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Mirax (set 1)

  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. Categories
  12. MAMEinfo
  13. History
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Game infos

Description Mirax (set 1)
Name mirax
Manufacturer Current Technologies
Year 1985
Runnable yes
System arcade /
Number of players 2P alt
Added to MAME .103u1
Romset size 201 KB
Romset file 15 files
Romset zip 81 B
Language English
Evaluation 50 to 60 (Not Good Enough)
Genre Shooter

Parent and clones

Parent This game is the parent

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 90 no 256 240 60

Dipswitchs

Roms list

console name bios size crc md5 merge sha1 region offset status optional
arcade mirax.prm 32 proms 40 nodump no
arcade mra3.prm 32 ae7e1a63 f5596db77c1e352ef7845465db3e54e19cd5df9e proms 0 good no
arcade mrb3.prm 32 e3f3d0f5 182b06c9db5bec1e3030f705247763bd2380ba83 proms 20 good no
arcade mxe2-4v.rom 16384 2cf5d8b7 f66bce4d413a48f6ae07974870dc0f31eefa68e9 gfx2 4000 good no
arcade mxe3-4v.rom 16384 0cede01f c723dd8ee9dc06c94a7fe5d5b5bccc42e2181af1 gfx1 0 good no
arcade mxf2-4v.rom 16384 1f42c7fa 33e56c6ddf7676a12f57de87ec740c6b6eb1cc8c gfx2 c000 good no
arcade mxf3-4v.rom 16384 14b1ca85 775a4c81a81b78490d45095af31e24c16886f0a2 gfx2 0 good no
arcade mxh2-4v.rom 16384 cbaff4c6 2dc4a1f51b28e98be0cfb5ab7576047c748b6728 gfx2 14000 good no
arcade mxh3-4v.rom 16384 58221502 daf5c508939b44616ca76308fc33f94d364ed587 gfx1 4000 good no
arcade mxi3-4v.rom 16384 20fb2099 da6bbd5d2218ba49b8ef98e7affdcab912f84ade gfx2 8000 good no
arcade mxk3-4v.rom 16384 6dbc2961 5880c28f1ef704fee2d625a42682c7d65613acc8 gfx1 8000 good no
arcade mxl3-4v.rom 16384 918487aa 47ba6914722a253f65c733b5edff4d15e73ea6c2 gfx2 10000 good no
arcade mxp5-42.rom 16384 716410a0 55171376e1e164b1d5e728789da6e04a3a33c172 data_code 0 good no
arcade mxr2-4v.rom 8192 cd2d52dc 0d4181dc68beac338f47a2065c7b755008877896 audiocpu 0 good no
arcade mxr5-4v.rom 16384 c9484fc3 101c5e4b9d49d2424ad80970eb3bdb87949a9966 data_code 4000 good no
arcade mxs5-4v.rom 16384 e0085f91 cf143b94048e1ebb5c899b94b500e193dfd42e18 data_code 8000 good no

Chips list

name tag type clock
AY-3-8910A ay2 audio 3000000
Speaker mono audio
Z80 audiocpu cpu 3000000

Categories

MAMEinfo

0.103u1 [Tomasz Slanina]


WIP:

- 0.161: Osso added save state support to Mirax.

- 0.145u6: Stephane Humbert fixed dipswitches and inputs in Mirax (after verification of the Z80 code) and removed unnecessary notes. Angelo Salese implemented flip screen support to Mirax. Added dipswitches 'Cabinet', 'Flip Screen', 'Bonus Life', 'Flags for Extra Life', 'Difficulty' and 4x 'Unused'.

- 0.145u5: Changed description to 'Mirax (set 1)'.

- 0.144u4: Angelo Salese removed sound hack and GAME_IMPERFECT_SOUND flag from Mirax.

- 0.142u3: Angelo Salese removed deprecat.h dependancy and updated irqs accordingly for Mirax.

- 0.134u1: Stefan Lindberg added clone Mirax (set 2), corrected Mirax clock frequencies. Changed Z80 CPU1/2 and the 2x AY-3-8910A clock speeds to 3MHz.

- 0.132: Olivier Galibert, Angelo Salese and Tomasz Slanina fixed Mirax - Game now playable. Tomasz Slanina fixed rom 2 decryption. Angelo Salese improved the video emulation. Olivier Galibert fixed address line swapping in Mirax. Changed region gfx3 to gfx2. Fixed gfx2 rom loading. Changed Z80 CPU1/2 clock speed to 6MHz and visible area to 240x256. Added Player 1-2, 8-way Joystick, 1x button and 2x coin slots. Added dipswitches 'Coinage', 'Lives', 'DSW_BANK2', 'Demo Sounds', 'Allow Continue', 'Auto-Play Mode (Debug)' and 8x 'Unknown'.

- 7th June 2009: Angelo Salese - Thanks to the decryption aid from OG and Dox, we've finally got Mirax to the working state in the last couple of days.

- 0.131u4: Olivier Galibert decrypted Mirax main program roms. Added 2nd Z80 (12MHz) CPU2. Changed region maincpu to audiocpu and user1 to maincpu.

- 0.131u3: Angelo Salese decoded color proms and fixed bitplanes in Mirax.

- 0.103u1: Tomasz Slanina added Mirax (Current Technologies 1985).


PLAY INSTRUCTIONS:

- Your goal is to terminate Mirax City - a giant enemy central station shown at stage 10.

- Destroy all enemy objects (air or ground) as many as you can. Avoid indestructible building blocks.

- Shooting a group of ground targets causes satellites to rise.

- Enemy flagship appears after a wave of far ground vessels completely destroyed.

- Hitting flagship puts you into power shooting mode - no fire button required.

- Bonus flag is given for each flagship hit. 5 or 8 flags award you an extra fighter.

- Use joystick to take sight before firing.


LEVELS: 10


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* FB Alpha


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History


Arcade Video game published 34 years ago:

Mirax (c) 1985 Current Technologies.

A great space shooter game using a 3-D sprite-scaling technology.

The invaders from the alpha centauri empire are building their super laser weaponry in the mirax city. This weapon of mass destruction is a danger to the galaxy and your space colony, the destiny of the galaxy is in your hands. On your 90.000 mile journey to this giant space city will encounter to hordes of enemy forces, you must speed your spacecraft while you shoot and dodging energy stations objects, enemy spaceships, giant bosses and missiles. Your mission is to destroy all weapons construction units to restore peace before it is too late .

- TECHNICAL -

Game ID: CT805

Main CPU : Zilog Z80 (@ 12 Mhz)
Sound Chips : (2x) General Instrument AY8910 (@ 2 Mhz)

Screen orientation : Vertical
Video resolution : 256 x 256 pixels
Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz
Palette colors : 256

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