0.111u6 [Acho A. Tang]
0.68 [Acho A. Tang]
WIP:
- 0.146: Port changed regression fix [Miodrag Milanovic]. This fixed coin insert problem in B-Wings driver.
- 0.135u2: Fabio Priuli added driver data structs to the B-Wings driver.
- 0.133u1: Brian Troha added DIP locations to B-Wings and clones.
- 0.131u1: MooglyGuy merged memory maps in B-Wings driver.
- 0.111u6: Changed clone (alt) to parent 'B-Wings (Japan new Ver.)', (Japan) to clone 'B-Wings (Japan old Ver.)' and 'Battle Wings' to 'B-Wings (Alt Ver.?)'. Renamed (bwing) to (bwingso), (bwings) to (bwingsa) and (batwings) to (bwings).
- 0.106u3: Added dipswitches 'Invincibility' and 'Infinite'.
- 0.72u1: Misc improvements, cleanups and fixes to the B-Wings driver [Acho A. Tang]. Known issues: The main program is responsible for sprite clipping but occational glitches can be seen at the top and bottom screen edges (post rotate). B-Wings bosses sometimes flicker (sync issue). The text layer has an unknown attribute (needs verification). Zaviga's DIPs are incomplete (manual missing). Changed description of clone 'Battle Wings (alternate)' to 'Battle Wings (alt)'.
- 12th August 2003: Acho A. Tang re-submitted B-Wings music.
- 0.68: Acho A. Tang added 'B-Wings (Japan)' (Data East 1984) and clones Battle Wings and Battle Wings (alternate).
- 15th February 2003: Acho A. Tang improved RGB control in the B-Wings driver.
- 21st January 2003: Acho A. Tang including correct colors to the B-wings and Zaviga driver.
- 16th January 2003: Acho A. Tang sent in a driver for B-Wings and Zaviga.
- 1st April 2000: Guru - Dumped Battle Wings (DataEast).
- 5th March 2000: Chackn from Team Japump dumped B-Wings (Japan old Ver.).
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Arcade Video game published 35 years ago:
B-Wings (c) 1984 Data East Corporation.
A vertically scrolling shoot'em up featuring 45 levels.
- TECHNICAL -
Main CPU: (2x) M6809
Sound CPU: DECO
Sound Chips: (2x) General Instrument AY8910, DAC
Players: 2
Control: 8-way joystick
Buttons: 2
- TRIVIA -
B-Wings was released in October 1984 in Japan.
B-Wings stands for Battle Wings, the game is known outside Japan as "Battle Wings".
Game programmer used a Millennium 95085 Microsystem Emulator to program this game.
- STAFF -
Game programmer: Akira Sakuma
- PORTS -
* CONSOLES:
[JP] Nintendo Famicom (june.3, 1986) "B-Wings [Model DFC-BW]"
- CONTRIBUTE -
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