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Arkanoid Returns (Ver 2.02O 1997/02/10)

  1. Game infos
  2. Parent and Clones
  3. Sound
  4. Driver
  5. Inputs
  6. Controls
  7. Display
  8. Roms list
  9. Chips list
  10. Serie
  11. Categories
  12. MAMEinfo
  13. History
  14. High scores
Download arkretrn.zip (5.75 MB)
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Game infos

Description Arkanoid Returns (Ver 2.02O 1997/02/10)
Name arkretrn
Manufacturer Taito Corporation
Year 1997
Runnable yes
System arcade /
Number of players 2P sim
Added to MAME .148u4
Romset size 5.75 MB
Romset file 18 files
Romset zip 2 B
Language English
Evaluation 70 to 80 (Good)
Genre Ball & Paddle

Parent and clones

Parent This game is the parent

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 yes
Input players 4
Input buttons
Input coins 4

Controls infos

type ways minimum maximum sensitivity keydelta reverse
dial 0 4095 25 25 no
joy 8 no

Display infos

type rotate flipx width height refresh pixclock htotal hbend hbstart vtotal vbend vbstart
raster 0 no 320 232 58.97

Roms list

console name bios size crc md5 merge sha1 region offset status optional
arcade e36-01.4 262144 54b9b2cd 55ae964ea1d2cc40a6578c5339754a270096f01f gfx1 c0000 good no
arcade e36-02.8 262144 694eda31 1a6f85057395052571491f85c633d5632ab64865 gfx1 1 good no
arcade e36-03.12 262144 1ea8558b b8ea4d6e1fb551b3c47f336a5e60ec33f7be525f gfx1 0 good no
arcade e36-04.38 2097152 2250959b 06943f1b72bdf325485356a01278d88aeae93d87 ensoniq.0 0 good no
arcade e36-05.43 524288 db18bce2 b6653facc7f5c624f5710a51f2b2abfe640177e2 gfx2 180000 good no
arcade e36-06.45 524288 110ab729 0ccc0a5abbcfd79a069daf5162cd344a5fb225d5 gfx2 1 good no
arcade e36-07.47 524288 266bf1c1 489549478d7016400af2e643d4b98bf605237d34 gfx2 0 good no
arcade e36-09.18 262144 f16985e0 a74cfee8f958e7a32354d4353eeb199a7fb1ce64 maincpu 2 good no
arcade e36-10.19 262144 c940dba1 ec87c9e4250f8b2f15094681a4783bca8c68f576 maincpu 1 good no
arcade e36-11.20 262144 b50cfb92 dac69fc9ef03315b11bb94d19e3dfdc8867b08ed maincpu 0 good no
arcade e36-12.32 262144 3bae39be 777142ecc24799b934ed51ac4cd8700bb6da7e3c taito_en:audiocpu 100000 good no
arcade e36-13.33 262144 94448e82 d7766490318623be770545918391c5e6144dd619 taito_en:audiocpu 100001 good no
arcade e36-15.17 262144 4467ff37 509a0d516def02d86d81b9868de0d9593539e65c maincpu 3 good no
arcade pal16l8a-d77-09.bin 260 b371532b 7f875f380e69d14326a036a09d2fda7554b73664 plds 0 good no
arcade pal16l8a-d77-10.bin 260 42f59227 1f0db7489b49c00603ea51d130c9dfc237545390 plds 200 good no
arcade palce16v8-d77-11.bin 279 eacc294e 90679d523d90c1f8d2ecbd7b6fac2861f94cf107 plds 400 good no
arcade palce16v8-d77-12.bin 279 e9920cfe 58b73fe65f118d57fdce56d781593fc70c797f1b plds 600 good no
arcade palce16v8-d77-14.bin 279 7427e777 e692cedb13e5bc02edc4b25e9dcea51e6715de85 plds 800 good no

Chips list

name tag type clock
ES5505 taito_en:ensoniq audio 15238050
M68000 taito_en:audiocpu cpu 15238050
M68EC020 maincpu cpu 16000000
Speaker taito_en:rspeaker audio

Serie

Serie : Arkanoid
  1. Arkanoid (bootleg with MCU, harder) (1986)
  2. Arkanoid (Game Corporation bootleg, set 1) (1986)
  3. Arkanoid (Game Corporation bootleg, set 2) (1986)
  4. Arkanoid (World, older) (1986)
  5. Arkanoid (Euro?) (1986)
  6. Arkanoid (Euro?) (1986)
  7. Arkanoid (1986)
  8. Arkanoid (MSX Conversion) (1986)
  9. Arkanoid (Japan, newer) (1986)
  10. Arkanoid (Jpn) (1986)
  11. Arkanoid (Jpn) (1986)
  12. Arkanoid (Japan, newer w/level select) (1986)
  13. Arkanoid (Jpn, Alt) (1986)
  14. Arkanoid (Japan, older) (1986)
  15. Arkanoid (bootleg with MCU, set 1) (1986)
  16. Arkanoid (bootleg with MCU, set 2) (1986)
  17. Arkanoid (US, newer) (1986)
  18. Arkanoid (US, older) (1986)
  19. Arkanoid (Tayto bootleg) (1986)
  20. Block (Game Corporation bootleg, set 2) (1986)
  21. Block (Game Corporation bootleg, set 3) (1986)
  22. Block (Game Corporation bootleg, set 1) (1986)
  23. Arkanoid (bootleg on Block hardware, set 1) (1986)
  24. Arkanoid (bootleg on Block hardware, set 2) (1986)
  25. Arkanoid (Tayto bootleg, harder) (1986)
  26. Block 2 (S.P.A. Co. bootleg) (1986)
  27. Arkanoid (1987)
  28. Arkanoid (1987)
  29. Arkanoid (1987)
  30. Arkanoid (UK) (1987)
  31. Arkanoid (UK) (1987)
  32. Arkanoid (1987)
  33. Arkanoid (1987)
  34. Arkanoid (USA) (1987)
  35. Arkanoid (1987)
  36. Arkanoid (1987)
  37. Arkanoid (1987)
  38. Tournament Arkanoid (US) (1987)
  39. Arkanoid - Revenge of DOH (World) (1987)
  40. Arkanoid 2 (Jpn) (1987)
  41. Arkanoid - Revenge of DOH (Japan bootleg) (1987)
  42. Arkanoid - Revenge of DOH (Japan) (1987)
  43. Arkanoid - Revenge of DOH (US) (1987)
  44. Arkanoid (clean crack) (1988)
  45. Arkanoid (clean crack) (1988)
  46. Arkanoid II: Revenge of Doh (clean crack) (1988)
  47. Arkanoid Revenge of Doh (UK) (1988)
  48. Arkanoid - Revenge of Doh (UK) (1988)
  49. Arkanoid II (Jpn) (1988)
  50. Arkanoid - Revenge of Doh (1988)
  51. Paddle 2 (bootleg on Block hardware) (1988)
  52. Arkanoid - Doh It Again (Euro) (1997)
  53. Arkanoid - Doh It Again (Jpn) (1997)
  54. Arkanoid - Doh It Again (USA) (1997)
  55. Arkanoid Returns (Ver 2.02O 1997/02/10) (1997)
  56. Arkanoid Returns (Ver 2.02J 1997/02/10) (1997)
  57. Arkanoid Returns (Ver 2.02A 1997/02/10) (1997)
  58. Arkanoid - Doh It Again (199?)
  59. Arkanoid (19??)
  60. Arkanoid (Jpn) (19??)
  61. Arkanoid II - Revenge of Doh (Jpn) (19??)
  62. Arkanoid II - Revenge of Doh (Jpn, Alt 2) (19??)
  63. Arkanoid (2008)

Categories

MAMEinfo

0.148u4 [Sonic, Smitdogg, The Dumping Union]

0.37b11 [Bryan McPhail]


Artwork available


WIP:

- 0.156: Bill D. and The Dumping Union added clone Arkanoid Returns (Ver 2.02A 1997/02/10).

- 0.148u4: Sonic, Smitdogg and The Dumping Union added Arkanoid Returns (Ver 2.02O 1997/02/10). Renamed (arkretrn) to (arkretrnj).

- 26th April 2013: Smitdogg - Thanks to Sonic we got the undumped Asia version of Arkanoid Returns.

- 9th September 2007: Mr. Do - Some more instruction cards for more games courtesty of Tormod: Arkanoid Returns.

- 0.106u12: MASH added plds ($0, 200, 400, 600, 800 - pal16l8a-d77-09.bin, pal16l8a-d77-10.bin, palce16v8-d77-11.bin, palce16v8-d77-12.bin and palce16v8-d77-14.bin) to Arkanoid Returns.

- 0.105u1: Changed description to 'Arkanoid Returns (Ver 2.02J 1997/02/10)'.

- 16th January 2001: Bryan McPhail fixed some memory corrupting bugs in the Taito F3 driver.

- 0.37b11: Bryan McPhail added 'Arkanoid Returns (Japan)' (Taito 1997). Known issues: Bats can fly off one side of the screen and appear on the other - analogue input problem. Input bit to switch between analogue/digital control panels for Arkanoid is not found.

- 15th January 2001: Bryan McPhail finally submitted his Taito F3 driver, which is not graphically perfect and crashes hard sometimes but has complete ES5505 sound emulation thanks to Aaron Giles, Ian Schmidt and R. Belmont. Not all games are working due to 68020 core bugs, but these are: Ring Rage, Arabian Magic, Riding Fight, Grid Seeker: Project Stormhammer, Gunlock / Rayforce, Super Cup Finals / Hat Trick Hero '93, Top Ranking Stars, Light Bringer, Kaiser Knuckle / Global Champion, Bubble Bobble 2 / Bubble Symphony, Space Invaders DX, Taito Power Goal / Hat Trick Hero '95, Quiz Theater - 3tsu no Monogatari, Akkanvader, Moriguchi Hiroko no Quiz de Hyuu!Hyuu!, Puzzle Bobble 2 / Bust-A-Move Again, Puzzle Bobble 2X, Kyukyoku Tiger 2, Bubble Memories, Cleopatra Fortune, Puzzle Bobble 3, Arkanoid Returns, Kirameki Star Road, Puchi Carat and Pop 'N Pop.

- 17th October 1998: Dumped Arkanoid Returns (Ver 2.02J 1997/02/10).


LEVELS: 50


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History


Taito F3 cart. published 22 years ago:

Arkanoid Returns (c) 1997 Taito Corp.

The 3rd chapter in Taito's legendary 1 or 2-player bat and ball game, in which players once again control a paddle and must try to rebound a ball into patterns of bricks to remove them from the play area.

Each level is patrolled by enemies and certain bricks, when hit, release power-ups which then roll down the screen and can be collected by the player.

While the 3rd chapter contains 50 brand new levels for players to fight through, the actual gameplay itself remains unaltered from the first 2 games. The only real differences are a revamp of both the graphics and sound, as well as a number of minor enhancements to the in-game power-ups.

- TECHNICAL -

Runs on the "Taito F3 System" Hardware.

Prom Stickers : E36

Players : 4
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 4

- TRIVIA -

Arkanoid Returns was released in February 1997.

Zachary Hample holds the official record for this game with 1589770 points on June 5, 2000.

- SERIES -

1. Arkanoid (1986, Arcade)
2. Arkanoid - Revenge of DOH (1987, Arcade)
3. Arkanoid - Doh It Again [Model SHVC-A6] (1997, Super Famicom)
4. Arkanoid Returns (1997, Arcade)
5. Arkanoid DS (2007, Nintendo DS)

- STAFF -

Planners : Atsushi Taniguchi, Yuji Koga
Programmed by : I.T.L.
Program support : Shunsuke Ono
Character designers : Chiho Maeda, Mari Fukusaki, Tomohiro Kagawa
Sound : Yasuhisa Watanabe (YACK), Ishikawa Babio (BABI)
Designer : Kumi Mizobe

- PORTS -

* CONSOLES:
[JP] Sony PlayStation (aug.7, 1997) [Model SLPS-00948]
[JP] Sony PlayStation (jul.1, 1999; "Arkanoid R 2000 [Model SLPS-86262 (TCPS10006)])"

- CONTRIBUTE -

Edit this entry: https://www.arcade-history.com/?&page=detail&id=108&o=2

High scores

MAMESCORE records : 02/04/2017 13:01

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thegamer_______________________56.690
olivier________________________53.710
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thord__________________________21.030
jgabmurer_______________________8.630