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Xenon (Arcadia, V 2.3)

  1. Game infos
  2. Sound
  3. Driver
  4. Inputs
  5. Controls
  6. Display
  7. Dipswitchs
  8. Roms list
  9. BIOS set
  10. Chips list
  11. Categories
  12. MAMEinfo
  13. History
  14. High scores
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Game infos

Description Xenon (Arcadia, V 2.3)
Name ar_xeon
Manufacturer Arcadia Systems
Year 1988
Runnable yes
System arcade /
Number of players 2P alt
Added to MAME .089u5
Romset size 512 KB
Romset file 8 files
Romset zip 247 B
Language English
Evaluation 50 to 60 (Not Good Enough)
Genre Shooter

Sound infos

Sound_channels 2

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 724 483 59.940052 28636360 910 186 910 525 42 525

Dipswitchs

Roms list

console name bios size crc md5 merge sha1 region offset status optional
arcade 315093-01.u2 262144 a6ce1636 315093-01.u2 11f9e62cf299f72184835b7b2a70a16333fc0d88 kickstart 0 good no
arcade gcp-1-hi tenp211 65536 67d44523 gcp-1-hi f3e3699132cdf741518accb890c04d17374c4049 user2 0 good no
arcade gcp-1-lo tenp211 65536 65d9b9cf gcp-1-lo 5c60a0dd4a0a7d9b938ce6b0446a6ad2ecaf07ec user2 1 good no
arcade gcp-2-hi tenp211 65536 1d7594ae gcp-2-hi 6173bbfecf18d7d9ee6bc2b6753ca9d42fabd781 user2 20000 good no
arcade gcp-2-lo tenp211 65536 e776198d gcp-2-lo 694ca4cc99ed84a95d18201c94a3332f8599654f user2 20001 good no
arcade gcp-3-hi tenp211 65536 3e7364be gcp-3-hi 26e10d0ddc031a891138db36ce4f1732722e6847 user2 40000 good no
arcade gcp-3-lo tenp211 65536 87229e0d gcp-3-lo 0b18544801e529f954b9e03226bd2e5475f36351 user2 40001 good no
arcade gcp_v311_1-hi.u16 tenp311 65536 0b486a85 gcp_v311_1-hi.u16 b406f1db5abf28d9072b7940989ffd176aeee5cb user2 0 good no
arcade gcp_v311_1-lo.u11 tenp311 65536 80e8e863 gcp_v311_1-lo.u11 ab04dfcda7544f4ed9b67771cd8aefe0300c6d4b user2 1 good no
arcade gcp_v311_2-hi.u17 tenp311 65536 d20a4d7f gcp_v311_2-hi.u17 1dc0a79efa946333149f68ddac046fd44b5f2abe user2 20000 good no
arcade gcp_v311_2-lo.u12 tenp311 65536 5bf4c74c gcp_v311_2-lo.u12 1f7b17170accdf9e448c1a5d8bc430aa2d1d931b user2 20001 good no
arcade gcp_v400_1-hi.u16 tenp400 65536 69295167 gcp_v400_1-hi.u16 855f53abbb9dc15e5518e16c5c2dfe4134d07306 user2 0 good no
arcade gcp_v400_1-lo.u11 tenp400 65536 504c2171 gcp_v400_1-lo.u11 a93367f520afb86c97c0a191714b72823c95cdd2 user2 1 good no
arcade gcp_v400_2-hi.u17 tenp400 65536 13fb4e2d gcp_v400_2-hi.u17 3eef07aecc3a201ae0b20634c7fd0c87c89fd7f1 user2 20000 good no
arcade gcp_v400_2-lo.u12 tenp400 65536 a5cc4515 gcp_v400_2-lo.u12 80070521476e92323a6baa6e55928ca5b751a332 user2 20001 good no
arcade scpa_01-hi_v2.11.u12 onep211 65536 be9dbdc5 scpa_01-hi_v2.11.u12 1554da09f051ec53937d65d4e451de51bc0c69e5 user2 0 good no
arcade scpa_01-hi_v2.20.u12 onep220 65536 79450b4b scpa_01-hi_v2.20.u12 a1e508a89fc62e1c4994064f2786f491b1dc8bc6 user2 0 good no
arcade scpa_01-hi_v3.0.u12 onep300 65536 2d8e1a06 scpa_01-hi_v3.0.u12 be187f34624aeda110017c4a09242f7c00ef56a4 user2 0 good no
arcade scpa_01-lo_v2.11.u16 onep211 65536 95b84504 scpa_01-lo_v2.11.u16 99999fc40909001b37aa1b543918118becc81800 user2 1 good no
arcade scpa_01-lo_v2.20.u16 onep220 65536 d2825511 scpa_01-lo_v2.20.u16 747a37c6073224472bf261ae376ac9abfbe07554 user2 1 good no
arcade scpa_01-lo_v3.0.u16 onep300 65536 e4f38fab scpa_01-lo_v3.0.u16 01c2eb5965070893be6734eb1372576727716476 user2 1 good no
arcade xeon_1h.bin 65536 ca422811 fa6f82e1d91b48d58b61f916d5b04dc1a13774fb user3 0 good no
arcade xeon_1l.bin 65536 97edf967 57fca524e01ba21f7420472f14aaf3fa63a326fa user3 1 good no
arcade xeon_2h.bin 65536 8078c10e 599995374b23da7187556e2f4f285b60d818f885 user3 20000 good no
arcade xeon_2l.bin 65536 a8845d8f 2d54dc25af68c46bbbdf8f9ed8014ae7d8564e09 user3 20001 good no
arcade xeon_3h.bin 65536 9d013152 7a3bec56d564efbca9721d308b3eddc76763ec41 user3 40000 good no
arcade xeon_3l.bin 65536 331b1449 0e282d04b2c7e68051e5ea1671737b11dfb71521 user3 40001 good no
arcade xeon_4h.bin 65536 fbf43d5c 6d335b7b1d3b75887526cb8ea3518661b5554774 user3 60000 good no
arcade xeon_4l.bin 65536 47b60bf5 10d8addc090ad3fa2663c40e22f736ac3522b177 user3 60001 good no

BIOS set

name description default
onep211 OnePlay 2.11 yes
onep220 OnePlay 2.20 yes
onep300 OnePlay 3.00 yes
tenp211 TenPlay 2.11 yes
tenp311 TenPlay 3.11 yes
tenp400 TenPlay 4.00 yes

Chips list

name tag type clock
8364 Paula amiga audio 3579545
M68000 maincpu cpu 7159090
MOS8520 cia_1 cpu 715909
Speaker rspeaker audio

Categories

MAMEinfo

0.89u5 [Mariusz Wojcieszek, Ernesto Corvi]


WIP:

- 0.112u2: Ernesto Corvi fixed regression in Xenon sprites.

- 6th January 2005: Mariusz Wojcieszek - Updated the Arcadia driver and Xenon is now playable.

- 0.89u5: Mariusz Wojcieszek and Ernesto Corvi added 'Xenon (Arcadia, V 2.3)' (Arcadia Systems 1988).

- 18th July 1999: Mike Coates dumped Xenon (Arcadia, V 2.3).


LEVELS: 4


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History


Arcadia Super Select board published 31 years ago:

Xenon (c) 1988 Arcadia Systems.

A vertically scrolling shoot-em-up from well-known Commodore Amiga coders, the 'Bitmap Brothers'. Xenon's distinguishing gameplay feature is that the player's craft could be switched between being a land-based tank and an airborne spaceship at the touch of a button.

- TECHNICAL -

Arcadia System hardware

Main CPU : Motorola 68000 (@ 7.15909 Mhz)
Sound Chips : Custom (@ 3.579545 Mhz)

Screen orientation : Horizontal
Video resolution : 671 x 216 pixels
Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz
Palette colors : 4096

Players : 2
Control : 8-way Joystick
Buttons : 2

- TRIVIA -

Xenon was originally called "KellyX" during the development.

This is the first Bitmap Brothers game, a team of programmers which made some of the greatest amiga titles ever.

- SERIES -

1. Xenon (1988)
2. Xenon II (1989, Commodore Amiga)
3. Xenon 2000 - Project PCF (2002, PC [MS Windows])

- PORTS -

* COMPUTERS:
Amstrad CPC (1988)
Atari ST (1988)
Commodore Amiga (1988)
PC (1988)
Sinclair ZX Spectrum (1989)
Commodore 64 (1989)
MSX (1989)

- CONTRIBUTE -

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High scores

MAMESCORE records : 02/04/2017 13:01

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