Mame game : travrusa : Traverse USA / Zippy Race

Game infos

Description Traverse USA / Zippy Race

Name travrusa

Manufacturer Irem

Year 1983

Runnable yes

System arcade /

Number of players 2P alt

Added to MAME .030

Romset size 85 KB

Romset file 14 files

Romset zip 42 B

Language English

Evaluation 50 to 60 (Not Good Enough)

Genre Driving

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 3

Controls infos

type	ways	minimum	maximum	sensitivity	keydelta	reverse
joy	2					no

Display infos

type	rotate	flipx	width	height	refresh	pixclock	htotal	hbend	hbstart	vtotal	vbend	vbstart
raster	270	no	240	256	56.75

Dipswitchs

Allow Continue
- No
- Yes
Cabinet
- Cocktail
- Upright
Coin Mode
- Mode 1
- Mode 2
Coinage
- 1 Coin/1 Credit
- 1 Coin/2 Credits
- 1 Coin/3 Credits
- 1 Coin/4 Credits
- 1 Coin/5 Credits
- 1 Coin/6 Credits
- 1 Coin/7 Credits
- 2 Coins/1 Credit
- 3 Coins/1 Credit
- 4 Coins/1 Credit
- 5 Coins/1 Credit
- 6 Coins/1 Credit
- A 1C_1C / B 1C_2C
- A 1C_1C / B 1C_3C
- A 1C_1C / B 1C_5C
- A 1C_1C / B 1C_6C
- A 2C_1C / B 1C_2C
- A 2C_1C / B 1C_3C
- A 2C_1C / B 1C_5C
- A 2C_1C / B 1C_6C
- A 3C_1C / B 1C_2C
- A 3C_1C / B 1C_3C
- A 3C_1C / B 1C_5C
- A 3C_1C / B 1C_6C
- Free Play
- Not Used
Flip Screen
- Off
- On
Fuel Consumption
- Hi
- Low
Fuel Reduced on Collision
- Hi
- Low
- Max
- Med
Invulnerability (Cheat)
- Off
- On
Service Mode
- Off
- On
Speed Type
- Km/H
- M/H
Stop Mode (Cheat)
- Off
- On
Title
- Traverse USA
- Zippy Race

Roms list

console	name	size	crc	sha1	region	offset	status	optional
arcade	mmi6349.ij	512	c9724350	1fac20cdc0a53d94e8f67b49d7dd71d1b9f1f7ef	proms	0	good	no
arcade	mr10.1a	4096	a02ad8a0	aff80b506dbecabed2a36eb743693940f6a22d16	irem_audio:iremsound	7000	good	no
arcade	mr8.3c	8192	3a046dd1	65c1dd1c0b5fb72ac5c04e11a577308245e4b312	gfx1	2000	good	no
arcade	mr9.3a	8192	1cc3d3f4	e7ee365d43d783cb6b7df37c6edeadbed35318d9	gfx1	4000	good	no
arcade	tbp18s.2	32	a1130007	9deb0eed75dd06e86f83c819a3393158be7c9dce	proms	200	good	no
arcade	tbp24s10.3	256	76062638	7378a26cf455d9d3df90929dc665870514c34b54	proms	220	good	no
arcade	zippyrac.001	8192	aa8994dd	9b326ce52a03d723e5c3c1b5fd4aa8fa7f70f904	gfx1	0	good	no
arcade	zr1-0.m3	8192	be066c0a	fed0ef114b08519b99d77485b73768a838d2f06e	maincpu	0	good	no
arcade	zr1-10.k3	8192	6fcc9fdb	88f878b9ebf07c5a16f8cb742016cac971ed3f10	gfx2	4000	good	no
arcade	zr1-5.l3	8192	145d6b34	c9e2bd1d3e62c496e4c5057c4012b069dfcf592d	maincpu	2000	good	no
arcade	zr1-6a.k3	8192	e1b51383	34f4476c1bcc28c53c8ffa7b614f443a329aae13	maincpu	4000	good	no
arcade	zr1-7.j3	8192	85cd1a51	7eb046514845cb9d2507ee24d1b2f7cc5402ac02	maincpu	6000	good	no
arcade	zr1-8.n3	8192	3e2c7a6b	abc9eeb656ab6ed5f14e10fc988f75f21ccf037a	gfx2	0	good	no
arcade	zr1-9.l3	8192	13be6a14	47861910fe4c46cd72634cf7d834be2da2a0a4f9	gfx2	2000	good	no

Chips list

name	tag	type	clock
AY-3-8910A	irem_audio:ay_45l	audio	894886
DISCRETE	irem_audio:filtermix	audio
M6803	irem_audio:iremsound	cpu	3579545
MSM5205	irem_audio:msm1	audio	384000
Speaker	irem_audio:mono	audio
Z80	maincpu	cpu	4000000

0.30 [Lee Taylor, John Clegg]

Artwork available (motorace)

WIP:

- 0.148u5: ANY added clone Traverse USA (bootleg). Ricky2001 (from AUMAP) added clone MotoTour / Zippy Race (Tecfri license). Note: Moto tour is a Tecfri's licensed version of Traverse usa/Zippy Race from Irem. This version don't have de MSM5202 but still having the sounds produced bt 5202 with a lower quality, I guess it converts the sound data to analog in some way, also this version is unprotected, doesn't have the epoxy block. Unfortunately the eproms labels have dissapeared, so I name it similar to Traverse usa but with the letters mt (Moto Tour).

- 0.140u2: Atari Ace take some driver_device classes of m52/m57/m58/m62/travrusa (common code in audio\irem.c) that cover multiple drivers and split them so that each driver gets their own driver_device class. In most cases, these drivers got entangled because of audio/mcu code that was shared between multiple drivers. Added 'Irem Audio' sound.

- 7th December 2009: Mr. Do - Thanks to some great photos as Derek's Basement Arcade, I added in instruction cards to the bezels for Motorace USA.

- 0.135u1: Fabio Priuli added driver data struct and save state support to Traverse USA driver.

- 7th August 2009: Smitdogg - Thanks to D. Beneke we got a box of PCB's from a dealer in NY for pretty cheap. I've dumped all. One is a Zippy Race bootleg.

- 0.133u1: Improved Irem sound [Couriersud]: Revisited schematics. Corrected a bug, some discrete values and added two RC nodes from schematics.

- 26th July 2008: Mr. Do - Thanks to the BYOAC/CAG artwork, we now have a MotoRace USA bezel.

- 0.123u2: Fixed proms addresses from ($100, 120) to ($200, 220). Changed palettesize to 256 colors.

- 0.124u5: Couriersud added discrete mixing and filtering to IREM games using M52-sound-c boards: Moon Patrol and Traverse USA. Replaced 2nd MSM5205 sound with Discrete.

- 0.123u2: Fixed proms loading. Changed palettesize to 256 colors.

- 0.122u8: Fixed cpu2 rom address to $7000.

- 0.122u7: Changed M6803 CPU2 clock speed to 3579545 Hz.

- 0.106u12: Fixed rom names.

- 0.64: Changed VSync to 56.75 Hz and palettesize to 144 colors.

- 0.37b6: Changed M6803 CPU2 and the 2x AY-8910 clock speeds to 894886 Hz.

- 0.35b11: Changed M6803 CPU2 clock speed to 1.5MHz.

- 0.35b10: Changed M6803 CPU2 clock speed to 6MHz.

- 4th March 1999: Nicola Salmoria has converted Traverse USA to the tilemap system for testing purposes.

- 0.35b5: Nicola Salmoria kludged in a fix for char/sprite priority in Traverse USA. The TileMap code is now mature enough to be used in new drivers. For examples, look into gng, gaiden and travrusa [Phil Stroffolino].

- 0.35b3: Changed M6803 CPU1 clock speed to 1MHz. Added 2nd player input and a 3rd coin slot.

- 0.35b1: Changed description to 'Traverse USA / Zippy Race'.

- 0.34RC1: Nicola fixed music in Traverse USA.

- 0.34b1: Added color proms ($0, 100, 120 - character, sprite and lookup table).

- 0.33b4: Nicola Salmoria added clone MotoRace USA. Known issues: Hanging note at the beginning of the race.

- 0.31: Gerald Vanderick added accurate colors to Traverse USA.

- 0.30: Lee Taylor and John Clegg added 'Traverse USA' (Irem 1983) and (Testdriver) Motorace USA. Need color proms.

- 14th November 1997: Thierry and Gerald dumped Traverse USA / Zippy Race Irem Corp, 1983.

LEVELS: 5

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History

Arcade Video game published 36 years ago:

Traverse USA (c) 1983 Irem.

A excellent moto racing game.

Enjoy the wind of American landscape, accelerating hard your motorbike across highways and mountain roads, evading the rivals cars and obstacles on challenging narrow and curves roads, and take a good amount of fuel, to finish the race before running out of fuel!

The Levels of Cities are:
Los Angeles
Las Vegas
Houston
St. Louis
Chicago
New York

- TECHNICAL -

Irem M-52 hardware

Main CPU : Zilog Z80 (@ 4 Mhz)
Sound CPU : Motorola M6803 (@ 894.886 Khz)
Sound Chips : (2x) General Instrument AY8910 (@ 894.886 Khz), (2x) MSM5205 (@ 384 Khz)

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

- TRIVIA -

Traverse USA was released in June 1983.

This game is also known as "MotoRace USA" and "Zippy Race".

- CONTRIBUTE -

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High scores

MAMESCORE records : 02/04/2017 13:01

cessna________________________409.200
dinkky________________________118.600
majygool_______________________97.500

Traverse USA / Zippy Race