Mame game : eightfrc : Eight Forces

Game infos

Description Eight Forces

Name eightfrc

Manufacturer Tecmo

Year 1994

Runnable yes

System arcade /

Number of players 2P sim

Added to MAME .037b09

Romset size 5.5 MB

Romset file 8 files

Romset zip 2 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 yes

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	384	224	60

Dipswitchs

Coin A
- 1 Coin/1 Credit
- 1 Coin/2 Credits
- 1 Coin/3 Credits
- 1 Coin/4 Credits
- 2 Coins/1 Credit
- 3 Coins/1 Credit
- 4 Coins/1 Credit
- Free Play
Coin B
- 1 Coin/1 Credit
- 1 Coin/2 Credits
- 1 Coin/3 Credits
- 1 Coin/4 Credits
- 2 Coins/1 Credit
- 3 Coins/1 Credit
- 4 Coins/1 Credit
- Free Play
Credits To Start
- 1
- 2
Demo Sounds
- Off
- On
Difficulty
- Easy
- Hard
- Hardest
- Normal
Flip Screen
- Off
- On
Language
- English
- Japanese
Lives
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
Service Mode
- Off
- On
Shared Credits
- Off
- On

Roms list

console	name	size	crc	sha1	region	offset	status	optional
arcade	u63.bin	524288	4c3f8366	b25a27a67ae828d8fcf2c8d9d373ebdaacce9c4e	gfx1	80000	good	no
arcade	u64.bin	524288	f561ff2e	1ed78c90bf876f24c2859a73a71764189cebddbe	gfx1	0	good	no
arcade	u66.bin	1048576	6fad2b7f	469d185dc942bd4b54babf1d528e0e420f31d88b	gfx2	0	good	no
arcade	u68.bin	1048576	c17aad22	eabbae2142cad3eef6a94d542ea03221c8228e94	gfx3	0	good	no
arcade	u69.bin	1048576	82ec08f1	f17300d3cf990ef5c11056fd922f8cae0b2c918f	x1snd	140000	good	no
arcade	u70.bin	1048576	dfdb67a3	0fed6fb498dcfc1276facd0ecd2dfde45ff671f2	x1snd	0	good	no
arcade	uy2-u3.u4	262144	6f2d8618	ea243e6064b76bc5d6e831362ac9611a48ac94a7	maincpu	1	good	no
arcade	uy2-u4.u3	262144	f1f249c5	5277b7a15934e60e0ca305c318fb02d0ffb99d42	maincpu	0	good	no

Chips list

name	tag	type	clock
M68000	maincpu	cpu	16000000
Speaker	mono	audio
X1-010	x1snd	audio	16000000

0.37b9 [Luca Elia]

WIP:

- 0.37b9: Luca Elia added 'Eight Forces' (Tecmo 1994).

- 4th October 2000: Luca Elia improved the sound in the Seta driver and added Thunder & Lightning, Rezon, Athena no Hatena, Oishii Puzzle wa Irimasenka, Eight Forces, Pro Mahjong Kiwame and Krazy Bowl.

LEVELS: 7

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* FB Alpha

* Raine

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History

Arcade Video game published 25 years ago:

Eight Forces (c) 1994 Tecmo, Limited.

A vertically scrolling shoot'em up.

- TECHNICAL -

Runs on the Seta 1st Generation System Hardware.

Main CPU : Motorola 68000 (@ 16 Mhz)
Sound Chips : X1-010 (@ 16 Mhz)

Screen Orientation : Vertical
Video Resolution : 384 x 224 Pxels.
Screen Refresh : 60.00 Hz
Palette Colors : 1536

Players : 2
Control : 8-Way Joystick
Buttons : 2
=> Shoot, Bomb

- TRIVIA -

Eight Forces was released in August 1994.

- STAFF -

Producer: Mitsugu
Programmers: Mitsugu, Morizo
Planners: Kibandoo Jun, Masked-K, Duka
Graphic: Wataru, Iwakai, Arimoto
Sound: Hanaoka, Okuda, Nakanisi

- CONTRIBUTE -

Edit this entry: https://www.arcade-history.com/?&page=detail&id=742&o=2

High scores

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Eight Forces