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Vulcan Venture (Oldest)

  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 (Oldest)
Name vulcanb
Manufacturer Konami
Year 1988
Runnable yes
System arcade /
Number of players 2P alt
Added to MAME .134u1
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_g06.8n 65536 85ab7af7 5cb36918a5cdfd16611da76f07450ae1d115f2c7 sub 1 good no
arcade 785_g07.10n 65536 ee09dd5d 9b6fb12c2cb7930df12d9876810811540fd560ee sub 0 good no
arcade 785_g12.8s 65536 1625f933 3f25d7396af46e75e3ae8456414e31935de43d34 sub 20001 good no
arcade 785_g13.10s 65536 274f325d 1076efa204eff0fc8a8788706b17b9a128023d35 sub 20000 good no
arcade 785_h14.d8 16384 02f4b16f 785_h14.d8 45addc99f520770f38c6aa69aef9af59cfc410b5 fixed 0 good no
arcade 785_n04.4n 65536 b6f24b9e 01685f89955385714062cc70316edce1a6a64e35 maincpu 1 good no
arcade 785_n05.6n 65536 6371d475 82e6adc38de8363c126cd073dbc95eeec576db98 maincpu 0 good no
arcade 785_r08.4r 65536 36bb1be1 ce9a98443a453b1c05dfb8d0f8ba0f94292b9d30 maincpu 20001 good no
arcade 785_r09.6r 65536 fbfd1543 8ef41a0a9d3d1de9395bdd5288199841c61d7045 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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