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Battle Shark (World)

  1. Game infos
  2. Parent and Clones
  3. Sound
  4. Driver
  5. Inputs
  6. Controls
  7. Display
  8. Dipswitchs
  9. Roms list
  10. Chips list
  11. Categories
  12. MAMEinfo
  13. History
  14. High scores
Download bshark.zip (5.57 MB)
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Game infos

Description Battle Shark (World)
Name bshark
Manufacturer Taito Corporation Japan
Year 1989
Runnable yes
System arcade /
Number of players 1P
Added to MAME .143u9
Romset size 5.57 MB
Romset file 22 files
Romset zip 2 B
Language English
Evaluation 50 to 60 (Not Good Enough)
Genre Shooter

Parent and clones

Parent This game is the parent

Sound infos

Sound_channels 2

Driver infos

Driver status imperfect
Driver emulation good
Driver color good
Driver sound good
Driver graphic imperfect
Driver cocktail
Driver protection
Driver savestate yes

Inputs infos

Input service no
Input tilt yes
Input players 1
Input buttons
Input coins 2

Controls infos

type ways minimum maximum sensitivity keydelta reverse
stick 50 213 20 4 yes

Display infos

type rotate flipx width height refresh pixclock htotal hbend hbstart vtotal vbend vbstart
raster 0 yes 320 240 60

Dipswitchs

Roms list

console name bios size crc md5 merge sha1 region offset status optional
arcade c34_01.14 524288 3ebe8c63 fa7403bf895c041cb64234209c944683ae372e57 gfx2 3 good no
arcade c34_02.15 524288 8488ba10 60f8f0dc9d4bc6bc452527250221c9915e9dfe6e gfx2 2 good no
arcade c34_03.16 524288 a18eab78 155f0efbfe73e18355804477d4b8954bb47bf1ef gfx2 1 good no
arcade c34_04.17 524288 2446b0da bce5c73533e2bb7dfa7f18fad510f818cf1a542a gfx2 0 good no
arcade c34_05.3 524288 596b83da 826cf1e48a017a0cbfcc4a4f507dfb285594178b gfx1 0 good no
arcade c34_06.12 524288 d200b6eb 6bfe3a7dde8d4e983521877d2bb176f5d126b763 user1 0 good no
arcade c34_07.42 524288 edb07808 f32b4b93e9125536376d96fbca76c2b2f5f78656 tc0150rod 0 good no
arcade c34_08.127 524288 89a30450 96b96ca5a3e20cdceb9ac5ddf377fb21a9a529fb ymsnd 0 good no
arcade c34_09.126 524288 39d12b50 5c5d1369597604376943e4825f6c09cc28d66047 ymsnd.deltat 0 good no
arcade c34_18.22 65536 7245a6f6 5bdde4e3bcde8c59dc84478c3cc079d7ef8ee9c5 user2 0 good no
arcade c34_19.72 256 2ee9c404 3a2ddaaaf7abe9f47f7e062b002fd3a61c80f60b user2 0 good no
arcade c34_20.89 256 fbf81f30 c868452c334792345dcced075f6df69cff9e31ca user2 0 good no
arcade c34_21.7 1024 10728853 45d7cc8e06fbe01295cc2194bca9586f0ef8b12b user2 0 good no
arcade c34_22.8 1024 643e8bfc a6e6086fb8fbd102e01ec72fe60a4232f5909565 user2 0 good no
arcade c34_68.74 131072 4e374ce2 bf0436d40cfed75dcbd3e40a7c6aa45eeff6666e maincpu 40001 good no
arcade c34_69.75 131072 a54c137a 632bf2d65f54035de2ecb87648dafa877c45e428 maincpu 1 good no
arcade c34_70.97 131072 d77d81e2 d60e586cefd9001e87cae583ca25bf5a8a461d8d maincpu 40000 good no
arcade c34_71.98 131072 df1fa629 6cb207e577fac85da654f3dc56e2f9f25c38a76d maincpu 0 good no
arcade c34_72.112 131072 c09c0f91 32c78924617328abb11c094f89a90a92e72ed5e6 sub 1 good no
arcade c34_73.113 131072 f2fe62b5 e31b5989b747de451ee6c2a5e15ec75235d84e0d sub 40001 good no
arcade c34_74.128 131072 6869fa99 16221f25c865a81ca4f6a987b6de02a3ccf3208c sub 0 good no
arcade c34_75.129 131072 6ba65542 9ba5af9dd240a198dfa760ca14b0f0c84eb307c9 sub 40000 good no

Chips list

name tag type clock
M68000 sub cpu 12000000
Speaker rspeaker audio
Volume Filter 2610.2.l audio
YM2610 ymsnd audio 8000000

Categories

MAMEinfo

0.143u9 [?]

0.53 [David Graves]

0.37b11 [Testdriver]


Bugs:

- Missing lamp output. Nightvoice (ID 06232)


WIP:

- 0.143u9: Added Battle Shark (World). ShouTime added clone Battle Shark (Japan, Joystick). Renamed (bshark) to (bsharku).

- 0.131: Derrick Renaud fixed analog stick input is broken since 0.112u4 in Battle Shark.

- 0.125u9: Fixed rom names. Added dipswitches 'Adjust Stick H (VARIABLE REGISTER)' and 'Adjust Stick V (VARIABLE REGISTER)'. Changed 'Unknown' dipswitches to 'Unused'.

- 0.124u2: Added 4x Volume Filters.

- 0.62: Added dipswitches 'Coinage', 'Price to Continue' and 'Speed of Sight'.

- 22nd September 2002: Brian Troha corrected the dipswitch settings in Battle Shark.

- 0.53: David Graves added 'Battle Shark (US)' (Taito 1989) and clone (Japan).

- 0.37b11: David Graves added (Testdrivers) Battle Shark (US) and clone (Japan). Known issues: No road, only used on some levels.


STORY:

- It is the third world war. Extremely brutal fighting has been taking place on land, and now the battlefield is expanding into the oceans. But the peace negotiations are an enemy trap! They are building an underwater fortress at the bottom of the sea! Let's get to work Battle Shark !!


LEVELS: 10


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History


Arcade Video game published 30 years ago:

Battle Shark (c) 1989 Taito Corp.

Europe model. For more information about the game, please see the Japan model entry.

- TECHNICAL -

European model dimensions :
73inch (185,4cm) high
43inch (109,2cm) deep
27,5inch (69,8cm) wide.

Taito Z System hardware

- TRIVIA -

Even if title screen says 1989, Battle Shark was released in March 1990 in Japan.

Also released as :
"Battle Shark [Japan model]".
"Battle Shark [USA model]".

- PORTS -

* CONSOLES:
[EU] Microsoft XBOX (oct.14, 2005) "Taito Legends"
[EU] Sony PS2 (oct.14, 2005) "Taito Legends [Model SLES-53438]"
[KO] Sony PS2 (jul.18, 2006) "Taito Legends [Model SLKA-15056]"

* COMPUTERS:
[EU] PC [MS Windows, CD-ROM] (oct.14, 2005) "Taito Legends"

- CONTRIBUTE -

Edit this entry: https://www.arcade-history.com/?&page=detail&id=21209&o=2

High scores

MAMESCORE records : 02/04/2017 13:01

esia747_____________________6.673.810
sawys_______________________6.624.520
gerhard_schindler___________4.330.410
didyeah_____________________4.020.210
zarouk______________________3.410.060