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Pulstar

  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
  14. High scores
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Game infos

Description Pulstar
Name pulstar
Manufacturer Aicom
Year 1995
Runnable yes
System arcade /
Number of players 2P alt
Added to MAME .034b05
Romset size 39.25 MB
Romset file 14 files
Romset zip 17 B
Language English
Evaluation 90 to 100 (Best Games)
Genre Shooter

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 000-lo.lo 5992277debadeb64d1c1c64b0a92d9293eaf7e4a zoomy 0 good no
arcade 089-c1.c1 4194304 f4e97332 54693827a99836e7d61c45d495dd78bf3fcf1544 cslot1:sprites 0 good no
arcade 089-c2.c2 4194304 836d14da 99cc4f9b764503eff7849ff2977d90bb47c5564a cslot1:sprites 1 good no
arcade 089-c3.c3 4194304 913611c4 9664eb1fe1e6f8c3ddeeff872d38ea920ed38a82 cslot1:sprites 800000 good no
arcade 089-c4.c4 4194304 44cef0e3 34f6f348ba86a2a06cb9c43a16b97cf6ee6158ac cslot1:sprites 800001 good no
arcade 089-c5.c5 4194304 89baa1d7 976c745c44967de61e2a23227835be580b1d283a cslot1:sprites 1000000 good no
arcade 089-c6.c6 4194304 b2594d56 685c0bf8ff76c76e41c2ceaebb96349634cfdb2e cslot1:sprites 1000001 good no
arcade 089-c7.c7 2097152 6a5618ca 9a1d5f998b0dfabacf9dad45c94bef2bb43e5e0c cslot1:sprites 1800000 good no
arcade 089-c8.c8 2097152 a223572d 2791b1212f57937b2b2a95bc9e420c06d0c37669 cslot1:sprites 1800001 good no
arcade 089-m1.m1 131072 ff3df7c7 59d2ef64f734f6026073b365300221909057a512 cslot1:audiocpu 0 good no
arcade 089-p1.p1 1048576 5e5847a2 b864d0ec4184b785569ddbf67c2115b5ab86ee3e cslot1:maincpu 0 good no
arcade 089-p2.sp2 2097152 028b774c fc5da2821a5072f2b78245fc59b6e3eeef116d16 cslot1:maincpu 100000 good no
arcade 089-s1.s1 131072 c79fc2c8 914c224fb3c461a68d7425cae724cf22bd5f985d cslot1:fixed 0 good no
arcade 089-v1.v1 4194304 6f726ecb e8e2a46af690ce6c7ee64a58ab5010d22df9548c cslot1:ymsnd 0 good no
arcade 089-v2.v2 4194304 9d2db551 83f7e5db7fb1502ceadcd334df90b11b1bba78e5 cslot1:ymsnd 400000 good no
arcade asia-s3.rom asia 131072 91b64be3 asia-s3.rom 720a3e20d26818632aedf2c2fd16c54f213543e1 mainbios 0 good no
arcade japan-j3.bin japan-j3 131072 dff6d41f japan-j3.bin e92910e20092577a4523a6b39d578a71d4de7085 mainbios 0 good no
arcade sfix.sfix 131072 c2ea0cfd sfix.sfix fd4a618cdcdbf849374f0a50dd8efe9dbab706c3 fixedbios 0 good no
arcade sm1.sm1 131072 94416d67 sm1.sm1 42f9d7ddd6c0931fd64226a60dc73602b2819dcf audiobios 0 good no
arcade sp-1v1_3db8c.bin japan-hotel 131072 162f0ebe sp-1v1_3db8c.bin fe1c6dd3dfcf97d960065b1bb46c1e11cb7bf271 mainbios 0 good no
arcade sp-45.sp1 mv1c 524288 03cc9f6a sp-45.sp1 cdf1f49e3ff2bac528c21ed28449cf35b7957dc1 mainbios 0 good no
arcade sp-e.sp1 us-e 131072 2723a5b5 sp-e.sp1 5dbff7531cf04886cde3ef022fb5ca687573dcb8 mainbios 0 good no
arcade sp-j2.sp1 japan-s2 131072 acede59c sp-j2.sp1 b6f97acd282fd7e94d9426078a90f059b5e9dd91 mainbios 0 good no
arcade sp-s.sp1 euro-s1 131072 c7f2fa45 sp-s.sp1 09576ff20b4d6b365e78e6a5698ea450262697cd mainbios 0 good no
arcade sp-s2.sp1 euro 131072 9036d879 sp-s2.sp1 4f5ed7105b7128794654ce82b51723e16e389543 mainbios 0 good no
arcade sp-u2.sp1 us 131072 e72943de sp-u2.sp1 5c6bba07d2ec8ac95776aa3511109f5e1e2e92eb mainbios 0 good no
arcade sp1.jipan.1024 japan-s1 131072 9fb0abe4 sp1.jipan.1024 18a987ce2229df79a8cf6a84f968f0e42ce4e59d mainbios 0 good no
arcade uni-bios_1_0.rom unibios10 131072 0ce453a0 uni-bios_1_0.rom 3b4c0cd26c176fc6b26c3a2f95143dd478f6abf9 mainbios 0 good no
arcade uni-bios_1_1.rom unibios11 131072 5dda0d84 uni-bios_1_1.rom 4153d533c02926a2577e49c32657214781ff29b7 mainbios 0 good no
arcade uni-bios_1_2.rom unibios12 131072 4fa698e9 uni-bios_1_2.rom 682e13ec1c42beaa2d04473967840c88fd52c75a mainbios 0 good no
arcade uni-bios_1_2o.rom unibios12o 131072 e19d3ce9 uni-bios_1_2o.rom af88ef837f44a3af2d7144bb46a37c8512b67770 mainbios 0 good no
arcade uni-bios_1_3.rom unibios13 131072 b24b44a0 uni-bios_1_3.rom eca8851d30557b97c309a0d9f4a9d20e5b14af4e mainbios 0 good no
arcade uni-bios_2_0.rom unibios20 131072 0c12c2ad uni-bios_2_0.rom 37bcd4d30f3892078b46841d895a6eff16dc921e mainbios 0 good no
arcade uni-bios_2_1.rom unibios21 131072 8dabf76b uni-bios_2_1.rom c23732c4491d966cf0373c65c83c7a4e88f0082c mainbios 0 good no
arcade uni-bios_2_2.rom unibios22 131072 2d50996a uni-bios_2_2.rom 5241a4fb0c63b1a23fd1da8efa9c9a9bd3b4279c mainbios 0 good no
arcade uni-bios_2_3.rom unibios23 131072 27664eb5 uni-bios_2_3.rom 5b02900a3ccf3df168bdcfc98458136fd2b92ac0 mainbios 0 good no
arcade uni-bios_2_3o.rom unibios23o 131072 601720ae uni-bios_2_3o.rom 1b8a72c720cdb5ee3f1d735bbcf447b09204b8d9 mainbios 0 good no
arcade uni-bios_3_0.rom unibios30 131072 a97c89a9 uni-bios_3_0.rom 97a5eff3b119062f10e31ad6f04fe4b90d366e7f mainbios 0 good no
arcade uni-bios_3_1.rom unibios31 131072 0c58093f uni-bios_3_1.rom 29329a3448c2505e1ff45ffa75e61e9693165153 mainbios 0 good no
arcade uni-bios_3_2.rom unibios32 131072 a4e8b9b3 uni-bios_3_2.rom c92f18c3f1edda543d264ecd0ea915240e7c8258 mainbios 0 good no
arcade v2.bin us-v2 131072 62f021f4 v2.bin 62d372269e1b3161c64ae21123655a0a22ffd1bb mainbios 0 good no
arcade vs-bios.rom japan 131072 f0e8f27d vs-bios.rom 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

0.34b5 [?]


Neo-Geo

Artwork available


WIP:

- 0.143u5: Johnboy added correct v1 to Pulstar.

- 0.79u2: Added new gfx3 roms ($0/1, 800000/1, 1000000/1).

- 0.37b13: Nicola Salmoria fixed NeoGeo raster effects in Pulstar (level 2 boss).

- 0.35b9: Added missing sound1 roms.

- 0.34RC2: Added new 4MB sound roms.

- 0.34b5: Added 'Pulstar' (Aicom 1995).


LEVELS: 8


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Pulstar

Last Hope

History


$vgmplay=pulstar,

SNK Neo-Geo MVS cart. published 24 years ago:

Pulstar (c) 1995 Aicom.

Pulstar is a sideways scrolling shoot-em-up set in the year 2248, in which the first recorded sign of alien life is discovered on Mars. A signal emanates from the red planet and from it an object is observed travelling at light-speed out of the Solar System. Earth scientists are wary of what this could mean and warn the world's defenses to prepare for a possible attack.

Eight years later, an alien fleet follows the signal and begins attacking the human space craft awaiting them in Neptune's orbit. The battle spreads throughout the Solar System and within two years Neptune is destroyed, Jupiter is turned into a star and more than half of Earth's continents disappear from rising ocean levels and the planet's changing axis as a result. Kaoru Yamazaki, lone fighter pilot of the Dino246, is one of the few survivors of the Pulstar attack force, founded to save the Solar System from the alien invaders.

Pulstar borrows many of its visual and gameplay elements from all three games in Irem's legendary "R-Type" series, including the Beam weapon and R-type's infamous pod attachment. Unlike "R-Type", however, Pulstar's pod cannot be detached from the front of the ship and merely acts as a shield to protect the player's ship.

The game includes a weapon power bar which consists of two halves. The right-hand side of the bar turns blue when the fire button is held down and when released, it delivers a devastating beam of energy. The left-hand side turns red when the fire button is pressed repeatedly in quick succession, shooting out a barrage of smaller, rapid blasts.

Pulstar consists of eight challenging levels, with the player able to start the game on any one of the first four.

- TECHNICAL -

Runs on the SNK "Neo-Geo MVS" hardware.
Game ID : 0089

Players : 2
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 2
=> [A] Attack/Charge attack, [B] Restart the move

- TRIVIA -

Released in August 1995.

Pulstar was one of the first games on the NEO-GEO to use state-of-the-art SGI rendered graphics like those found in Nintendo Super Famicom's "Donkey Kong Country".

The pre-production name of this game was 'Reaction'.

Tracy Miller holds the official record for this game with 68,350 points.

Pony Canyon / Scitron released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Pulstar - PCCB-00192) on 21/10/1995.

- STAFF -

Staff : Nenko, M. Yoshida, T. Nagakubo, Naomi, Daikiti, K. Katoku, K. Urahama, K. Okabe, Toshio. I, Yamadasan, Shion, F. Ryuze
Music composed by : Harumi Fujita, Yasuaki Fujita

- PORTS -

* CONSOLES:
SNK Neo-Geo CD (1995)

- CONTRIBUTE -

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High scores

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