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Spelunker

  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. Serie
  12. Categories
  13. MAMEinfo
  14. History
  15. High scores
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Game infos

Description Spelunker
Name spelunkr
Manufacturer Irem (licensed from Broderbund)
Year 1985
Runnable yes
System arcade /
Number of players 2P alt
Added to MAME .035rc1
Romset size 339 KB
Romset file 30 files
Romset zip 101 B
Language English
Evaluation 70 to 80 (Good)
Genre Platform

Parent and clones

Parent This game is the parent

Sound infos

Sound_channels 1

Driver infos

Driver status imperfect
Driver emulation good
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 384 256 55

Dipswitchs

Roms list

console name bios size crc md5 merge sha1 region offset status optional
arcade spra.3d 16384 4110363c 8c1f4966291887c17175ab921acd732be6266186 irem_audio:iremsound 8000 good no
arcade spra.3f 16384 67a9d2e6 d859648d7a3f05ae777a3909ddcd866b786c5b26 irem_audio:iremsound c000 good no
arcade spra.4d 16384 bb4faa4f 350f7b086ed6357354d60548419d139fddb34c9d maincpu 4000 good no
arcade spra.4e 16384 cf811201 9b29880b28e1d94b07a16b5455bc498dc882342f maincpu 0 good no
arcade sprb.1l 256 3ec46248 734fe63b9f6e60cdd3bcc9664521b20ffe2765d9 proms 500 good no
arcade sprb.1m 256 8d8cccad e984d358b6fac9e3cb4618d11ddb22e9eb422dd0 proms 100 good no
arcade sprb.1n 256 c40e1cb2 fb2aac95c852ef67d03fd2c4b5f5f9330405d435 proms 300 good no
arcade sprb.3p 16384 8fbaf373 cc0bee147f09f417c1d588440de6622bf6967a73 gfx2 8000 good no
arcade sprb.4c 16384 cfe46a88 150d106c0aeec87b993f29a01904e7a65eda0921 gfx2 10000 good no
arcade sprb.4e 16384 11c48979 4500fb0f10b6421d82f89e18d6f20406061a3ecd gfx2 14000 good no
arcade sprb.4f 16384 32663097 8cfa5e6b1713194ab435af6523e5df4ee266dc73 gfx2 4000 good no
arcade sprb.4k 16384 e7f0e861 864ea5bcd1a2f87c1d63ec9fb27cf69281b1697e gfx2 0 good no
arcade sprb.4p 16384 37069b76 c31c2f5575219c927a8ed6d1a9fc88bbf494c0c0 gfx2 c000 good no
arcade sprb.5p 32 746c6238 10b901bb1eca69b274999ad7ada3dd6c58bc5d84 proms 600 good no
arcade sprb.6f 256 34d88d3c 727f4c5cfff33538886fa0a29fd119aa085d7008 proms 820 good no
arcade sprm.1b 16384 a95cb3e5 4bb1e3aa81f8594cda1646e0c50b82250ae3e3b0 gfx1 14000 good no
arcade sprm.1c 16384 58b21c76 0e524be89035208a0c212ff160150fc82ac4da7f gfx1 10000 good no
arcade sprm.1d 16384 4ef7ae89 a32362d6002300838d99948b22d687d60d033060 gfx1 0 good no
arcade sprm.1e 16384 a3755180 e0db62209a4e35efdaac30ab3343854bdb58d418 gfx1 4000 good no
arcade sprm.2h 256 0478082b e831ba7ef71632da2ab0bcc3cebbd6ef9f39a690 proms 400 good no
arcade sprm.2j 256 0e3890b4 1b7c858a5729ddd3cbc7329b93082ec588a55131 proms 200 good no
arcade sprm.2k 256 fd8fa991 6e546a57de10223886a9a7480580b03b759dbd87 proms 0 good no
arcade sprm.3b 16384 f61cf012 9803a80a2ef0f6469e7b00faf5b11c98ac47854f gfx1 c000 good no
arcade sprm.3c 16384 b4008e6a ee144514b18dcb54f2efc503181c9feaa898ea25 gfx1 8000 good no
arcade sprm.4l 16384 239f2cd4 dbf602c33d8f2c613971f16bd1da4d7263f32c69 gfx3 4000 good no
arcade sprm.4m 16384 d6d07d70 4f74efcc486775dfa95279b6e26a01b60cc43795 gfx3 8000 good no
arcade sprm.4p 16384 4dfe2e63 981950cabc40e052c021fbe882ce3f1187a832fd gfx3 0 good no
arcade sprm.7b 16384 26bb25a4 d384901042664a4e46d7b6b5d183ce49e360dac8 maincpu 14000 good no
arcade sprm.7c 16384 fb6197e2 8c3ccc2c14d076a1d6d14c2548a101a87af4211a maincpu 10000 good no
arcade sprm.8h 512 875cc442 1117b6ae516c361b4cc4d0b7146ca98472ce2b21 proms 620 good no

Chips list

name tag type clock
AY-3-8910A irem_audio:ay_45l audio 894886
M6803 irem_audio:iremsound cpu 3579545
MSM5205 irem_audio:msm2 audio 384000
Netlist Sound Device irem_audio:snd_nl audio 48000
Speaker irem_audio:mono audio
Z80 maincpu cpu 4000000

Serie

Serie : Spelunker
  1. Spelunker (1985)
  2. Spelunker (Japan) (1985)
  3. Spelunker (Jpn) (1985)
  4. Spelunker II (1986)
  5. Spelunker (Jpn) (1986)
  6. Spelunker II - Yuusha e no Chousen (Jpn) (1987)
  7. Spelunker (USA) (1987)
  8. Spelunker (Jpn) (19??)

Categories

MAMEinfo

0.35RC1 [Nicola Salmoria]


WIP:

- 0.133u1: Renamed (spelnkrj) to (spelunkrj).

- 0.99u6: Pierpaolo Prazzoli fixed some bad colors in Spelunker background.

- 0.37b12: Added clone Spelunker (Japan).

- 0.37b6: Changed clock speed of the M6803 CPU2 and the 2x AY-8910 to 894886 Hz.

- 0.36b11: Added 'Teleport' dipswitch.

- 0.35RC1: Nicola Salmoria added 'Spelunker' (Irem (licensed from Broderbund) 1985).

- 31st May 1999: Nicola added Spelunker to the M62 driver.


LEVELS: 4


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* FB Alpha


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History


$vgmplay=spelunkr,

Arcade Video game published 33 years ago:

Spelunker (c) 1986 Irem Corp.

In Spelunker - which means 'cave-diver' - a caver has to work his way down through a number of multi-directionally scrolling caves - each one deeper underground than the last - in his bid to find the mythical 'World of Wonders'. To do this, the spelunker must find the exit to each cave, so he can move on to the next and get closer to his goal.

Spelunker is a platform game, and each tricky cave is filled with enemies - such as bats and ogres - and traps. Ladders, ropes, lifts and the obligatory minecarts must be used to reach other platforms and sections of the cave.

To aid him in his difficult quest, the Spelunker carries a gun and can shoot short-range fireballs at his enemies to stun or kill them. Numerous bonus items can be collected, such as bombs to destroy any rocks block his route, keys to open locked doors and potions to boost the caver's ever-decreasing energy meter. Treasure chests also litter each cave, and can be opened for bonus treasure items.

- TECHNICAL -

Irem M-62 system hardware

Main CPU : Zilog Z80 (@ 4 Mhz)
Sound CPU : Motorola M6803 (@ 894.886 Khz)
Sound Chips : (2x) General Instrument AY8910 (@ 894.886 Khz), (2x) MSM5205 (@ 384 Khz)

Screen orientation : Horizontal
Video resolution : 384 x 256 pixels
Screen refresh : 55.00 Hz
Palette colors : 512

Players : 2
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 2

- TRIVIA -

Released in February 1986 by Irem, under license from Broderbund.

Originally released in 1984 by Broderbund Software for the Commodore C64 computer.

- SERIES -

1. Spelunker (1986)
2. Spelunker II - 23 no Kagi (1986)

- STAFF -

Designed and programmed by : Tim Martin

- CONTRIBUTE -

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High scores

MAMESCORE records : 02/04/2017 13:01

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