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Dark Warrior

  1. Game infos
  2. Sound
  3. Driver
  4. Inputs
  5. Controls
  6. Display
  7. Dipswitchs
  8. Roms list
  9. Chips list
  10. Categories
  11. MAMEinfo
  12. History
  13. High scores
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Game infos

Description Dark Warrior
Name darkwar
Manufacturer Century Electronics
Year 1981
Runnable yes
System arcade /
Number of players 2P alt
Added to MAME .037b10
Romset size 37 KB
Romset file 13 files
Romset zip 19 B
Language English
Evaluation 30 to 40 (Amendable)
Genre Shooter

Sound infos

Sound_channels 1

Driver infos

Driver status imperfect
Driver emulation good
Driver color good
Driver sound imperfect
Driver graphic good
Driver cocktail preliminary
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 2 no

Display infos

type rotate flipx width height refresh pixclock htotal hbend hbstart vtotal vbend vbstart
raster 90 no 240 248 60

Dipswitchs

Roms list

console name bios size crc md5 merge sha1 region offset status optional
arcade 5b.bin 2048 f055a624 5dfe89d7271092e665cdd5cd59d15a2b70f92f43 speechcpu 0 good no
arcade 82s123.10k 32 b5221cec 71d9830b33b1a8140b0fe1a2ba8024ba8e6e48e0 proms 800 good no
arcade 82s185.10h 2048 c205bca6 ec9bd220e75f7b067ede6139763ef8aca0fb7a29 proms 0 good no
arcade dw-cp1.bin 2048 7a0f9f3e 0aa787923fbb614f15016d99c03093a59a0bfb88 gfx1 0 good no
arcade dw-cp2.bin 2048 232e5120 76e4d6d17e8108306761604bd56d6269bfc431e1 gfx1 800 good no
arcade dw-cp3.bin 2048 573e0a17 9c7991eac625b287bafb6cf722ffb405a9627e09 gfx1 1000 good no
arcade dw-gp1.bin 4096 f10ccf24 f694a9016fc935798e5342598e4fd60fbdbc2829 maincpu 0 good no
arcade dw-gp2.bin 4096 b77d0483 47d126b9ceaf07267c9078a342a860295320b01c maincpu 400 good no
arcade dw-gp3.bin 4096 c01c3281 3c272f424f8a35d08b58f203718b579c1abbe63f maincpu 800 good no
arcade dw-gp4.bin 4096 0b0bffaf 48db78d86dc249fb4d7d93b79b2ac269a0c6698e maincpu c00 good no
arcade dw-gp5.bin 4096 7fdbcaff db80d0d8690105ca72df359c1dc1a43952709111 maincpu 1000 good no
arcade dw-sdp1.bin 2048 b385b669 79621d3fb3eb4ea6fa8a733faa6f21edeacae186 audiocpu 0 good no
arcade dw-sp1.bin 4096 ce815074 105f24fb776131b30e35488cca29954298559518 speechdata 0 good no

Chips list

name tag type clock
1-Bit DAC dac3 audio
4-Bit R-2R DAC dac2 audio
8-Bit R-2R DAC dac1 audio
S2650 speechcpu cpu 894886
Signetics 2636 s2636_2 audio
Speaker speaker audio
TMS5100 tms audio 640000

Categories

MAMEinfo

0.37b10 [Mike Coates, Malcolm Lear]


Bugs:

- Missing player sound effects. MASH (ID 01619)


WIP:

- 0.134u1: Couriersud use TMS rom clock as sense input for the S2650. Dark Warrior now speaks again on startup.

- 0.123u1: Replaced 8-way Joystick with 2-way Joystick. Removed button 2.

- 0.37b10: Mike Coates added 'Dark Warrior' (Century 1981).

- 14th November 2000: Mike Coates submitted the Century Video System driver written by him and Malcolm Lear, supporting Hunchback, Hero, Hunchback Olympic, Cosmos, Dark Warrior, Video Eight Ball, Logger, Dazzler, Wall Street, Radar Zone, Gold Bug and Superbike.


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History


Arcade Video game published 38 years ago:

Dark Warrior (c) 1981 Century Electronics.

An old shoot'em up that features voice simulation.

- TECHNICAL -

Main CPU : S2650 (@ 894.886 Khz)
Sound CPU : S2650 (@ 894.886 Khz)
Sound Chips : (2x) DAC, TMS5110 (@ 640 Khz)

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

- TRIVIA -

Released in October 1981.

- CONTRIBUTE -

Edit this entry: https://www.arcade-history.com/?&page=detail&id=594&o=2

High scores

MAMESCORE records : 02/04/2017 13:01

thegamer_______________________58.500
sawys__________________________56.600
gerhard_schindler______________52.300
didyeah________________________51.300
vikleroy_______________________37.200
hulkiii________________________35.200