Mame game : metafox : Meta Fox

Game infos

Description Meta Fox

Name metafox

Manufacturer Seta

Year 1989

Runnable yes

System arcade /

Number of players 2P sim

Added to MAME .037b01

Romset size 4.63 MB

Romset file 15 files

Romset zip 2 B

Language English

Evaluation 50 to 60 (Not Good Enough)

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 yes

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	270	no	384	224	60

Dipswitchs

Bonus Life
- 600K Only
- 600k & 900k
- 900K Only
- None
Coin A
- 1 Coin/1 Credit
- 1 Coin/2 Credits
- 2 Coins/1 Credit
- 2 Coins/3 Credits
- 3 Coins/1 Credit
- 4 Coins/1 Credit
Coin B
- 1 Coin/1 Credit
- 1 Coin/2 Credits
- 1 Coin/3 Credits
- 1 Coin/4 Credits
- 1 Coin/6 Credits
- 2 Coins/1 Credit
- 2 Coins/3 Credits
Coinage Type
- Coin Mode 1
- Coin Mode 2
Copyright / License
- Seta / Jordan I.S.
- Seta / Taito
- Seta USA / Romstar
- Seta USA / Taito America
Demo Sounds
- Off
- On
Difficulty
- Easy
- Hard
- Hardest
- Normal
Flip Screen
- Off
- On
Licensor Option
- Option 1
- Option 2
Lives
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 5
Service Mode
- Off
- On

Roms list

console	name	size	crc	sha1	region	offset	status	optional
arcade	p1003161	262144	4fd6e6a1	11a830d76ef737bcfac73d0958425fe4329f0dcd	maincpu	0	good	no
arcade	p1004162	262144	b6356c9a	182a1ea9f0643b05b14ad2a2cd820f5ca2086c4c	maincpu	1	good	no
arcade	p1006163	262144	80f69c7c	df323e801ebec6316ba17fe0371f7c87fad19295	gfx1	0	good	no
arcade	p1007164	262144	d137e1a3	0e0234f1d0adb7db6d0508263e3b0b31fe7071b9	gfx1	1	good	no
arcade	p1008165	262144	57494f2b	28d620254e81d7e63dfed07b29b252b975a81248	gfx1	80000	good	no
arcade	p1009166	262144	8344afd2	7348b423405ad00b9240d152b119cf5341754815	gfx1	80001	good	no
arcade	up001001	65536	0db7a505	d593da2f7d8b54724cae017cbabc3c0909893da1	maincpu	80001	good	no
arcade	up001002	65536	ce91c987	63546fa1342371a7080ac3cf59b41a01ac313c8c	maincpu	80000	good	no
arcade	up001005	8192	2ac5e3e3	b794554cd25bdd48a21a0a2861daf8369e798ce8	sub	6000	good	no
arcade	up001010	524288	bfbab472	d3e7b20d14de48134c4fbe3da31feb928c1c655b	gfx2	0	good	no
arcade	up001011	524288	26cea381	b4bfd2a13ef6051376fe3ed57e2331a072970f86	gfx2	80000	good	no
arcade	up001012	524288	fed2c5f9	81f0f19a500b665c937f5431000ebde7abd97c30	gfx2	100000	good	no
arcade	up001013	524288	adabf9ea	db28e4e565e567a97a6b05a4803a55a403e24a0e	gfx2	180000	good	no
arcade	up001014	524288	fca6315e	cef2385ec43f8b7a2d655b42c18ef44e46ff7364	x1snd	80000	good	no
arcade	up001015	524288	2e20e39f	6f8bd4a76ed5c2150015698e7a98044d060157be	x1snd	0	good	no

Chips list

name	tag	type	clock
M65C02	sub	cpu	2000000
M68000	maincpu	cpu	8000000
Speaker	mono	audio
X1-010	x1snd	audio	16000000

0.37b1 [Luca Elia]

WIP:

- 0.176: Tafoid fixed Meta Fox bonus life settings and mask.

- 0.143u2: Brian Troha implemented coin mode 1 & 2 for Meta Fox and added DIP locations. Added 'Licensor Option' dipswitch.

- 0.122u2: Brian Troha changed Meta Fox's x0-006 (65c02) to same as Thundercade. Changed M65C02 CPU2 clock speed to 2MHz.

- 0.82: Added 'Bonus Life' dipswitch.

- 0.65: Changed visible area to 224x384.

- 0.37b9: Changed visible area to 226x384.

- 0.37b5: Added 'Difficulty' dipswitch.

- 0.37b1: Luca Elia added 'Meta Fox' (Seta 1989).

- 3rd April 2000: Luca Elia sent in a Seta driver with support for Twin Eagle, DownTown, Arbalester, Meta Fox, Zing Zing Zip and War of Aero.

LEVELS: 8

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* FB Alpha

* Raine

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History

Arcade Video game published 30 years ago:

Meta Fox (c) 1989 Seta Company, Limited.

A vertically scrolling shooter.

- TECHNICAL -

Game ID : UP

Main CPU : Motorola 68000 (@ 8 Mhz), M65C02 (@ 1 Mhz)
Sound Chips : X1-010 (@ 16 Mhz)

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

- TRIVIA -

Meta Fox was released in December 1989.

Licensed to Romstar for US distribution.
Also licensed to Taito and Jordan I.S.

Ray Ballard holds the official record for this game with 79,000 points.

- STAFF -

Producer : Jun Fujimoto
Staff : T. Ishikawa, N. Nonaka, Y. Ohta, K. Ishikawa, T. Tsuboi, M. Watanabe, K 11, Jordan, M. Asakawa, K. Nakabayashi, F. Sugiura, T. Sato, J. Fujiwara, T. Wada

- CONTRIBUTE -

Edit this entry: https://www.arcade-history.com/?&page=detail&id=1609&o=2

High scores

MAMESCORE records : 02/04/2017 13:01

majygool____________________2.352.000
gillou______________________1.413.000
foxmulder___________________1.306.000
olivier_____________________1.105.000
didyeah_______________________654.000
thegamer______________________639.000
gatts47_______________________624.000
sawys_________________________513.000
hulkiii_______________________174.000

Meta Fox