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Formation Z

  1. Game infos
  2. Parent and Clones
  3. Sound
  4. Driver
  5. Inputs
  6. Controls
  7. Display
  8. Dipswitchs
  9. Roms list
  10. Chips list
  11. Categories
  12. MAMEinfo
  13. History
  14. High scores
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Game infos

Description Formation Z
Name formatz
Manufacturer Jaleco
Year 1984
Runnable yes
System arcade /
Number of players 2P alt
Added to MAME .060
Romset size 81 KB
Romset file 12 files
Romset zip 36 B
Language English
Evaluation 50 to 60 (Not Good Enough)
Genre Shooter

Parent and clones

Parent This game is the parent

Sound infos

Sound_channels 1

Driver infos

Driver status imperfect
Driver emulation good
Driver color good
Driver sound good
Driver graphic imperfect
Driver cocktail
Driver protection
Driver savestate yes

Inputs infos

Input service no
Input tilt no
Input players 2
Input buttons
Input coins 1

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 248 224 60

Dipswitchs

Roms list

console name bios size crc md5 merge sha1 region offset status optional
arcade 10a 256 e8733c8f 105b44c9108ee173a417f8c79ec8381f824dd675 proms 200 good no
arcade 10b 256 00df8809 f4539c052a5ce8a63662db070c3f52139afef23d proms 100 good no
arcade 10c 256 b756dd6d ea79f87f84ded2f0a66458af24cbc792e5ff77e3 proms 0 good no
arcade format_z.1 4096 5739afd2 3a645bc8a5ac69f1dc878a589c580f2bf033d3cb gfx3 0 good no
arcade format_z.2 4096 3a821391 476507ba5e5d64ca3729244590beadb9b3a6a018 gfx3 1000 good no
arcade format_z.3 4096 7d1aec79 bb19d6c91a14df26706226cfe22853bb8383c63d gfx3 2000 good no
arcade format_z.4 8192 910375a0 1044e0f45ce34c15986d9ab520c0e7d08fd46dde gfx2 0 good no
arcade format_z.5 8192 ba50be57 aa37b644e8c1944b4c0ba81164d5a52be8ab491f gfx1 0 good no
arcade format_z.6 16384 baa0d745 72b6cf31c9bbf9b5c55ef3f4ca5877ce576beda9 maincpu c000 good no
arcade format_z.7 16384 986e6052 4d39eda38fa17695f8217b0032a750cbe71c5674 maincpu 8000 good no
arcade format_z.8 16384 81a2416c d43c6bcc079847cb4c8e77fdc4d9d5bb9c2cc41a maincpu 4000 good no
arcade format_z.9 4096 6b9215ad 3ab416d070bf6b9a8be3e19d4dbc3a399d9ab5cb audiocpu f000 good no

Chips list

name tag type clock
AY-3-8910A ay2 audio 625000
M6809 audiocpu cpu 625000
Speaker mono audio

Categories

MAMEinfo

0.60 [Acho A. Tang, Nicola Salmoria]

0.34b4 [Nicola Salmoria]

0.33b3 [Carlos A. Lozano]


MCU TEST:

- Holding key 1 or 2 at boot puts the game in MCU test. Press F3 to quit.


WIP:

- 0.136u4: Angelo Salese implemented irq ack to Aeroboto / Formation Z.

- 0.135u1: Fabio Priuli added driver data struct to Formation Z.

- 0.123u2: RansAckeR simplified some control definitions in the Aeroboto driver.

- 0.123u1: Corrado Tomaselli corrected the clocks in Formation Z. Changed M6809 CPU2 clock speed to 625000 Hz, 1st AY-3-8910A to 1.25MHz and 2nd AY-3-8910A to 6.25MHz.

- 0.108u2: Roberto Fresca added DIP locations to Formation Z. Changed 'Unknown' dipswitches to 'Unused'.

- 18th July 2004: Andrea Mazzoleni fixed a temporary buffer allocation in the Aeroboto driver.

- 0.72u1: Misc improvements, cleanups and fixes to the Aeroboto driver [Acho A. Tang]. Updated starfield according to Uki's report. Changed visible area to 248x224.

- 12th August 2003: Acho A. Tang re-submitted Aeroboto starfield.

- 10th February 2003: Chack'n fixed dipswitches in Pinbo and Formation Z.

- 21st January 2003: Acho A. Tang submitted a preliminary star field simulation in the Aeroboto / Formation Z driver.

- 0.63: Added new proms ($0, 100, 200). Changed visible area to 240x216. Added 'Unknown' dipswitch.

- 17th November 2002: Zsolt Vasvari and Nicola Salmoria added the correct color PROMs to Formation Z / Aeroboto.

- 0.60: Acho A. Tang re-added Formation Z and Aeroboto.

- 18th April 2002: Acho A. Tang submitted a major improvement to the old Formation Z / Aeroboto driver which is now playable. Bypassed protection to make the game playable. Modified memory map and hardware settings. Emulated remaining video registers. Rewrote vidhrdw module to fix color, sprite positions, priority, vertical scrolling, split screen, starmap... etc.

- 0.55: Moved Aeroboto to (Testdriver).

- 0.54: Moved Formation Z to (Testdriver).

- 0.36b4: Changed visible area to 256x224.

- 0.35b5: Fixed input.

- 0.34b4: Nicola Salmoria added 'Formation Z' (Jaleco 1984).

- 0.33b3: Carlos A. Lozano added 'Aeroboto' (Williams 1984). Preliminary.

- 24th September 1997: Dumped Aeroboto.


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History


Arcade Video game published 35 years ago:

Formation Z (c) 1984 Jaleco.

Taking place in the year 2701, the player controls a robot which can transform into an aero fighter on a mission to stop an alien super weapon from reaching the Earth. The robot may move forwards, backwards and jump, and the aero fighter may travel anywhere on screen but has limited fuel in which to do so. A combination of the two must be used to avoid obstacles, as well as to destroy any on-screen enemies for extra points.

- TECHNICAL -

Main CPU : Motorola M6809 (@ 1.25 Mhz)
Sound CPU : Motorola M6809 (@ 640 Khz)
Sound Chips : (2x) General Instrument AY8910 (@ 1.5 Mhz)

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

- TRIVIA -

Formation Z was released in September 1984.

This game is known outside Japan as "Aeroboto" (Licensed to Williams).

- PORTS -

* CONSOLES:
[JP] Nintendo Famicom (apr.4, 1985) [Model JF-02]
[JP] Sony PlayStation (oct.23, 2003; "Jaleco Collection Vol.1 [Model SLPS-03562]") Famicom version
Nintendo Wii [Virtual Console] [JP] (feb.2, 2009) Famicom version

* COMPUTERS:
[JP] MSX (1985)

- CONTRIBUTE -

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High scores

MAMESCORE records : 02/04/2017 13:01

sawys_________________________319.400
welos666_______________________28.900
foxmulder______________________16.900
dark_kariya____________________16.100
thegamer_______________________11.500
didyeah_________________________7.900
hulkiii_________________________7.100