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The Grid (version 1.2)

  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. Categories
  12. MAMEinfo
  13. History
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Game infos

Description The Grid (version 1.2)
Name thegrid
Manufacturer Midway
Year 2001
Runnable yes
System arcade /
Number of players ???
Added to MAME .122u5
Romset size 40 MB
Romset file 13 files
Romset zip 35 B
Language English
Genre Shooter

Parent and clones

Parent This game is the parent

Sound infos

Sound_channels 2

Driver infos

Driver status preliminary
Driver emulation preliminary
Driver color good
Driver sound good
Driver graphic imperfect
Driver cocktail
Driver protection
Driver savestate yes

Inputs infos

Input service yes
Input tilt yes
Input players 2
Input buttons
Input coins 4

Controls infos

type ways minimum maximum sensitivity keydelta reverse
joy 8 no
stick 0 111 100 10 no

Display infos

type rotate flipx width height refresh pixclock htotal hbend hbstart vtotal vbend vbstart
raster 0 no 512 400 57.134789 16666675 666 0 512 438 0 400

Dipswitchs

Roms list

console name bios size crc md5 merge sha1 region offset status optional
arcade the_grid.u18 4194304 3a3460be e719dae8a2e54584cb6a074ed42e35e3debef2f6 user2 0 good no
arcade the_grid.u19 4194304 af262d5b 3eb3980fa81a360a70aa74e793b2bc3028f68cf2 user2 2 good no
arcade the_grid.u2 4194304 e6a39ee9 4ddc62f5d278ea9791205098fa5f018ab1e698b4 dcs 0 good no
arcade the_grid.u20 4194304 e6ad1917 acab25e1251fd07b374badebe79f6ec1772b3589 user2 800000 good no
arcade the_grid.u21 4194304 48c03f8e 50790bdae9f2234ffb4914c2c5c16374e3508b47 user2 800002 good no
arcade the_grid.u22 4194304 84c3a8b6 de0dcf9daf7ada7a6952b9e29a29571b2aa9d0b2 user2 1000000 good no
arcade the_grid.u23 4194304 f48ef409 79d74b4fe38b06a02ae0351d13d7f0a7ed0f0c87 user2 1000002 good no
arcade the_grid.u3 4194304 40be7585 e481081edffa07945412a6eab17b4d3e7b42cfd3 dcs 400000 good no
arcade the_grid.u4 4194304 7a15c203 a0a49dd08bba92402640ed2d1fb4fee112c4ab5f dcs 800000 good no
arcade thegrid-12.u10 1048576 eb6c2d54 ddd32757a9be011988b7add3c091e93292a0867c user1 0 good no
arcade thegrid-12.u11 1048576 b9b5f92b 36e16f109af9a5172869344f09b337b67e0b3e11 user1 2 good no
arcade thegrid-12.u12 1048576 2810c207 d244eaf85473ed49442a906d437af1a9f91a2f9d user1 200000 good no
arcade thegrid-12.u13 1048576 8b721848 d82f39045437ada2061587176e24f558a5e203fe user1 200002 good no

Chips list

name tag type clock
ADSP-2104 dcs:dcs2 cpu 16000000
DMA-driven DAC dcs:dac2 audio
Speaker dcs:rspeaker audio
TMS32032 maincpu cpu 60000000

Categories

MAMEinfo

0.122u5 [Siftware]

0.84u3 [Aaron Giles]


WIP:

- 0.177: Osso fixed save state crashing in The Grid.

- 0.176: Ted Green added return data for unknown register access to keep 'The Grid' from hangin.

- 0.175: Ted Green fixed 'The Grid' crashes with "Fatal error: Extreme count" after the initial system test.

- 0.122u5: Siftware added 'The Grid (version 1.2)'. Renamed (thegrid) to (thegrida).

- 0.122u3: Changed VSync to 57.134789 Hz.

- 0.122u2: Removed buttons 4-6. Added Stick control.

- 0.122u1: Fixed user1/2 rom loading. Changed visible area to 512x400 and VSync to 56.563413 Hz.

- 0.121: Replaced TMS32031 CPU1 with TMS32032 (60MHz).

- 0.120u2: Changed visible area to 400x256.

- 0.120u1: Added correct user1 roms ($0 - 200002). Changed description to 'The Grid (version 1.1)'.

- 0.84u3: Aaron Giles added 'The Grid' (Midway 2001).


ARCADE RELEASE: 2000/Oct/18


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History


Arcade Video game published 19 years ago:

The Grid (c) 2000 Midway Games, Incorporated.

- TECHNICAL -

Midway Zeus 2 hardware

Main CPU : TMS32031 (@ 50 Mhz)
Sound CPU : ADSP2104 (@ 16 Mhz)
Sound Chips : (2x) DMA-driven (@ 16 Mhz)

Players : 2
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 6

- TRIVIA -

The Grid was released on October 18, 2000.

- PORTS -

Rumors to be released on Sega Dreamcast, Sony Playstation 2, even a less stronger system- Nintendo 64. The idea was canceled as the designers were concentrated on "Mortal Kombat V".

- CONTRIBUTE -

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