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Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom

  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. Samples list
  12. Categories
  13. MAMEinfo
  14. History
  15. High scores
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Game infos

Description Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom
Name buckrog
Manufacturer Sega
Year 1982
Runnable yes
System arcade /
Number of players 1P
Added to MAME .057
Romset size 187 KB
Romset file 23 files
Romset zip 83 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 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 yes
Input tilt no
Input players 1
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 512 224 59.090909 9984000 640 0 512 264 0 224

Dipswitchs

Roms list

console name bios size crc md5 merge sha1 region offset status optional
arcade epr-5200.cpu-ic66 4096 0d58b154 9f3951eb7ea1fa9ff914738462e4b4f755d60802 subcpu 0 good no
arcade epr-5201.cpu-ic102 2048 7f21b0a4 b6d784031ffecb36863ae1d81eeaaf8f76ab83df fgtiles 0 good no
arcade epr-5202.cpu-ic103 2048 43f3e5a7 2714943b6720311c5d226db3b6fe95d072677793 fgtiles 800 good no
arcade epr-5203.cpu-ic91 8192 631f5b65 ce8b23cf97f7e08a13f426964ef140a20a884335 bgcolor 0 good no
arcade epr-5208.prom-ic58 8192 d181fed2 fd46e609b7e04d0661c84ad0faa616d75b8ba89f sprites 2c000 good no
arcade epr-5213.prom-ic84 8192 fd78dda4 4328b5782cbe692765eac43a8eba40bdf2e41921 sprites 8000 good no
arcade epr-5216.prom-ic100 8192 8155bd73 b6814f03eafe16457655598685b4827456b86335 sprites 0 good no
arcade epr-5237.prom-ic74 8192 c34e9b82 9e69fe9dcc631783e43abe356657f3c6a6a533d8 sprites 34000 good no
arcade epr-5238.prom-ic90 8192 7aff0886 09ed9fa973257bb23b488e02ef9e02d867e4c366 sprites 3c000 good no
arcade epr-5259.prom-ic43 16384 d3584926 7ad410ad84447a3edba2c51c4ec4314a117fffe7 sprites 20000 good no
arcade epr-5260.prom-ic52 16384 b31a120f 036cdf56cb43b892609a8f793d5ca66940bf128e sprites 18000 good no
arcade epr-5261.prom-ic59 16384 d83c7fcf 4c4a590762ef87a3057a12e8d4310decbeb8613c sprites 28000 good no
arcade epr-5262.prom-ic68 16384 2a194270 8d4e444bd8a4e2fa32099787849e6c02cffe49b0 sprites 10000 good no
arcade epr-5263.prom-ic75 16384 1bd6e453 472fbc7add05b96e368b961c5ef7ef27f3896216 sprites 30000 good no
arcade epr-5264.prom-ic91 16384 221f4ced 07498c9105c4c4589b19c2bc36abafb176de7bda sprites 38000 good no
arcade epr-5265.cpu-ic3 16384 f0055e97 f6ee2afd6fef710949087d1cb04cbc242d1fa9f5 maincpu 0 good no
arcade epr-5266.cpu-ic4 16384 7d084c39 ef2c0a2a59e14d9e196fd3837139fc5acf0f63be maincpu 4000 good no
arcade pr-5194.cpu-ic39 32 bc88cced 5055362710c0f58823c05fb4c0e0eec638b91e3d proms 0 good no
arcade pr-5195.cpu-ic53 32 181c6d23 4749b205cbaa513ee65a644946235d2cfe275648 proms 20 good no
arcade pr-5196.cpu-ic10 512 04204bcf 5636eb184463ac58fcfd20012d13d14fb0769124 proms 100 good no
arcade pr-5197.cpu-ic78 512 a42674af db3590dd0d0f8a85d4ba32ac4ee33f2f4ee4c348 proms 300 good no
arcade pr-5198.cpu-ic93 512 32e74bc8 dd2c812efd7b8f6b31a45e698d6453ea6bec132e proms 500 good no
arcade pr-5233.cpu-ic95 1024 1cd08c4e fb3081548f157d705211a5f07261cf4ad1ebb453 proms 700 good no

Chips list

name tag type clock
Samples samples audio
Sega 315-5014 maincpu cpu 4992000
Speaker mono audio
Z80 subcpu cpu 4992000

Samples list

name
alarm0
alarm1
alarm2
alarm3
exp
fire
hit
rebound
shipsnd1
shipsnd2
shipsnd3

Categories

MAMEinfo

0.58 [Nicola Salmoria]

0.57 [Aaron Giles]


Artwork available

Samples required


WIP:

- 0.173: Replaced Z80 CPU1 with Z80 SegaCrypt.

- 0.148u2: Corrected ROM labels and locations for Buck Rogers and clones [Phil Bennett, Andy Welburn]. Additional documentation for Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom. Noted the encrypted Z80 part number and Sega ID numbers for the CPU and ROM boards. Corrected sprite color prom based on photo of PCB [Brian Troha].

- 0.140u2: Smitdogg and The Dumping Union added clone Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom (not encrypted, set 2). Changed description of clone (not encrypted) to 'Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom (not encrypted, set 1)'.

- 29th September 2010: Smitdogg - We got an upgraded unencrypted rom set of Buck Rogers.

- 0.130: Aaron Giles fixed graphics corruption on Buck Rogers title screen / ingame (using -autoframeskip).

- 0.129u3: Couriersud and Guru added calculation for capacitors >= 100pf to Buck Rogers LS626 frequency calculation. Formula was derived from figure 6 of LS624/628/629 & 625/626/627 datasheet. The "BUCK ROGERS" title screen is now centered and the big ship appears centered over Buck Rogers ship.

- 0.126u4: Guru added README for Buck Rogers/Zoom 909.

- 0.120u1: Couriersud fixed broken starfield in Buck Rogers.

- 0.118u3: Aaron Giles marked prom pr-5199.cpu-ic95 as a baddump in clone Zoom 909.

- 0.109u2: Aaron Giles fixed clock speeds in Buck Rogers. Changed Z80 CPU1/2 clock speeds to 4992000 Hz and VSync to 59.090908 Hz.

- 2nd October 2006: Mr. Do - Updated Buck Rogers artwork for 0.109. Note one digit isn't currently working, due to a MAME bug.

- 0.108u5: Fixed rom names.

- 10th September 2006: Mr. Do - Used the Turbo bezel to upgrade the score panel in Buck Rogers, as it does match the real thing (would still like the full version though).

- 0.108u3: Changed visible area to 512x224.

- 0.108u2: Added proms ($0, 20, 100, 300 - Char layer X shift, sprite state machine, sprite Y scaling and video timing). Changed palettesize to 1024 colors.

- 0.108u1: Changed visible area to 256x224 and VSync to 59.185608 Hz.

- 20th August 2006: Mr. Do - Converted Buck Rogers artwork to use the new built-in LEDs in 0.107u4.

- 0.107u4: Aaron Giles added built-in layouts for Buck Rogers using the new primitives.

- 0.107u2: Added 2x 'Unknown' dipswitches.

- 0.96u2: Nathan Woods rewrote 8255 PPI mode 2 support, and hooked 8255 to Buck Rogers properly. This fixes the 'Insert Coins' bug.

- 0.79u2: Tomasz Slanina added clone Zoom 909 (Sega 1982).

- 12th February 2004: Tomasz Slanina added Zoom 909 (a clone of Buck Rogers) to the Turbo driver.

- 0.63: Subroc-3D, Turbo and Buck Rogers use the artwork to show the LED counters [Stefan Jokish]. Changed visible area to 256x224, palettesize to 1792 colors and aspect ratio to 3:4.

- 6th February 2002: Aaron Giles re-submitted Zsolt Vasvari's and Jim Hernandez's Buck Rogers sample support, fixed the Blaster line fill and added the missing ASIC65 source file.

- 0.58: Nicola Salmoria added the encrypted version 'Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom'. Added Samples sound (alarm0-3, exp, fire, rebound, hit, shipsnd1-3.wav). Changed 'Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom' to clone 'Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom (not encrypted)'. Renamed (buckrog) to (buckrogn).

- 31st January 2002: Nicola Salmoria decrypted another Buck Rogers ROM set and added it to the Turbo driver.

- 8th January 2002: Zsolt Vasvari and Jim Hernandez added sound sample support to the Buck Rogers driver.

- 0.57: Aaron Giles added 'Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom' (Sega 1982).

- 15th November 2001: Aaron Giles adjusted the speed in Buck Rogers and Subroc-3D.

- 12th November 2001: Aaron Giles cleaned up Frank Palazzolo's Buck Rogers and Subroc-3D drivers and merged them with the Turbo driver. Neither of them has sound yet, and Subroc-3D crashes at random.

- 10th November 2001: Guru - Received Buck Rogers Planet of Zoom (Sega 1982). Big thanks to Smitdogg.


LEVELS: 8


Movie: Buck Rogers In The 25th Century

Genre: Sci-fi

Year: USA 1978

Director: Daniel Haller

Studio: Universal Pictures

Cast: Gil Gerard, Pamela Hensley, Erin Grey, Henry Silva, Tim O'Connor, Duke Butler, Felix Silla, John Dewey-Carter, Caroline Smith


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History


Arcade Video game published 37 years ago:

Buck Rogers - Planet of Zoom (c) 1982 Sega.

Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom is a forward-scrolling rail shooter where the user controls a spaceship in a behind-the-back third-person perspective that must destroy enemy ships and avoid obstacles. The game was notable for its fast pseudo 3-D scaling and detailed sprites. The game would later go on to influence the 1985 Sega hit Space Harrier. Buck is never seen in the game, except presumably in the illustration on the side of the arcade cabinet, and its only real connections to Buck Rogers are the use of the name and the outer space setting. In Japan, the game was known as Zoom 909.

- TECHNICAL -

Cockpit model

- TRIVIA -

Buck Rogers was released in December 1982.

Also released as "Buck Rogers - Planet of Zoom [Upright model]"

- SERIES -

1. Buck Rogers - Planet of Zoom [Cockpit model] (1982)
1. Buck Rogers - Planet of Zoom [Upright model] (1982)
2. Buck Rogers - Countdown To Doomsday (1990 - MS-DOS)
3. Buck Rogers - Matrix Cubed (1992 - MS-DOS)

- PORTS -

* CONSOLES:
Atari 2600 (1983)
Atari 5200 (1983)
Colecovision (1983)
Atari XEGS

* COMPUTERS:
Mattel Aquarius (1982)
Atari 800 (1983)
Commodore VIC-20 (1983)
Commodore C64 (1983)
Texas Instruments TI-99/4A (1983)
PC [Booter] (1984)
PC [MS-DOS] (1984)
Amstrad CPC (1985) "3D Fight"
Sinclair ZX Spectrum (1985)
Apple II

- CONTRIBUTE -

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High scores

MAMESCORE records : 02/04/2017 13:01

gerhard_schindler______________40.467
sawys__________________________33.526
vikleroy_______________________20.556
hulkiii________________________16.485
didyeah________________________15.548