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Neo-Geo

  1. Game infos
  2. Sound
  3. Driver
  4. Inputs
  5. Controls
  6. Display
  7. Dipswitchs
  8. Roms list
  9. BIOS set
  10. Chips list
  11. Categories
  12. MAMEinfo
  13. History
Download neogeo.zip (4 MB)
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Game infos

Description Neo-Geo
Name neogeo
Manufacturer SNK
Year 1990
Runnable yes
System arcade /
Number of players BIOS
Added to MAME .034b01
Romset size 4 MB
Romset file 29 files
Romset zip 1 B
Genre Multi-cart Board

Sound infos

Sound_channels 2

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 yes
Input tilt no
Input players 2
Input buttons
Input coins 4

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 320 224 59.185606 6000000 384 30 350 264 16 240

Dipswitchs

Roms list

console name bios size crc md5 merge sha1 region offset status optional
arcade 000-lo.lo 131072 5a86cff2 5992277debadeb64d1c1c64b0a92d9293eaf7e4a zoomy 0 good no
arcade asia-s3.rom asia 131072 91b64be3 720a3e20d26818632aedf2c2fd16c54f213543e1 mainbios 0 good no
arcade japan-j3.bin japan-j3 131072 dff6d41f e92910e20092577a4523a6b39d578a71d4de7085 mainbios 0 good no
arcade sfix.sfix 131072 c2ea0cfd fd4a618cdcdbf849374f0a50dd8efe9dbab706c3 fixedbios 0 good no
arcade sm1.sm1 131072 94416d67 42f9d7ddd6c0931fd64226a60dc73602b2819dcf audiocpu 0 good no
arcade sp-1v1_3db8c.bin japan-hotel 131072 162f0ebe fe1c6dd3dfcf97d960065b1bb46c1e11cb7bf271 mainbios 0 good no
arcade sp-45.sp1 mv1c 524288 03cc9f6a cdf1f49e3ff2bac528c21ed28449cf35b7957dc1 mainbios 0 good no
arcade sp-e.sp1 us-e 131072 2723a5b5 5dbff7531cf04886cde3ef022fb5ca687573dcb8 mainbios 0 good no
arcade sp-j2.sp1 japan-s2 131072 acede59c b6f97acd282fd7e94d9426078a90f059b5e9dd91 mainbios 0 good no
arcade sp-s.sp1 euro-s1 131072 c7f2fa45 09576ff20b4d6b365e78e6a5698ea450262697cd mainbios 0 good no
arcade sp-s2.sp1 euro 131072 9036d879 4f5ed7105b7128794654ce82b51723e16e389543 mainbios 0 good no
arcade sp-u2.sp1 us 131072 e72943de 5c6bba07d2ec8ac95776aa3511109f5e1e2e92eb mainbios 0 good no
arcade sp1.jipan.1024 japan-s1 131072 9fb0abe4 18a987ce2229df79a8cf6a84f968f0e42ce4e59d mainbios 0 good no
arcade uni-bios_1_0.rom unibios10 131072 0ce453a0 3b4c0cd26c176fc6b26c3a2f95143dd478f6abf9 mainbios 0 good no
arcade uni-bios_1_1.rom unibios11 131072 5dda0d84 4153d533c02926a2577e49c32657214781ff29b7 mainbios 0 good no
arcade uni-bios_1_2.rom unibios12 131072 4fa698e9 682e13ec1c42beaa2d04473967840c88fd52c75a mainbios 0 good no
arcade uni-bios_1_2o.rom unibios12o 131072 e19d3ce9 af88ef837f44a3af2d7144bb46a37c8512b67770 mainbios 0 good no
arcade uni-bios_1_3.rom unibios13 131072 b24b44a0 eca8851d30557b97c309a0d9f4a9d20e5b14af4e mainbios 0 good no
arcade uni-bios_2_0.rom unibios20 131072 0c12c2ad 37bcd4d30f3892078b46841d895a6eff16dc921e mainbios 0 good no
arcade uni-bios_2_1.rom unibios21 131072 8dabf76b c23732c4491d966cf0373c65c83c7a4e88f0082c mainbios 0 good no
arcade uni-bios_2_2.rom unibios22 131072 2d50996a 5241a4fb0c63b1a23fd1da8efa9c9a9bd3b4279c mainbios 0 good no
arcade uni-bios_2_3.rom unibios23 131072 27664eb5 5b02900a3ccf3df168bdcfc98458136fd2b92ac0 mainbios 0 good no
arcade uni-bios_2_3o.rom unibios23o 131072 601720ae 1b8a72c720cdb5ee3f1d735bbcf447b09204b8d9 mainbios 0 good no
arcade uni-bios_3_0.rom unibios30 131072 a97c89a9 97a5eff3b119062f10e31ad6f04fe4b90d366e7f mainbios 0 good no
arcade uni-bios_3_1.rom unibios31 131072 0c58093f 29329a3448c2505e1ff45ffa75e61e9693165153 mainbios 0 good no
arcade uni-bios_3_2.rom unibios32 131072 a4e8b9b3 c92f18c3f1edda543d264ecd0ea915240e7c8258 mainbios 0 good no
arcade v2.bin us-v2 131072 62f021f4 62d372269e1b3161c64ae21123655a0a22ffd1bb mainbios 0 good no
arcade vs-bios.rom japan 131072 f0e8f27d ecf01eda815909f1facec62abf3594eaa8d11075 mainbios 0 good no

BIOS set

name description default
asia Asia MVS (Ver. 3) yes
euro Europe MVS (Ver. 2) yes
euro-s1 Europe MVS (Ver. 1) yes
japan Japan MVS (Ver. 3) yes
japan-hotel Custom Japanese Hotel yes
japan-j3 Japan MVS (J3) yes
japan-s1 Japan MVS (Ver. 1) yes
japan-s2 Japan MVS (Ver. 2) yes
mv1c NEO-MVH MV1C yes
unibios10 Universe Bios (Hack, Ver. 1.0) yes
unibios11 Universe Bios (Hack, Ver. 1.1) yes
unibios12 Universe Bios (Hack, Ver. 1.2) yes
unibios12o Universe Bios (Hack, Ver. 1.2, older) yes
unibios13 Universe Bios (Hack, Ver. 1.3) yes
unibios20 Universe Bios (Hack, Ver. 2.0) yes
unibios21 Universe Bios (Hack, Ver. 2.1) yes
unibios22 Universe Bios (Hack, Ver. 2.2) yes
unibios23 Universe Bios (Hack, Ver. 2.3) yes
unibios23o Universe Bios (Hack, Ver. 2.3, older?) yes
unibios30 Universe Bios (Hack, Ver. 3.0) yes
unibios31 Universe Bios (Hack, Ver. 3.1) yes
unibios32 Universe Bios (Hack, Ver. 3.2) yes
us US MVS (Ver. 2?) yes
us-e US MVS (Ver. 1) yes
us-v2 US MVS (4 slot, Ver 2) yes

Chips list

name tag type clock
M68000 maincpu cpu 12000000
Speaker rspeaker audio
YM2610 ymsnd audio 8000000
Z80 audiocpu cpu 4000000

Categories

MAMEinfo

Neo-Geo (SNK 1990)


BIOS:

sp-s2.sp1 (mainbios $0 - 128k) Europe MVS (Ver. 2)

sp-s.sp1 (mainbios $0 - 128k) Europe MVS (Ver. 1)

sp-u2.sp1 (mainbios $0 - 128k) US MVS (Ver. 2?)

sp-e.sp1 (mainbios $0 - 128k) US MVS (Ver. 1)

v2.bin (mainbios $0 - 128k) US MVS (4 slot, Ver 2)

asia-s3.rom (mainbios $0 - 128k) Asia MVS (Ver. 3)

vs-bios.rom (mainbios $0 - 128k) Japan MVS (Ver. 3)

sp-j2.sp1 (mainbios $0 - 128k) Japan MVS (Ver. 2)

sp1.jipan.1024 (mainbios $0 - 128k) Japan MVS (Ver. 1)

sp-45.sp1 (mainbios $0 - 128k) NEO-MVH MV1C

japan-j3.bin (mainbios $0 - 128k) Japan MVS (J3)

uni-bios_3_2.rom (mainbios $0 - 128k) Universe Bios (Hack, Ver. 3.2)

uni-bios_3_1.rom (mainbios $0 - 128k) Universe Bios (Hack, Ver. 3.1)

uni-bios_3_1.rom (mainbios $0 - 128k) Universe Bios (Hack, Ver. 3.1)

uni-bios_3_0.rom (mainbios $0 - 128k) Universe BIOS (Hack, Ver. 3.0)

uni-bios_2_3.rom (mainbios $0 - 128k) Universe BIOS (Hack, Ver. 2.3)

uni-bios_2_3o.rom (mainbios $0 - 128k) Universe BIOS (Hack, Ver. 2.3, older?)

uni-bios_2_2.rom (mainbios $0 - 128k) Universe BIOS (Hack, Ver. 2.2)

uni-bios_2_1.rom (mainbios $0 - 128k) Universe BIOS (Hack, Ver. 2.1)

uni-bios_2_0.rom (mainbios $0 - 128k) Universe BIOS (Hack, Ver. 2.0)

uni-bios_1_3.rom (mainbios $0 - 128k) Universe BIOS (Hack, Ver. 1.3)

uni-bios_1_2.rom (mainbios $0 - 128k) Universe BIOS (Hack, Ver. 1.2)

uni-bios_1_2o.rom (mainbios $0 - 128k) Universe BIOS (Hack, Ver. 1.2, older?)

uni-bios_1_1.rom (mainbios $0 - 128k) Universe BIOS (Hack, Ver. 1.1)

uni-bios_1_0.rom (mainbios $0 - 128k) Universe BIOS (Hack, Ver. 1.0)

sm1.sm1 (audiobios $0 - 128k)

sm1.sm1 (audiocpu $0 - 128k)

000-lo.lo (zoomy $0 - 128k)

sfix.sfix (fixedbios $0 - 128k)


WIP:

- 0.172: Added Universe Bios (Hack, Ver. 3.2). Don't load unibios 1.2 and older anyway for AES (includes\neogeo.h) [hap].

- 0.167: Coolmod added US, 4 slot 'version 2' MVS BIOS.

- 0.153: Added free version of uni bios v3.1 [pza]. Make bioslist a bit easier to read [hap].

- 0.147u4: Razoola added Universe Bios (Hack, Ver. 3.0). Note: Add -bios 21 on command-line to access it.

- 0.139: Johnboy added Japan J3 BIOS.

- 0.130u2: Due to an oversight, credit for the new Neo Geo BIOS was incorrectly given in the previous whatsnew. Thanks to Massimiliano Macri for the donation.

- 0.130u1: Corrado Tomaselli added an older Japanese NEOGEO BIOS.

- 0.128u6: Added Universe BIOS (Hack, Ver. 1.2, older).

- 0.128u5: Added Universe BIOSes.

- 0.116u1: Added user2 rom sm1.sm1.

- 0.90u3: Added sp1.jipan.1024 BIOS rom.

- 0.69: Removed neodebug.rom BIOS rom and added usa_2slt.bin and asia-s3.rom.

- 0.68: Added sp-s.sp1, sp-e.sp1, vs-bios.rom, sp-j2.rom and neodebug.rom BIOS roms and renamed 'neo-geo.rom' to 'sp-s2.sp1', 'ng-sm1.rom' to 'sm1.sm1', 'ng-lo.rom' to '000-lo.lo' and 'ng-sfix' to 'sfix.sfx'.

- 0.56: Added ng-lo.rom (gfx3 - $0) BIOS rom.

- 0.37b16: Changed description to 'Neo-Geo'.

- 0.34b1: Added NeoGeo driver.

History


Arcade System published 29 years ago:

Neo-Geo MVS (c) 1990 SNK Corp.

A cartridge-based arcade system board. The MVS stands for Multi Video System, and as its name suggest, offers owners the ability to put up to six different arcade titles into a single cabinet, a key economic consideration for operators with limited floorspace. With its games stored on self-contained cartridges, a game cabinet can be exchanged for a different game title by swapping the game's ROM-cartridge and cabinet artwork.

- TECHNICAL -

Main CPU: Motorola 68000 (@ 12 Mhz)
Sound CPU: Zilog Z80 (@ 4 Mhz)
Sound Chips: Yamaha YM2610 (@ 8 Mhz)

TOTAL RAM: 214 KB.
- Main Motorola 68000 RAM: 64 KB (32 KB x2).
- Video RAM: 84 KB.
-- Main VRAM: 64 KB (32 KB x2)
-- Palette memory: 16 KB (8 KB x2)
-- Fast video sprite RAM: 4 KB (2 KB x2)
- Zilog Z80 Sound RAM: 2 KB.
- Battery-backup save NVRAM: 64 KB.

On-board ROM: 512 KB
- Zoom look-up table: 128 KB
- Fix layer graphics: 128 KB
- Zilog Z80 sound: 128 KB
- Motorola 68000 BIOS: 128 KB

Display resolution: 320×224 px (many games only use the centermost 304 px)
Color palette: 65,536 (16-bit) (not RGB565, but RGB666, where the lowest bit of each channel is shared with one bit)
Maximum colors on screen: 4096 (12-bit)
Maximum sprites on screen: 380
Minimum sprite size: 1x2 px
Maximum sprite size: 16x512 px
Maximum sprites per scanline: 96
Simultaneous scroll planes: 3
Aspect ratio: 4:3

- TRIVIA -

Released on April 26, 1990 in Japan, the same day as the Neo-Geo AES console.

MVS stand for 'Multi Video System', Neo-Geo means 'New World'.

- CONTRIBUTE -

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