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The Gladiator / Road of the Sword / Shen Jian (M68k label V101) (ARM label V107, ROM 06/06/03 SHEN JIAN V107)

  1. Game infos
  2. Parent and Clones
  3. Sound
  4. Driver
  5. Inputs
  6. Controls
  7. Display
  8. Configurations
  9. Dipswitchs
  10. Roms list
  11. BIOS set
  12. Chips list
  13. Categories
  14. MAMEinfo
  15. History
Download theglad.zip (54.52 MB)
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Game infos

Description The Gladiator / Road of the Sword / Shen Jian (M68k label V101) (ARM label V107, ROM 06/06/03 SHEN JIAN V107)
Name theglad
Manufacturer IGS
Year 2003
Runnable yes
System arcade /
Number of players 4P sim
Added to MAME .105u3
Romset size 54.52 MB
Romset file 10 files
Romset zip 19 B
Language English
Genre Fighter

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 4
Input buttons
Input coins 4

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 448 224 60

Configuration

name tag mask
Region
Name China
Value 0
Default no
Name Don't Change
Value 255
Default yes
Name Hong Kong
Value 4
Default no
Name Korea
Value 3
Default no
Name Spanish Territories
Value 5
Default no
Name Taiwan
Value 1
Default no
Name World
Value 6
Default no

RegionHack
 255

Dipswitchs

Roms list

console name bios size crc md5 merge sha1 region offset status optional
arcade a04601.u2 8388608 d9b2e004 8e1882b800fe9f12d7d49303e7417ba5b6f8ef85 sprcol 0 good no
arcade a04602.u4 8388608 14f22308 7fad54704e8c97eab723f53dfb50fb3e7bb606d2 sprcol 800000 good no
arcade a04603.u6 8388608 8f621e17 b0f87f378e0115d0c95017ca0f1b0d508827a7c6 sprcol 1000000 good no
arcade b04601.u11 8388608 ee72bccf 73c25fe659f6c903447066e4ef83d2f580449d76 sprmask 0 good no
arcade b04602.u12 4194304 7dba9c38 a03d509274e8f6a500a7ebe2da5aab8bed4e7f2f sprmask 800000 good no
arcade pgm_m01s.rom 2097152 45ae7159 pgm_m01s.rom d3ed3ff3464557fd0df6b069b2e431528b0ebfa8 ics 0 good no
arcade pgm_p01s.u20 v1 131072 e42b166e pgm_p01s.u20 2a9df9ec746b14b74fae48b1a438da14973702ea maincpu 0 good no
arcade pgm_p02s.u20 v2 131072 78c15fa2 pgm_p02s.u20 885a6558e022602cc6f482ac9667ba9f61e75092 maincpu 0 good no
arcade pgm_t01s.rom 2097152 1a7123a0 pgm_t01s.rom cc567f577bfbf45427b54d6695b11b74f2578af3 tiles 0 good no
arcade t04601.u33 8388608 e5dab371 2e3c93958eb0326b6b84b95c2168626f26bbac76 tiles 180000 good no
arcade theglad_igs027a_execute_only_area 392 prot 0 nodump no
arcade theglad_igs027a_v100_overseas.bin 15992 02fe6f52 0b0ddf4507856cfc5b7d4ef7e4c5375254c2a024 prot 188 good no
arcade v101.u6 524288 f799e866 dccc3c903357c40c3cf85ac0ae8fc12fb0f853a6 maincpu 100000 good no
arcade v107.u26 2097152 f7c61357 52d31c464dfc83c5371b078cb6b73c0d0e0d57e3 user1 0 good no
arcade w04601.u1 8388608 5f15ddb3 c38dcef8e06802a84e42a7fc9fa505475fc3ac65 ics 400000 good no

BIOS set

name description default
v1 PGM Bios V1 yes
v2 PGM Bios V2 yes

Chips list

name tag type clock
ARM7 prot cpu 33000000
ICS2115 ics audio
M68000 maincpu cpu 20000000
Speaker mono audio
Z80 soundcpu cpu 8467200

Categories

MAMEinfo

0.145u5 [David Haywood]

0.130u3 [?]

0.105u3 [David Haywood]


WIP:

- 0.152: David Haywood and rtw fixed The Gladiator - Game now playable. Artemio Urbina added clone The Gladiator / Road of the Sword / Shen Jian (M68k label V100) (ARM label V101, ROM 03/13/03 SHEN JIAN). I'm starting to think the 'v100' cart we have a dump of is actually pre-v100 and the real v100 revision would match the PCB version, the V100 68K rom on this is the same as the V100 68k rom on the PCB rather than the 'V100' cart. Verified The Gladiator internal ROM on an Overseas cart [Artemio Urbina]. Added partial dump of internal rom from IGS game 'The Gladiator' - it's missing the first 0x188 bytes which are execute-only, unfortunately the code jumps to them in multiple places and it appears to be important so it still doesn't work (machine\pgmprot_igs027a_type3.c). Idle skip for theglad. Still don't understand current behavior tho, code is very similar in places to killbldp. Improved notes in machine\pgmprot_igs027a_type3.c. Changed so that the intro runs, but it can no longer be started, but at least this is a more proper flow. Document another finding in pgmprot_igs027a_type3.c. Set descriptions were swapped around. More sensible stack location to prevent crashes/glitches. It basically works now, so marked it as such, need to test more tho so might end up unmarking it again later. Added 'wave.u29' to thegladpcb set, this is used for the Japanese music and seems exclusive to the PCB version. I guess all PCBs were Japan and all carts were non-Japan [David Haywood]. Added 'Region' configuration. Added thegladpcb_igs027a_execute_only_area and thegladpcb_igs027a_v100_overseas.bin prot data roms. Changed ARM7 CPU3 clock speed to 33MHz. Changed description to 'The Gladiator / Road of the Sword / Shen Jian (M68k label V101) (ARM label V107, ROM 06/06/03 SHEN JIAN V107)' and clones (M68k label V101) (ARM label V107, ROM 06/06/03 SHEN JIAN V107) to 'The Gladiator / Road of the Sword / Shen Jian (M68k label V100) (ARM label V100, ROM 01/16/03 SHEN JIAN)' and (M68k label V100) (ARM label V100, ROM 02/25/03 SHEN JIAN) (JAMMA PCB) to 'The Gladiator / Road of the Sword / Shen Jian (M68k label V100) (ARM label V100, ROM 02/25/03 SHEN JIAN) (Japan, JAMMA PCB)'. Renamed (theglada) to (theglad100).

- 0.145u5: Siftware added clone The Gladiator - Road of the Sword / Shen Jian (M68k label V100) (ARM label V100, ROM 02/25/03 SHEN JIAN) (JAMMA PCB). Changed ARM7 CPU3 clock speed to 33333333 Hz. Changed clone (ver. 101) to parent 'The Gladiator - Road of the Sword / Shen Jian (M68k label V100) (ARM label V100, ROM 01/16/03 SHEN JIAN)' and (ver. 100) to clone 'The Gladiator - Road of the Sword / Shen Jian (M68k label V101) (ARM label V107, ROM 06/06/03 SHEN JIAN V107)'. Renamed (theglad) to (theglada) and (theglada) to (theglad).

- 0.130u3: Added The Gladiator (ver. 100). Changed 'The Gladiator' to clone 'The Gladiator (ver. 101)'. Renamed (theglad) to (theglada).

- 0.130u2: Added ARM7 (20MHz) CPU3.

- 0.105u3: David Haywood added 'The Gladiator' (IGS 2001).


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The Gladiator

History


IGS PGM cart. published 16 years ago:

The Gladiator (c) 2003 IGS Company, Limited.

The cursed Sacred Sword appeared once again, took lives of hundreds people. Two prominent families were killed, just because they possessed it. Behind these entire massacres more mysteries were secretly hidden, the rumors said perhaps even the government seemed to take part of it. Chu Xing Han, San Kuan Ging and Wu Ping decided to revenge. Chu is good friend and partner Greg Tien Ray also wanted to help them. Mysterious woman Huang Her decided to kill her own father for committing all these crimes. Wu-Lin Sword master's disciple Siong Chien Chien had an eye on the power of the sword and determined to seize the object.

The conflict in Wu-Lin seemed to trigger at any moment, unconsciously all sword masters were falling into a sophisticated conspiracy designed by Yuen Dynasty Government and...

- TECHNICAL -

IGS PGM hardware

Main CPU : Motorola 68000, Zilog Z80
Sound Chips : ICS2115

Players : 4
Control : 8-way Joystick
Buttons : 4

- TRIVIA -

The Gladiator was released in January 2003.

This game is known as "Shen Jian" in China and "The Road of The Sword" in Japan.

- TIPS AND TRICKS -

* Secret Features:
On the mode selection screen, below features & modes can be unlocked by following codes:
Fight two bosses at once in Challange Mode: B, C, B, C, B, C
More bosses playable in Challange Mode: B, C, C, C, C, B
Ranking Mode: D, D, D, B, B, B
More skills in Ranking Mode: D, C, D, B, C, B

- STAFF -

General Director: TsungHo Liu
Project Leader: Fred Liao
Art Director: WEI
Main Director: Andy Chu
Director: Petrus Gao, General, Gaxchi, Yakov Lin
Action Designer: WEI, Andy Chu, Gaxchi, Yakov Lin, Indjing Lin
Stage Designer: Thowas Lin, Pamboyoung, Qiuhong Chang, Jeffrey Chung, Jim Chang
Effect Designer: Pipy
Continuity Designer: George, Indjing Lin
Charactor Designer: Indjing Lin
Animator & Assistant: George, Dragon
Atr Designer: Seed, Mixhael Lin, Hugo, LEI, P.S, Maggie, Jim Chang, Reijun, KAI, Chiasen Yeh, RYO, KURAO
Main Programer: Tienkuo Lo
Program Engineer: LYW, Panxian Chen, D.S, Fred Liao
Music Conductor: Morrison
S.E & Editor: Julian Chiu
Tester & Technic Director: Shunji Yang

- CONTRIBUTE -

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