Mame game : drgnbstr : Dragon Buster

Game infos

Description Dragon Buster

Name drgnbstr

Manufacturer Namco

Year 1984

Runnable yes

System arcade /

Number of players 2P alt

Added to MAME .036b11

Romset size 110 KB

Romset file 14 files

Romset zip 57 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	288	224	60.60606

Dipswitchs

Allow Continue
- No
- Yes
Bonus Level
- Full
- Partial
Bonus Vitality
- 32/64
- 48/64
- 64
- None
Cabinet
- Cocktail
- Upright
Coin A
- 1 Coin/1 Credit
- 1 Coin/2 Credits
- 2 Coins/1 Credit
- 3 Coins/1 Credit
Coin B
- 1 Coin/1 Credit
- 1 Coin/2 Credits
- 2 Coins/1 Credit
- 3 Coins/1 Credit
Demo Sounds
- Off
- On
Freeze
- Off
- On
Level of Monster
- Difficult
- Normal
Round Skip
- Off
- On
Service Mode
- Off
- On
Spurt Time
- Difficult
- Normal
Starting Vitality
- 128
- 160
- 64
- 96

Roms list

console	name	size	crc	sha1	region	offset	status	optional
arcade	cus60-60a1.mcu	4096	076ea82a	22b5e62e26390d7d5cacc0503c7aa5ed524204df	mcu	f000	good	no
arcade	db1-1.2n	256	3f8cce97	027b3fb0f322a9d68b434b207a40b31799a8a8d6	proms	0	good	no
arcade	db1-2.2p	256	afe32436	e405787f7f2aa992edd63078e3944334d8acddb1	proms	100	good	no
arcade	db1-3.2r	256	c95ff576	861a7340d29e6a6a0d5ead93abd3f73cc3df0cc7	proms	200	good	no
arcade	db1-4.5n	512	b2180c21	a5d14c31d54f04494ea99c3d94bd1b5e072b612e	proms	300	good	no
arcade	db1-5.6n	512	5e2b3f74	ef58661fa12a52bc358e81179254d37de7551b38	proms	500	good	no
arcade	db1_1.6b	16384	1c7c1821	8b6111afc42e2996bdc2fc276be0c40556cd431e	maincpu	c000	good	no
arcade	db1_2b.6c	16384	0f11cd17	691d853f4f08898ecf4bccfb70a568de309329f1	maincpu	8000	good	no
arcade	db1_3.6d	16384	6da169ae	235211c26562fef0660e3fde1e87f2e52626d119	maincpu	10000	good	no
arcade	db1_4.3c	8192	8a0b1fc1	c2861d0da63e2d17f2d1ad46dccf753ecd902ce3	mcu	8000	good	no
arcade	db1_5.7e	8192	28129aed	d7f52e871d97179ec88c142a1c70eb6ad09e534a	gfx2	0	good	no
arcade	db1_6.6l	8192	c080b66c	05dcd45274d0bd12ef8ae7fd10c8719e679b3e7b	gfx1	0	good	no
arcade	db1_7.10m	16384	cc130fe2	4f5d4f21152b3b4e523a6d17dd5ff5cef52447f2	gfx3	4000	good	no
arcade	db1_8.10n	16384	11942c61	0f065cb82cf83967e90b3c7326b36956f4fa9a52	gfx3	0	good	no

Chips list

name	tag	type	clock
HD63701	mcu	cpu	6144000
M6809	maincpu	cpu	1536000
Namco CUS30	namco	audio	24000
Speaker	mono	audio

0.36b11 [Manuel Abadia]

WIP:

- 0.143: Wilbert Pol fixed immediate crash while using -DEBUG in SkyKid driver.

- 0.141u4: hap fixed priority problems in Dragon Buster.

- 0.139u1: Atari Ace removed global variables from NAMCO sound core.

- 0.130u3: Kanikani added DIP locations to SkyKid driver.

- 0.123u1: Zsolt Vasvari removed color tables from SkyKid driver. Added RESNET color computations where appropriate. Changed palettesize to 1280 colors.

- 0.122u7: Changed HD63701 CPU2 clock speed to 6144000 Hz.

- 0.120u2: Mike Haaland added save state support to Dragon Buster.

- 0.107u3: Properly documented and connected the CUS60 MCU code to Dragon Buster [Brian Troha].

- 0.96u1: Added dipswitches 'Spurt Time', 'Level of Monster', 'Starting Vitality', 'Bonus Vitality', 'Bonus Level' and 'Allow Continue'.

- 0.93: Added clock parameter to Namco CUS30 sound (24000 Hz).

- 0.80: Nicola Salmoria fixed sprites in Dragon Buster.

- 0.60: Added 'Starting Vitality' dipswitch.

- 0.59: Fixed rom names.

- 0.37b12: Changed VSync to 60.606060Hz.

- 26th March 2000: Manuel Abadia added cocktail support to Sky Kid and Dragon Buster.

- 0.36b12: Changed 8-way Joystick to 4-way.

- 0.36b11: Manuel Abadia added 'Dragon Buster' (Namco 1984).

- 23rd November 1999: Manuel Abadia fixed Sky Kid and Dragon Buster colors.

- 21st November 1999: Manuel Abadia fixed the resolution in Sky Kid, Dragon Buster, Metro Cross and Baraduke.

- 20th November 1999: Manuel Abadia sent in a driver for Sky Kid / Dragon Buster, but the colors aren't quite correct yet.

LEVELS: 3

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History

Arcade Video game published 35 years ago:

Dragon Buster (c) 1984 Namco.

Dragon Buster is a role-playing game in which you travel through various scenery to rescue the princess from an evil dragon.

- TECHNICAL -

Game ID : DB

Main CPU : Motorola M6809 (@ 1.536 Mhz), Hitachi HD63701 (@ 1.536 Mhz)
Sound Chips : Namco 8-channel WSG

Players : 2
Control : 4-way joystick
Buttons : 2

- TRIVIA -

Even if title screen says 1984, Dragon Buster was released in February 1985 in Japan.

Dragon buster is the first game from Namco to include a life-bar system.

Massimo Gaspari holds the official record for this game with 1,300,560 points on July 18, 1985.

Namco released a board game based on this game (same name) in 1985 (in Japan only) : You roll the dice to move around the board and complete quests. The game includes a variety of event cards, charts for randomizing events and encounters,counters for monsters and items and such. The goal of this game is to kill the dragon and rescue the princess.

- SERIES -

1. Dragon Buster (1985)
2. Dragon Buster II - Yami no Fuuin (1989, Nintendo Famicom)

- STAFF -

Music by : Yuriko Keino

- PORTS -

* CONSOLES:
[JP] Nintendo Famicom (jan.7, 1987)
[AU] Sony PlayStation (1996) "Namco Museum Vol.2"
[JP] Sony PlayStation (feb.9, 1996) "Namco Museum Vol.2 [Model SLPS-00210]"
[US] Sony PlayStation (sept.30, 1996) "Namco Museum Vol.2 [Model SLUS-00216]"
[EU] Sony PlayStation (nov.1996) "Namco Museum Vol.2 [Model SCES-00267]"
Microsoft XBOX 360 [US] (nov.4, 2008) "Namco Museum - Virtual Arcade [Model 21022]"
[EU] Microsoft XBOX 360 (may.15, 2009) "Namco Museum - Virtual Arcade"
[AU] Microsoft XBOX 360 (june.3, 2009) "Namco Museum - Virtual Arcade"
Nintendo Wii [Virtual Console Arcade] [JP] (sept.15, 2009)
[JP] Microsoft XBOX 360 (nov.5, 2009) "Namco Museum - Virtual Arcade [Model 2RD-00001]"

* HANDHELDS:
[US] Sony PSP (aug.23, 2005) "Namco Museum Battle Collection [Model ULUS-10035]"
[EU] Sony PSP (dec.9, 2005) "Namco Museum Battle Collection [Model UCES-00116]"
[JP] Sony PSP (feb.23, 2006) "Namco Museum Vol.2 [Model ULJS-00047]"
Sony PSP [KO] (nov.8, 2007) "Namco Museum Vol.2"

* COMPUTERS:
FM-77AV [JP] (1987)
[JP] NEC PC 8801 (1987)
NEC PC 9801 [JP] (mar.1989)
[JP] Sharp X68000 (1993)
[JP] Sharp X1
MSX2 [JP]

* OTHERS:
Let's! TV play classic series - Namco Nostalgia 2 [JP]

- CONTRIBUTE -

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