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Kick Start - Wheelie King

  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
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Game infos

Description Kick Start - Wheelie King
Name kikstart
Manufacturer Taito Corporation
Year 1984
Runnable yes
System arcade /
Number of players 2P alt
Added to MAME .068
Romset size 87 KB
Romset file 14 files
Romset zip 31 B
Language English
Evaluation 50 to 60 (Not Good Enough)
Genre Driving

Sound infos

Sound_channels 1

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 2 no

Display infos

type rotate flipx width height refresh pixclock htotal hbend hbstart vtotal vbend vbstart
raster 0 no 256 224 60

Dipswitchs

Roms list

console name bios size crc md5 merge sha1 region offset status optional
arcade a20-01 8192 5810be97 da3507b8274a1f5c0d5b10ad7259a0f02bfb6eda maincpu 0 good no
arcade a20-02 8192 13e9565d bb73b965262bc1bd90266b460d95fe217938a33c maincpu 2000 good no
arcade a20-03 8192 93d7a9e1 ab9289172a8f52e1a191efd91b52e8cf762d1f7f maincpu 4000 good no
arcade a20-04 8192 1f23c5d6 104312f09916e9938f71c3dffb94aaa335afb084 maincpu 6000 good no
arcade a20-05 8192 66e100aa a3b78b1b0250491c5e9bd39e761612a1f70640dd maincpu 10000 good no
arcade a20-06 8192 6582fc89 a902f4f2d3c9e352ac2f49f33b9f30be931f2be1 gfx1 0 good no
arcade a20-07 8192 8c0b76d2 243ef5cdd5bbf504dd040a01b8e126dbbc65f9a9 gfx1 2000 good no
arcade a20-08 8192 0cca7a9d bf83ad5791a2277c51b1a2644a078be0ca8a4047 gfx1 4000 good no
arcade a20-09 8192 da625ccf 092c72b5a23d7a5683889f7597096938ba879602 gfx1 6000 good no
arcade a20-10 4096 de4352a4 1548f8d7ac9e79ccaf1a503ded4b868bd350fd7e audiocpu 0 good no
arcade a20-11 4096 8db12dd9 3b291d478b3f3f1bf93d95a78506d99a71f36d05 audiocpu 1000 good no
arcade a20-12 4096 e7eeb933 26f3904f6d4dc814318221f1c9cd5dcc671fe05a audiocpu 2000 good no
arcade a20-13.ic91 2048 3fb6c4fb 04b9458f21a793444cd587055e2e3ccfa3f835a2 mcu 0 good no
arcade eb16.22 256 b833b5ea d233f1bf8a3e6cd876853ffd721b9b64c61c9047 proms 0 good no
arcade pal16l8.28 260 plds 0 nodump no

Chips list

name tag type clock
8-Bit R-2R DAC dac audio
AY-3-8910A ay4 audio 1500000
DISCRETE dacvol audio
MC68705P3 mcu cpu 3000000
Speaker speaker audio
Z80 audiocpu cpu 3000000

Categories

MAMEinfo

0.68 [Tomasz Slanina]

0.36b1 [Zsolt Vasvari]


WIP:

- 0.182: Replaced M68705 CPU3 with MC68705P3.

- 0.147u2: hap changed description to 'Kick Start - Wheelie King'.

- 0.138u4: Dr. Decapitator replaced the old MCU dump with the decapped version for Kick Start Wheelie King.

- 25th June 2010: Guru - The 68705P5 MCU (A20_13.IC91) for Kick Start Wheelie King has now been successfully processed (decap, de-protect & read).

- 0.122u6: Changed M68705 CPU3 clock speed to 3MHz.

- 0.106u11: Canim fixed input in Kick Start. Removed 3rd coin slot.

- 0.69a: Changed M68705 CPU3 clock speed to 750000 Hz.

- 0.68: Re-added 'Kick Start Wheelie King' (Taito 1984).

- 14th April 2003: David Haywood fixed one dipswitch setting in Kick Start Wheelie King.

- 10th April 2003: Tomasz Slanina fixed Kick Start Wheelie King in the Taito SJ driver, and David Haywood fixed the controls in it.

- 21st December 2002: Guru resubmitted the preliminary Kick Start Wheelie King driver with no improvements.

- 17th August 2002: ElSemi emulated the protection in Kick Start Wheelie King, but graphics emulation is not yet completed.

- 15th May 2002: Guru - Received a Kick Start Wheelie King PCB. Thanks to Paul Sommers for the loan of the board.

- 0.55: Moved Kick Start to (Testdriver).

- 0.36b2: Changed description to 'Kick Start Wheelie King'. Added M68705 (1.5MHz) CPU3 and MCU rom ($0). Added dipswitches 'Finish Bonus', 'Service Mode' and 'Infinite Lives'.

- 0.36b1: Zsolt Vasvari added 'Kick Start' (Taito 1984). Not working due to protection.


LEVELS: 29


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History


Arcade Video game published 35 years ago:

Kick Start Wheelie King (c) 1984 Taito Corporation.

A motorcycle racing game from Taito.

- TECHNICAL -

Runs on the "Taito SJ System" hardware.
Prom Stickers : A20

Players: 2
Control: 2-way joystick
Buttons: 4

- TRIVIA -

Kick Start Wheelie King was released in July 1984 in Japan.

- CONTRIBUTE -

Edit this entry: https://www.arcade-history.com/?&page=detail&id=1271&o=2

High scores

MAMESCORE records : 02/04/2017 13:01

lorddraakh____________________101.060
dark_kariya____________________75.920
sawys__________________________73.120
ballyballo_____________________65.900
hulkiii_________________________8.760