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Finest Hour (Japan)

  1. Game infos
  2. Sound
  3. Driver
  4. Inputs
  5. Controls
  6. Display
  7. Dipswitchs
  8. Roms list
  9. Chips list
  10. Categories
  11. MAMEinfo
  12. History
  13. High scores
Download finehour.zip (6.16 MB)
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Game infos

Description Finest Hour (Japan)
Name finehour
Manufacturer Namco
Year 1989
Runnable yes
System arcade /
Number of players 2P alt
Added to MAME .036b08
Romset size 6.16 MB
Romset file 29 files
Romset zip 2 B
Language Japanese
Evaluation 50 to 60 (Not Good Enough)
Genre Platform

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 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 288 224 60.606061 6144000 384 0 288 264 0 224

Dipswitchs

Roms list

console name bios size crc md5 merge sha1 region offset status optional
arcade fh1_ch0.bin 262144 516900d1 f3d95fa4c060a37164a6e3a87b056d032f3d1f6c gfx2 0 good no
arcade fh1_ch1.bin 262144 964d06bd bd9a30bde66f680fdc45cb8823fac9672075a7bb gfx2 80000 good no
arcade fh1_ch2.bin 262144 fbb9449e 291d4678e9972fd3ad2822bef90c57548d284482 gfx2 100000 good no
arcade fh1_ch3.bin 262144 c18eda8a 5e0cba196716049f3045cfe3a3f9571f9be16992 gfx2 180000 good no
arcade fh1_ch4.bin 262144 80dd188a 6d4f029983e98acee612c0f394675f7dd41208c7 gfx2 200000 good no
arcade fh1_ch5.bin 262144 40969876 6f444e7fc658ce557d0f54498614a2c05e14f280 gfx2 280000 good no
arcade fh1_dt0.bin 131072 2441c26f 429c8f12f7bef3e62153ac8b9e00ea870db36a7b data_rom 0 good no
arcade fh1_dt1.bin 131072 48154deb d6fde316f90bc847f60fa8d997504da34337ffa4 data_rom 1 good no
arcade fh1_dt2.bin 131072 12453ba4 26ad0da6e56ece6f1ba0b0cf23d2fdae2ce24100 data_rom 100000 good no
arcade fh1_dt3.bin 131072 50bab9da 9c18e5fb810123f9d17042212e0878172e220d2a data_rom 100001 good no
arcade fh1_mp0.bin 131072 355d9119 e8d834bbcfc9efa4bec9d5d38a0223bcea9e55de maincpu 0 good no
arcade fh1_mp1.bin 131072 647eb621 441bcb492982db81ceb035cf81970eaa9cc1886c maincpu 1 good no
arcade fh1_ob0.bin 524288 b1fd86f1 5504ca1a83c329a19d5632b9ac40cfa7e8ced304 gfx1 0 good no
arcade fh1_ob1.bin 524288 519c44ce f4b033d1caac1944a870d94a06a40aad332a75db gfx1 80000 good no
arcade fh1_ob2.bin 524288 9c5de4fa ead6e53d3fd7adc6f1cb4971a0858ff0098e9897 gfx1 100000 good no
arcade fh1_ob3.bin 524288 54d4edce 1cf090b215f62528d13a8de6936be96bfe7d343a gfx1 180000 good no
arcade fh1_rz0.bin 131072 6c96c5c1 a69321ccb17497671352ab5f4d8f331668f982d2 gfx3 0 good no
arcade fh1_rz1.bin 131072 44699eb9 9f289fccfd56692e0dda5331160a21b6ed824d7d gfx3 80000 good no
arcade fh1_rz2.bin 131072 5ec14abf 088b4da0f20286e72c7e02a6708ce46823f40237 gfx3 100000 good no
arcade fh1_rz3.bin 131072 9f5a91b2 962d09eca92a146bfb754aba575309530658fddb gfx3 180000 good no
arcade fh1_rz4.bin 131072 0b4379e6 3455211a9a3c8412609fdbb98aa8911db3a47e09 gfx3 200000 good no
arcade fh1_rz5.bin 131072 e034e560 3b5ccdd93e2729875305a7016b3b9de237526358 gfx3 280000 good no
arcade fh1_sd0.bin 131072 059a9cfd 6b9ba6c270c90b382bd4c656e0ddca076a04a919 audiocpu c000 good no
arcade fh1_sha.bin 262144 15875eb0 9225df6b01897938488461ebf0717e6d7b81d562 gfx4 0 good no
arcade fh1_sp0.bin 131072 aa6289e9 d20a62481c3ea386a9eee952388d9cb7137e07de slave 0 good no
arcade fh1_sp1.bin 131072 8532d5c7 b32416e444393c0ba685a9d11bb7fba7a53f63db slave 1 good no
arcade fh1_vo1.bin 524288 07560fc7 76f3855f5a4567dc65d513e37072072c2a011e7e c140 0 good no
arcade sys2c65c.bin 32768 a5b2a4ff 068bdfcc71a5e83706e8b23330691973c1c214dc mcu 8000 good no
arcade sys2mcpu.bin 8192 a342a97e 2c420d34dba21e409bf78ddca710fc7de65a6642 mcu 0 good no

Chips list

name tag type clock
C140 c140 audio 21333
HD63705 mcu cpu 2048000
M68000 slave cpu 12288000
M6809 audiocpu cpu 2048000
Speaker rspeaker audio
YM2151 ymsnd audio 3579545

Categories

MAMEinfo

0.36b8 [Keith Wilkins]

0.36b6 [Testdriver]


Bugs:

- Player falls into terrain sometimes. Iaspis (ID 03796)

- Regardless of credits entered, only one is shown. Kale (ID 03797)


WIP:

- 0.133u1: hap properly added support for Namco System 2 multiple posirq anyway, this fixes Finest Hour bad sprite colors.

- 0.88u1: Phil Stroffolino fixed tilemap priorities in Finest Hour.

- 0.36b9: Added new cpu4 rom ($8000).

- 0.36b8: Keith Wilkins added 'Finest Hour (Japan)' (Namco 1989).

- 12th October 1999: Keith Wilkins sent in another Namco System 2 update with controls working in most games, and also fixed a lot of the graphics bugs. The playable games are now Assault, Ordyne, Mirai Ninja, Phelios, Valkyrie No Densetsu, Finest Hour, Burning Force, Marvel Land, Dragon Saber and Cosmo Gang the Video.

- 0.36b6: Added (Testdriver) Finest Hour.


LEVELS: 4 (must be finished twice)


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History


Arcade Video game published 30 years ago:

Finest Hour (c) 1989 Namco.

Stomp through the enemy opposition in your very own assault mech! Equipped with a laser beam, Vernier jump-jets, auto-targeting, and automatic cooling system, this mech is a force to be reckoned with. Of course, the enemy doesn't know that yet, do they? Teach 'em a lesson in threat assessment!

- TECHNICAL -

Namco System 2 hardware
Game ID : FH

Main CPU : (2x) Motorola 68000 (@ 12.288 Mhz), M6809 (@ 3.072 Mhz), HD63705 (@ 2.048 Mhz)
Sound Chips : C140 (@ 21.39 Khz), YM2151 (@ 3.57958 Mhz)

Screen orientation : Horizontal
Video resolution : 288 x 224 pixels
Screen refresh : 60.61 Hz
Palette colors : 8192

Players : 2
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 3

- TRIVIA -

Released in September 1989.

Finest Hour is the first game from Namco where the hero is a robot.

Many of the stages' names seem to be named after songs by the rock band Rush - for example, 'Distant Early Warning' and 'Subdivisions'.

Victor Entertainment released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Finest Hour : Namco Game Sound Express Vol.3 - VICL-15004) on 21/09/1990.

- STAFF -

Produced by : S. Yokoyama
Development directed by : S. Okamoto
General agent : K. Matsuoka
Management by : S. Sakurai
Marketing investigated by : Toshio Natsui
Superviser of test play : Y. Seto
Directed & programmed by : K. Nikaido
Character designers : Y. Teshima, T. Kinoshita, K. Yanagihara, S. Sasaki
Graphic designers : N. Yanagisawa, H. Fukuda, Mitsuru Fukuoka (M. Fukuoka), Masato Nagashima
Development supported by : M. Kato
Music composed by : Katsurou Tajima
Logotype designed by : N. Abe
Lyrics translated by : R. Okamoto
Publicity poster arranged by : H. Kuwahara
Presidental advisor : E. Sato
Graphic utility distribution : A. Nagamatsu
Coordinate supported by : E. Saita, Y. Honda

- CONTRIBUTE -

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High scores

MAMESCORE records : 02/04/2017 13:01

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