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SAR - Search And Rescue (World)

  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
  14. High scores
Download searchar.zip (3.75 MB)
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Game infos

Description SAR - Search And Rescue (World)
Name searchar
Manufacturer SNK
Year 1989
Runnable yes
System arcade /
Number of players 2P sim
Added to MAME .036b11
Romset size 3.75 MB
Romset file 14 files
Romset zip 1 B
Language English
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 yes
Input tilt no
Input players 2
Input buttons
Input coins 2

Controls infos

type ways minimum maximum sensitivity keydelta reverse
joy 8 no
positional 0 12 5 5 yes

Display infos

type rotate flipx width height refresh pixclock htotal hbend hbstart vtotal vbend vbstart
raster 90 no 256 224 59.185606 6000000 384 0 256 264 16 240

Dipswitchs

Roms list

console name bios size crc md5 merge sha1 region offset status optional
arcade bh.5 65536 53e2fa76 cf25b1def82545a1fd013822ab3cf02483074623 soundcpu 0 good no
arcade bh.7 32768 b0f1b049 ec276984d91b5759a5e2b6815d1db2abc37b99f8 gfx1 0 good no
arcade bh.8 32768 174ddba7 7b19087cd2ccc409878aefe7fa08bb2e9953d352 gfx1 8000 good no
arcade bh.c1 524288 1fb8f0ae d63c7376aa5f01bc009176b23324e720bada4286 gfx2 0 good no
arcade bh.c2 524288 7c803767 992516fbb28d00feabbed5769fa3a5748199a7d8 gfx2 200000 good no
arcade bh.c3 524288 fd8bc407 88d750293808bf6ea23864b22070314b14fbee3c gfx2 80000 good no
arcade bh.c4 524288 eede7c43 7645acf0beb4fff9ec92205dcf34124360cd52f6 gfx2 280000 good no
arcade bh.c5 524288 1d30acc3 e5ca39853779475b83fe37304e7bed2c293bd587 gfx2 100000 good no
arcade bh.c6 524288 9f785cd9 e5c7797ae7a3139e1814b068c5ecfe5c6bf30d0f gfx2 300000 good no
arcade bh.v1 131072 07a6114b 224df4616b77a56f33974d3b1793473d48ad52ca upd 0 good no
arcade bhw.1 131072 62b60066 f7e7985c8f5f8191c580e777e1b7ed29d944d23f user1 0 good no
arcade bhw.2 131072 e1430138 eddc192524a13b2c09bd2bddcd5f8e8b771ceb21 maincpu 0 good no
arcade bhw.3 131072 ee1f9374 fd41c74fd69d65713d8e1a9b8078328381119379 maincpu 1 good no
arcade bhw.4 131072 16d8525c 0098b0a7fcb23de2661bbec9a05254aa46579bb2 user1 1 good no

Chips list

name tag type clock
M68000 maincpu cpu 9000000
Speaker mono audio
YM3812 ymsnd audio 4000000
Z80 soundcpu cpu 4000000
uPD7759 upd audio 640000

Categories

MAMEinfo

0.36b11 [?]

0.35RC2 [Bryan McPhail]


WIP:

- 0.133u1: Renamed (sercharu) to (searcharu) and (sercharj) to (searcharj).

- 0.126u1: Fixed gfx2 rom loading. Changed VSync to 59.185606 Hz.

- 0.122u5: Corrado Tomaselli changed/verified frequencies in SAR. Changed 68000 CPU1 clock speed to 9MHz.

- 0.112u1: Removed Dial control.

- 0.99u5: f205v added clone 'SAR - Search And Rescue (Japan)'.

- 24th August 2005: f205v and Corrado Tomaselli dumped SAR - Search And Rescue (Japan).

- 0.98u3: Corrado Tomaselli added 'Joystick' dipswitch in SAR.

- 0.36b11: Added 'SAR - Search And Rescue (World)'. Renamed (searchar) to (sercharu).

- 0.35RC2: Bryan McPhail added 'SAR - Search And Rescue (US)' (SNK 1989).

- 15th June 1999: Bryan McPhail submitted Search And Rescue driver.


LEVELS: 4


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* FB Alpha


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History


$vgmplay=searchar,

Arcade Video game published 30 years ago:

SAR - Search and Rescue (c) 1989 SNK.

When a pioneer spaceship vanishes mysteriously. An investigation reveals that the spaceship crashed near a ravine due to unknown circumstances. Now two SAR (Search and Rescue) operatives are on a mission to find out what happened, and eliminate the alien threat.

- TECHNICAL -

Game ID : A8007 'BH'

Main CPU : Motorola 68000 (@ 12 Mhz)
Sound CPU : Zilog Z80 (@ 4 Mhz)
Sound Chips : YM3812 (@ 4 Mhz), UPD7759 (@ 640 Khz)

Players : 2
Control : dial
Buttons : 2

- TRIVIA -

Released in December 1989 in Japan.

This was SNK's last game to use rotary joysticks.

Despite the game having an 1989 copyright, SAR - Search and Rescue was actually released sometime in 1990. A few months after SAR's release, SNK began to focus on the Neo-Geo hardware.

- UPDATES -

The US version is slightly different, it has the "Winners Don't Use Drugs" screen.

- STAFF -

Producer : Yanbaru
Graphic designers : Sick Of, U-Rakuchou, Chagera No2, Marochie, Tulip Nao
Music composer : Hinjakun
Boss : Eikichi Kawasaki
Programmers : Takoguti Kamen 001, Cock-A-Doodle-Doo
Hardware engineer : Crasher H.T.

- PORTS -

* CONSOLES:
Sony PSP (2011, "SNK Arcade Classic 0")

- CONTRIBUTE -

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High scores

MAMESCORE records : 02/04/2017 13:01

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