Mame game : darktowr : Dark Tower

Game infos

Description Dark Tower

Name darktowr

Manufacturer The Game Room

Year 1992

Runnable yes

System arcade /

Number of players 2P sim

Added to MAME .068

Romset size 1.05 MB

Romset file 23 files

Romset zip 359 B

Language English

Evaluation 50 to 60 (Not Good Enough)

Genre Platform

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 no

Input players 2

Input buttons

Input coins 2

Controls infos

type	ways	minimum	maximum	sensitivity	keydelta	reverse
joy	4					no

Display infos

type	rotate	flipx	width	height	refresh	pixclock	htotal	hbend	hbstart	vtotal	vbend	vbstart
raster	0	no	256	240	57.444853	6000000	384	0	256	272	0	240

Dipswitchs

Coin A
- 1 Coin/1 Credit
- 1 Coin/2 Credits
- 1 Coin/3 Credits
- 1 Coin/4 Credits
- 2 Coins/1 Credit
- 2 Coins/2 Credits
- 2 Coins/3 Credits
- 2 Coins/4 Credits
- 3 Coins/1 Credit
- 3 Coins/2 Credits
- 3 Coins/3 Credits
- 3 Coins/4 Credits
- 4 Coins/1 Credit
- 4 Coins/2 Credits
- 4 Coins/3 Credits
- 4 Coins/4 Credits
Coin B
- 1 Coin/1 Credit
- 1 Coin/2 Credits
- 1 Coin/3 Credits
- 1 Coin/4 Credits
- 2 Coins/1 Credit
- 2 Coins/2 Credits
- 2 Coins/3 Credits
- 2 Coins/4 Credits
- 3 Coins/1 Credit
- 3 Coins/2 Credits
- 3 Coins/3 Credits
- 3 Coins/4 Credits
- 4 Coins/1 Credit
- 4 Coins/2 Credits
- 4 Coins/3 Credits
- 4 Coins/4 Credits
Unknown
- Off
- On

Roms list

console	name	size	crc	sha1	region	offset	status	optional
arcade	21j-0-1	32768	9efa95bb	da997d9cc7b9e7b2c70a4b6d30db693086a6f7d8	soundcpu	8000	good	no
arcade	21j-2-3.25	32768	5779705e	4b8f22225d10f5414253ce0383bbebd6f720f3af	maincpu	10000	good	no
arcade	21j-6	65536	34755de3	57c06d6ce9497901072fa50a92b6ed0d2d4d6528	adpcm	0	good	no
arcade	21j-7	65536	904de6f8	3623e5ea05fd7c455992b7ed87e605b87c3850aa	adpcm	10000	good	no
arcade	21j-9	65536	c6640aed	f156c337f48dfe4f7e9caee9a72c7ea3d53e3098	gfx3	10000	good	no
arcade	21j-d	65536	cb4f231b	9f2270f9ceedfe51c5e9a9bbb00d6f43dbc4a3ea	gfx2	30000	good	no
arcade	21j-h	65536	65c7517d	f177ba9c1c7cc75ff04d5591b9865ee364788f94	gfx2	70000	good	no
arcade	21j-j	65536	5fb42e7c	7953316712c56c6f8ca6bba127319e24b618b646	gfx3	30000	good	no
arcade	21j-k-0.101	256	fdb130a9	4c4f214229b9fab2b5d69c745ec5428787b89e1f	proms	0	good	no
arcade	21j-l-0.16	512	46339529	64f4c42a826d67b7cbaa8a23a45ebc4eb6248891	proms	100	good	no
arcade	63701.bin	16384	f5232d03	e2a194e38633592fd6587690b3cb2669d93985c7	sub	c000	good	no
arcade	68705prt.mcu	2048	34cbb2d3	8e0c3b13c636012d88753d547c639b1a8af85680	mcu	0	good	no
arcade	dt.109	65536	15bdcb62	75382a3805dc333b196e119d28b5c3f320bd9f2a	gfx3	20000	good	no
arcade	dt.111	65536	59032154	637372e4619472a958f4971b50a6fe0985bffc8b	gfx2	60000	good	no
arcade	dt.112	65536	df3709d4	9cca44be97260e730786db8244a0d655c86537aa	gfx2	50000	good	no
arcade	dt.113	65536	7b4bbf9c	d0caa3c38e059d3ee48e3e801da36f67457ed542	gfx2	40000	good	no
arcade	dt.115	65536	8a9f1c34	1f07f424b2ab14a051f2c84b3d89fc5d35c5f20b	gfx2	20000	good	no
arcade	dt.116	65536	22cfa87b	0008a41f307be96be91f491bdeaa1fa450dd0fdf	gfx2	10000	good	no
arcade	dt.117	65536	750dd0fa	d95b95a54c7ed87a27edb8660810dd89efa10c9f	gfx2	0	good	no
arcade	dt.20	32768	860b0298	087e4e6511c5bed74ffbfd077ece55a756b13253	gfx1	0	good	no
arcade	dt.24	32768	523a5413	71c04287e4f2e792c98abdeb97fe70abd0d5e918	maincpu	18000	good	no
arcade	dt.26	32768	8134a472	7d42d2ed8d09855241d98ed94bce140a314c2f66	maincpu	8000	good	no
arcade	dt.78	65536	72c15604	202b46a2445eea5877e986a871bb0a6b76b88a6f	gfx3	0	good	no

Chips list

name	tag	type	clock
HD6309	maincpu	cpu	12000000
HD63701	sub	cpu	6000000
M6809	soundcpu	cpu	1500000
MC68705P3	mcu	cpu	4000000
MSM5205	adpcm2	audio	375000
Speaker	mono	audio
YM2151	fmsnd	audio	3579545

0.77 [Bryan McPhail]

0.68 [Bryan McPhail, David Haywood]

NOTE:

- Dark Tower conversion of Double Dragon. IC23 is replaced with a daughterboard containing a 68705 MCU.

Bugs:

- [possible] Everyone stands in the "middle" of platforms. Correct sprite placement? Smitdogg (ID 02342)

WIP:

- 0.184: Use 4-way joysticks for Dark Tower [AJR].

- 0.182: Replaced M68705 CPU4 with MC68705P3.

- 0.129: Changed M6809 CPU2 clock speed to 1.5MHz.

- 0.122u7: Replaced HD6309 CPU3 with M6809 (6Mhz). Changed HD6309 CPU1 clock speed to 12MHz, HD63701 CPU2 to 6MHz and the 2x MSM5205 to 375000 Hz.

- 0.122u6: Changed M68705 CPU4 clock speed to 4MHz.

- 0.115: Aaron Giles updated 68705 clocks to take into account the internal divide by 4. Added constant so that it is clear why this is being done. Changed M68705 CPU4 clock speed to 1MHz.

- 0.103u1: Changed visible area to 256x240.

- 0.77: Changed HD63701 MCU clock speed to 1193181 Hz, VSync to 57.444855 Hz, palettesize to 512 colors and sound to mono - status good now!

- 0.71u1: Added 8x 'Unknown' dipswitches.

- 0.68: Bryan McPhail added 'Dark Tower' (Game Room 1992). Dips need mapping correclty, default coinage is bad.

- 27th April 2003: Bryan McPhail fixed Dark Tower in the Double Dragon driver, it's now completely playable though coin inputs don't work perfectly. David Haywood fixed the visible area in Dark Tower.

- 26th April 2003: David Haywood added two games on bootleg Double Dragon hardware but they don't work either.

LEVELS: 50 (endless)

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* FB Alpha

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History

Arcade Video game published 27 years ago:

Dark Tower (c) 1992 The Game Room.

A simple yet playable platform game which is somewhat unique in that while the game itself is original (i.e. not a direct clone of another game) many of the game's component parts are NOT. See 'Trivia' for further details.

- TECHNICAL -

Main CPU : HD6309 (@ 3.579545 Mhz), Hitachi HD63701 (@ 1.193181 Mhz), Motorola M68705 (@ 4 Mhz)
Sound CPU : HD6309 (@ 3.579545 Mhz)
Sound Chips : Yamaha YM2151 (@ 3.579545 Mhz), (2x) MSM5205 (@ 384 Khz)

Screen orientation : Horizontal
Video resolution : 256 x 240 pixels
Screen refresh : 57.44 Hz
Palette colors : 512

Players : 2
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 3

- TRIVIA -

Some sprite characters are ripped directly from Capcom's 1985 classic, "Ghosts 'n' Goblins" while the mummies are taken from another Capcom game, "Black Tiger". Most of the music and sfx are taken from Tecmo's "Double Dragon".

- STAFF -

Designed and programmed by : Kyle Hodgetts (K H)

- CONTRIBUTE -

Edit this entry: https://www.arcade-history.com/?&page=detail&id=593&o=2

High scores

MAMESCORE records : 02/04/2017 13:01

majygool____________________1.368.000
shurikn_______________________776.450
michaelknight_________________377.900
mike_gyver____________________375.600
sawys_________________________289.100
foxmulder_____________________220.250
nicky634______________________143.700
hulkiii_______________________119.800
gerhard_schindler______________82.500

Dark Tower