Mame game : arbalest : Arbalester

Game infos

Description Arbalester

Name arbalest

Manufacturer Seta

Year 1989

Runnable yes

System arcade /

Number of players 2P sim

Added to MAME .037b01

Romset size 4.52 MB

Romset file 13 files

Romset zip 1 B

Language English

Evaluation 30 to 40 (Amendable)

Genre Shooter

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 no

Input tilt yes

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	270	no	384	224	60

Dipswitchs

Bonus Life
- 300k & 600k
- 300k Only
- 600k Only
- Never
Coin A
- 1 Coin/1 Credit
- 1 Coin/2 Credits
- 2 Coins/1 Credit
- 2 Coins/3 Credits
- 3 Coins/1 Credit
- 4 Coins/1 Credit
Coin B
- 1 Coin/1 Credit
- 1 Coin/2 Credits
- 1 Coin/3 Credits
- 1 Coin/4 Credits
- 1 Coin/6 Credits
- 2 Coins/1 Credit
- 2 Coins/3 Credits
Coinage Type
- Coin Mode 1
- Coin Mode 2
Demo Sounds
- Off
- On
Difficulty
- Easy
- Hard
- Harder
- Hardest
Flip Screen
- Off
- On
Licensed To
- Jordan
- Romstar
- Taito
Licensor Option
- Option 1
- Option 2
Lives
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 5
Service Mode
- Off
- On

Roms list

console	name	size	crc	sha1	region	offset	status	optional
arcade	uk-001-003	262144	ee878a2c	f7d5817015382ce6af317c02746b473ec798bb4f	maincpu	0	good	no
arcade	uk-001-004	262144	902bb4e3	e37a361a7c03aee2d6ac8c96c2dd6c1e411b46fb	maincpu	1	good	no
arcade	uk-001-010-t26	524288	c1e2f823	892473351e7b590c59c578047a67fc235bd31e02	gfx2	0	good	no
arcade	uk-001-011-t27	524288	09dfe56a	077627627d3cb8f79ffdd83e46157bd3c473c4a1	gfx2	80000	good	no
arcade	uk-001-012-t28	524288	818a4085	fd8b5658fc7f5fa6d3daebb4be17aeabd60c9028	gfx2	100000	good	no
arcade	uk-001-013-t29	524288	771fa164	a91214318808f991846a828f0e309c0ff430245e	gfx2	180000	good	no
arcade	uk-001-014-t30	524288	016b844a	1fe091233746ced358292014393896af730f5940	x1snd	80000	good	no
arcade	uk-001-015-t31	524288	ce9df5dd	91d879b774b5b367adb5bd511fda827bc0bae0a9	x1snd	0	good	no
arcade	uk001.06	262144	11c75746	7faf9a26534397d21211d5ef25ca53c4eb286474	gfx1	0	good	no
arcade	uk001.07	262144	01b166c7	d1b5b73a55025a264a22dd950ea79ba8172c4bed	gfx1	1	good	no
arcade	uk001.08	262144	78d60ba3	c4fa546e4ca637d67ecc1b085b91c753606ccdb3	gfx1	80000	good	no
arcade	uk001.09	262144	b4748ae0	a71e671754ed5bba737f0b5f7be510a23d5e925c	gfx1	80001	good	no
arcade	uk6005	16384	48c73a4a	1284ae7236a82a5898a57ec0451b7dcc4d409099	sub	6000	good	no

Chips list

name	tag	type	clock
M65C02	sub	cpu	2000000
M68000	maincpu	cpu	8000000
Speaker	mono	audio
X1-010	x1snd	audio	16000000

0.37b1 [Luca Elia]

WIP:

- 0.146u3: The Dumping Union redumped the sound CPU at the correct size for Arbalester. Brian Troha fixed rom names.

- 0.143u2: Brian Troha implemented coin mode 1 & 2 for Arbalester and added DIP locations. Added 'Licensor Option' dipswitch.

- 0.122u2: Changed M65C02 CPU2 clock speed to 2MHz.

- 0.106u3: Added 'Demo Sounds' dipswitch.

- 0.65: Nicola Salmoria fixed screen offset and flipscreen mode in Arbalester. Changed visible area to 224x384.

- 0.37b9: Changed visible area to 226x384.

- 0.37b1: Luca Elia added 'Arbalester' (Seta 1989).

- 3rd April 2000: Luca Elia sent in a Seta driver with support for Twin Eagle, DownTown, Arbalester, Meta Fox, Zing Zing Zip and War of Aero.

LEVELS: 9

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History

Arcade Video game published 30 years ago:

Arbalester (c) 1989 Seta Company, Limited.

A vertically scrolling shoot'em up game.

- TECHNICAL -

Board Number : M6100439A
Prom Stickers : UK

Main CPU : Motorola 68000 (@ 8 Mhz), M65C02 (@ 1 Mhz)
Sound Chips : X1-010 (@ 16 Mhz)

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

- TRIVIA -

Arbalester was released in May 1989.

Licensed to Romstar and Taito for US distribution.

- STAFF -

Producer : Jun Fujimoto
Maneger : T. Sato, M. Honda
Freeman : M. Asakawa
Chief programmer : K. Watanabe
Programmer : Y. Yamaguchi
Graphic designers : K. Nakabayashi, K. Yamada
Sound designer : A. Sato

- CONTRIBUTE -

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Arbalester