0.103u1 [Bryan McPhail]
0.74u2 [?]
0.68 [Testdriver]
NOTE:
- Thunder Strike is a Double Dragon conversion. IC23 is replaced with a daughterboard containing a 68705 MCU.
Bugs:
- tstrike, tstrikea: Flip Screen does not work at all. Tafoid (ID 04915)
- tstrikea: [possible] Attract mode stops, no logo or chopper movement. haynor (ID 01589)
WIP:
- 0.182: Replaced M68705 CPU4 with MC68705P3.
- 0.141u4: Changed description to 'Thunder Strike (set 1)' and clone (Older) to 'Thunder Strike (set 2, older)'.
- 0.129: Changed M6809 CPU2 clock speed to 1.5MHz.
- 0.122u7: Replaced HD6309 CPU3 with M6809. Changed HD6309 CPU1 clock speed to 12MHz, HD63701 CPU2 to 6MHz and the 2x MSM5205 to 375000 Hz.
- 0.122u6: Changed M68705 CPU4 clock speed to 4MHz.
- 0.115: Aaron Giles updated 68705 clocks to take into account the internal divide by 4. Added constant so that it is clear why this is being done. Changed M68705 CPU4 clock speed to 1MHz.
- 0.105u4: Added dipswitches 'Difficulty', 'Lives' and 'Bonus Life'.
- 0.103u1: Bryan McPhail fixed Thunder Strike - Game now playable. Added Thunder Strike (Newer). Fixed interrupts, raster updates and changed visible area to 256x240. Added 'Cabinet' and 'Flip Screen' dipswitches. Changed 'Thunder Strike' to clone 'Thunder Strike (Older)'. Renamed (tstrike) to (tstrikea).
- 1st January 2006: Bryan McPhail - Some small fixes to the Double Dragon driver to finish off Thunderstrike.
- 0.77: Changed HD63701 MCU clock speed to 1193181 Hz, VSync to 57.444855 Hz, palettesize to 512 colors and set sound to mono. Added 8x 'Unknown' dipswitches.
- 3rd November 2003: Bryan McPhail fixed the video and interrupt timing in the Double Dragon driver, made Thunder Strike boot (but it doesn't show sprites).
- 0.74u2: Added 'Thunder Strike (Newer)' (East Coast Coin Company (Melbourne) 1991).
- 0.68: Added (Testdriver) Thunder Strike.
LEVELS: 33
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Arcade Video game published 28 years ago:
Thunder Strike (c) 1991 East Coast Coin Co.
- TECHNICAL -
Main CPU : HD6309 (@ 3.579545 Mhz), Hitachi HD63701 (@ 1.193181 Mhz), Motorola M68705 (@ 4 Mhz)
Sound CPU : HD6309 (@ 3.579545 Mhz)
Sound Chips : Yamaha YM2151 (@ 3.579545 Mhz), (2x) MSM5205 (@ 384 Khz)
Screen orientation : Horizontal
Video resolution : 256 x 240 pixels
Screen refresh : 57.44 Hz
Palette colors : 512
Players : 2
Control : 8-way Joystick
Buttons : 3
- CONTRIBUTE -
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