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Tank Battle (prototype rev. 4/21/92)

  1. Game infos
  2. Sound
  3. Driver
  4. Inputs
  5. Controls
  6. Display
  7. Adjusters
  8. Dipswitchs
  9. Roms list
  10. Chips list
  11. Categories
  12. MAMEinfo
  13. History
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Game infos

Description Tank Battle (prototype rev. 4/21/92)
Name tankbatl
Manufacturer Microprose Games Inc.
Year 1992
Runnable yes
System arcade /
Number of players 2P sim
Added to MAME .079u2
Romset size 3.28 MB
Romset file 32 files
Romset zip 1 B
Language English
Genre Shooter

Sound infos

Sound_channels 2

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 yes
Input tilt no
Input players 2
Input buttons
Input coins 2

Controls infos

type ways minimum maximum sensitivity keydelta reverse
doublejoy vertical2 no

Display infos

type rotate flipx width height refresh pixclock htotal hbend hbstart vtotal vbend vbstart
raster 0 no 576 400 60.00384 20000000 768 0 576 434 0 400

Dipswitchs

Adjusters

name default
Volume 100

Roms list

console name bios size crc md5 merge sha1 region offset status optional
arcade 38h_u121 131072 3628c8c1 760eda076ec46af5b954548036da5230a5c86371 tms_gfx 1 good no
arcade 38l_u124 131072 4e084daa f65f51d8d7c6b46aa844b37b212dab11c786d856 tms_gfx 0 good no
arcade 3ah_u133 131072 7e674ac1 81f1d87e62faf94a44aca7e41a32edf5c7c145ec tms_gfx 40001 good no
arcade 3al_u130 131072 8a5386e3 361f6abdb88cf51d5ec5ce6882986296dd274d3b tms_gfx 40000 good no
arcade 3ch_u108 131072 7cb688af 6be495ae0ed74739f62de65386810864c9ffaaee tms_gfx 80001 good no
arcade 3cl_u114 131072 bc04b0e6 d08fddd52f2c1a565a80f5d4ff8b07f1c5f01a01 tms_gfx 80000 good no
arcade 3eh_u97 131072 0fdcab16 afc21747e1624f3ab87b289b5f4a498141062445 tms34010 1 good no
arcade 3el_u101 131072 130e1a18 c31af5c5a403da588142ccbea79d3aa253ac6519 tms34010 0 good no
arcade b00_e.u93 131072 aedea0ef a81c3518c7a1e21f2fa2ad29c30346f727069257 maincpu 80000 good no
arcade b00_o.u69 131072 393718e5 f956f8bd946f53a032af16011dc69f66fb3f095c maincpu 80001 good no
arcade b01_e.u94 131072 823bba4d 6668e972b1435aac43f9b21cc40fc3adec0d285f maincpu c0000 good no
arcade b01_o.u70 131072 e895167d 677cbf1be32c1f0c76a0e1527db66eb037d7e9df maincpu c0001 good no
arcade he_u92 131072 1ea1db7c ecaa1bd3d70489a5ba0d96c6935c2959f57467b2 maincpu 40000 good no
arcade ho_u68 131072 8f76f4ac f6c1d4c933a373b153eee7d9f3016c985acaa281 maincpu 40001 good no
arcade host.71 131072 cfc0333e 9f290769129a61189870faef45c3f061eb7b5c07 maincpu 100001 good no
arcade host.95 131072 6c595d1e 89fdc30166ba1e9706798547195bdf6875a02e96 maincpu 100000 good no
arcade le_u91 131072 977f90d9 530fa5c32b1f28e2b90d20d98cc453cb290c0ad2 maincpu 0 good no
arcade lo_u67 131072 97aabac0 12a0719d3332a63e912161200b0a942c27c1f5da maincpu 1 good no
arcade pb0e_u.154 131072 d84e7c71 2edb13c1f96f35c7934dad380e06035335ccbb48 vertex 0 good no
arcade pb0o_u.153 131072 bcd7ddad 3982756b6f0821df77918dd0d00807a90dbfb595 vertex 1 good no
arcade pb1e_u.160 131072 9d9d1395 9d937eac8d7e7bea40a69b596ba2c01753b97565 vertex 40000 good no
arcade pb1o_u.167 131072 e4a65313 f2df5cc87aa388d3273705562ab2d7c937a0a866 vertex 40001 good no
arcade s00e_u.107 32768 558918cc 7e61639ab4af88f888f4aa481dd01db7de3829da drmath 3 good no
arcade s00o_u.108 32768 9cadc977 e95f60d9df422511bae6a6c4a20f813d77a894a4 drmath 7 good no
arcade s08e_u.114 32768 765da5d7 d489581bd12d7fca42570ee7a12d922be2528c1e drmath 2 good no
arcade s08o_u.115 32768 af1eae4a 44f272b472f546ffff7d8f82e29c5d80b472b1c3 drmath 6 good no
arcade s16e_u.126 32768 d24654cd 88d3624f23c669dc902136c822b1f4732104c9c1 drmath 1 good no
arcade s16o_u.127 32768 53ba1a3f 333734fff41b98abfa7b2904692cb128ab1f90a3 drmath 5 good no
arcade s24e_u.134 32768 0a41756b 8681aaf8eeda7acdff967a773290c4b2c17cbe30 drmath 0 good no
arcade s24o_u.135 32768 f89bab5f e79e71d0a5e7ba933952c5d41f6afb633da06e8a drmath 4 good no
arcade sound.u17 262144 d033ef6c 0404473c87b5b52e39ab3824b159a2d98159bbea upd7759 0 good no
arcade sound.u2 32768 77190a90 a36a5a8457cc1c325e6318b083e5e271e163f7cb audiocpu 0 good no

Chips list

name tag type clock
AMD Am29000 drmath cpu 16000000
I8051 audiocpu cpu 11059200
M68000 maincpu cpu 16000000
Microprose Audio Custom noise_2 audio
Speaker rspeaker audio
TMS34010 vgb cpu 40000000
YM2151 ym2151 audio 3579545
uPD7759 upd7759 audio 640000

Categories

MAMEinfo

0.79u2 [David Haywood]


WIP:

- 0.136u3: Changed description to 'Tank Battle (prototype rev. 4/21/92)'.

- 0.136u2: Phil Bennett fixed Tank Battle - Game now playable. Added Am29000 (16MHz) CPU3 and 2x 'Microprose Custom' sound. Changed description of 'Super Tank Attack (prototype rev. 4/21/92 )' to 'Tank Battle (prototype rev. 4/21/92 )'. Renamed (stankatk) to (tankbatl).

- 16th Janary 2010: Phil Bennett - I finally wrote the Am29000 CPU core needed by F-15 Strike Eagle, Battle of the Solar System and Tank Battle. Emulation of the math unit and 3D hardware soon followed. The 3D performance of the system is a step above Hard Drivin' and co given that the 3D pipeline is implemented mostly in hardware. The average framerate is ~30fps as opposed to 15. Worth mentioning is the extra sound hardware that is used to generate LOUD explosions. It's like something from an analog synthesiser - there's two channels of white with pink noise passed through an SSM2047 VCF. I've included a slightly fudged but reasonable sounding simulation of it. F-15 and BOTSS play ok but they're shameless quarter suckers, regularly pestering the player to pump in more credits to buy weapons, repairs, fuel etc. Tank Battle (aka Super Tank Attack and Tank 3D) is a prototype game. It supports two players via split-screen. I can't find a way to disable the split-screen for single player though.

- 0.129u2: Changed 68000 CPU1 clock speed to 16MHz and I8051 CPU3 to 11059200 Hz. Removed 2x DAC sound. Changed palettesize to 4096 colors. Added 5x buttons. Fixed rom loading. Added 2x 'Unused' dipswitch.

- 0.92: Philip J. Bennett improved the Microprose 3D driver. Games not playable, but still a big improvement over the skeleton driver. Changed description to 'Super Tank Attack (prototype rev. 4/21/92 )'.

- 22nd April 2004: Phil Bennett - Present some screenshots from the Super Tank Attack prototype.

- 0.79u2: David Haywood added 'Super Tank Attack (prototype?)' (Microprose 1992).


LEVELS: 10


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History


Arcade Video game published 26 years ago:

Tank Battle (c) 1993 Microprose.

- TECHNICAL -

Main CPU : Motorola 68000 (@ 12 Mhz), TMS34010 (@ 5 Mhz), I8051 (@ 11.059 Mhz)
Sound Chips : UPD7759 (@ 640 Khz), YM2151 (@ 3.579545 Mhz), (2x) DAC (@ 3.579545 Mhz)

Players : 2
Control : Double 2-way joysticks (vertical)
Buttons : 1

- TRIVIA -

Never got past the prototype stage, JALECO acquired the division responsible for this game and scrapped the project.

- CONTRIBUTE -

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