Mame game : swimmer : Swimmer (set 1)

Game infos

Description Swimmer (set 1)

Name swimmer

Manufacturer Tehkan

Year 1982

Runnable yes

System arcade /

Number of players 2P alt

Added to MAME .030

Romset size 55 KB

Romset file 18 files

Romset zip 33 B

Language English

Evaluation 70 to 80 (Good)

Genre Sports

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 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	224	60.57

Dipswitchs

Bonus Life
- 10000
- 20000
- 30000
- None
Cabinet
- Cocktail
- Upright
Coin A
- 1 Coin/1 Credit
- 1 Coin/2 Credits
- 1 Coin/3 Credits
- 2 Coins/1 Credit
Coin B
- 1 Coin/1 Credit
- 1 Coin/2 Credits
- 1 Coin/3 Credits
- 1 Coin/6 Credits
Demo Sounds
- Off
- On
Difficulty
- Easy
- Hard
- Harder
- Hardest
Lives
- 3
- 4
- 5
- Infinite (Cheat)

Roms list

console	name	size	crc	sha1	region	offset	status	optional
arcade	18s030.12c	32	3b2deb3a	bb7b5c662454f5b355cc59cbdf8879e4664bed1d	proms	200	good	no
arcade	24s10.13a	256	c5f24909	27f2c967d440f6387841aa3f7b116c64bb812af1	proms	100	good	no
arcade	24s10.13b	256	8e35b97d	2e2c254574660e01b9983f795a2adb5b9911d7f0	proms	0	good	no
arcade	sw1	4096	f12481e7	4e8ee509043fd57ec1579594f0b2c543f270bead	maincpu	0	good	no
arcade	sw12.4k	4096	2eee9bcb	ceafdf750a8af0c1c9abbbf437c3e9d9ae09f72b	audiocpu	0	good	no
arcade	sw13.18m	4096	2eb1af5c	0105d03adfc5ce9ca478e678a1e1d8bae7c516e0	gfx1	2000	good	no
arcade	sw14.18l	4096	7181c8b4	b22fa0ebac884002cf6f5651e4366f30d0ab09f5	gfx1	1000	good	no
arcade	sw15.18k	4096	4f3608cb	cebcad69c4ad5dacc0bf597fdaed6f8950ffdfe1	gfx1	0	good	no
arcade	sw2	4096	a0b6fdd2	7d3603de6c282224869824c7572868fc85599ea2	maincpu	1000	good	no
arcade	sw21.4c	2048	7f4993c1	a5884b3af707109e810cf1f38bee3cb642e619f6	gfx2	2000	good	no
arcade	sw22.5c	2048	02c10992	8c383fdcd83aa9997e5802a58419b9d993a9b38d	gfx2	1000	good	no
arcade	sw23.6c	2048	9ca67e24	86f561abc1a1c6b0c29c6017246d805c5a48b999	gfx2	0	good	no
arcade	sw3	4096	ec93d7de	e225c6b98eb3c32825c1cc1fcf69dec7e340460c	maincpu	2000	good	no
arcade	sw4	4096	0107927d	419aeca37c7604f71f49e3dee36f477eee0ba53a	maincpu	3000	good	no
arcade	sw5	4096	ebd8a92c	65401f8d39250f6ec61841e58ce4c21ddfe99842	maincpu	4000	good	no
arcade	sw6	4096	f8539821	82f43ecbbb0a3771632eb26e10bc5453d74b65b1	maincpu	5000	good	no
arcade	sw7	4096	37efb64e	0ed4d678895c17b37df605990acd096c538e3675	maincpu	6000	good	no
arcade	sw8	4096	33d6001e	749b746d018e74e364fd6974e4522c8a18915774	maincpu	7000	good	no

Chips list

name	tag	type	clock
AY-3-8910A	ay2	audio	2000000
Speaker	speaker	audio
Z80	audiocpu	cpu	2000000

0.30 [Brad Oliver]

Artwork available

WIP:

- 27th September 2010: 3D ARCADE - Completely redone Swimmer 3D cabinet model from btribble.

- 0.135u1: Corrado Tomaselli verified/changed clocks and VSync to 60.57 Hz in Swimmer.

- 17th February 2009: Mr. Do - Kiltron got extra busy this past month: Swimmer artwork, courtesy of the BYOAC/CAG artwork.

- 0.126u2: Fabio Priuli added DIP locations to Swimmer.

- 0.123u3: Changed palettesize to 289 colors.

- 0.122u8: Changed palettesize to 544 colors.

- 0.53: Added clone Swimmer (set 3). Added color proms ($0, 100) from (set 3) to (set 1+2).

- 25th July 2001: Guru added another version of Swimmer.

- 0.36b10: Changed palettesize from 96 to 290 colors.

- 6th November 1999: Nicola Salmoria fixed a Swimmer graphics bug.

- 0.35b1: Gary Walton fixed the Swimmer side panel background color.

- 0.34b1: Added color proms ($0, 100, 200).

- 0.33b7: Changed description to 'Swimmer (set 1)' and clone (alternate) to 'Swimmer (set 2)'. Added chars roms sw13/14 from (set 2) to (set 1).

- 0.33b2: Brad Oliver added high score saving to Swimmer.

- 0.31: Brad Oliver added clone Swimmer (alternate). Support for the complete Swimmer set. No more bad graphics [Brad Oliver]. Gary Walton and Simon Walls added acurate colors to Swimmer. Known issues: The side panel should be light green / blue ( turquoise ) throughout the game, instead it is black.

- 0.30: Brad Oliver added 'Swimmer' (Tehkan 1982). Game has some corrupt graphics due to the lack of one ROM.

- 23rd July 1996: Gary Walton dumped Swimmer (set 1) Tehkan.

LEVELS: 4

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History

Arcade Video game published 37 years ago:

Swimmer (c) 1982 Tehkan.

- TECHNICAL -

Main CPU : Zilog Z80 (@ 3.072 Mhz)
Sound CPU : Zilog Z80 (@ 2 Mhz)
Sound Chips : (2x) General Instrument AY8910 (@ 2 Mhz)

Players : 2
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 1

- TRIVIA -

Released in July 1982 in Japan.

One of the first game created by the dynamic duo Nishizawa/Ishizuka, who later became the core of Westone (aka the developers of the "Wonder Boy/Monster World" saga).

The main enemies in the first three racks -- Turtles, Crabs and Waterbugs -- would show up in Mario Brothers in the next year.

- SCORING -

Strawberries : 100, 200, 300, or 400 points.
Bananas : 200, 400, 600, or 800 points.
Grapes : 300 600, 900, 1200, or points
Grapefruit(?) : 400, 800, 1200, or 1600 points.
Other Fruits : 50, 100, 150, or 200 points.
Enemies (after getting target) : 200 points.
Bonus, first three racks : 1000 points if all strawberries are picked up.
Bonus, fourth rack : 0-10,000 points, depending on whether you've picked up four of each of the fruits.

- TIPS AND TRICKS -

Try to eat as many fruits in a row as you can. Once you miss a fruit, you will start scoring again at the lowest point level.

- STAFF -

Programmed by : Michishito Ishizuka
Sound by : Michishito Ishizuka, R. Kawamoto
Hardware by : Y. Kotoyori, M. Yoneda
Debug by : Michitaka Tsuruta (Quoted as M.Tsujii)
Music by : Ryuichi Nishizawa

- PORTS -

* CONSOLES:
Microsoft XBOX (2005, "Tecmo Classic Arcade")

- CONTRIBUTE -

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High scores

MAMESCORE records : 02/04/2017 13:01

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Swimmer (set 1)