Mame game : nost : Nostradamus

Game infos

Description Nostradamus

Name nost

Manufacturer Face

Year 1993

Runnable yes

System arcade /

Number of players 2P sim

Added to MAME .062

Romset size 10.25 MB

Romset file 14 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 preliminary

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	270	no	320	224	60

Dipswitchs

Bonus Life
- 1000k 2000k
- 500k 1000k
- 800k 1500k
- None
Coin A
- 1 Coin/1 Credit
- 1 Coin/2 Credits
- 1 Coin/3 Credits
- 2 Coins/1 Credit
- 2 Coins/3 Credits
- 3 Coins/1 Credit
- 3 Coins/2 Credits
- Free Play
Coin B
- 1 Coin/1 Credit
- 1 Coin/2 Credits
- 1 Coin/3 Credits
- 2 Coins/1 Credit
- 2 Coins/3 Credits
- 3 Coins/1 Credit
- 3 Coins/2 Credits
- 4 Coins/1 Credit
Demo Sounds
- Off
- On
Difficulty
- Easy
- Hard
- Hardest
- Normal
Flip Screen
- Off
- On
Lives
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
Service Mode
- Off
- On
Unused
- Off
- On

Roms list

console	name	size	crc	sha1	region	offset	status	optional
arcade	nos-b0-0.u58	1048576	0214b0f2	678fa3dc739323bda6d7bbb1c7a573c976d69356	gfx2	0	good	no
arcade	nos-b0-1.u59	524288	3f8b6b34	94c48614782ce6405965bcf6029e3bcc24a6d84f	gfx2	100000	good	no
arcade	nos-b1-0.u60	1048576	ba6fd0c7	516d6e0c4dc6fb12ec9f30877ea1c582e7440a19	gfx3	0	good	no
arcade	nos-b1-1.u61	524288	dabd8009	1862645b8d6216c3ec2b8dbf74816b8e29dea14f	gfx3	100000	good	no
arcade	nos-pe-u.bin	524288	4b080149	e1dbbe5bf554c7c5731cc3079850f257417e3caa	maincpu	0	good	no
arcade	nos-po-u.bin	524288	9e3cd6d9	db5351ff9a05f602eceae62c0051c16ae0e4ead9	maincpu	1	good	no
arcade	nos-ps.u9	262144	832551e9	86fc481b1849f378c88593594129197c69ea1359	soundcpu	0	good	no
arcade	nos-se-0.u82	1048576	9d99108d	466540989d7b1b7f6dc7acbae74f6a8201973d45	gfx1	0	good	no
arcade	nos-se-1.u84	1048576	aad07607	89c51a9cb6b8d8ed3a357f5d8ac8399ff1c7ad46	gfx1	200000	good	no
arcade	nos-se-2.u86	524288	d99e6005	49aae72111334ff5cd0fd86500882f559ff921f9	gfx1	400000	good	no
arcade	nos-so-0.u83	1048576	7df0fc7e	2e064cb5367b2839d736d339c4f1a44785b4eedf	gfx1	1	good	no
arcade	nos-so-1.u85	1048576	83d0012c	831d36521693891f44e7adcc2ba63fef5d493821	gfx1	200001	good	no
arcade	nos-so-2.u87	524288	f60e8ef3	4f7472b5a465e6cc6a5df520ebfe6a544739dd28	gfx1	400001	good	no
arcade	nossn-00.u53	1048576	3bd1bcbc	1bcad43792e985402db4eca122676c2c555f3313	ymsnd	0	good	no

Chips list

name	tag	type	clock
M68000	maincpu	cpu	16000000
Speaker	mono	audio
YM2610	ymsnd	audio	8000000
Z80	soundcpu	cpu	4000000

0.62 [Paul Priest, David Haywood]

TEST MODE:

- When entering the test mode, you need to press SERVICE1 to cycle through the different screens.

WIP:

- 0.168: Improved Nostradamus emulation: Sprite masking effect supported (stage 6 boss). Tilemap enable supported (flickering shadow for stage 7 boss). Priority 0 sprites now shown (final boss arms). BG colour changed to more likely pen (fade in/out on intro & end) [David Haywood]. Nostradamus is a mono board. Have tried to get the sound balance closer to the Nostradamus PCB [System11].

- 23rd November 2015: David Haywood - Sometimes it's difficult to know if the emulation of a game is correct without studying reference videos, and sometimes those reference videos don't surface until much later. That was the case with the FACE shooter Nostradamus, which has a number of video effects we didn't know were missing until they were highlighted by somebody watching a 1CC (1 Credit Clear) of the game recorded from a PCB. There were a number of effects, including a sprite masking effect and a shadow flicker effect missing, as well as the arms of the final boss (this one we did actually suspect was a bug for a long time, the PCB evidence provided confirmation). I've uploaded a recording of the game after making several fixes to YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyGfj4hJINI). The video has cheats enabled, it's not meant to be a gameplay video. You'll probably want to make sure you're watching a 60fps version.

- 0.145u5: David Haywood fixed random crashes in Magical Cat Adventure driver.

- 0.136u4: Fabio Priuli added driver_data struct and save states to MCatAdv driver.

- 0.133u1: Brian Troha added DIP locations to Nostradamus.

- 0.130u3: Christophe Jaillet and Fabio Priuli fixed palette regression in the MCatAdv driver.

- 0.122u5: Changed Z80 CPU2 clock speed to 4MHz.

- 0.111u4: David Haywood added missing linescroll effect to Nostradamus. It can be seen in action on the first levels.

- 0.74u1: Hopefully fixed crash some people were having with Nostradamus [David Haywood].

- 0.63: Added clone Nostradamus (Korea).

- 18th November 2002: Guru added the Korean version of Nostradamus.

- 20th November 2002: Paul Priest merged the graphics emulation for Nostradamus and Magical Cat Adventure.

- 0.62: Paul Priest and David Haywood added Nostradamus (Face 1993) and clone (Japan).

- 6th October 2002: Paul Priest added priorities, global sprite offsets and sprite buffering to the Magical Cat Adventure and Nostradamus driver.

- 4th October 2002: Paul Priest submitted a driver for Nostradamus, it's fully working except sound is not yet emulated.

- 19th October 2002: Guru - Nostradamus (Face 1993) arrived. Thanks to Brian Troha for the loan of the boards.

LEVELS: 9

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History

Arcade Video game published 26 years ago:

Nostradamus (c) 1993 Face Company, Limited.

A great vertical scrolling shooter.

On July 1999, a nuclear catastrophe succumbed the planet earth in a absolute destruction and darkness, countries are underwater and ruined, only a few survivors have resisted the undermining and collapse of the humanity, two brave pilots will have the task of saving and defend the rest of world and help to rise from the ashes all the civilization.

Players control one of the two aircraft piloted by a male pilot named 'Dalas' and a female pilot named 'Joanna' and must shoot down hordes of enemies and avoid his attacks while pick up 'power items' to then defeat the level boss to advance to next levels.

- TECHNICAL -

Game ID : LINDA25

Main CPU : Motorola 68000 (@ 16 Mhz), Zilog Z80 (@ 7 Mhz)
Sound Chips : Yamaha YM2610 (@ 8 Mhz)

Players : 2
Control : 8-Way Joystick
Buttons : 1
=> Shoot

- TRIVIA -

Nostradamus was released in September 1993.

Nostradamus, was a French apothecary and reputed seer who published collections of prophecies that have since become famous worldwide, known for his book Les Propheties, which appeared in 1555, since the publication of this book, which has rarely been out of print since his death, Nostradamus has attracted a following that, along with much of the popular press, credits him with predicting many major world events.

- STAFF -

Main programmer : M. Nagasawa
Enemy programmers : N. Maruyama, F. Ohtani
BG graphics designers : C. Mutsukura, H. Nasu, K. Igarashi
Obj graphics designers : N. Oikawa, K. Higeta, D. Furuuchi, H. Noma
Music composers : Mika Nozawa, Matsudaira Ako
Sound effects : A. Iwanaga
Spec & Director : K. Igarashi

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