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Mag Max

  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 Mag Max
Name magmax
Manufacturer Nichibutsu
Year 1985
Runnable yes
System arcade /
Number of players 2P alt
Added to MAME .037b07
Romset size 218 KB
Romset file 30 files
Romset zip 89 B
Language English
Evaluation 70 to 80 (Good)
Genre Shooter

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 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 0 no 256 224 60 3932160 256 0 256 256 16 240

Dipswitchs

Roms list

console name bios size crc md5 merge sha1 region offset status optional
arcade 1.3b 16384 33793cbb a0bc0e4be434d9fc8115de8d63c92e942334bc85 maincpu 1 good no
arcade 10.20d 8192 e2ff7293 d93c30f7edac53747efcf840325a8ce5f5e47b32 user1 6000 good no
arcade 11.15f 8192 91f3edb6 64e8008cad0e9c42c2ee972c2ee867c7c51cae27 user1 8000 good no
arcade 12.17f 8192 99771eff 5a1e2316b4055a1332d9d1f02edee5bc6aae90ac user1 a000 good no
arcade 13.18f 8192 75f30159 d188ccf926e7a842e90ebc1aad3dc20c37d84b98 user1 c000 good no
arcade 14.20f 8192 96babcba fec58ccc1e5cc2cec56658a412b94fe7b989541d user1 e000 good no
arcade 15.17b 8192 19e7b983 b1cd0b728e7cce87d9b1039be179d0915d939a4f audiocpu 0 good no
arcade 16.18b 8192 055e3126 8c9b03eb7588512ef17f8c1b731a2fd7cf372bf8 audiocpu 2000 good no
arcade 17.3e 8192 8e305b2e 74c318089f6bebafbee31c22302e93a09d3ffa32 gfx2 0 good no
arcade 18.5e 8192 14c55a60 fd2a1b434bb65502f0f791995caf1cd869ccd254 gfx2 2000 good no
arcade 19.6e 8192 fa4141d8 a5279d1ada5a13df14a8bbc18ceeea79f82a4c23 gfx2 4000 good no
arcade 2.5b 16384 1a0c84df 77ff21de33392a148d7ca69a77acc654260af0db maincpu 8001 good no
arcade 20.3g 8192 6fa3918b 658bdbdc581732922c986b07746a9601d86ec5a2 gfx2 8000 good no
arcade 21.5g 8192 dd52eda4 773e92c918f5b076ce3cae55a33a27c38d958edf gfx2 a000 good no
arcade 22.6g 8192 4afc98ff a34d63befdb3c749460d1cfb62e15ced52859b9b gfx2 c000 good no
arcade 23.15g 8192 a7471da2 ec2815a5801bc55955e612173a845399fd493eb7 gfx1 0 good no
arcade 3.6b 8192 d06e6cae 94047b2bcf030d34295ff8107f95097ce57efe6b maincpu 10001 good no
arcade 4.18b 8192 1550942e 436424d63ca576d13b0f4a3713f009a38e33f2f3 user1 0 good no
arcade 5.20b 8192 3b93017f b1b67c2050c8033c29bb74ab909075c39e4f7c6a user1 1 good no
arcade 6.3d 16384 677ef450 9003ff1c1c455970c1bd036b0b5e44dae2e379a5 maincpu 0 good no
arcade 7.5d 16384 01c35e95 4f1a0d0463a956d8f9ed425cbeaed6186eb130a5 maincpu 8000 good no
arcade 8.6d 8192 790a82be 9a25d5a7c87aeef5e736b0f2fb8dde1c9be70039 maincpu 10000 good no
arcade 9.18d 8192 9ecc9ab8 ea5fbd9e9ce09e25f532dc74623e0f7e8464b7f3 user1 4000 good no
arcade mag_a.10d 256 a7ea7718 4789586d6795644517a18f179b4ae5f23737b21d proms 200 good no
arcade mag_b.14d 256 a0fb7297 e6461050e7e586475343156aae1066b944ceab66 user2 0 good no
arcade mag_c.15d 256 d84a6f78 f2ce329b1adf39bde6df2eb79be6d144adea65d0 user2 100 good no
arcade mag_d.10e 256 34b6a6e3 af254ccf0d38e1f4644375cd357d468ad4efe450 proms 100 good no
arcade mag_e.10f 256 75e4f06a cdaccc3e56df4ac9ace04b93b3bab9a62f1ea6f5 proms 0 good no
arcade mag_f.13b 256 4a6f9a6d 65f1e0bfacd1f354ece1b18598a551044c27c4d1 proms 400 good no
arcade mag_g.2e 256 830be358 f412587718040a783c4e6453619930c90daf385e proms 300 good no

Chips list

name tag type clock
AY-3-8910A ay3 audio 1250000
M68000 maincpu cpu 8000000
Speaker mono audio
Z80 audiocpu cpu 2500000

Categories

MAMEinfo

0.37b7 [Takahiro Nogi, Jarek Burczynski]


WIP:

- 0.131u1: Angelo Salese merged memory maps in the Mag Max driver.

- 0.128u4: Stephane Humbert fixed dipswitches for Mag Max. Removed 2nd button. Added 'Debug Mode' dipswitch. Changed 'Unknown' dipswitch to 'Unused'.

- 0.123u1: Zsolt Vasvari simplified Mag Max background drawing code. Removed color tables from Mag Max. Added RESNET color computations where appropriate. Corrado Tomaselli corrected the clocks in Mag Max. Changed palettesize to 528 colors.

- 0.113u1: Justin Szczap added DIP locations based on information from the manuals for Mag Max.

- 0.111u1: Svante Gerhard added save state support to the Mag Max driver.

- 0.76u2: MagMax sound improvements [Jarek Burczynski]: Emulated some op. amplifiers and RC filter circuits giving more exact results.

- 0.37b8: Fixed user1/2 rom loading.

- 21st September 2000: Jarek Burczynski fixed some sprite / background priority issues in Mag Max.

- 18th September 2000: Jarek Burczynski optimized the Mag Max graphics rendering.

- 0.37b7: Takahiro Nogi added 'Mag Max' (Nichibutsu 1985).

- 17th August 2000: Jarek Burczynski fixed a crash in Mag Max.

- 11th August 2000: Jarek Burczynski sent in the Mag Max driver.

- 9th August 2000: Jarek Burczynski added preliminary support for the background graphics in Mag Max.

- 12th June 2000: Takahiro Nogi sent in a preliminary driver for Mag Max, however it still has some graphics glitches.


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History


Arcade Video game published 34 years ago:

Mag Max (c) 1985 Nichibutsu.

Mag Max is a horizontally scrolling shoot-em-up in which a single player takes control of the 'Maxcraft' hover-ship and must battle their way through an packed enemy installation to find and destroy the invading alien 'Dragonia' fleet.

The action takes place both above and below ground and transporters appear throughout the game that allows the Maxcraft warp between the two as players search for the three-headed 'Dragonship'.

At various points the player will come across robot components - either a torso, a pair of legs or a plasma gun - and collecting these will eventually see the player's hover-ship become a towering robot, vastly increasing its firepower in the process.

If the Maxcraft takes an enemy hit when additional components are attached, a component is lost. If the ship is hit when only in basic form, however, a life is lost.

- TECHNICAL -

Main CPU : Motorola 68000 (@ 8 Mhz)
Sound CPU : Zilog Z80 (@ 2.5 Mhz)
Sound Chips : (3x) General Instrument AY8910 (@ 1.25 Mhz)

Players : 1
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 1

- TRIVIA -

Mag Max was released in July 1985.

Some enemies from Nichibutsu's earlier game "Seicross" also appear as enemies in Mag Max.

Default highscore table (BEST 5) :
RANK SCORE NAME
1 68000 MACINTOSH
2 56000 MADMAX
3 44000 MACADAMIA-
4 32000 NUTS
5 20000 MANGETSU

- PORTS -

* CONSOLES:
[JP] Nintendo Famicom (1986) "Mag Max [Model NBF-MM]"
[US] Nintendo NES (1988) "Mag Max [Model NES-MM-USA]"
[JP] Sony PS4 [PSN] (apr.2, 2015) "Arcade Archives - Mag Max [Model CUSA-01824]"
Sony PlayStation 4 [PSN] [AS] (june.5, 2015) "Arcade Archives - Mag Max"
Sony PlayStation 4 [PSN] [US] (jul.21, 2015) "Arcade Archives - Mag Max [Model CUSA-00992]"
Sony PlayStation 4 [PSN] [EU] [AU] (dec.2, 2015) "Arcade Archives - Mag Max [Model CUSA-03165]"

* COMPUTERS:
Amstrad CPC (1986)
Commodore C64 (1987)
Sinclair ZX Spectrum (1987)

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High scores

MAMESCORE records : 02/04/2017 13:01

foxmulder_____________________321.200
olivier_______________________269.100
didyeah_______________________202.200
cessna_________________________66.700
hulkiii________________________10.900