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Gradius III (World, program code R)

  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. Serie
  12. Categories
  13. MAMEinfo
  14. History
  15. High scores
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Game infos

Description Gradius III (World, program code R)
Name gradius3
Manufacturer Konami
Year 1989
Runnable yes
System arcade /
Number of players 2P alt
Added to MAME .059
Romset size 3.81 MB
Romset file 25 files
Romset zip 1 B
Language English
Evaluation 60 to 70 (Passable)
Genre Shooter

Parent and clones

Parent This game is the parent

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 3

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 320 224 60

Dipswitchs

Roms list

console name bios size crc md5 merge sha1 region offset status optional
arcade 945_a01.h3 524288 339d6dd2 6a52b826aba92c75fc6a5926184948735dc20812 k051960 2 good no
arcade 945_a02.l3 524288 4dfffd74 588210bac27448240ef08961f70b714b69cb3ffd k051960 0 good no
arcade 945_a10.b15 262144 1d083e10 b116f133a7647ef7a6c373aff00e9622d9954b61 k007232 0 good no
arcade 945_l03a.e6 131072 a67ef087 fd63474f3bbde5dfc53ed4c1db25d6411a8b54d2 k051960 100002 good no
arcade 945_l03b.e8 131072 933e68b9 f3a39446ca77d17fdbd938bd5f718ae9d5570879 k051960 180002 good no
arcade 945_l03c.h6 131072 a56be17a 1d387736144c30fcb5de54235331ab1ff70c356e k051960 100003 good no
arcade 945_l03d.h8 131072 f375e87b 6427b966795c907c8e516244872fe52217da62c4 k051960 180003 good no
arcade 945_l04a.k6 131072 884e21ee ce86dd3a06775e5b1aa09db010dcb674e67828e7 k051960 100000 good no
arcade 945_l04b.k8 131072 843bc67d cdf8421083f24ab27867ed5d08d8949da192b2b9 k051960 180000 good no
arcade 945_l04c.m6 131072 45bcd921 e51a8a71362a6fb55124aa1dce74519c0a3c6e3f k051960 100001 good no
arcade 945_l04d.m8 131072 0a98d08e 1e0ca51a2d45c01fa3f11950ddd387f41ddae691 k051960 180001 good no
arcade 945_l06a.n11 131072 e1fd75b6 6160d80a2f1bf550e85d6253cf521a96f5a644cc sub 40001 good no
arcade 945_l06b.r11 131072 83772304 a90c75a3de670b6ec5e0fc201876d463b4a76766 sub 40000 good no
arcade 945_l07a.n15 131072 96222d04 b55700f683a556b0e73dbac9c7b4ce485420d21c sub 80001 good no
arcade 945_l07b.n13 131072 5e209d01 0efa1bbfdc7e2ba1e0bb96245e2bfe961258b446 sub c0001 good no
arcade 945_l07c.r15 131072 c1e399b6 e95bd478dd3beea0175bf9ee4cededb111c4ace1 sub 80000 good no
arcade 945_l07d.r13 131072 4c16d4bd 01dcf169b78a1e495214b10181401d1920b0c924 sub c0000 good no
arcade 945_l11a.c18 131072 6043f4eb 1c2e9ace1cfdde504b7b6158e3c3f54dc5ae33d4 k007232 40000 good no
arcade 945_l11b.c20 131072 89ea3baf 8edcbaa7969185cfac48c02559826d1b8b081f3f k007232 60000 good no
arcade 945_m08.n17 131072 74e981d2 e7b47a2da01ff73293d2100c48fdf00b33125af5 sub 1 good no
arcade 945_m09.r17 131072 b4a6df25 85533cf140d28f6f81c0b49b8061bda0924a613a sub 0 good no
arcade 945_r05.d9 65536 c8c45365 b9a7b736b52bca42c7b8c8ed64c8df73e0116158 audiocpu 0 good no
arcade 945_r12.e15 131072 0b968ef6 ba28d16d94b13aac791b11d3d91df26f78e2e477 maincpu 1 good no
arcade 945_r13.f15 131072 cffd103f 6bd15e8c2e6e5223d7de9b0b375f36f3e81f60ba maincpu 0 good no
arcade 945l14.j28 256 c778c189 847eaf379ba075c25911c6f83dd63ff390534f60 proms 0 good no

Chips list

name tag type clock
K007232 PCM Controller k007232 audio 3579545
M68000 sub cpu 10000000
Speaker rspeaker audio
YM2151 ymsnd audio 3579545
Z80 audiocpu cpu 3579545

Serie

Serie : Gradius
  1. Nemesis (1984)
  2. Gradius (Japan, ROM version) (1985)
  3. Nemesis (ROM version) (1985)
  4. Nemesis (World?, ROM version) (1985)
  5. Nemesis (Euro) ~ Gradius (Jpn) (1986)
  6. Gradius (1986)
  7. Lifeforce (US) (1986)
  8. Nemesis (1986)
  9. Gradius (PlayChoice-10, older) (1986)
  10. Gradius (PlayChoice-10) (1986)
  11. Salamander (version D) (1986)
  12. Salamander (version J) (1986)
  13. Vs. Gradius (US, set GR E) (1986)
  14. Gradius (1987)
  15. Gradius (1987)
  16. Nemesis 2 (Euro) ~ Gradius 2 (Jpn) (1987)
  17. Nemesis 2 (Euro) ~ Gradius 2 (Jpn) (Alt) (1987)
  18. Lifeforce (Japan) (1987)
  19. Nemesis (UK) (1987)
  20. Nemesis (Kor) (1987)
  21. Salamander (Jpn) (1987)
  22. Salamander (Jpn) (1987)
  23. Vulcan - The Tunisian Campaign (UK) (1987)
  24. Gradius (Euro) (1988)
  25. Gradius II - GOFER no Yabou (Japan New Ver.) (1988)
  26. Gradius II (Jpn) (1988)
  27. Gradius II - GOFER no Yabou (Japan Old Ver.) (1988)
  28. Gradius II - GOFER no Yabou (Japan Older Ver.) (1988)
  29. Life Force (USA) (1988)
  30. Salamander - Nemesis 2 (UK) (1988)
  31. Salamander - Nemesis 2 (UK) (UK retail version) (CPM) [Original] (Weak Sectors) (1988)
  32. Salamander (1988)
  33. Vulcan Venture (New) (1988)
  34. Vulcan Venture (Old) (1988)
  35. Vulcan Venture (Oldest) (1988)
  36. Gradius III (World, program code R) (1989)
  37. Gradius III (Asia) (1989)
  38. Gradius III (Japan, program code S) (1989)
  39. Gradius III (Japan, program code S, split) (1989)
  40. Life Force Salamander (Euro) (1989)
  41. Gradius III (Jpn) (1990)
  42. Gradius (1991)
  43. Gradius III (USA) (1991)
  44. Nemesis (Euro) (1991)
  45. Salamander (1991)
  46. Salamander (Tourvision PCE bootleg) (1991)
  47. Gradius - The Interstellar Assault (USA) (1992)
  48. Gradius II - Gofer no Yabou (SCD)(Jpn) (1992)
  49. Gradius II - Gofer no Yabou (1992)
  50. Salamander (1992)
  51. Nemesis '90 Kai (1993)
  52. Salamander 2 (ver JAA) (1996)
  53. Salamander 2 (ver AAB) (1996)
  54. Solar Assault (ver UAA) (1997)
  55. Gradius 4: Fukkatsu (1998)
  56. Nemesis 88 (19??)
  57. Salamander II (19??)
  58. Gradius Advance (Euro) (2001)
  59. Gradius III Legends (Spa) (2001)
  60. Gradius III Legends (Spa, Demo) (2001)

Categories

MAMEinfo

0.147 [?]

0.36b13 [Nicola Salmoria]


Artwork available


Bugs:

- gradius3, gradius3a, gradius3j: Titles sequence doesn't run, plus gfx glitches. Kekule (ID 05382)

- [possible] Stage 9's background is broken. fostar (ID 00062)


WIP:

- 0.165: Cleanup Gradius III driver and video [Alex Jackson]. Use new K051960 video support [Dirk Best].

- 0.163: System11 added clone Gradius III (Japan, program code S, split).

- 0.154: Removed KONAMI_ROM_DEINTERLEAVE in Gradius III and some no longer needed code. Removed m_dx and m_dy in K051960 and K052109, already nonfunctional since devicefication. These chips don't have variable offsets like the later Konami customs do (Gradius 3 title screen being offset 2 pixels to the left is a BTANB, see MT #4118). Added xtal [Alex Jackson].

- 0.147: Make the "World" set the parent, minor whitespace clean up [Brian Troha]. Changed clone (World ?) to parent 'Gradius III (World, program code R)' and (Japan) to clone 'Gradius III (Japan, program code S)'. Renamed (gradius3) to (gradius3j) and (gradius3e) to (gradius3).

- 0.142u4: Angelo Salese removed deprecat.h usage in Gradius III.

- 0.136u1: Fabio Priuli added driver data struct and save states to Gradius III.

- 0.135u4: Fabio Priuli updated Gradius III to use Konami video devices.

- 0.133u1: Renamed (grdius3a) to (gradius3a) and (grdius3e) to (gradius3e).

- 0.130u3: Fabio Priuli added DIP locations to Gradius III based on Guru's notes (thanks to AJG, who fwded them to me).

- 0.124u5: Roberto Zandona fixed missing title text in intro.

- 0.122u5: Atari Ace changed Konami drivers to allocate and decode graphics using the same layouts. Removed the layout parameter from the decodechar() calls.

- 3rd December 2006: Mr. Do - We have the instruction card for Gradius III [US] from Tormod.

- 0.109u1: Mamesick fixed sprite layer Gradius III.

- 3rd September 2006: Mr. Do - Added instruction cards for Gradius III.

- 0.97u2: Mamesick fixed wrong mapped buttons (power-up, shoot and missile).

- 0.95u3: Made Gradius III visible region symmetrical. Fixed K052109 layer 2's X offset [R. Belmont]. Changed visible area to 320x224.

- 14th April 2005: R. Belmont - Submitted a fix for the Gradius 3 layer alignment and visible area glitches pointed out by Alex Jackson on MAMETesters.

- 0.59: Added clone Gradius III (World ?). Fixed rom names.

- 14th March 2002: Chack'n added the Japan version of Captain America and The Avengers, a World version of Gradius 3 and fixed quite a few ROM file names.

- 0.37b1: Support for a priority buffer, updated by tilemap.c, which can be used to draw sprites using the new function pdrawgfx(). This allowed to fix many tile/sprite priority bugs e.g. in Ajax, Lightning Thunder, Simpsons, Vendetta, Punk Shot, Gradius III and others [Phil Stroffolino, Nicola Salmoria].

- 0.36b13: Nicola Salmoria added 'Gradius III (Japan)' (Konami 1989) and clone (Asia).

- 14th March 2000: Eisuke Watanabe fixed Ajax and Gradius 3 priority problems.

- 3rd January 2000: Aaron Giles fixed a Gradius3 endian problem.

- 22nd December 1999: Nicola Salmoria fixed title screens and sprite priorities in Gradius 3.

- 21st December 1999: Nicola Salmoria sent in a driver for Gradius 3.


ARCADE RELEASE: Gradius III (Konami) - 1989/Dec/11


LEVELS: 16


Other Emulators:

* FB Alpha

* Sparcade


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Salamander 2

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Last Hope

History


Arcade Video game published 30 years ago:

Gradius III (c) 1989 Konami.

Export version. For more information about the game itself, please see the original Japenese version entry; "Gradius III - Densetsu Kara Shinwa-e [Model GX945]"

- TECHNICAL -

Konami TMNT Based Hardware
Game ID : GX945

- TRIVIA -

Gradius III was released in December 1989.

- SERIES -

1. Nemesis (1985)
2. Salamander (1986)
3. Gradius 2 (1987, MSX)
4. Vulcan Venture (1988)
5. Nemesis 3 - The Eve of Destruction (1988, MSX)
6. Gradius III - Densetsu Kara Shinwa-e (1989)
7. Nemesis '90 Kai (1993, Sharp X68000)
8. Salamander 2 (1996)
9. Solar Assault - Gradius (1997)
10. Solar Assault - Revised (1997)
11. Gradius Gaiden (1997, Sony PlayStation)
12. Gradius IV - Fukkatsu (1999)
13. Gradius Generation (2001, Nintendo Game Boy Advance)
14. Gradius V (2004, Sony PlayStation 2)
15. Gradius Neo (2004, NTT DoCoMo i-mode Phones)
16. Gradius Neo Imperial (2005, NTT DoCoMo i-mode Phones)
17. Gradius Wide (2007, NTT DoCoMo i-mode Phones)
18. Gradius Rebirth (2008, Nintendo Wii)

- CONTRIBUTE -

Edit this entry: https://www.arcade-history.com/?&page=detail&id=998&o=2

High scores

MAMESCORE records : 02/04/2017 13:01

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thegamer_______________________40.830
dark_kariya____________________39.360
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