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Wonder Boy (set 1, 315-5177)

  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 Wonder Boy (set 1, 315-5177)
Name wboy
Manufacturer Escape (Sega license)
Year 1986
Runnable yes
System arcade /
Number of players 2P alt
Added to MAME .034b03
Romset size 169 KB
Romset file 15 files
Romset zip 85 B
Language English
Genre Platform

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 2 no

Display infos

type rotate flipx width height refresh pixclock htotal hbend hbstart vtotal vbend vbstart
raster 0 no 512 224 60.096154 10000000 640 0 512 260 0 224

Dipswitchs

Roms list

console name bios size crc md5 merge sha1 region offset status optional
arcade epr-7485.117 16384 c2891722 e4e11c0e9bd0dc121c25349493f2b13d2ff8c807 sprites 0 good no
arcade epr-7486.110 16384 8d622c50 9a76a50204c618347d3e8eee6cda841becd906eb sprites 8000 good no
arcade epr-7487.04 16384 2d3a421b d70440a8703ccface3212cd9544c950b36263e8c sprites 4000 good no
arcade epr-7488.05 16384 007c2f1b c2f1376144a49d20cb35384648e06d06978474c1 sprites c000 good no
arcade epr-7489.116 16384 130f4b70 4a2ea5bc06f3a240c68813be3a9f9bef2bcf4e9c maincpu 0 good no
arcade epr-7490.109 16384 9e656733 2233beb874b7cb48899afe603fef567932951a88 maincpu 4000 good no
arcade epr-7491.96 16384 1f7d0efe a1b4f8faf1614f4808df1292209c340f1490adbd maincpu 8000 good no
arcade epr-7492.65 8192 60f806b1 f91e5868a455dff2bce3c2891a7cfd648957cd73 tiles a000 good no
arcade epr-7493.66 8192 89305df4 7a5098624769a31e7512f56831e818bce6a18871 tiles 8000 good no
arcade epr-7494.63 8192 a8e281c7 a88b80a7b94ab1401bbf28d7707fdf28a5505127 tiles 6000 good no
arcade epr-7495.64 8192 6a0d2c2d 8c21d7f0768e8dda2b7185f3c510cae4229a4a2e tiles 4000 good no
arcade epr-7496.61 8192 6f61fdf1 21826aebf5835b9f3d9c467c8647809c1bc0d01f tiles 2000 good no
arcade epr-7497.62 8192 08d609ca 11799e9ef7e6942b304f132b404bff3ed44d524b tiles 0 good no
arcade epr-7498.120 8192 78ae1e7b 86032f443359b0bb2766e33024ed2e320aa9bc84 soundcpu 0 good no
arcade pr-5317.76 256 648350b8 c7986aa9127ef5b50b845434cb4e81dff9861cd2 proms 0 good no

Chips list

name tag type clock
SN76489A sn2 audio 4000000
Sega 315-5177 maincpu cpu 20000000
Speaker mono audio
Z80 soundcpu cpu 4000000

Serie

Serie : Wonder Boy
  1. Wonder Boy Deluxe (1986)
  2. Wonder Boy (set 1, 315-5177) (1986)
  3. Wonder Boy (Jpn, v1) (1986)
  4. Wonder Boy (set 2, 315-5178) (1986)
  5. Wonder Boy (set 2, not encrypted) (1986)
  6. Wonder Boy (set 3, 315-5135) (1986)
  7. Wonder Boy (315-5162, 4-D Warriors Conversion) (1986)
  8. Wonder Boy (set 5, bootleg) (1986)
  9. Wonder Boy (set 2, 315-5135) (1986)
  10. Wonder Boy (system 2, set 1, 315-5177) (1986)
  11. Wonder Boy (system 2, set 2, 315-5176) (1986)
  12. Wonder Boy (prototype?) (1986)
  13. Wonder Boy (US bootleg) (1986)
  14. Wonder Boy in Monster Land (Japan New Ver., MC-8123, 317-0043) (1987)
  15. Wonder Boy in Monster Land (English bootleg set 1) (1987)
  16. Wonder Boy in Monster Land (English bootleg set 2) (1987)
  17. Wonder Boy in Monster Land (English bootleg set 3) (1987)
  18. Wonder Boy in Monster Land (decrypted bootleg of Japan New Ver., MC-8123, 317-0043) (1987)
  19. Wonder Boy in Monster Land (Japan bootleg) (1987)
  20. Wonder Boy in Monster Land (Japan Old Ver., MC-8123, 317-0043) (1987)
  21. Wonder Boy in Monster Land (decrypted bootleg of Japan Old Ver., MC-8123, 317-0043) (1987)
  22. Wonderboy (1987)
  23. Wonder Boy (UK) (1987)
  24. Wonder Boy (Euro, USA, Bra, v1) (1987)
  25. Wonder Boy III - Monster Lair (set 6, World, System 16B) (8751 317-0098) (1988)
  26. Wonder Boy III - Monster Lair (set 1, Japan, System 16A) (FD1094 317-0084) (1988)
  27. Wonder Boy III - Monster Lair (set 1, Japan, System 16A) (bootleg of FD1094 317-0084 set) (1988)
  28. Wonder Boy III - Monster Lair (set 2, Japan, System 16B) (FD1094 317-0085) (1988)
  29. Wonder Boy III - Monster Lair (set 2, Japan, System 16B) (bootleg of FD1094 317-0085 set) (1988)
  30. Wonder Boy III - Monster Lair (set 3, World, System 16B) (FD1094 317-0089) (1988)
  31. Wonder Boy III - Monster Lair (set 3, World, System 16B) (bootleg of FD1094 317-0089 set) (1988)
  32. Wonder Boy III - Monster Lair (set 4, Japan, System 16B) (FD1094 317-0087) (1988)
  33. Wonder Boy III - Monster Lair (set 4, Japan, System 16B) (bootleg of FD1094 317-0087 set) (1988)
  34. Wonder Boy III - Monster Lair (set 5, Japan, System 16A) (FD1089A 317-0086) (1988)
  35. Wonder Boy III - Monster Lair (set 5, Japan, System 16A) (bootleg of FD1089A 317-0086 set) (1988)
  36. Wonder Boy III - Monster Lair (bootleg) (1988)
  37. Wonder Boy III - Monster Lair (encrypted bootleg) (1988)
  38. Wonder Boy III - The Dragon's Trap (Euro, USA, Kor) (1989)
  39. Wonder Boy (Euro) (1991)
  40. Wonder Boy III - Monster Lair (Euro) ~ Monster Lair (Jpn) (1991)
  41. Wonder Boy V - Monster World III (Jpn, Kor) (1991)
  42. Wonder Boy in Monster Land (English, Virtual Console) (2009)
  43. Wonder Boy in Monster Land (decrypted bootleg of English, Virtual Console release) (2009)

Categories

MAMEinfo

0.37b16 [Nicola Salmoria]

0.34b2 [Nicola Salmoria]

0.31 [Jarek Parchanski]


Artwork available


TODO:

* Wanted: 317-0048 FD1094 CPU


WIP:

- 0.173: Silvio Grazini added clone Wonder Boy (system 2, set 2, 315-5176). Needs decrypting. David Haywood added sys1piox_315_5177 MACHINE_CONFIG_DERIVED to clone Wonder Boy (US bootleg) - Game now playable. Replaced Z80 CPU1 with Z80 SegaCrypt2. Changed description of clones (set 1, 315-5135) to 'Wonder Boy (set 2, 315-5135)' and (system 2) to 'Wonder Boy (system 2, set 1, 315-5177)'.

- 0.161: Guru fixed EPR-numbers for clone Wonder Boy (set 1, 315-5135).

- 0.151: Documentation updates for clone Wonder Boy (315-5162, 4-D Warriors Conversion) [IronGiant].

- 0.145u5: ANY and The Dumping Union added clones Wonder Boy (set 5, bootleg) and (US bootleg).

- 0.144u4: hap fixed 'gameplay smoothness' issue in Wonder Boy and clones.

- 0.131u2: Changed description of clone (not encrypted) to 'Wonder Boy (prototype?)'.

- 0.126u5: Nicola Salmoria fixed access violation in Wonder Boy and clone (system 2).

- 26th July 2008: Mr. Do - Funny story. Tormod sent me a BUNCH of instruction cards a long time ago. You've probably been seeing them added in every so often. Well, around July of last year, I had completed a whole bunch of them, but then had a computer crash, and they ended up on the "spare" hard drive by mistake. I found them again going through a cleanup. So thanks to Tormod, this week we have Wonder Boy.

- 0.123u6: Changed description of clone (set 4, 315-5162) to 'Wonder Boy (315-5162, 4-D Warriors Conversion)'.

- 0.122u8: RansAckeR improved dipswitches according to manuals in Wonder Boy. Fixed 'Lives' dipswitch in clone Wonder Boy (set 3, 315-5135).

- 0.115u4: Replaced SN76496 sound with SN76489.

- 0.113u3: Changed description to 'Wonder Boy (set 1, 315-5177)' and clones (set 1, old encryption) to 'Wonder Boy (set 1, 315-5135)', (set 2) to 'Wonder Boy (set 2, 315-5178)', (set 2 not encrypted) to 'Wonder Boy (set 2, not encrypted)', (set 3) to 'Wonder Boy (set 3, 315-5135)' and (set 4) to 'Wonder Boy (set 4, 315-5162)'.

- 0.108: Nicola Salmoria added clone Wonder Boy (set 4).

- 21st August 2006: Corrado Tomaselli dumped Wonder Boy (set 4). This wonderboy romset runs on a System1 1985 PCB with some flying wires. Serial number of the PCB is 257.

- 0.106u6: Canim fixed input and dipswitches in clone Wonder Boy (system 2).

- 0.102u2: David Widel added clone Wonder Boy (system 2).

- 26th April 2003: smf added another encrypted version of Wonderboy to the Sega System 1/2 driver.

- 0.37b16: Changed clone (set 3) to parent 'Wonder Boy (set 1, new encryption)', (set 1) to clone 'Wonder Boy (set 1, old encryption)', (set 2) to 'Wonder Boy (set 3)', (set 4) to 'Wonder Boy (set 2)' and (set 4 not encrypted) to 'Wonder Boy (set 2 not encrypted)'. Renamed (wboy) to (wboyo), (wboy3) to (wboy), (wboy2) to (wboy3), (wboy4) to (wboy2) and (wboy4u) to (wboy2u).

- 0.37b6: Added proms ($300 - timing? (not used)). Changed Z80 CPU1 clock speed to 3.6MHz and palettesize from 2048 to 1536 colors. Renamed wboy3 to wboy (set 1, new encryption), wboy (set 1) to wboyo (set 1, old encryption), wboy2 to wboy3, wboy4 to wboy2 and wboy4u to wboy2u.

- 0.34b7: Howie Cohen added high score saving to Wonder Boy.

- 0.34b3: Nicola Salmoria added clones Wonder Boy (set 3), (set 4) and (set 4 not encrypted).

- 0.34b2: Nicola Salmoria added Wonder Boy (set 1) and clones (set 2) and (not encrypted).

- 15th August 1998: Dumped Wonder Boy (prototype?).

- 0.33b5: David Calandra mapped the unknown dipswitch in Wonder Boy Deluxe.

- 0.33b4: Nicola Salmoria added accurate colors to Wonder Boy Deluxe.

- 0.33b2: Chris Moore fixed high score saving in Wonder Boy Deluxe.

- 0.31: Jarek Parchanski added 'Wonder Boy Deluxe' (Sega 1986).

- 26th March 1998: Dumped Wonder Boy (set 1, 315-5135).


LEVELS: 32


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History


Arcade Video game published 33 years ago:

Wonder Boy (c) 1986 Sega Enterprises, Limited.

Re-release. For more information about the game itself, please see the original release entry; "Wonder Boy [Model 315-5135]".

- TECHNICAL -

Game ID: 315-5177

Runs on the Sega "System 1" hardware.

- CONTRIBUTE -

Edit this entry: https://www.arcade-history.com/?&page=detail&id=71996&o=2

High scores

MAMESCORE records : 02/04/2017 13:01

mcocoma_______________________596.950
majygool______________________563.610
ezequiel______________________509.010
fred33________________________498.140
jpval_________________________386.670
sawys_________________________373.570
foxmulder_____________________347.770
olivier_______________________301.870
thegamer______________________280.700
didyeah_______________________207.880
vikleroy______________________116.670
muesliman______________________53.620
hulkiii________________________25.980
zarouk_________________________17.410