Mame game : gyrodine : Gyrodine

Game infos

Description Gyrodine

Name gyrodine

Manufacturer Crux

Year 1984

Runnable yes

System arcade /

Number of players 2P alt

Added to MAME .080u2

Romset size 117 KB

Romset file 20 files

Romset zip 62 B

Language English

Evaluation 60 to 70 (Passable)

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 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	90	no	288	224	60

Dipswitchs

Bonus Life
- 20000 50000
- 40000 70000
Cabinet
- Cocktail
- Upright
Coin A
- 1 Coin/1 Credit
- 1 Coin/2 Credits
- 1 Coin/3 Credits
- 1 Coin/4 Credits
- 1 Coin/6 Credits
- 2 Coins/1 Credit
- 3 Coins/2 Credits
- Free Play
Coin B
- 1 Coin/1 Credit
- 1 Coin/2 Credits
- 1 Coin/3 Credits
- 2 Coins/1 Credit
- 3 Coins/1 Credit
- 3 Coins/4 Credits
- 4 Coins/1 Credit
- 5 Coins/1 Credit
Difficulty
- Easy
- Hard
Freeze
- Off
- On
Lives
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
Unused
- Off
- On

Roms list

console	name	size	crc	sha1	region	offset	status	optional
arcade	a21.01	8192	b2ce0aa2	576754105819aec64781a5c8e8540b21fcfd346b	sub	0	good	no
arcade	a21.03	8192	4e9323bd	86ae4c6a29898fdb0e559ec2aac99fc874910fea	maincpu	2000	good	no
arcade	a21.04	8192	57e659d4	4c0e73d0661360731691a32a6e94f41b69315f93	maincpu	4000	good	no
arcade	a21.05	8192	1e7293f3	64695b80b409b02314334fb325f4d0c42a6d4d5b	maincpu	6000	good	no
arcade	a21.06	8192	4cc969a9	0b89f4142c2fcc0a882fbc3514d8d11027e78e01	gfx2	4000	good	no
arcade	a21.07	8192	63623ba3	bcb80fc0edf7c4d1f82a2ff6d0bad9d2ccaf48c6	gfx2	2000	good	no
arcade	a21.08	8192	a57df1c9	63505f63e978c52c43fe863dca056b52f7ebd501	gfx2	0	good	no
arcade	a21.09	8192	22ad88d8	3bdf93ca582d7454fc9e70bd6ce3cd076e0762aa	gfx3	14000	good	no
arcade	a21.10	8192	59640ab4	747cb265f4504399837111c0dd48f07e05a57cc4	gfx3	10000	good	no
arcade	a21.11	8192	87967d7d	d8026df749947a16f643d9b28640c9d293edd4a7	gfx3	c000	good	no
arcade	a21.12	8192	f387aea2	de4aad7ad9ecc6a058b88c67bb18ee02605d9951	gfx3	8000	good	no
arcade	a21.13	8192	d36b5aad	8fac23474ffd3a62e2283eadbc8d278cd9c70105	gfx3	4000	good	no
arcade	a21.14	8192	9c5c4d5b	0d0c9efb63b761acfaf51d17c525f94430ad703d	gfx3	0	good	no
arcade	a21.15	4096	adba18d0	b1afd7d8f2a8545a00525a23e087d9ca975a6401	gfx1	0	good	no
arcade	a21.16	256	cc25fb56	5f533c4b4f49ba147c83d6a20d1e795c71db3c41	proms	0	good	no
arcade	a21.17	256	ca054448	4bad8147905cbe9ec8bb5bcd8016e9950c5d95a9	proms	100	good	no
arcade	a21.18	256	23c0c449	4a37821a6a16ae0cfdcfb0fa64733c03ba9e4815	proms	200	good	no
arcade	a21.20	32	efc4985e	b2fa02e388fbbe1077e79699efccb2d47cb83ba5	proms	300	good	no
arcade	m1.2c	32	83a39201	4fdc722c9e20ee152c890342ef0dce18e35e2ef8	proms	320	good	no
arcade	rom2	8192	85ddea38	fe7e8d7962850b17c39cac627994d78768b094f8	maincpu	0	good	no

Chips list

name	tag	type	clock
AY-3-8910A	ay2	audio	1536000
Speaker	mono	audio
Z80	sub	cpu	3072000

0.138u1 [f205v]

0.36b2 [Ernesto Corvi]

WIP:

- 0.138u1: Changed Gyrodine (Crux 1984) to the parent set. Renamed (gyrodine) to (gyrodinet) and (gyrodinec) to (gyrodine).

- 0.133u1: Renamed (gyrodinc) to (gyrodinec).

- 0.116: Zsolt Vasvari added clone Buzzard. Changed parent description to 'Gyrodine (Taito Corporation license)' and clone (Crux) to 'Gyrodine'.

- 0.80u2: f205v added clone Gyrodine (Crux).

- 15th March 2004: f205v added the Crux licensed version of Gyrodine to the Kyugo driver.

- 13th March 2000: Takahiro Nogi fixed the stereo sound output problem.

- 23rd February 2000: Guru - Buzzard (a bootleg of Gyrodine) is now running in MAME ! Took me all of about 30 seconds to get it going. Thanks to Thierry for the tips. Nicola decided its only a graphics hack and won't add it.

- 0.36b2: Ernesto Corvi added 'Gyrodine' (Taito 1984).

- 21st July 1999: Nicola fixed all graphics bugs in Gyrodine, S.R.D. Mission and Son of Phoenix.

- 11th July 1999: Ernesto Corvi sent in almost complete drivers for Gyrodine, S.R.D. Mission and Son of Phoenix.

- 18th June 1999: Ernesto Corvi sent in a preliminary driver for Gyrodine / Son of Phoenix / S.R.D. Mission, but sprites are missing.

- 4th March 1999: Ernesto Corvi submitted a preliminary driver for Gyrodine.

LEVELS: 1 (endless)

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History

Arcade Video game published 35 years ago:

Gyrodine (c) 1984 Crux.

A vertically scrolling shoot 'em up.

- TECHNICAL -

Main CPU : (2x) Zilog Z80
Sound Chips : (2x) General Instrument AY8910

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

- TRIVIA -

Gyrodine was released in July 1984. It was made by Crux, which was started by former Orca staff. Staff from Crux moved on to Toaplan.

The game is also known as "Buzzard".

- STAFF -

From high score table: Naomi.S, K.T, Shunkoh Miki (Miki Kun), Nice Y.N, Atsushi Kawaguchi (Pop Kawa), Minoru Harada (M. Harada)

- PORTS -

* CONSOLES:
[JP] Nintendo Famicom (mar.13, 1986) "Gyrodine [Model TFC-GD]"

* COMPUTERS:
MSX [EU] [JP] (1986)

- CONTRIBUTE -

Edit this entry: https://www.arcade-history.com/?&page=detail&id=1062&o=2

High scores

MAMESCORE records : 02/04/2017 13:01

foxmulder_____________________180.470
didyeah_______________________119.370
sawys_________________________117.110
olivier________________________90.860
cessna_________________________63.750
thegamer_______________________39.390
hulkiii________________________12.500

Gyrodine