0.37b9 [David Graves, Brian Troha]
WIP:
- 0.155: Added PALs ($0 - b68-04.bin and b68-05.bin).
- 0.152: Unigame added clone U.N. Defense Force: Earth Joker (Japan, prototype?). It's a final PCB, with mask roms, so might not be a proto. Also need to ask if remaining roms were verified. Changed parent description to 'U.N. Defense Force: Earth Joker (Japan)'.
- 0.118u2: Added 'Copyright' dipswitch. Changed description to 'U.N. Defense Force: Earth Joker'.
- 0.106u3: Added 'Bonus Life' dipswitch. Changed 'Unknown' dipswitches to 'Unused'.
- 0.90u3: Removed ADPCM sound.
- 0.37b9: David Graves and Brian Troha added 'U.N. Defense Force: Earth Joker (Japan)' (Visco 1993). TODO: Wrong screen size? Left edge of green blueprints in attract looks like it's incorrectly off screen.
- 13th October 2000: David Graves further improved the new Taito drivers' groundwork and fixed sprite / tile priorities in the Asuka & Asuka driver games.
- 12th October 2000: David Graves fixed some missing sounds in Earth Joker.
- 6th October 2000: David Graves sent in a bit improved Taito Z driver with no playable games, but he also sent a driver for another Taito system supporting the following games: Asuka & Asuka, Maze of Flott, Galmedes, U.N. Defense Force: Earth Joker.
- 14th January 1999: AraCorn (aka CaBBe) dumped U.N. Defense Force: Earth Joker.
STORY:
- A.D. 2026 - The earth feels the onslaught of total takeover from a hostile and powerful enemy. They call themselves Slytow. All the countries of the earth fall before there might. The military is powerless against the Slytow. The few who survive flee out to space to form colonies, based on their former nations. Their dream: To regroup and wrest control of the earth from the Slytow. A.D. 2028 - The colonies have thrived an have regrouped. The earth is not forgotten, as the new United Nations readies the new colonies to their destiny.
LEVELS: 6
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Arcade Video game published 26 years ago:
U.N. Defense Force - Earth Joker (c) 1993 Visco Corp.
- TECHNICAL -
Main CPU : Motorola 68000 (@ 8 Mhz), Zilog Z80 (@ 4 Mhz)
Sound Chips : Yamaha YM2151 (@ 4 Mhz)
Players : 2
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 2
- STAFF -
Producer : Tetsuo Akiyama
Assistant producer : Keisuke Usami
Director : Don Gabacho (Don Gabacyo)
Programmers : IDEB 77Kg, ON0721-ST, M. Nakajima, AD-26255417J
Character designers : K. Takahashi, T. Takahashi
Music composers : K. Fukumori, Space Creative
- CONTRIBUTE -
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