Mame game : edf : E.D.F. : Earth Defense Force (set 1)

Game infos

Description E.D.F. : Earth Defense Force (set 1)

Name edf

Manufacturer Jaleco

Year 1991

Runnable yes

System arcade /

Number of players 2P sim

Added to MAME .035b10

Romset size 2.88 MB

Romset file 11 files

Romset zip 1 B

Language English

Evaluation 50 to 60 (Not Good Enough)

Genre Shooter

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	8					no

Display infos

type	rotate	flipx	width	height	refresh	pixclock	htotal	hbend	hbstart	vtotal	vbend	vbstart
raster	0	no	256	224	56.19135	6000000	406	0	256	263	16	240

Dipswitchs

Coin A
- 1 Coin/1 Credit
- 1 Coin/2 Credits
- 1 Coin/3 Credits
- 1 Coin/4 Credits
- 1 Coin/5 Credits
- 2 Coins/1 Credit
- 3 Coins/1 Credit
- Free Play
Coin B
- 1 Coin/1 Credit
- 1 Coin/2 Credits
- 1 Coin/3 Credits
- 1 Coin/4 Credits
- 1 Coin/5 Credits
- 2 Coins/1 Credit
- 3 Coins/1 Credit
- 4 Coins/1 Credit
DSW-B bits 2-0
- 0
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
Demo Sounds
- Off
- On
Difficulty
- Easy
- Hard
- Normal
- Very Hard
Flip Screen
- Off
- On
Lives
- 3
- 4
Service Mode
- Off
- On
Unknown
- Off
- On

Roms list

console	name	size	crc	sha1	region	offset	status	optional
arcade	edf.mcu	4096			mcu	0	nodump	no
arcade	edf1.f5	131072	2290ea19	64c9394bd4d5569d68833d2e57abaf2f1af5be97	audiocpu	0	good	no
arcade	edf2.f3	131072	ce93643e	686bf0ec104af8c97624a782e0d60afe170fd945	audiocpu	1	good	no
arcade	edf5.b5	262144	105094d1	e962164836756bc20c2b5dc0032042a0219e82d8	maincpu	0	good	no
arcade	edf_06.rom	262144	94da2f0c	ae6aef03d61d244a857a9dc824be230c35f4c978	maincpu	1	good	no
arcade	edf_09.rom	131072	96e38983	a4fb94f15d9a9f7df1645be66fe3e179d0ebf765	scroll2	0	good	no
arcade	edf_m01.rom	262144	9149286b	f6c66c5cd50b72c4d401a263c65a8d4ef8cf9221	oki2	0	good	no
arcade	edf_m02.rom	262144	fc4281d2	67ea324ff359a5d9e7538c08865b5eeebd16704b	oki1	0	good	no
arcade	edf_m03.rom	524288	ef469449	bc591e56c5478383eb4bd29f16133c6ba407c22f	sprites	0	good	no
arcade	edf_m04.rom	524288	6744f406	3b8f13ca968456186d9ad61f34611b7eab62ea86	scroll0	0	good	no
arcade	edf_m05.rom	524288	6f47e456	823baa9dc4cb2425c64e9332c6ed4678e49d0c7b	scroll1	0	good	no
arcade	rd.20n	512	1d877538	a5be0dc65dcfc36fbba10d1fddbe155e24b6122f	proms	0	good	no

Chips list

name	tag	type	clock
M68000	audiocpu	cpu	7000000
OKI6295	oki2	audio	4000000
Speaker	rspeaker	audio
YM2151	ymsnd	audio	3500000

0.35b10 [Luca Elia]

0.35b4 [Testdriver]

WIP:

- 0.177: Give clone E.D.F. : Earth Defense Force (bootleg) its own memory maps so hacky input reading routines can be removed [AJR].

- 0.175: ShouTime added clone E.D.F. : Earth Defense Force (Japan, prototype).

- 0.165: Yves Marchand added clone E.D.F. : Earth Defense Force (set 2). Changed parent description to 'E.D.F. : Earth Defense Force (set 1)'.

- 0.143u6: Angelo Salese implemented inputs for clone E.D.F. : Earth Defense Force (bootleg).

- 0.136u3: Team Europe, Rene Single and Dumping Union added clone E.D.F. : Earth Defense Force (bootleg). Not working.

- 29th January 2010: Smitdogg - We threw in money with Team Europe to help pay for some boards (like Earth Defense Force/Bootleg). Thanks to a donation from Rene Single.

- 31st August 2005: Dumping Project - Randy have won an English-language Jaleco 'Earth Defense Force'.

- 0.98u4: Added new cpu1 rom ($1) to clone (North America).

- 0.98u3: Aaron Giles added clone 'E.D.F. : Earth Defense Force (North America)'.

- 0.67: Changed description to 'E.D.F. : Earth Defense Force'.

- 0.37b14: Changed 68000 CPU2 clock speed to 7MHz.

- 0.37b5: Added prom ($0 - priority).

- 0.36b5: Changed 68000 CPU1 clock speed to 12MHz and 68000 CPU2 to 8Mhz. Added 3rd coin slot.

- 0.35b10: Luca Elia added 'Earth Defense Force' (Jaleco 1991).

- 31st March 1999: Luca Elia sent in a huge update to the Jaleco Mega System 1 driver, with support for Rodland (Japan version only), Earth Defense Force and Avenging Spirit.

- 0.35b4: Luca Elia added (Testdriver) Earth Defence Force.

LEVELS: 6

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History

Arcade Video game published 28 years ago:

E.D.F. - Earth Defence Force (c) 1991 Jaleco.

A horizontally scrolling shoot'em up.

- TECHNICAL -

Jaleco Mega System 1-B hardware

Main CPU : Motorola 68000 (@ 12 Mhz)
Sound CPU : Motorola 68000 (@ 7 Mhz)
Sound Chips : Yamaha YM2151 (@ 3.5 Mhz), (2x) OKI6295 (@ 30.303 Khz)

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

- TRIVIA -

Released in March 1991.

Pony Canyon / Scitron released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (E.D.F. - PCCB-00058) on 21/03/1991.

- STAFF -

Programmers : S A S, Azvear-s
Main graphic : Wan Da You, Ca-Sai, Nekomasa
Sub-graphics : Crayon Gear, Shimizu
Music : Tsukasa Tawada
Produced by : Yuki.Arai

- PORTS -

* CONSOLES:
Nintendo Super Famicom (1991, "Super E.D.F. - Earth Defence Force") : It's a 1-player game only, unlike the arcade which was a 2-player game. Graphics are slightly downgraded (smaller sprites), but now it has added transparency effects. Also, one level is different from the arcade.

- CONTRIBUTE -

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High scores

MAMESCORE records : 02/04/2017 13:01

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E.D.F. : Earth Defense Force (set 1)