Mame game : fireshrk : Fire Shark

Game infos

Description Fire Shark

Name fireshrk

Manufacturer Toaplan

Year 1990

Runnable yes

System arcade /

Number of players 2P sim

Added to MAME .036rc1

Romset size 1.34 MB

Romset file 15 files

Romset zip 511 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	270	no	320	240	57.613169	7000000	450	0	320	270	0	240

Dipswitchs

Allow Continue
- No
- Yes
Bonus Life
- 100K
- 50K, every 150K
- 70K, every 200K
- None
Cabinet
- Cocktail
- Upright
Coin A
- 1 Coin/1 Credit
- 2 Coins/1 Credit
- 3 Coins/1 Credit
- 4 Coins/1 Credit
Coin B
- 1 Coin/2 Credits
- 1 Coin/3 Credits
- 1 Coin/4 Credits
- 1 Coin/6 Credits
Demo Sounds
- Off
- On
Difficulty
- Easy
- Hard
- Hardest
- Medium
Flip Screen
- Off
- On
Invulnerability
- Off
- On
Lives
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
Region
- Europe
- USA
- USA (Romstar)
Service Mode
- Off
- On

Roms list

console	name	size	crc	sha1	region	offset	status	optional
arcade	09.8j	32768	f0c70e6f	037690448786d61aa116b24b638430c577ea78e2	maincpu	0	good	no
arcade	10.8l	32768	9d253d77	0414d1f475abb9ccfd7daa11c2f400a14f25db09	maincpu	1	good	no
arcade	hd647180.017	32768	43523032	1b94003a00e7bf6bdf1b1b946f42ff5d04629949	audiocpu	0	good	no
arcade	o17_01.1d	131072	ea12e491	02190722b7c5383471e0af9596be7039a5367240	gfx2	0	good	no
arcade	o17_02.3d	131072	32a13a9f	1446acdfd21cd41f3d97aaf30f498c0c5d890605	gfx2	1	good	no
arcade	o17_03.5d	131072	68723dc9	4f1b7aa2469c955e03737b611a7d2524f1e4f61e	gfx2	40000	good	no
arcade	o17_04.7d	131072	fe0ecb13	634a49262b9c092c25f11b14c6757fe94ea9eddc	gfx2	40001	good	no
arcade	o17_05.12j	131072	565315f8	6b1c5ef52359483228b329c89c2e1174e3fbf017	gfx1	0	good	no
arcade	o17_06.13j	131072	95262d4c	16f3aabecb1c87ce7eadf4f0ff61b29a4c017614	gfx1	1	good	no
arcade	o17_07.12l	131072	4c4b735c	812c3bf46bd7764b2bb812bd2b9eb0331ed257ae	gfx1	40000	good	no
arcade	o17_08.13l	131072	95c6586c	ff87901f79d80f73ad09664b0c0d892898570616	gfx1	40001	good	no
arcade	o17_11ii.7j	131072	6beac378	041ba98a89a4bac32575858db8a061bdf7804594	maincpu	40000	good	no
arcade	o17_12ii.7l	131072	6adb6eb5	9b6e63aa50d271c2bb0b4cf822fc6f3684f10230	maincpu	40001	good	no
arcade	prom14.25b	32	bc88cced	5055362710c0f58823c05fb4c0e0eec638b91e3d	proms	0	good	no
arcade	prom15.20c	32	a1e17492	9ddec4c97f2d541f69f3c32c47aaa21fd9699ae2	proms	20	good	no

Chips list

name	tag	type	clock
M68000	maincpu	cpu	10000000
Speaker	mono	audio
YM3812	ymsnd	audio	3500000
Z180	audiocpu	cpu	3500000

Serie

Serie : Flying Shark

Flyin' Shark (bootleg of Hishou Zame) (1987)
Flying Shark (World) (1987)
Flying Shark (UK) (1987)
Flying Shark (bootleg with 8741) (1987)
Hishou Zame (Japan) (1987)
Sky Shark (US, set 1) (1987)
Fighting Hawk (World) (1988)
Fighting Hawk (Japan) (1988)
Fire Shark (earlier) (1989)
Same! Same! Same! (1P set) (1989)
Same! Same! Same! (2P set) (1989)
Sky Shark (USA, Rev. 0A) (1989)
Fire Shark (1990)
Fire Shark (Korea, set 1, easier) (1990)
Fire Shark (Korea, set 2, harder) (1990)
Same! Same! Same! (Jpn) (1990)
Fire Shark (Euro) (1991)
Hishouzame - Flying Shark (1991)
Hishouzame / Flying Shark (1993)

0.36RC1 [Quench]

WIP:

- 0.181: CAPS0ff and trap15 added clone Same! Same! Same! (1P set, NEW VER! hack). Decapped, deprotected, dumped and hooked up the HD647180X MCUs for Fire Shark [CAPS0ff].

- 0.153: Changed VSync to 57.613169 Hz.

- 0.151: ShouTime and The Dumping Union added clone Fire Shark (earlier). Fixed rom names.

- 0.144u6: hap fixed inputs aren't read consistently in Fire Shark.

- 0.144: Changed VSync to 57.59 Hz.

- 0.141u4: Changed description of clones 'Same! Same! Same! (2 player alternating ver.)' to 'Same! Same! Same! (1P set)' and 'Same! Same! Same!' to 'Same! Same! Same! (2P set)'.

- 0.137u1: Quench added minimal Z180 (3.5 MHz) place holder for Fire Shark/SameSame.

- 0.136u4: Removed 2x 'Unknown' dipswitches.

- 0.133u1: Renamed (fireshd) to (fireshrkd), (fireshdh) to (fireshrkdh) and (samesam2) to (samesame2).

- 0.128u1: Guru added clones Fire Shark (Korea, set 1, easier) and (Korea, set 2, harder). Fixed rom names. Changed description of clones 'Same! Same! Same!' to 'Same! Same! Same! (2 player alternating ver.)' and 'Same! Same! Same! (2P Ver.)' to 'Same! Same! Same!'.

- 11th June 2008: Guru - Fire Shark 1990 (Doo Yong license) hard version and normal version (2 extra EPROMs) arrived a few days ago, thanks to gplee.

- 0.123u1: Added dipswitches 'Cabinet' and 'Allow Continue'.

- 0.113u4: Changed VSync to 60Hz.

- 0.113u2: Changed VSync to 57.613169 Hz.

- 0.61: Added clone Same! Same! Same! (2P Ver.). Changed VSync to 57.613171Hz.

- 0.36RC1: Added 'Fire Shark' (Toaplan 1990) and clone Same! Same! Same!.

- 20th February 2000: Quench sent in a lot of fixes to the Toaplan driver, for example the startup hangs are fixed now, and he also added Fire Shark / Same! Same! Same! to the driver.

- 30th August 1998: FREE WING dumped Same! Same! Same! (2 player alternating ver.).

LEVELS: 10 (endless)

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* FB Alpha

* Raine

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History

Arcade Video game published 30 years ago:

Fire Shark! (c) 1989 Toaplan Company, Limited.

Export version. For more information about the game itself, please see the original Japanese version entry; "Same! Same! Same! [TP-017]".

- TECHNICAL -

Game ID : TP-017

Main CPU : Motorola 68000 (@ 10 Mhz)
Sound Chips : YM3812 (@ 3.5 Mhz)

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

- TRIVIA -

Fire Shark was released in November 1989.

Licensed to Romstar for USA distribution.

This game is known in Japan as "Same! Same! Same!" (translated from Japanese as 'Shark! Shark! Shark!') and has some differences :
* You can only play one player at a time.
* When you get hit you start over a bit behind where you left off.

- SERIES -

1. Flying Shark [TP-027] (1987)
2. Fighting Hawk (1988)
3. Fire Shark! [TP-017] (1989)

- PORTS -

* CONSOLES:
[US] Sega Genesis (1990) [Model 34016]
[EU] Sega Mega Drive (1991) [Model 670-1875]

- CONTRIBUTE -

Edit this entry: https://www.arcade-history.com/?&page=detail&id=852&o=2

High scores

MAMESCORE records : 02/04/2017 13:01

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Fire Shark