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Alien Sector

  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 Alien Sector
Name aliensec
Manufacturer Namco
Year 1985
Runnable yes
System arcade /
Number of players 2P alt
Added to MAME .118u5
Romset size 184 KB
Romset file 15 files
Romset zip 76 B
Language English
Evaluation 50 to 60 (Not Good Enough)
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 288 224 60.606061 6144000 384 0 288 264 16 240

Dipswitchs

Roms list

console name bios size crc md5 merge sha1 region offset status optional
arcade bd1-1.1n 2048 0d78ebc6 0a0c1e23eb4d1748c4e6c448284d785286c77911 proms 0 good no
arcade bd1-2.2m 2048 03f7241f 16ae059f084ba0ac4ddaa95dbeed113295f106ea proms 800 good no
arcade bd1_10.8l 16384 72b6d20c e40b48dacefce4fd62ab28d3e6ff3932d4ff005b gfx3 4000 good no
arcade bd1_11.8m 16384 3076af9c 57ce09b298fd0bae94e4d8c817a34ce812c3ddfc gfx3 8000 good no
arcade bd1_12.8n 16384 8b4c09a3 46e0ef39cb313c6780f6137769153dc4a054c77f gfx3 c000 good no
arcade bd1_3.9c 8192 ea2ea790 ab6f523803b2b0ea04b78f2f252de6c2d344a26c maincpu 6000 good no
arcade bd1_4.3b 16384 abda0fe7 f7edcb5f9fa47bb38a8207af5678cf4ccc243547 mcu 8000 good no
arcade bd1_5.3j 8192 706b7fee e5694289bd4346c1a3a004feaa940710cea755c6 gfx1 0 good no
arcade bd1_7.4n 16384 0d7ebec9 6b86b476db61f5760bc8610b51adc1115cfdad96 gfx2 4000 good no
arcade bd1_9.8k 16384 87a29acc 3aa00efc95d1da50f6e4637d101640328287dea1 gfx3 0 good no
arcade bd2_1.9a 16384 9a0a9a87 6d88fb5b443c822ede4884d4452e333834b16aca maincpu 8000 good no
arcade bd2_2.9b 16384 383e5458 091f25e287f0a81649c9a4fa196ebe4112a82295 maincpu c000 good no
arcade bd2_6.4m 16384 f4c1df60 8a3a6682884b227fe4293adb09624a4389ee660d gfx2 8000 good no
arcade bd2_8.4p 16384 432bd7d9 876e071b514864d434ab49002c5432f9c88665c1 gfx2 0 good no
arcade cus60-60a1.mcu 4096 076ea82a 22b5e62e26390d7d5cacc0503c7aa5ed524204df mcu f000 good no

Chips list

name tag type clock
HD63701 mcu cpu 6144000
M6809 maincpu cpu 1536000
Namco CUS30 namco audio 24000
Speaker mono audio

Serie

Serie : Baraduke
  1. Alien Sector (1985)
  2. Baraduke (1985)
  3. Bakutotsu Kijuutei (1988)
  4. Baraduke (1995)

Categories

MAMEinfo

0.36b10 [Manuel Abadia]


NOTE:

- In floor 6 of baraduke, there are gaps in the big boss when the player moves. This is the correct behaviour, verified on the real board.


WIP:

- 0.144u7: Kanikani updated Alien Sector/Baraduke dipswitches.

- 0.143: Wilbert Pol fixed immediate crash while using -DEBUG in Baraduke driver.

- 0.139u1: Atari Ace removed global variables from NAMCO sound core.

- 0.123u5: RansAckeR simplified inputs, improved dipswitches and added DIP locations to Baraduke driver. Changed 'Unknown' dipswitch to 'Unused'.

- 0.122u7: Changed HD63701 CPU2 clock speed to 6144000 Hz.

- 0.118u5: Changed description of 'Baraduke (set 1)' to 'Alien Sector' and clone (set 2) to 'Baraduke'. Added new gfx2 roms ($0, 8000). Fixed rom names. Renamed (baraduke) to (aliensec) and (baraduka) to (baraduke).

- 0.107u3: Properly documented and connected the CUS60 MCU code to Baraduke [Brian Troha].

- 0.104u6: Aaron Giles fixed freezes at boot in Baraduke and Metro-Cross.

- 0.93: Added clock parameter to Namco CUS30 sound (24000 Hz).

- 17th December 2004: Dumping Project - Randy have won on eBay an original Namco 'Alien Sector' (world version of "Baraduke") PCB for redumping.

- 0.80: Nicola Salmoria fixed dipswitches in Baraduke and improved sprites, there are still gaps left but this is correct behaviour verified on the real board.

- 0.61: Added clone Baraduke (set 2). Changed parent description to 'Baraduke (set 1)'.

- 15th May 2002: MASH added a clone ROM to Baraduke.

- 15th March 2003: Gansuke from Team Japump dumped Baraduke (NEW Version).

- 0.37b12: Changed VSync to 60.606060Hz.

- 28th March 2000: Manuel Abadia added cocktail support to Baraduke, Metro-Cross, Gaplus and Pandora's Palace.

- 0.36RC2: Added dipswitches 'Rack test' and 'Allow continue from last level'.

- 15th December 1999: Manuel Abadia fixed the graphics priorities in Baraduke.

- 0.36b11: Changed visible area to 288x224.

- 21st November 1999: Manuel Abadia fixed the resolution in Sky Kid, Dragon Buster, Metro Cross and Baraduke.

- 0.36b10: Manuel Abadia added 'Baraduke' (Namco 1985).

- 17th November 1999: Manuel Abadia sent in drivers for Baraduke and Metro-Cross. Ernesto Corvi fixed sound in all the games using Namco sound system driven by a HD63701 (incl. Baraduke and Metrocross).


LEVELS: 48


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History


Arcade Video game published 34 years ago:

Alien Sector (c) 1985 Namco, Limited.

Export release. Game developed in Japan. See the original Japanese release entry; "BaRaDuKe", for more information about the game itself.

- TRIVIA -

Alien Sector was released in July 1985.

- CONTRIBUTE -

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High scores

MAMESCORE records : 02/04/2017 13:01

majygool_______________________21.490
foxmulder______________________16.450
dark_kariya____________________15.950
fly_saya_______________________15.370
thegamer________________________7.690
vikleroy________________________7.310
welos666________________________5.990
hulkiii_________________________5.660