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Dragon Spirit (new version (DS3))

  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. Serie
  12. Categories
  13. MAMEinfo
  14. History
  15. High scores
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Game infos

Description Dragon Spirit (new version (DS3))
Name dspirit
Manufacturer Namco
Year 1987
Runnable yes
System arcade /
Number of players 2P alt
Added to MAME .036b12
Romset size 2.88 MB
Romset file 30 files
Romset zip 982 B
Language English
Evaluation 50 to 60 (Not Good Enough)
Genre Shooter

Parent and clones

Parent This game is the parent

Sound infos

Sound_channels 2

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 yes
Input tilt no
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 288 224 60.606061 6144000 384 73 361 264 16 240

Dipswitchs

Roms list

console name bios size crc md5 merge sha1 region offset status optional
arcade cus64-64a1.mcu 4096 ffb5c0bd 7a38c0cc2553c627f4ec507fb6e807cf7d537c02 mcu 0 good no
arcade ds1_o4.bin 65536 a6246fcb 39de4fdb175ab16b791cdc5d757ff7bfee8e3d2b gfx3 80000 good no
arcade ds1_p0.bin 65536 b22a2856 8dea168e341460757c924bb510df4d4e9cdd908d user1 0 good no
arcade ds1_p1.bin 65536 f7e3298a 76c924ed1311e7e292bd67f57c1e831054625bb6 user1 80000 good no
arcade ds1_p2.bin 65536 3c9b0100 1def48a28b68e1e36cd1a165eb7127b05982c54d user1 100000 good no
arcade ds1_p3.bin 65536 c6e5954b 586fc108f264e91a4bbbb05153dd1aa19be81b5b user1 180000 good no
arcade ds1_p4.bin 65536 f3307870 a85d28c5dc55cbfa6c384d71e724db44c547d976 user1 200000 good no
arcade ds1_p5.bin 65536 9a3a1028 505808834677c433e0a4cfbf387b2874e2d0fc47 user1 280000 good no
arcade ds1_s0.bin 65536 27100065 e8fbacaa43a5b858fce2ca3b579b90c1e016396b audiocpu 0 good no
arcade ds1_s1.bin 65536 b398645f e83208e2aea7b57b4a26f123a43c112e30495aca audiocpu 10000 good no
arcade ds1_v0.bin 65536 313b3508 4770fb28b45abc4967534face0bf6794d30df71a voice 0 good no
arcade ds3_p6.bin 65536 fcc01bd1 dd95388d2ccc5ab51b86da2242776dc82ac86901 user1 300000 good no
arcade ds3_p7.bin 65536 820bedb2 d05254c982635f9d184959065aacb10a077fcd34 user1 380000 good no
arcade ds_chr-0.bin 131072 7bf28ac3 af42b568be0c3919dbbc0e0c7a9d5ea39f84481a gfx2 0 good no
arcade ds_chr-1.bin 131072 03582fea c6705702bdb55ec6f993fc2582f116a8729c14d0 gfx2 20000 good no
arcade ds_chr-2.bin 131072 5e05f4f9 ededa62c261ca75fc5e79c80840fc15b27cb3989 gfx2 40000 good no
arcade ds_chr-3.bin 131072 dc540791 02c5c44bae878b22608cc6f9b09b0dd97c03e51a gfx2 60000 good no
arcade ds_chr-4.bin 131072 ffd1f35c 39f19676edc01059dfcee6b5c04527da3ef78ffa gfx2 80000 good no
arcade ds_chr-5.bin 131072 8472e0a3 cece9fec70421fb09107890f108fb47ea770890d gfx2 a0000 good no
arcade ds_chr-6.bin 131072 a799665a 70cd630e63714b544f3f61a6663a41e3439639d5 gfx2 c0000 good no
arcade ds_chr-7.bin 131072 a51724af 85728add3f773c4d814202208bee3d9a053e50de gfx2 e0000 good no
arcade ds_chr-8.bin 131072 946eb242 6964fff430fe306c575ff07e4c054c70aa7d96ca gfx1 0 good no
arcade ds_obj-0.bin 131072 03ec3076 9926ec974ba3472d765531f6add4a8d6e398c46e gfx3 0 good no
arcade ds_obj-1.bin 131072 e67a8fa4 c45070b929f3e4df0e3809cf33cb4538b0067464 gfx3 20000 good no
arcade ds_obj-2.bin 131072 061cd763 df079052fddb60ea5618ed5a6c41fb4db0e313af gfx3 40000 good no
arcade ds_obj-3.bin 131072 63225a09 8fffcd5b6baaa9ced16fbac58f6a3eeb11183c8b gfx3 60000 good no
arcade ds_voi-1.bin 131072 54790d4e d327b1c65c487dd691389920789c59f0eb1ecee1 voice 20000 good no
arcade ds_voi-2.bin 131072 05298534 5ffd9018a5c1d5ce992dd3c7575b5e25945f14fa voice 40000 good no
arcade ds_voi-3.bin 131072 13e84c7e 6ad0eb50eb3312f614a891ae8d66faca6b48d204 voice 60000 good no
arcade ds_voi-4.bin 131072 34fbb8cd 3f56f136e9d54d45924802f7149bfbc319e0933a voice 80000 good no

Chips list

name tag type clock
8-Bit R-2R DAC dac1 audio
HD63701 mcu cpu 6144000
M6809 audiocpu cpu 1536000
Namco CUS30 namco audio 12000
Speaker rspeaker audio
YM2151 ymsnd audio 3579580

Serie

Serie : Dragon Spirit
  1. Dragon Spirit (new version (DS3)) (1987)
  2. Dragon Spirit (old version (DS1)) (1987)
  3. Dragon Spirit (DS2) (1987)
  4. Dragon Spirit (1988)
  5. Dragon Spirit (Tourvision PCE bootleg) (1988)
  6. Dragon Spirit (1988)
  7. Dragon Spirit (UK) (1989)
  8. Dragon Spirit (1989)
  9. Dragon Saber (World, older?) (1990)
  10. Dragon Saber (Japan, Rev B) (1990)
  11. Dragon Spirit - The New Legend (USA) (1990)
  12. Dragon Spirit (Euro) (1990)
  13. Dragon Spirit (Demo) (2013?)

Categories

MAMEinfo

0.36b12 [?]

0.36b4 [Ernesto Corvi, Tatsuyuki Satoh]

0.35b5 [Testdriver]


WIP:

- 0.153: Changed description to 'Dragon Spirit (new version (DS3))' and clones (Atari license) to 'Dragon Spirit (DS2)' and (old version) to 'Dragon Spirit (old version (DS1))'. Renamed (dspirita) to (dspirit2) and (dspirito) to (dspirit1).

- 0.130u3: Replaced 'Life' dipswitch with 7x 'Open 3rd Life (stepXof7)'.

- 0.122u4: Satoshi Suzuki added clone Dragon Spirit (Atari license).

- 0.102u5: BUT fixed resets when getting the "S" item (when you take the S item, it writes program code in the palette RAM and then jumps to the palette RAM. The problem is that CPU cannot execute code in the memory region with READ_HANDLER in MAME).

- 0.89: Nicola Salmoria fixed sprites priorities (dspirit061gre - see level 8).

- 24th November 2002: An anonymous contributor fixed the dipswitches in Dragon Spirit.

- 0.61: Acho A. Tang fixed priority bug in the 9th stage of Dragon Spirit.

- 0.36b12: Added Dragon Spirit (new version). Changed 'Dragon Spirit' to clone 'Dragon Spirit (old version)'. Renamed (dspirit) to (dspirito).

- 8th November 1999: Ernesto Corvi added proper emulation for Dragon Spirit, Dangerous Seed and Blazer key chips.

- 0.36b7: Added 2x DAC sound.

- 0.36b5: Fixed cpu3 rom ($c000) length.

- 0.36b4: Ernesto Corvi and Tatsuyuki Sato added 'Dragon Spirit' (Namco 1987).

- 0.35b5: Ernesto Corvi added (Testdriver) Dragon Spirits.

- 4th March 1999: Ernesto Corvi submitted the Namco System 1 driver with support for Pacmania and Galaga 88. The Namco System 1 driver is still very slow and sprites are screwed. Pacmania and Galaga 88 are the games that work best, Dragon Spirits is almost there, Splatter House and Blazer have missing graphics and World Stadium 90 has protection problems.


ARCADE RELEASE: Dragon Spirit (Namco) - 1987/Jun/20


LEVELS: 9


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History


Arcade Video game published 32 years ago:

Dragon Spirit (c) 1987 Namco.

Dragon Spirit scorches the screen with a mythical fantasy theme hot enough to thrill players throughout the land. Come with us, and journey to a time long ago when prehistoric beings populated the globe. Where after a millennium of captivity, an ugly serpent demon named 'Zawell' escapes imprisonment and kidnaps Alicia, princess to the kingdom of Mitgult. A young, crafty soldier Amul is selected to rescue the princess and destroy Zawell. In praying to the gods for strength and courage, he points his sword high toward the heavens. Suddenly he is transformed into an all-powerful blue dragon, bestowed with special powers. Though gifted with a lethal air and ground attack, this is not enough. He must locate and obtain extra powers along the way. The demon has instructed nine of the mightiest beasts to stop Amul before reaching his goal. Do not underestimate this soldier, he has the Dragon Spirit!

- TECHNICAL -

Namco System 1 hardware
Game ID : DS

Main CPU : 6809 (@ 1.536 Mhz)
Sub CPU : 6809 (@ 1.536 Mhz)
Sound CPU : 6809 (@ 1.536 Mhz)
MCU: HD63701 (@ 1.536 Mhz)
Sound Chips : Yamaha YM2151 (@ 3.57958 Mhz), Namco advanced 8-channel stereo WSG, stereo DAC

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

- TRIVIA -

Dragon Spirit was released in June 1987 in Japan.

If you complete the game, the credits appear followed by a list of Namco games up to this point along with their release dates.

Dow Luk See holds the official record for this game with 400,630 points on April 30, 1988.

Victor Entertainment released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Namco Video Game Graffiti Vol.2 - VDR-5222) on October 21, 1987.

- UPDATES -

NEW VERSION :
* Titlescreen 'Level Select Code' added (See 'Tips And Tricks' section for more info).

- TIPS AND TRICKS -

* Level Select Code (works on the New version only) : insert a coin, hold Down on the joystick and press Start. You can now choose your start level.

- SERIES -

1. Dragon Spirit (1987)
2. Dragon Saber (1990)

- STAFF -

Character designer : Macchan
Monster designer : Tatsuya
Graphic designer : Arakawa Da!
Music composer : Shinji Hosoe
Game programmer : Kyota
Technical support : Fresh Yama Take & Har Ware Engineer Staff, Devil Nakamura, Sexy Akina
Game designer : Ojisan Trio Plus 1
Director : Yoko Boss
Special guest : Takky Takahashi
Management : Uncle Ashinaga

- PORTS -

NOTE: For ports released in North America, please see the Atari version entry.

* CONSOLES:
[JP] NEC PC-Engine (dec.26, 1988) "Dragon Spirit [Model NC63003]"
[JP] Nintendo Famicom (apr.14, 1989) "Dragon Spirit - Aratanaru Densetsu"
[JP] Sony PlayStation (feb.28, 1997) "Namco Museum Vol.5 [Model SLPS-00705]"
[AU] Sony PlayStation (1998) "Namco Museum Vol.5 [Model SCES-00702]"
[EU] Sony PlayStation (feb.1998) "Namco Museum Vol.5 [Model SCES-00702]"
[JP] Sony PS2 (jan.26, 2006) "Namco Museum Arcade Hits! [Model SLPS-25590]"
[EU] Sony PS2 (mar.31, 2006) "Namco Museum - 50th Anniversary [Model SLES-53957]"
[EU] Microsoft XBOX (mar.24, 2006) "Namco Museum - 50th Anniversary"
[EU] Nintendo GameCube (may.5, 2006) "Namco Museum - 50th Anniversary [Model DOL-G5NP-EUR]"
[EU] Microsoft XBOX 360 (may.15, 2009) "Namco Museum - Virtual Arcade"
[AU] Microsoft XBOX 360 (june.4, 2009) "Namco Museum - Virtual Arcade"
[JP] Microsoft XBOX 360 (nov.5, 2009) "Namco Museum - Virtual Arcade [Model 2RD-00001]"
Sony PlayStation 3 [PSN] [JP] (jan.29, 2009) "Namco Museum.comm [Model NPJB-00012]"
Nintendo Wii [Virtual Console Arcade] [JP] (sept.8, 2009)
Sony PlayStation 3 [PSN] [EU] [AU] (apr.1, 2010) "Namco Museum Essentials [Model NPEB-00104]"

* COMPUTERS:
[JP] Sharp X68000 (sept.23, 1988)
[EU] Amstrad CPC (1989)
[EU] Atari ST (1989)
[EU] Sinclair ZX Spectrum (1990) by Domark : also released as Budget editions by both Hit Squad and Erbe Software in 1991
[EU] Commodore C64 (1989)
[EU] Commodore Amiga (1989)
PC [MS Windows, CD-ROM] [AU] (mar.27, 2006) "Namco Museum - 50th Anniversary"
[EU] PC [MS Windows, CD-ROM] (may.19, 2006) "Namco Museum - 50th Anniversary"

- CONTRIBUTE -

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High scores

MAMESCORE records : 02/04/2017 13:01

destructor____________________524.270
foxmulder______________________73.370
olivier________________________67.940
didyeah________________________47.300
thegamer_______________________37.950
furohon________________________29.610
hulkiii_________________________5.220