0.34b1 [Quench, Nicola Salmoria]
0.31 [Testdriver]
Artwork available
WIP:
- 0.180: System11 corrected ROM names for Twin Cobra and clone (US).
- 29th August 2013: Smitdogg - ShouTime got a weird version of Twin Cobra that might be a proto.
- 0.149u1: Fixed rom names.
- 0.144: Added 'Test Switch' dipswitch.
- 0.141u2: Alex Jackson added MCFG_SCREEN_RAW_PARAMS to Twincobr driver, correcting their refresh rates. Changed VSync to 54.877858 Hz.
- 0.137u1: Changed VSync to 54Hz.
- 0.136u4: Stephane Humbert fixed dipswitches and inputs in Twin Cobra clones (after verification of the M68000 and Z80 code).
- 0.133u1: Renamed (twincobu) to (twincobru).
- 0.129u4: Fixed rom names.
- 13th May 2007: Mr. Do - Thanks to the BYOAC/CAG artwork, we have a release for Twin Cobra bezel.
- 0.80: Quench converted Twin Cobra to tilemaps, corrected savestate setup, little cleanups to the machine code and adjustments for TMS32010 internal data map. Changed TMS32010 clock speed to 3.5MHz.
- 5th February 2003: Guru - Kyukyoku Tiger (Taito 1987) arrived from Taucher for trojanizing the MCU.
- 0.62: Changed TMS32010 CPU3 clock speed to 14MHz.
- 0.61: Changed VSync to 54.877857Hz.
- 30th June 2002: Quench fixed a few things in the Twin Cobra driver.
- 0.37b6: Fixed cpu3 rom loading.
- 0.36b11: Added cpu3 DSP roms and 5x proms (sprite priority/control/attribute).
- 0.35RC2: Changed description to 'Twin Cobra (World)' and clones (Romstar) to 'Twin Cobra (US)' and 'Kyukyoku Tiger' to 'Kyukyoku Tiger (Japan)'.
- 16th March 1999: Quench fixed Twin Cobra from crashing.
- 0.35b3: Quench emulated the protection (TMS32010) in Twin Cobra, which is now fully playable. Added TMS32010 (3.5 MHz) and changed VSync to 56 Hz.
- 8th February 1999: Quench fixed clone KyuKyoku Tiger.
- 0.34b1: Quench added 'Twin Cobra (Taito)' (Taito 1987) and clones Twin Cobra (Romstar) and Kyukyoku Tiger. Changed parent description to 'Twin Cobra (Taito)'. Added all gfx roms from clone (Romstar) to the parent set. Known issues: Most enemies appear already destroyed. This is probably caused by the incomplete emulation of the protection microcontroller. Kyukyoku Tiger doesn't boot.
- 0.31: Nicola Salmoria added (Testdriver) Twin Cobra.
- 13th January 1998: Quench dumped Twin Cobra (World).
LEVELS: 10 (endless)
Other Emulators:
* Shark
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Arcade Video game published 32 years ago:
Twin Cobra (c) 1987 Taito Corp.
Export version. For more information about the game itself, please see the original Japanese version release; "Kyuukyoku Tiger [TP-011]".
- TECHNICAL -
Game ID : TP-011
Prom Sticker : B30
- TRIVIA -
Developed by Toaplan. Twin Cobra was released in October 1987.
Licensed to Romstar for US distribution (November 1988).
This game is known in Japan as "Kyuukyoku Tiger [TP-011]".
Differences between Twin Cobra (TC) and Kyukyoku Tiger (KT) :
* TC supports two simultaneous players.
* KT supports two players, but only one at a time. For this reason, it also supports Table Top cabinets.
* TC stores 3 characters for high scores.
* KT stores 6 characters for high scores.
* TC heros are Red and Blue for player 1 and 2 respectively.
* KT heros are grey for both players.
* TC dead remains of ground tanks are circular.
* KT dead remains of ground tanks always vary in shape.
* TC continues new hero and continued game at current position.
* KT continues new hero and continued game at predefined positions. After dying and your new hero appears, if you do not travel more than your helicopter length forward, you are penalised and moved back further when your next hero appears. Due to this difference in continue sequence, KT is MUCH harder, challenging and nearly impossible to complete !
- SERIES -
1. Twin Cobra [TP-011] (1987)
2. Twin Cobra II (1995)
- PORTS -
* CONSOLES:
[US] Nintendo NES (jan.1990) [Model NES-QT]
[US] Sega Genesis (1991)
Sega Mega Drive [BR] (1991, "Desert Attack Helicopter" - Tec Toy)
* COMPUTERS:
Commodore C64 (1988)
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