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Contra 3: The Alien Wars (Nintendo Super System)

  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. Serie
  12. Categories
  13. MAMEinfo
  14. History
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Game infos

Description Contra 3: The Alien Wars (Nintendo Super System)
Name nss_con3
Manufacturer Konami
Year 1992
Runnable yes
System arcade /
Number of players 2P sim
Added to MAME .072
Romset size 1.03 MB
Romset file 4 files
Romset zip 725 B
Language English
Genre Platform

Sound infos

Sound_channels 2

Driver infos

Driver status preliminary
Driver emulation preliminary
Driver color good
Driver sound imperfect
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 256 225 60.098476 5369318 341 0 256 262 0 225
raster 0 no 288 216 60

Dipswitchs

Roms list

console name bios size crc md5 merge sha1 region offset status optional
arcade contra3.ic2 524288 2f3e3b5b 0186b92f022701f6ae29984252e6d346acf6550b user3 80000 good no
arcade contra3.ic3 524288 33b03501 c7f4835d5ec4983e487b00f0b4c49fede2f03b9c user3 0 good no
arcade contra3.ic8 32768 0fbfa23b e7a1a78a58c64297e7b9623350ec57aed8035a4f ibios_rom 0 good no
arcade nss-c.ic14 multi 32768 a8e202b3 nss-c.ic14 b7afcfe4f5cf15df53452dc04be81929ced1efb2 bios 0 good no
arcade nss-ic14.02.ic14 single 32768 e06cb58f nss-ic14.02.ic14 62f507e91a2797919a78d627af53f029c7d81477 bios 0 good no
arcade nss-v3.ic14 single3 32768 ac385b53 nss-v3.ic14 e3942f9d508c3c8074c3c3941376c37ca68b8e54 bios 0 good no
arcade security.prm 16 e97e4b00 70e8382a93137353f5d0b905db2e9af50c52ce0b rp5h01 0 good no
arcade spc700.rom 64 44bb3a40 spc700.rom 97e352553e94242ae823547cd853eecda55c20f0 sound_ipl 0 good no

BIOS set

name description default
multi Nintendo Super System (Multi Cart BIOS) yes
single Nintendo Super System (Single Cart BIOS) yes
single3 Nintendo Super System (Single Cart BIOS v3, hack?) yes

Chips list

name tag type clock
5A22 maincpu cpu 21477272
SNES Custom DSP (SPC700) spc700 audio
SPC700 soundcpu cpu 1024000
Speaker rspeaker audio
Z80 bios cpu 4000000

Serie

Serie : Contra
  1. Contra (US / Asia, set 1) (1987)
  2. Contra (US / Asia, set 2) (1987)
  3. Contra (bootleg) (1987)
  4. Contra (Japan bootleg, set 1) (1987)
  5. Contra (Japan bootleg, set 2) (1987)
  6. Contra (US / Asia, set 3) (1987)
  7. Contra (Japan, set 1) (1987)
  8. Contra (Japan, set 2) (1987)
  9. Gryzor (set 1) (1987)
  10. Gryzor (UK) (1987)
  11. Gryzor (set 2) (1987)
  12. Contra (USA) (1988)
  13. Contra (Jpn) (1988)
  14. Contra (PlayChoice-10) (1988)
  15. Super Contra (1988)
  16. Super Contra (Japan) (1988)
  17. Contra (Jpn) (1989)
  18. Super Contra (Jpn) (1990)
  19. Contra (Jpn) (1991)
  20. Contra 3: The Alien Wars (Nintendo Super System) (1992)
  21. Contra - Hard Corps (USA, Kor) (1994)
  22. Contra - The Hard Corps (Jpn) (1994)
  23. Contra (Jpn) (19??)
  24. Contra (Jpn, Alt 2) (19??)

Categories

MAMEinfo

0.72 [?]

0.71u2 [Testdriver]


WIP:

- 0.147u2: O. Galibert added missing security key for 'Contra 3: The Alien Wars (Nintendo Super System)', courtesy of Martin Korth.

- 0.88u2: Changed description to 'Contra 3: The Alien Wars (Nintendo Super System)'.

- 0.72: Added 'Nintendo Super System: Contra 3: The Alien Wars' (Konami 1992).

- 0.71u2: Added (Testdriver) Contra 3: The Alien Wars (Nintendo Super System).


LEVELS: 6 (must be finished twice)


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History


Nintendo Super System cart. published 27 years ago:

Contra III - The Alien Wars (c) 1992 Nintendo.

Coin-Op Super System version.

- TECHNICAL -

Nintendo Super System hardware

Main CPU : G65C816 (@ 3.58 Mhz)
Sound CPU : SPC700 (@ 1.024 Mhz)
Sound Chips : Custom (@ 1.024 Mhz)

Players : 4
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 6

- TIPS AND TRICKS -

* All Weapons Code : At the player selection screen, press Right, Down, Downright, Right and Start. A scream will confirm the code.

* Level Select : At the player selection screen, press Left, Down, Downleft, Left and Start. A Hum will be heard if you've entered the code correctly.

- CONTRIBUTE -

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