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Air Combat (US)

  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
Download aircomb.zip (10.94 MB)
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Game infos

Description Air Combat (US)
Name aircomb
Manufacturer Namco
Year 1992
Runnable yes
System arcade /
Number of players 1P
Added to MAME .074u2
Romset size 10.94 MB
Romset file 32 files
Romset zip 2 B
Language English
Genre Shooter

Parent and clones

Parent This game is the parent

Sound infos

Sound_channels 2

Driver infos

Driver status preliminary
Driver emulation preliminary
Driver color good
Driver sound good
Driver graphic imperfect
Driver cocktail
Driver protection
Driver savestate yes

Inputs infos

Input service yes
Input tilt no
Input players 1
Input buttons
Input coins 2

Controls infos

type ways minimum maximum sensitivity keydelta reverse
stick 0 255 100 4 yes

Display infos

type rotate flipx width height refresh pixclock htotal hbend hbstart vtotal vbend vbstart
raster 0 no 496 480 60.606061 24576000 768 0 496 528 0 480

Dipswitchs

Roms list

console name bios size crc md5 merge sha1 region offset status optional
arcade ac1-data-l.1a 524288 fd7947d3 2696eeae37de6d256e626cc3f3cea7b0f6eff60e data 1 good no
arcade ac1-data-u.3a 524288 82320c71 2be98d46853febb46e1cc728af2735c0e00ce303 data 0 good no
arcade ac1-edata1-l.1c 524288 a87087dd cd9b83a8f07886ab44e4ded68002b44338777e8c edata 1 good no
arcade ac1-edata1-u.3c 524288 a9547509 1bc663cec03b60ad968896bbc2546f02efda135e edata 0 good no
arcade ac1-poi-h.2f 524288 573bbc3b 371be12b915db6872049f18980c1b55544cfc445 point24 1 good no
arcade ac1-poi-ll.2n 524288 abb32307 8e936ba99479215dd33a951d81ec2b04020dfd62 point24 3 good no
arcade ac1-poi-lu.2k 524288 d99084b9 c604d60a2162af7610e5ff7c1aa4195f7df82efe point24 2 good no
arcade ac1-snd0.8j 131072 5c1fb84b 20e4d81289dbe58ffcfc947251a6ff1cc1e36436 audiocpu c000 good no
arcade ac1-voi0.12b 524288 f427b119 bd45bbe41c8be26d6c997fcdc226d080b416a2cf c140 0 good no
arcade ac1-voi1.12c 524288 c9490667 4b6fbe635c32469870a8e6f82742be6a9d4918c9 c140 80000 good no
arcade ac1-voi2.12d 524288 1fcb51ba 80fc815e5fad76d20c3795ab1d89b57d9abc3efd c140 100000 good no
arcade ac1-voi3.12e 524288 cd202e06 72a18f5ba402caefef14b8d1304f337eaaa3eb1d c140 180000 good no
arcade ac2-mpr-l.1j 524288 520a52e6 74306e02abfe08aa1afbf325b74dbc0840c3ad3a maincpu 1 good no
arcade ac2-mpr-u.3j 524288 a7133f85 9f1c99dd503f1fc81096170fd272e33ae8a7de2f maincpu 0 good no
arcade ac2-obj0.5s 524288 8327ff22 16f6022dedb7a74590898bc8ed3e8a97993c4635 gfx1 0 good no
arcade ac2-obj1.5x 524288 43af566d 99f0d9f005e28040f5cc10de2198893946a31d09 gfx1 100000 good no
arcade ac2-obj2.3s 524288 dafbf489 c53ccb3e1b4a6a660bd28c8abe52ccc3f85d111f gfx1 200000 good no
arcade ac2-obj3.3x 524288 bd555a1d 96e432b30da6f5f7ccb768c516b1f7186bc0d4c9 gfx1 300000 good no
arcade ac2-obj4.4s 524288 e433e344 98ade550cf066fcb5c09fa905f441a1464d4d625 gfx1 80000 good no
arcade ac2-obj5.4x 524288 ecb19199 8e0aa1bc1141c4b09576ab08970d0c7629560643 gfx1 180000 good no
arcade ac2-obj6.2s 524288 24cc3f36 e50af176eb3034c9cab7613ca614f5cc2c62f95e gfx1 280000 good no
arcade ac2-obj7.2x 524288 d561fbe3 a23976e10bddf74d4a6b292f044dfd0affbab101 gfx1 380000 good no
arcade ac2-spr-l.4c 131072 3e15fa19 65dbb33ab6b3c06c793613348ebb7b110b8bba0d slave 1 good no
arcade ac2-spr-u.6c 131072 42aca956 10ea2400bb4d5b2d805e2de43ca0e0f54597f660 slave 0 good no
arcade aircomb.nv 8192 a97ea3e0 95684bb7369c1cb1e2fa53c743d4f94b0080c6f5 nvram 0 good no
arcade c67.bin 8192 6bd8988e c9ec18d5f88d53976b94444eedc64d5568155958 dspslave 0 good no
arcade gal16v8a-3pdsp5.17d 279 799c1f26 d28ed1b9fa78180c5a0b01a7198a2870137c7349 plds 0 good no
arcade plhs18p8-3pobj3.17n 329 9625f469 29158a3d37485fb0714d0a60bcd07abd26a3f56e plds 200 good no
arcade plhs18p8-3pobj4.17n 329 1b7c90c1 ae65aab7a191cdf1af488e144af22b9d8669c903 plds 400 good no
arcade sys2c65c.bin 32768 a5b2a4ff 068bdfcc71a5e83706e8b23330691973c1c214dc mcu 8000 good no
arcade sys2mcpu.bin 8192 a342a97e 2c420d34dba21e409bf78ddca710fc7de65a6642 mcu 0 good no

Chips list

name tag type clock
C140 c140 audio 21390
HD63705 mcu cpu 2048000
M68000 slave cpu 12288000
M6809 audiocpu cpu 3072000
Speaker rspeaker audio
TMS32025 dspslave cpu 96000000
YM2151 ymsnd audio 3579580

Serie

Serie : Air Combat
  1. Air Combat - Yuugeki Ou II (1989)
  2. Air Combat (US) (1992)
  3. Air Combat (Japan) (1992)
  4. Air Combat 22 (Rev. ACS1 Ver.B, Japan) (1995)

Categories

MAMEinfo

0.137u1 [?]

0.74u2 [?]

0.55 [Testdriver]


WIP:

- 0.176: Air Combat definitely wants PORT_REVERSE for the pedal [Angelo Salese].

- 0.146u4: hap added default NVRAM for Air Combat. Corrected C140 interface for Air Combat (US) and (Japan). Removed 2nd Player.

- 0.145u6: Brian Troha replaced the ac2-edata1-u.3c rom with ac1-edata1-u.3c from clone (Japan) in Air Combat as it's an interleaved rom with ac1-edata1-l.1c for both sets. Comparing the roms showed the AC2 version had 0xA0 in fields of 0x80 randomly where the AC1 rom had the correct 0x80.

- 0.142u1: Added missing plds ($0, 200, 400 - gal16v8a-3pdsp5.17d, plhs18p8-3pobj3.17n, plhs18p8-3pobj4.17n) to parent.

- 0.137u1: David Haywood changed 'Air Combat (US)' to parent. Renamed (aircombu) to (aircomb).

- 0.120u1: Phil Stroffolino fixed lockups in Air Combat.

- 0.119u1: Changed TMS32025 CPU5 clock speed to 96MHz. Added 2x c67.rom's for cpu5 and 6. Fixed rom names.

- 5th September 2007: Phil Stroffolino - I'm wrapping up what should be the last few bits of DSP Integration. A few open issues remain, but the final driver should be ready to publish by this weekend. Air Combat is pretty.

- 0.106u12: MASH added plds ($0, 200, 400 - gal16v8a-3pdsp5.17d, plhs18p8-3pobj3.17n and plhs18p8-3pobj4.17n) to Air Combat and clone (US).

- 0.103u3: Fixed rom names.

- 12th October 2003: R. Belmont fixed the sample banking in Air Combat.

- 0.74u2: Added 'Air Combat (Japan)' (Namco 1992) and clone (US).

- 23rd August 2002: Phil Stroffolino reported some progress with the Namco System 21 driver, which supports Starblade, Air Combat, Cyber Sled and Solvalou. All games have full sound support thanks to R. Belmont. Starblade is fully playable, but the other games are preliminary and suffer from various graphics glitches and lack of input ports.

- 0.55: Added (Testdrivers) Air Combat (JP) and clone (US).


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History


Arcade Video game published 27 years ago:

Air Combat (c) 1992 Namco.

A cockpit flying game from Namco that tries to simulate an F-16 like aircraft. The game mainly involves dog fighting and has three levels of play; Cadet, Captain and Ace.

- TECHNICAL -

Dimensions :
77,12in. (195,5cm) High
110,62in. (279,4cm) Deep
42,81in. (106,6cm) Wide

Weight : 1041 lbs (471.5 kg)

Namco System 21 hardware
Game ID : AC

Main CPU : (2x) Motorola 68000 (@ 12.288 Mhz), M6809 (@ 3.072 Mhz), HD63705 (@ 2.048 Mhz), (2x) TMS32025 (@ 24 Mhz)
Sound Chips : C140 (@ 32 Khz), YM2151 (@ 3.57958 Mhz)

Screen orientation : Horizontal
Video resolution : 496 x 480 pixels
Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz
Palette colors : 32768

Players : 2
Control : Throttle lever, 8-way joystick
Buttons : 2

- TRIVIA -

Even if titlescreen says 1992, Air Combat was released in June 1993 in Japan.

Note : You never die in this game! Instead you eject from the aircraft giving you a non-violent ending.

Victor Entertainment released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Namco Video Game Graffiti Vol.10 - VICL-40097, 40098) on 16/12/1993.

- SERIES -

1. Air Combat (1992, Arcade)
2. Air Combat 22 (1995, Arcade)
3. Ace Combat (1996, PlayStation)
4. Ace Combat 2 (1997, PlayStation)
5. Ace Combat 3 - Electrosphere (2000, PlayStation)
6. Ace Combat 04 - Shattered Skies (2001, PS2)
7. Ace Combat 5 - The Unsung War (2004, PS2)
8. Ace Combat Advance (2005, GBA)
9. Ace Combat Zero - The Belkan War (2006, PS2)
10. Ace Combat X - Skies of Deception (2006, PSP)
11. Ace Combat 6 - Fires of Liberation (2007, XBOX 360)
12. Ace Combat XI - Skies of Incursion (2009, Apple Store)
13. Ace Combat 7 - Skies Unknown (2019, Multiplatform)

- STAFF -

Music composition by : Hiroyuki Kawada

- PORTS -

* CONSOLES:
Sony PlayStation (1995)

- CONTRIBUTE -

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