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Champion Wrestler (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 champwr.zip (2.06 MB)
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Game infos

Description Champion Wrestler (World)
Name champwr
Manufacturer Taito Corporation Japan
Year 1989
Runnable yes
System arcade /
Number of players 2P sim
Added to MAME .036b04
Romset size 2.06 MB
Romset file 8 files
Romset zip 847 B
Language English
Evaluation 50 to 60 (Not Good Enough)
Genre Sports

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 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 0 no 320 224 60

Dipswitchs

Roms list

console name bios size crc md5 merge sha1 region offset status optional
arcade c01-01.rom 524288 f302e6e9 456b046932c1ee29c890b8e87d417c4bb508c06a gfx1 0 good no
arcade c01-02.rom 524288 1e0476c4 b7922e5196990ad4382f367ec80b5c72e75f9d35 gfx1 80000 good no
arcade c01-03.rom 524288 2a142dbc 5d0e40ec266d3abcff4237c5c609355c65b4fa33 gfx1 100000 good no
arcade c01-04.rom 131072 358bd076 beb20a09370d05de719dde596eadca8fecb14ce5 maincpu 20000 good no
arcade c01-05.rom 131072 22efad4a 54fb33dfba5059dee16fa8b5a33b0b2d62a78373 adpcm 0 good no
arcade c01-07.rom 131072 5117c98f 16b3a443eb113d2591833884a1b0ff297d8c00a4 slave 0 good no
arcade c01-08.rom 65536 810efff8 dd4fc046095e0e815e8e1fd96d258da0d6bba298 audiocpu 0 good no
arcade c01-13.rom 131072 7ef47525 79789fa3bcaeb6666c108d2e4b69a1f9341b2f4a maincpu 0 good no

Chips list

name tag type clock
MSM5205 msm audio 384000
Speaker mono audio
YM2203 ymsnd audio 3000000
Z80 slave cpu 4000000

Categories

MAMEinfo

0.36b4 [Olivier Galibert]


WIP:

- 0.154: Mamesick removed Fighting Hawk irq hack in Taito L driver, this fixed Champion Wrestler's gameplay was too fast and music cues do not play.

- 0.146u4: Fixed maincpu rom address to $20000.

- 0.122u2: Changed Z80 CPU1 clock speed to 6665280 Hz and Z80 CPU3 to 4MHz.

- 0.93u3: Nicola Salmoria fixed Champion Wrestler MSM5205 playback, including volume.

- 0.93: Replaced ADPCM sound with MSM5205 (384000 Hz).

- 0.37b13: Nicola Salmoria added Speech to Champion Wrestler. Added ADPCM sound and changed cpu1 rom ($50000) to sound1 ($0).

- 0.37b11: Added dipswitches 'Difficulty', '1 minute Lenght' and 'Unused'.

- 0.37b6: Changed Z80 CPU1/2 clocks speed to 6MHz and Z80 CPU3 to 4 Mhz. Swapped cpu2/3 roms.

- 0.37b3: Added dipswitches 'Flip Screen', 'Demo Sounds', 'Time' and 'Allow Continue'.

- 3rd August 2000: Jarek Burczynski fixed sound in Raimais and Champion Wrestler in the Taito L driver.

- 0.36RC1: Added clone Champion Wrestler (US).

- 0.36b16: Added clone Champion Wrestler (Japan).

- 0.36b4: Olivier Galibert added 'Champion Wrestler (World)' (Taito 1989).

- 26th August 1999: Olivier Galibert sent in a Taito system L driver with support for American Horseshoes, Cachat, Champion Wrestler, Fighting Hawk, Palamedes, Plotting, Puzznic and Raimais. None of them have sound though, and some have graphic bugs.


PLAY INSTRUCTIONS:

- Press Button 1 for punch, Button 2 for kick, ->-> for run and both buttons for cover.

- Move your stick and hit buttons as fast as you can to make power moves.

- Each Wrestler have his own move. Try them all to find your favorite fighting style.


LEVELS: 8 (with 2 cages match and also a defence match)


Other Emulators:

* Raine


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The Big Pro Wrestling!

Appoooh

Champion Pro Wrestling

Mat Mania

Body Slam

Mania Challenge

Pro Wrestling (PlayChoice-10)

Robo Wres 2001

The Main Event

Champion Wrestler

Grudge Match (Yankee Game Technology)

Wrestle War

Wrestle War (Mega-Tech)

WWF Superstars

WWF WrestleFest

Ring Rage

3 Count Bout / Fire Suplex

Muscle Bomber Duo

Saturday Night Slam Masters

Ring of Destruction: Slammasters II

Blazing Tornado

WWF: Wrestlemania

Shin Nihon Pro Wrestling Toukon Retsuden 3 Arcade Edition

Shin Nihon Pro Wrestling Toukon Retsuden 4 Arcade Edition

Zen Nippon Pro-Wrestling Featuring Virtua

Ehrgeiz

Buriki One

Giant Gram: All Japan Pro Wrestling 2

Giant Gram 2000

WWF Royal Rumble

Kinnikuman Muscle Grand Prix

History


Arcade Video game published 30 years ago:

Champion Wrestler (c) 1989 Taito Corporation.

Eight original wrestlers fight for glory, money and win the title belt of TWF circuit in a single or tag-team match.

- TECHNICAL -

Taito L System Hardware
Prom Stickers: C01

Main CPU: (2x) Zilog Z80 (@ 6 Mhz)
Sound CPU: Zilog Z80 (@ 4 Mhz)
Sound Chips: YM2203 (@ 3 Mhz), OKI MSM5205

Screen Orientation: Horizontal
Video Resolution: 320 x 224 Pixels.
Screen Refresh: 60.00 Hz
Palette Colors: 256

Players: 2
Control: 8-Way Joystick
Buttons: 2
=> Punch, Kick

- TRIVIA -

Champion Wrestler was released in August 1989.

Rastan, the "Rastan Saga" hero appears in this game as Miracle Rastan.

Don't miss the funny pictures in win/lose screen :).

- UPDATES -

The US version is slightly different, it has the "Winners Don't Use Drugs" screen.

- SERIES -

1. Champion Wrestler (1989, Arcade)
2. Champion Wrestler - Jikkyou Raibu [Model SLPS-00237] (1996, PlayStation)

- STAFF -

Director: Takeshi Murata
Progammers: Takeshi Murata, Tsui Kato, Creamy Tetsu, Takahisa Horimoto
Game Designers: Kenji Kaito, Hiroyuki Maekawa
Character Designers: Kenji Kaito, Minori Ishino, Makoto Fujita, Oolong Yamada, Noritaka Kawamoto, Kenji Hazama, Seiji Kawagishi, Kazumasa Fuseya, Minako Morimoto
Sound (Zuntata): Pochi, Hidehito Kitamura
Hardware Designer: Katsumi Kaneoka
Designer: Atsushi Iwaoka
Thanks: Junji Yarita, Toshio Kono, Tadashi Kushiro, Shinya Okuda

- PORTS -

* CONSOLES:
[JP] NEC PC-Engine (dec.14, 1990) "Champion Wrestler [Model TP02014]"
[JP] Sony PS2 (jan.25, 2007) "Taito Memories II Joukan [Model SLPM-66649]"

- CONTRIBUTE -

Edit this entry: https://www.arcade-history.com/?&page=detail&id=437&o=2

High scores

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