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The Battle-Road

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

Description The Battle-Road
Name battroad
Manufacturer Irem
Year 1984
Runnable yes
System arcade /
Number of players 2P alt
Added to MAME .035b07
Romset size 194 KB
Romset file 33 files
Romset zip 67 B
Language English
Evaluation 50 to 60 (Not Good Enough)
Genre Shooter

Sound infos

Sound_channels 1

Driver infos

Driver status imperfect
Driver emulation good
Driver color good
Driver sound imperfect
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 90 no 256 256 55

Dipswitchs

Roms list

console name bios size crc md5 merge sha1 region offset status optional
arcade br-a-3e 8192 a7140871 bf993e8ed776974ae59e1995eb5d3055c632eda7 irem_audio:iremsound a000 good no
arcade br-a-3f 8192 1bb51b30 c8e99d79e2fdb6b02c57cba475be0e5e35359124 irem_audio:iremsound c000 good no
arcade br-a-3h 8192 afb3e083 b1aaca64bbcce73203e55d2f16be3f3cef46f39b irem_audio:iremsound e000 good no
arcade br-a-4a 8192 65b61c21 a440eb22a5824621ec7452c058de1329dbd5f168 maincpu 6000 good no
arcade br-a-4b.b 8192 1865bb22 990cfffc4fc0ade8bb4ebd02d107f8657728f976 maincpu 4000 good no
arcade br-a-4d.b 8192 39ca1627 bbeb59ad93b4eb874dc3c1eebfc1136c0c5112c8 maincpu 2000 good no
arcade br-a-4e.b 8192 9bf14768 53169553b956e5bcbd3fae13b86ab859cd08c955 maincpu 0 good no
arcade br-b-1l 256 5271c7d8 1254b61133ed8fd6e032df04482fb775c3f66981 proms 500 good no
arcade br-b-1m 256 3bd30c7d ce9812c47321820f144c5a285c15dbb2073c8847 proms 100 good no
arcade br-b-1n 256 b7f3dc3b 7bffb6f3ddd0459bd060b0c1ca22a291153672d5 proms 300 good no
arcade br-b-3n.a 8192 2668dbef 11528a4f8e5c75361686c1301f282cc2735ce2f5 gfx2 4000 good no
arcade br-b-4c.a 8192 0b3193bf 130d2d0ff3563d196eea50a23e581ac5e7de8d72 gfx2 8000 good no
arcade br-b-4e.a 8192 3662e8fb c3c3deb7b2da42d6def279bd80b65eb2deef4038 gfx2 a000 good no
arcade br-b-4f.a 8192 4354232a d2edcb74b630cc778d932788a191440397b99e22 gfx2 2000 good no
arcade br-b-4k.a 8192 d3c5e85b 1a6a7b9c71f2209ef6c4d93d5bd4774a7239e569 gfx2 0 good no
arcade br-b-4n.a 8192 c719a324 b0a4e603a964f3c8aee77df4c51625fd1683b7b9 gfx2 6000 good no
arcade br-b-5p 32 ce746937 387e73a9ca684ac2e30061fca281970ff20ef0a5 proms 620 good no
arcade br-b-6f 256 82c20d12 268903f7d9be58a70d030b02bf31a2d6b5b6e249 proms 640 good no
arcade br-c-1b 8192 8088911e d75d0a4ee5e51f14d93c8525486ee2cf2e87be9c gfx3 0 good no
arcade br-c-1c 8192 3d78b653 b693d20ad28fed867ffbc23cda150f3201206d3c gfx3 2000 good no
arcade br-c-1j 32 78eb5d77 dd82f7843bea8c953f491faade6ced17e57ddf3c proms 600 good no
arcade br-c-3j 256 aceaed79 64cf6d012fc8d5163251812b4c2ac80d8f6dd353 proms 0 good no
arcade br-c-3k 256 d90e4a54 498c65773c83dfdb99703811bce7831f9a1af432 proms 400 good no
arcade br-c-3l 256 7cf6f380 950a28dcb6e9d3d743c76ce07616ee7d6a0c138c proms 200 good no
arcade br-c-6h 8192 ca50841c 5cf159eb282d819f772331c1840a30d92732cf6e gfx1 0 good no
arcade br-c-6k 8192 5951e12a bb5739678f1c1ea228443c7e300b098f6bcb8ba0 gfx1 4000 good no
arcade br-c-6n 8192 7d53163a 0bdb470a29aaeb71ef4ec180dc9158f0753d3a3a gfx1 2000 good no
arcade br-c-7a 8192 ec3b0080 83dc0d0c4ecf2ff62cfb213c02a3869c6f72f2e9 maincpu 18000 good no
arcade br-c-7b 8192 0b31b90b 498d0deef7fa53600a821e64cf913d239659f784 maincpu 16000 good no
arcade br-c-7c 8192 2e1eca52 d938bef795436232a6f58cba77b5f9004b254873 maincpu 10000 good no
arcade br-c-7d 8192 3aa9fa30 b7d943250bde9ec9ef8d51164652fc3ffee7e9ff maincpu 14000 good no
arcade br-c-7k 8192 edc75f7f 3650521874c85a7cf403ede2588b989ac93fb92e maincpu 1c000 good no
arcade br-c-7l 8192 f2178578 2ddf867cb5bd372ceda58e794e417f34a9cbf1d5 maincpu 12000 good no

Chips list

name tag type clock
AY-3-8910A irem_audio:ay_45l audio 894886
M6803 irem_audio:iremsound cpu 3579545
MSM5205 irem_audio:msm2 audio 384000
Netlist Sound Device irem_audio:snd_nl audio 48000
Speaker irem_audio:mono audio
Z80 maincpu cpu 3072000

Categories

MAMEinfo

0.35b7 [Eric Hustvedt]


Bugs:

- [possible] Flip Screen with Upright Cab only flips when credit is issued. Tafoid (ID 04944)


WIP:

- 0.163: Make Battle-Road text layer colours match the flyer, by swapping the RESNET R/B components (http://flyers.arcade-museum.com/flyers_video/irem/12110501.jpg) [David Haywood, caius]. Removed IMPERFECT_COLORS flag.

- 0.37b6: Changed Z80 CPU1 clock speed to 3072000 and M6803 CPU2 and the 2x AY-8910 to 894886 Hz.

- 0.37b3: Added 'Difficulty' dipswitch.

- 0.35b7: Eric Hustvedt added 'The Battle-Road' (Irem 1984). Fixed char/sprite priority in Battle Road.


LEVELS: 6


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History


$vgmplay=battroad,

Arcade Video game published 35 years ago:

The Battle-Road (c) 1984 Irem.

- TECHNICAL -

Irem M-62 system hardware

Main CPU : Zilog Z80 (@ 3.072 Mhz)
Sound CPU : Motorola M6803 (@ 894.886 Khz)
Sound Chips : (2x) General Instrument AY8910 (@ 894.886 Khz), (2x) MSM5205 (@ 384 Khz)

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

- TRIVIA -

Released in October 1984 in Japan.

- CONTRIBUTE -

Edit this entry: https://www.arcade-history.com/?&page=detail&id=211&o=2

High scores

MAMESCORE records : 02/04/2017 13:01

sawys_________________________249.380
gerhard_schindler_____________221.190