0.37b2 [Nicola Salmoria]
0.36b5 [Testdriver]
TEST MODE:
- Press F1+F3 to see ROM/RAM tests and the final animation.
Bugs:
- Title screen's car movement is inverted. Misc (ID 04413)
- Clone sformula: Side-by-side test. Kold666 (ID 00234)
WIP:
- 0.184: Added video\vsystem_gga.cpp/h. Added skeleton device for Video System C7-01 GGA [AJR].
- 0.181: Some improvements to Tail to Nose: Added sound semaphore hookup, fixes random BGM lockups. Added alternative input method, selectable thru control panel dip-switch. Added DIP locations [Angelo Salese].
- 0.161: Paolo Venturi added clone Super Formula (Japan, set 2). Changed description of clone 'Super Formula (Japan)' to 'Super Formula (Japan, set 1)'.
- 0.154: Clean up Tail to Nose [Alex Jackson].
- 0.136u4: Corrado Tomaselli fixed inverted buttons 1 and 2 on clone Super Formula. They are Jamma standards boards: Brake button is wired to pin 22 and acceleration button to pin 23 which are respectively button 1 and 2 in a jamma standard pinout.
- 0.136u1: Fabio Priuli added driver data struct and save states to Tail to Nose.
- 0.135u4: Fabio Priuli updated Tail to Nose to use Konami video devices instead of konamiic.h code.
- 0.125u2: Couriersud fixed YM2608 sound in Tail to Nose.
- 0.125u1: Andrew Gardner merged memory maps for Tail to Nose.
- 0.122u6: Corrado Tomaselli verified and changed CPU frequencies in Tail to Nose. Changed Z80 CPU2 clock speed to 5MHz.
- 0.63: Jarek Burczynski added drum support in YM2608 emulation (check e.g. Tail 2 Nose).
- 0.37b5: Added clone Super Formula (Japan).
- 0.37b3: Aaron Giles fixed YM2608 ADPCM support.
- 0.37b2: Nicola Salmoria added 'Tail to Nose - Great Championship' (V-System Co. 1989).
- 11th April 2000: Nicola Salmoria wrote a driver for Great Championship Tail to Nose.
- 0.36b5: Nicola Salmoria added (Testdriver) (unkvsys) => Tail to Nose.
Other Emulators:
* FB Alpha
Recommended Games (F1):
Street Burners
Laguna Racer
Long Beach
Monte Carlo
Super Speed Race
Monaco GP
Grand Champion
Monza GP
Imola Grand Prix
Pit & Run - F-1 Race
Chequered Flag
F-1 Dream
Dirt Fox
Tail to Nose - Great Championship
F-1 Grand Prix
F-1 Grand Prix Part II
Arcade Video game published 30 years ago:
Tail to Nose - Great Championship (c) 1989 V-System Company, Limited.
- TECHNICAL -
Main CPU : Motorola 68000 (@ 10 Mhz)
Sound CPU : Zilog Z80 (@ 4 Mhz)
Sound Chips : YM2608 (@ 8 Mhz)
Players : 1
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 2
- TRIVIA -
Tail to Nose was released in December 1989.
This game is known in Japan as "Super Formula - Chijou Saisoku no Battle" (translates from Japanese as 'Battle of the Fastest Above the Ground').
Based on the 1988 F1 Season, the game is not licensed, but the name changes are only slight : Lotos (Lotus), Mclarun (McLaren), Ferreri (Ferrari), Merci (March (Technically Leyton House)), Willruns (Williams) and Benetten (Benetton). During the demo you get to see pictures of the car, drivers and their names. The drivers look exactly like who they should be.
- STAFF -
Sound composer : Naoki Itamura (Gekko Itamura)
- CONTRIBUTE -
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