Mame game : backfirt : Back Fire (Tecmo, bootleg)

Game infos

Description Back Fire (Tecmo, bootleg)

Name backfirt

Manufacturer Tecmo

Year 1988

Runnable yes

System arcade /

Number of players 2P alt

Added to MAME .133

Romset size 928 KB

Romset file 16 files

Romset zip 288 B

Language English

Evaluation 70 to 80 (Good)

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 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	256	224	59.185606	6000000	384	0	256	264	16	240

Dipswitchs

Bonus Life
- 100000
- 100000 300000
- 100000 300000 800000
- 200000
- 50000
- 50000 200000
- 50000 200000 500000
- None
Coin A
- 1 Coin/1 Credit
- 1 Coin/2 Credits
- 1 Coin/3 Credits
- 1 Coin/6 Credits
Coin B
- 1 Coin/1 Credit
- 1 Coin/2 Credits
- 1 Coin/3 Credits
- 2 Coins/1 Credit
Continue
- Off
- On
Difficulty
- 0
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
Invulnerability
- Off
- On
Unknown
- Off
- On

Roms list

console	name	size	crc	sha1	region	offset	status	optional
arcade	b10-p3.bin	65536	ec149ec3	7817dc2659fe4ba3bb810df278378d51d97065b3	gfx3	30000	good	no
arcade	b11-p2.bin	65536	0bc84b4b	599041108d09fd61aab2b0aeac0e07715887476c	gfx3	20000	good	no
arcade	b12-p2.bin	65536	6c03c476	79ad800a2f4ba6d44ba5a31210cbd8566bb357b6	gfx3	10000	good	no
arcade	b13-p1.bin	65536	8c7138bb	0cfd69fa77d5b546f7dad80537d8d2497ae758bc	gfx3	0	good	no
arcade	b14-s3.bin	32768	4d29637a	28e85925138256b8ce5a1c4a5df5b219b1b6b197	gfx4	30000	good	no
arcade	b15-s2.bin	65536	2b6cc20e	4815819288753400935836cc1b0b69f4c4b43ddc	gfx4	20000	good	no
arcade	b16-s2.bin	65536	6e4052c9	e2e3d7221b75cb044449a25a076a93c3def1f11b	gfx4	10000	good	no
arcade	b17-s1.bin	65536	409df64b	cada970bf9cc8f6522e7a71e00fe873568852873	gfx4	0	good	no
arcade	b2-e10.bin	32768	9b2ac54f	7c10e00235dc2668dee5c97ea5c6dc7722f35f03	soundcpu	0	good	no
arcade	b3-c10.bin	32768	08ce729f	8e426251b20edfb10f0837b3106b4f333bc114a4	gfx1	0	good	no
arcade	b4-f3.bin	65536	150b6949	31870a2f471b71d79a4daa0b5baca0d941de12e4	maincpu	10000	good	no
arcade	b5-e3.bin	65536	0ab3bd4d	2653d099c894304d3f9c2b2de9a7fed67be7b6dc	maincpu	0	good	no
arcade	b6-c2.bin	65536	c8c25e45	d771d5e7d2d8082680f73b778ef2d88f2e9b8591	gfx2	0	good	no
arcade	b7-d2.bin	65536	25fb6a57	7f411af7417fa901d65194c348ecec58c61b7cf7	gfx2	10000	good	no
arcade	b8-e2.bin	65536	6bccac4e	e042d049761affe4d3d0eac3c7a24f428643a9cf	gfx2	20000	good	no
arcade	b9-h2.bin	65536	566a99b8	a78825f0a85235399e66906cffafda98445a89a2	gfx2	30000	good	no

Chips list

name	tag	type	clock
Speaker	mono	audio
YM3812	ymsnd	audio	4000000
Z80	soundcpu	cpu	4000000

0.133 [Tirino73, David Haywood]

WIP:

- 0.178: Changed Z80 CPU1 clock speed to 8MHz. Changed VSync to 59.185606 Hz.

- 0.159: Osso removed MSM5205 sound (this PCB has no MSM5205).

- 0.143u4: Brian Troha added DIP locations to Back Fire.

- 0.133: Added 'Back Fire (Tecmo, bootleg)' (Tecmo 1988).

- 0.132u5: Tirino73 and David Haywood added Back Fire (Tecmo), but it didn't get added to mamedriv.c.

- 15th July 2009: David Haywood - Tirino73 dumped Tecmo's 'Back Fire'. The game has often been touted as a Japanese / Alternate version of 'Silk Worm', but really has very little in common. The code is completely different, and beyond sharing a few backgrounds the games can't even be considered clones. The actual hardware is closer to Gemini Wing than Silk Worm (although appears to lack the MSM for sample playback). I should get the CPU Clocks verified too (the game has VERY heavy slowdowns) and ensure that the dipswitches are correct. Other than that, with a few mods to the driver, it works.

- 14th July 2009: Tirino73 dumped Back Fire (Tecmo, bootleg). This japanese romset comes from a bootleg PCB. Rare than the original. Note: The sound cpu was protected inside a epoxy block fit on a 40 pin socket in reverse of cpu board (solder side). By dissolving resin the small sub PCB contains Z80A (identified by pins), 76c28 (6116), a 74ls00 and 74ls138.

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History

Arcade Video game published 31 years ago:

Back Fire (c) 1988 Tecmo.

A standard horizontal shoot'em up. The main weapon can be powered-up to provide faster and more powerful shots. Weapons such as lightning or three-way shots appear as power-ups. There are 18 levels to complete the game. If you use a credit to continue in levels 14 through 18, you will start back at level 13.

- TRIVIA -

This game is a prototype or had a limited release.

The background graphics were re-used in "Silkworm". For the little story, Tecmo showed its games at the AM Show in 1987 and Back Fire wasn't a success. So, they changed to "Silkworm".

- CONTRIBUTE -

Edit this entry: https://www.arcade-history.com/?&page=detail&id=24228&o=2

High scores

MAMESCORE records : 02/04/2017 13:01

foxmulder_____________________153.160
vikleroy_______________________90.870
hulkiii________________________82.900

Back Fire (Tecmo, bootleg)