Mame game : aquajack : Aqua Jack (World)

Game infos

Description Aqua Jack (World)

Name aquajack

Manufacturer Taito Corporation Japan

Year 1990

Runnable yes

System arcade /

Number of players 1P

Added to MAME .053

Romset size 5.06 MB

Romset file 16 files

Romset zip 2 B

Language English

Evaluation 70 to 80 (Good)

Genre Shooter

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 yes

Input players 1

Input buttons

Input coins 2

Controls infos

type	ways	minimum	maximum	sensitivity	keydelta	reverse
dial		0	255	50	10	no
joy	8					no

Display infos

type	rotate	flipx	width	height	refresh	pixclock	htotal	hbend	hbstart	vtotal	vbend	vbstart
raster	0	no	320	240	60

Dipswitchs

Bonus Life
- 100k
- 30k
- 50k
- 80k
Cabinet
- Cockpit
- Upright
Coin A
- 1 Coin/1 Credit
- 2 Coins/1 Credit
- 3 Coins/1 Credit
- 4 Coins/1 Credit
Coin B
- 1 Coin/2 Credits
- 1 Coin/3 Credits
- 1 Coin/4 Credits
- 1 Coin/6 Credits
Demo Sounds
- Off
- On
Difficulty
- Easy
- Hard
- Hardest
- Normal
Lives
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 5
Service Mode
- Off
- On
Unused
- Off
- On

Roms list

console	name	size	crc	sha1	region	offset	status	optional
arcade	b77-01.ic13	524288	cdab000d	d83ee7f1dc17ab113bac38d0d062bb1519ff69f7	gfx2	3	good	no
arcade	b77-02.ic14	524288	daea0d2e	10640651824234a589838e8f017964b79de79cb4	gfx2	2	good	no
arcade	b77-03.ic15	524288	9a3030a7	7b60fd066eccd04d9fcc131d9d06f151334ccab2	gfx2	1	good	no
arcade	b77-04.ic16	524288	bed0be6c	2b11824f741b7f6755bd78f594af19b63a29092f	gfx2	0	good	no
arcade	b77-05.ic105	524288	7238f0ff	95e2d6815e99392358bbeabf1afbf237673f2e24	gfx1	0	good	no
arcade	b77-06.ic39	524288	ce2aed00	9c992717914b13eb271122ecf7cca3634b013e56	user1	0	good	no
arcade	b77-07.ic33	524288	7db1fc5e	fbc88c2179b881d34d3a33d0a901d8da3445f9a8	tc0150rod	0	good	no
arcade	b77-08.ic57	524288	119b9485	2c9cd90be20df769e09016abccf59c8f119da286	ymsnd.deltat	0	good	no
arcade	b77-09.ic58	524288	948e5ad9	35cd6706470f01b5a244817d10fc65c075ff29b1	ymsnd	0	good	no
arcade	b77-17.ic1	256	fbf81f30	c868452c334792345dcced075f6df69cff9e31ca	user2	0	good	no
arcade	b77-18.ic37	256	7b7d8ff4	18842ed8160739cd2e2ccc2db605153dbed6cc0a	user2	100	good	no
arcade	b77-20.ic54	65536	84ba54b7	84e51c1a6a5b4eb2a65f4a6d9d54037323348f50	audiocpu	0	good	no
arcade	b77-22.ic31	131072	67400dde	1e47c4fbd4449f2d973ac962ad58f22502d59198	maincpu	0	good	no
arcade	b77-23.ic67	131072	395a7d1c	22cbbabb07f43e72a6139b6b9d68d6c1146d727f	sub	1	good	no
arcade	b77-24.ic69	131072	95e643ed	d47ddd50c744f33b3cbd5ef90880ca577977f5ca	sub	0	good	no
arcade	b77-26.ic17	131072	cd4d0969	d610e7847a09f1ca892007440fa1b431bb0c41d2	maincpu	1	good	no

Chips list

name	tag	type	clock
M68000	sub	cpu	12000000
Speaker	rspeaker	audio
Volume Filter	2610.2.l	audio
YM2610	ymsnd	audio	8000000
Z80	audiocpu	cpu	4000000

0.53 [David Graves]

0.37b11 [Testdriver]

WIP:

- 0.143u8: ShouTime added PCB locations to the Aqua Jack sets.

- 0.143u7: ShouTime added clone Aqua Jack (US).

- 0.133u1: Renamed (aquajckj) to (aquajackj).

- 0.126u4: Guru added README for Aqua Jack.

- 0.124u2: Added 4x Volume Filters.

- 0.109u4: Added proms ($0, 100 - Road A/B internal priority and road/sprite priority + palette select).

- 0.107u3: Changed 'Unknown' dipswitch to 'Unused'.

- 29th October 2004: Guru - Aqua Jack (for a redump) arrived as a eBay purchases.

- 0.53: David Graves added 'Aqua Jack (World)' (Taito 1990) and clone (Japan).

- 0.37b11: David Graves added (Testdrivers) Aqua Jack (World) and clone (Japan). Known issues: No road. Not sure of visible screen size (your boat seems slightly cut off at bottom, but that was needed so the grey garage as you start game stretches properly to bottom of screen). Hangs briefly fairly often without massive cpu interleaving (500). Even now I don't think the keys are very responsive in test mode. The problem code is this: CPUA: $1fe02 hangs waiting for ($6002,A5) in shared ram to be zero. CPUB: $1056 calls $11ea routine which starts by setting ($6002,A5) non-zero. At end (after $1218 waiting for a bit from sound comm port) it alters ($6002,A5) to zero (but this value lasts briefly!). Unless context rapidly switches back to cpua this change is missed because $11ea gets called again *very* rapidly at times when sounds are being written that's when the problem manifested. $108a-c2 reads 0x20 bytes from unmapped area, not sure what it's doing. Perhaps this machine had some optional exotic input device...

LEVELS: 8

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History

Arcade Video game published 29 years ago:

Aqua Jack (c) 1990 Taito.

A chase-view shoot'em up were you pilot a hovercraft over water and land while dodging bullets and avoiding objects by either going around them or jumping over them.

- TECHNICAL -

Taito Z System hardware
Prom Sticker : B77

Main CPU : (2x) Motorola 68000 (@ 12 Mhz)
Sound CPU : Zilog Z80 (@ 4 Mhz)
Sound Chips : Yamaha YM2610 (@ 8 Mhz)

Players : 1
Control : dial
Buttons : 4

- TRIVIA -

Aqua Jack was released in August 1990.

Banglar, the Yoda lookalike villain from "The Ninja Warriors" makes an appearance in this game.

- SERIES -

1. Seafly (1984)
2. Aqua Jack (1990)

- STAFF -

Directer : Yoshinori Kobayasi
Orginal planner : Toshio Kohno
Game designers : Toshio Kohno, Masami Kikuchi
Game programmers : Yoshinori Kobayasi, Youichi Oki, Yasutaka Minami, Horihan Tak Bar
Character designers : Masami Kikuchi, Taira Sanuki, Yukiwo Ishikawa, Kohzoh Igarashi, Seiji Kawakami, Hisakazu Katou, Santa Claus Co., Visual Arts Production
Mechanical engineers : Tomio Suzuki, Hisayuki Yamaguchi, Masaharu Hori, Takaaki Deguchi
Hardware designers : Masahiro Yaaguchi, Tsukasa Nakamura, Satoru Shimomura, Yuuichi Yamato, Kauaki Sasaki
Cabinet and art designer : Atsushi Iwaoka
Sound composer : Shizuo Aizawa (Splatter A)

- CONTRIBUTE -

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High scores

MAMESCORE records : 02/04/2017 13:01

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Aqua Jack (World)