture (Old)

  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. History
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Game infos

Description Vulcan Venture (Old)
Name vulcana
Manufacturer Konami
Year 1988
Runnable yes
System arcade /
Number of players 2P alt
Added to MAME .134u2
Romset size 0 B
Romset file files
Romset zip 0 B
Language English
Genre Shooter

Parent and clones

Parent vulcan : Vulcan Venture (New) (1988)

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 no
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 320 224 60.606061 9216000 576 0 320 264 16 240

Dipswitchs

Roms list

console name bios size crc md5 merge sha1 region offset status optional
arcade 785_f01.5a 131072 a0d8d69e 785_f01.5a 2994e5740b7c099d55fb162a363a26ef1995c756 k007232 0 good no
arcade 785_f02.7c 131072 c39f5ca4 785_f02.7c 92ebea11b7d3a72d0f58c456f16a6ff36d6b3062 upd 0 good no
arcade 785_g03.10a 32768 67a3b50d 785_g03.10a 3c83f3b0df73d9361ec3cda26a6c4c603a088419 audiocpu 0 good no
arcade 785_h14.d8 16384 02f4b16f 785_h14.d8 45addc99f520770f38c6aa69aef9af59cfc410b5 fixed 0 good no
arcade 785_k08.4r 65536 36bb1be1 ce9a98443a453b1c05dfb8d0f8ba0f94292b9d30 maincpu 20001 good no
arcade 785_p06.8n 65536 70c94bee 785_p06.8n 951e00ca4d3a47a21b4db05bcdc8ead45b42c3f1 sub 1 good no
arcade 785_p07.10n 65536 686d549d 785_p07.10n 9687be801c4fb963bf6b0199e2ae9f5051213f7a sub 0 good no
arcade 785_p12.8s 65536 38ea402a 785_p12.8s 90ff2bd71435988cde967704ce3b1401de206683 sub 20001 good no
arcade 785_p13.10s 65536 478fdb0a 785_p13.10s 2e285ad6dcfc67f3e24d231e0e1be19036ce64d2 sub 20000 good no
arcade 785_r04.4n 65536 790cbdf3 e247c2be00169490aea945518c1a68e94799f5f4 maincpu 1 good no
arcade 785_r05.6n 65536 1777a57b 9696fa9c6d53587972d213d5c12245e40fbc2bda maincpu 0 good no
arcade 785_u09.6r 65536 1aba7010 bcf28640d5ba7864ed7112db23ff344434b2d944 maincpu 20000 good no
arcade 785f15.p13 524288 5bd239ac 785f15.p13 9c96f6069d06a1d80c04650ed56bc5e1508db657 gfxrom 0 good no
arcade 785f16.p15 524288 95c6b8a3 785f16.p15 0a906af72d08993fd83f23d72ffb919801aa17af gfxrom 100000 good no
arcade 785f17.p16 524288 4e7a7b82 785f17.p16 520b5ebd400954042d55cf243842a6d6b6d10210 gfxrom 2 good no
arcade 785f18.p18 524288 3f604e9a 785f18.p18 c5e0b6f6dd506209e8c07cbae89c821828f488ff gfxrom 100002 good no

Chips list

name tag type clock
K007232 PCM Controller k007232 audio 3579545
M68000 sub cpu 9216000
Speaker rspeaker audio
YM2151 ymsnd audio 3579545
Z80 audiocpu cpu 3579545
uPD7759 upd audio 640000

Serie

Serie : Gradius
  1. Nemesis (1984)
  2. Gradius (Japan, ROM version) (1985)
  3. Nemesis (ROM version) (1985)
  4. Nemesis (World?, ROM version) (1985)
  5. Nemesis (Euro) ~ Gradius (Jpn) (1986)
  6. Gradius (1986)
  7. Lifeforce (US) (1986)
  8. Nemesis (1986)
  9. Gradius (PlayChoice-10, older) (1986)
  10. Gradius (PlayChoice-10) (1986)
  11. Salamander (version D) (1986)
  12. Salamander (version J) (1986)
  13. Vs. Gradius (US, set GR E) (1986)
  14. Gradius (1987)
  15. Gradius (1987)
  16. Nemesis 2 (Euro) ~ Gradius 2 (Jpn) (1987)
  17. Nemesis 2 (Euro) ~ Gradius 2 (Jpn) (Alt) (1987)
  18. Lifeforce (Japan) (1987)
  19. Nemesis (UK) (1987)
  20. Nemesis (Kor) (1987)
  21. Salamander (Jpn) (1987)
  22. Salamander (Jpn) (1987)
  23. Vulcan - The Tunisian Campaign (UK) (1987)
  24. Gradius (Euro) (1988)
  25. Gradius II - GOFER no Yabou (Japan New Ver.) (1988)
  26. Gradius II (Jpn) (1988)
  27. Gradius II - GOFER no Yabou (Japan Old Ver.) (1988)
  28. Gradius II - GOFER no Yabou (Japan Older Ver.) (1988)
  29. Life Force (USA) (1988)
  30. Salamander - Nemesis 2 (UK) (1988)
  31. Salamander - Nemesis 2 (UK) (UK retail version) (CPM) [Original] (Weak Sectors) (1988)
  32. Salamander (1988)
  33. Vulcan Venture (New) (1988)
  34. Vulcan Venture (Old) (1988)
  35. Vulcan Venture (Oldest) (1988)
  36. Gradius III (World, program code R) (1989)
  37. Gradius III (Asia) (1989)
  38. Gradius III (Japan, program code S) (1989)
  39. Gradius III (Japan, program code S, split) (1989)
  40. Life Force Salamander (Euro) (1989)
  41. Gradius III (Jpn) (1990)
  42. Gradius (1991)
  43. Gradius III (USA) (1991)
  44. Nemesis (Euro) (1991)
  45. Salamander (1991)
  46. Salamander (Tourvision PCE bootleg) (1991)
  47. Gradius - The Interstellar Assault (USA) (1992)
  48. Gradius II - Gofer no Yabou (SCD)(Jpn) (1992)
  49. Gradius II - Gofer no Yabou (1992)
  50. Salamander (1992)
  51. Nemesis '90 Kai (1993)
  52. Salamander 2 (ver JAA) (1996)
  53. Salamander 2 (ver AAB) (1996)
  54. Solar Assault (ver UAA) (1997)
  55. Gradius 4: Fukkatsu (1998)
  56. Nemesis 88 (19??)
  57. Salamander II (19??)
  58. Gradius Advance (Euro) (2001)
  59. Gradius III Legends (Spa) (2001)
  60. Gradius III Legends (Spa, Demo) (2001)

Categories

History


Arcade Video game published 31 years ago:

Vulcan Venture (c) 1988 Konami.

Export release. Game developed in Japan. For more information about the game itself, please see the original Japanese release entry; "Gradius II - GOFER no Yabou [Model GX785]".

- TECHNICAL -

Konami Twin 16 Hardware
Game ID : GX785

- TRIVIA -

Vulcan Venture was released in March 1988.

The main differences from the original Japanese are:
* Continue available.
* Different title screen.
* 'Option' is called 'Multiple'.
* 'Ripple Laser' is called 'Pulse Laser' in Vulcan Venture.

The game forbids the initials 'SEX' on the high score table. If you try, it gets changed to 'ASO'.

- SERIES -

1. Nemesis (1985)
2. Salamander (1986)
3. Gradius 2 (1987, MSX)
4. Vulcan Venture (1988)
5. Nemesis 3 - The Eve of Destruction (1988, MSX)
6. Gradius III - Densetsu Kara Shinwa-e (1989)
7. Nemesis '90 Kai (1993, Sharp X68000)
8. Salamander 2 (1996)
9. Solar Assault - Gradius (1997)
10. Solar Assault - Revised (1997)
11. Gradius Gaiden (1997, Sony PlayStation)
12. Gradius IV - Fukkatsu (1999)
13. Gradius Generation (2001, Nintendo Game Boy Advance)
14. Gradius V (2004, Sony PlayStation 2)
15. Gradius Neo (2004, NTT DoCoMo i-mode Phones)
16. Gradius Neo Imperial (2005, NTT DoCoMo i-mode Phones)
17. Gradius Wide (2007, NTT DoCoMo i-mode Phones)
18. Gradius Rebirth (2008, Nintendo Wii)

- PORTS -

* CONSOLES:
Sony PlayStation 4 [PSN] [US] (jul.15, 2016) "Arcade Archives - Gradius II [Model CUSA-03723]"
Sony PlayStation 4 [PSN] [EU] [AU] (aug.23, 2016) "Arcade Archives - Vulcan Venture [Model CUSA-03940]"

- CONTRIBUTE -

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