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B-Wings (Japan new Ver.)

  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
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Game infos

Description B-Wings (Japan new Ver.)
Name bwings
Manufacturer Data East Corporation
Year 1984
Runnable yes
System arcade /
Number of players 2P alt
Added to MAME .068
Romset size 132 KB
Romset file 11 files
Romset zip 56 B
Language Japanese
Evaluation 40 to 50 (Decent)
Genre Shooter

Parent and clones

Parent This game is the parent

Sound infos

Sound_channels 1

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 yes
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 256 240 60

Dipswitchs

Roms list

console name bios size crc md5 merge sha1 region offset status optional
arcade bw_bv-00-.4a 16384 1f83804c afd5eb0822db4fd982062945ca27e66ed9680645 maincpu c000 good no
arcade bw_bv-01.7a 16384 b960c707 086cb0f22fb59922bf0369bf6b382a241d979ec3 maincpu 8000 good no
arcade bw_bv-02-.10a 16384 6074a86b 0ce1bd74450144fd3c6556787d6c5c5d4531d830 maincpu 4000 good no
arcade bw_bv-03.13a 8192 e8ac9379 aaf5c20aa33ed05747a8a27739e9d09e094a518d audiocpu 0 good no
arcade bw_bv-04-.7d 8192 6548c5bb d12cc8d0d5692c3de766f5c42c818dd8f685760a sub e000 good no
arcade bw_bv-05-.9d 8192 1e393300 8d847256eb5dbccf5f524ec3aa836073d70b4edc sub c000 good no
arcade bw_bv-06-.10d 8192 eca00fcb c7affbb900e3940257f8cebc91266328a4a5dca3 sub a000 good no
arcade bw_bv-07.1l 16384 3d5ab2be 2b3a039914ebfcc3993da74853a67546fc22c191 gfx2 0 good no
arcade bw_bv-08.1k 16384 7a585f1e 99e5d947b6b1fa96b90c676a282376d67fc377f0 gfx2 4000 good no
arcade bw_bv-09.1h 16384 a14c0b57 5033354793d77922f5ef7f268cbe212e551efadf gfx2 8000 good no
arcade bw_bv-10.5c 4096 edca6901 402c80e7519cf3a43b9fef52c9923961220a48b6 gfx1 0 good no

Chips list

name tag type clock
8-Bit R-2R DAC dac audio
AY-3-8910A ay2 audio 1500000
DECO16 audiocpu cpu 2000000
M6809 sub cpu 2000000
Speaker speaker audio

Categories

MAMEinfo

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.).


LEVELS: 99 (endless)


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History


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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High scores

MAMESCORE records : 02/04/2017 13:01

bald_bull______________________71.700
dark_kariya____________________71.690
sawys__________________________59.970
nicky634_______________________58.100
foxmulder______________________48.510
hulkiii_________________________7.100