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Alpine Racer (Rev. AR2 Ver.D)

  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
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Game infos

Description Alpine Racer (Rev. AR2 Ver.D)
Name alpinerd
Manufacturer Namco
Year 1994
Runnable yes
System arcade /
Number of players 1P
Added to MAME .074u2
Romset size 35.02 MB
Romset file 33 files
Romset zip 11 B
Language English
Evaluation 70 to 80 (Good)
Genre Sports

Parent and clones

Parent This game is the parent

Sound infos

Sound_channels 2

Driver infos

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

Inputs infos

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

Controls infos

type ways minimum maximum sensitivity keydelta reverse
joy 2 no
stick 0 255 100 4 no

Display infos

type rotate flipx width height refresh pixclock htotal hbend hbstart vtotal vbend vbstart
raster 0 no 640 480 60 24576000 800 0 640 512 0 480

Dipswitchs

Roms list

console name bios size crc md5 merge sha1 region offset status optional
arcade alpiner_defaults.nv 8192 efbef3d8 459035600655cd83780db6c59aba044981cdcdc4 eeprom 0 good no
arcade ar1ccrh.1d 524288 ee7a4803 8383c9a8ef5ed94df13446ca5cefa5f9e518f175 textilemap 200000 good no
arcade ar1ccrl.3d 2097152 17387b2c dfd7cadaf97917347c0fa98f395364a543e49612 textilemap 0 good no
arcade ar1cg0.12b 2097152 93f3a9d9 7e94c81ad5ace98a2f0d00d101d464883d38c197 textile 0 good no
arcade ar1cg1.10d 2097152 39828c8b 424aa67eb0b898c9cab8a4749893a9c5696ac430 textile 200000 good no
arcade ar1cg2.12d 2097152 f7b058d1 fffd0f01724a26dd47b1ecceecf4a139d5746f81 textile 400000 good no
arcade ar1cg3.13d 2097152 c28a3d2a cdc44fdbc99274e860c834e42b4cfafb478d4d26 textile 600000 good no
arcade ar1cg4.14d 2097152 abdb161f 260bff9b0e94c1b2ea4b9d7fa170fbca212e85ee textile 800000 good no
arcade ar1cg5.16d 2097152 2381cfea 1de4c8b94df233fd74771fa47843290a3d8df0c8 textile a00000 good no
arcade ar1cg6.18a 2097152 ca0b6d23 df969e0eeec557a95584b06995b0d55f2c6ec70a textile c00000 good no
arcade ar1cg7.15a 2097152 ffb9f9f9 2b8c75b580f77e887df7d50909a3a95cda570e20 textile e00000 good no
arcade ar1datab.8k 524288 c26306f8 6d8d993c076d5ced523143a86bd0938b3794478d mcu 0 good no
arcade ar1ptrl0.18k 524288 82405108 0a40882a9bc8621c620bede404c78f6b1333f223 pointrom 0 good no
arcade ar1ptrl1.16k 524288 8739b09c cd603c4dc2f9ffc4185f891eb83e4c383c564294 pointrom 80000 good no
arcade ar1ptrl2.15k 524288 bda693a9 fe71dd3c63198737aa2d39527f0004e977e3be20 pointrom 100000 good no
arcade ar1ptrl3.14k 524288 82797405 2f205fee2d33e183c80a906fb38900167c011240 pointrom 180000 good no
arcade ar1ptrm0.18j 524288 64bd6620 2e33ff22208805ece304128be8887646fc890f6d pointrom 200000 good no
arcade ar1ptrm1.16j 524288 2232f0a5 3fccf6d4a0c4100cc85e3051024d659c4a1c769e pointrom 280000 good no
arcade ar1ptrm2.15j 524288 8ee14e6f f6f1cbb748b109b365255378c18e710ba6270c1c pointrom 300000 good no
arcade ar1ptrm3.14j 524288 1094a970 d41b10f48e1ef312bcaf09f27fabc7252c30e648 pointrom 380000 good no
arcade ar1ptru0.18f 524288 26d88467 d528f989fab4dd5ac1aec9b596a05fbadcc0587a pointrom 400000 good no
arcade ar1ptru1.16f 524288 c5e2c208 152fde0b95a5df8c781e4a83577cfbbc7672ae0d pointrom 480000 good no
arcade ar1ptru2.15f 524288 1321ec59 dbd3687a4c6b1aa0b18e336f99dabb9010d36639 pointrom 500000 good no
arcade ar1ptru3.14f 524288 139d7dc1 6d25e6ad552a91a0c5fc03db7e1a801ccf9c9556 pointrom 580000 good no
arcade ar1scg0.12f 2097152 e7be830a 60e2162eecd7401a0c26c525de2715cbfb10c1c5 sprite 0 good no
arcade ar1scg1.10f 2097152 8f15a686 bce2d4380c6c39aa402566ddb0f62bbe6d7bfa1d sprite 200000 good no
arcade ar1wavea.2l 2097152 dbf64562 454fd7d5b860f0e5557d8900393be95d6c992ad1 c352 0 good no
arcade ar2ver-d.1 1048576 fa3380b9 2a46988745bd2672f8082399a68ae0d0ab3d28f2 maincpu 3 good no
arcade ar2ver-d.2 1048576 76141352 0f7230dd9cd6f1b83d499034affc7bc2c4385ab5 maincpu 2 good no
arcade ar2ver-d.3 1048576 9beffe6a d8efd1e3829d32bb06537d7cecb59f8df9b6d663 maincpu 1 good no
arcade ar2ver-d.4 1048576 1f3f1134 0afa78444d1463d214f1afd7ec500af76d567489 maincpu 0 good no
arcade c71.bin 8192 47c623ab e363ac50f5556f83308d4cc191b455e9b62bcfc8 slave 0 good no

Chips list

name tag type clock
C352 c352 audio 24576000
M37710S4 mcu cpu 16384000
M68EC020 maincpu cpu 24576000
Speaker rspeaker audio
TMS32025 slave cpu 49152000

Serie

Serie : Alpine Racer
  1. Alpine Racer (Rev. AR2 Ver.C) (1994)
  2. Alpine Racer (Rev. AR2 Ver.D) (1994)
  3. Alpine Racer 2 (Rev. ARS2 Ver.A) (1996)
  4. Alpine Racer 2 (Rev. ARS2 Ver.B) (1996)

Categories

MAMEinfo

0.74u2 [Guru, Pelle]

0.62 [Testdriver]


WIP:

- 0.150: Added 8k alpiner_defaults.nv NVRAM.

- 0.143u7: Added 2-way Joystick.

- 0.143u6: hap properly emulated step lock motor status for the skiing games. Added default NVRAM rom.

- 0.102u5: Added new cpu1 rom ($0) to clone (Rev. AR2 Ver.C).

- 0.99u1: Added 'DIP5-1->8' dipswitches.

- 24th February 2005: Guru - Alpine Racer (downgrade kit with extra program PCB) arrived, purchased by Randy on eBay. Thanks to all that chipped-in for donations.

- 0.85u2: Added M37710 (16Mhz) CPU4 and C352 stereo sound. Changed region cpu4 to user4 and user2 to sound1.

- 0.81u8: Added 2x TMS32025 (48MHz) CPUs, added new gfx4 rom ($200000) and changed region cpu2 to cpu4.

- 0.77: Added clone Alpine Racer (Rev. AR2 Ver.C).

- 0.74u2: Added 'Alpine Racer (Rev. AR2 Ver.D)' (Namco 1995).

- 0.62: Added (Testdriver) Alpine Racer Ver. D.

- 15th May 2002: Guru - Fully dumped the Namco Super System 22 PCB that Pelle donated a while ago called Alpine Racer (containing a mega-pile of surface mounted ROMs and the first SS22 dump AFAIK), which has been confirmed a good dump and uses some hardware that is similar to Namco System 21.

- 4th January 2002: Guru - Received Alpine Racer (Namco 1995). Thanks to Pelle for the board.


Other Emulators:

* Mjolnir


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Poly-Play (ZRE-PP) (Abfahrtslauf)

Vs. Slalom

Alpine Racer

Alpine Racer 2

Alpine Surfer

Extreme Downhill

Sega Ski Super G

Snow Board Championship

Surf Planet

Winter Heat

Cool Boarders Arcade Jam

Ski Champ

Steep Slope Sliders

Arctic Thunder

Ultimate Arctic Thunder

History


Arcade Video game published 25 years ago:

Alpine Racer (c) 1994 Namco.

Ski racing game (downhill and gate) with 3 courses and 2 play modes : Race and Time Attack. The player stands on a sophisticated set of ski-like foot stands while holding onto 2 bars for stability to play.

- TECHNICAL -

Cabinet dimensions : 230 cm High x 126 cm Wide x 300 cm Deep.
Cabinet weight : 792 lbs (360 kg).

Namco Super System 22 hardware
Game ID : AR

Main CPU : Motorola 68EC020 (@ 24.576 Mhz), (2x) TMS32025 (@ 49.152 Mhz), M37710 (@ 16.384 Mhz)
Sound Chips : C352 (@ 16.384 Mhz)

Players : 1
Control : stick
Buttons : 3

- TRIVIA -

Even if titlescreen says 1994, Alpine Racer was released in June 1995 in Japan.

Victor Entertainment released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Namco Video Game Graffiti Vol.25 - VICL-15049) on 22/11/1995.

- TIPS AND TRICKS -

* Secret Character : When the 'press any button' screen comes up, hold down the 2 outside buttons and press the middle button repeatedly. You will hear a sound if done correctly and unlock the secret character 'Penguin'.

- SERIES -

1. Alpine Racer (1994)
2. Alpine Racer 2 (1996)
3. Alpine Racer 3 (2002)

- STAFF -

Music & Sound composer : Takayuki Ishikawa

- CONTRIBUTE -

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