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Varth: Operation Thunderstorm (World 920714)

  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
  14. High scores
Download varth.zip (3.31 MB)
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Game infos

Description Varth: Operation Thunderstorm (World 920714)
Name varth
Manufacturer Capcom
Year 1992
Runnable yes
System arcade /
Number of players 2P sim
Added to MAME .102
Romset size 3.31 MB
Romset file 22 files
Romset zip 1 B
Language English
Genre Shooter

Parent and clones

Parent This game is the parent

Sound infos

Sound_channels 1

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 yes
Input tilt no
Input players 2
Input buttons
Input coins 2

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 270 no 384 224 59.637405 8000000 512 64 448 262 16 240

Dipswitchs

Roms list

console name bios size crc md5 merge sha1 region offset status optional
arcade buf1 279 eb122de7 b26b5bfe258e3e184f069719f9fd008d6b8f6b9b aboardplds 0 good no
arcade ioa1 279 59c7ee3b fbb887c5b4f5cb8df77cec710eaac2985bc482a6 aboardplds 0 good no
arcade iob1.11e 279 3abc0700 973043aa46ec6d5d1db20dc9d5937005a0f9f6ae bboardplds 0 good no
arcade prg1 279 f1129744 a5300f301c1a08a7da768f0773fa0fe3f683b237 aboardplds 0 good no
arcade rom1 279 41dc73b9 7d4c9f1693c821fbf84e32dd6ef62ddf14967845 aboardplds 0 good no
arcade sou1 279 84f4b2fe dcc9e86cc36316fe42eace02d6df75d08bc8bb6d aboardplds 0 good no
arcade va-1m.3a 524288 0b1ace37 6f9493c22f667f683db2789972fd16bb94724679 gfx 4 good no
arcade va-3m.5a 524288 44dfe706 a013a434df3161a91aafbb35dc4e20dfb3f177f4 gfx 6 good no
arcade va-5m.7a 524288 b1fb726e 5ac0876b6c49d0a99710dda68653664f4d8c1167 gfx 0 good no
arcade va-7m.9a 524288 4c6588cd d14e8cf051ac934ccc989d8c571c6cc9eed34af5 gfx 2 good no
arcade va24b.1a 279 cc476650 a417f7971b8709023932fc2b68c9e3cd699ab6f2 bboardplds 0 good no
arcade va_09.12b 65536 7a99446e ca027f41e3e58be5abc33ad7380746658cb5380a audiocpu 0 good no
arcade va_18.11c 131072 de30510e 8e878696192606b76a3a0e53553e638d9621cff7 oki 0 good no
arcade va_19.12c 131072 0610a4ac 3da02ea6a7a56c85de898806d2a1cf6bc526c1b3 oki 20000 good no
arcade vae_28b.9f 131072 e524ca50 487d5ddabe852872f331362034c4fa16e0926e3d maincpu 80000 good no
arcade vae_29b.10f 131072 6640996a 3ed7bd947dc8224435680dedf4955ed6041c6028 maincpu c0000 good no
arcade vae_30b.11f 131072 adb8d391 5e7160509e0315eb32cc390ddd7e4ef7a4a1a70a maincpu 0 good no
arcade vae_31b.12f 131072 1749a71c bd9bfd5bbe2d426c94df755c977faa92a28f16ab maincpu 40000 good no
arcade vae_33b.9h 131072 c0bbf8c9 447540b856776770af8022a291d46612c1bb5909 maincpu 80001 good no
arcade vae_34b.10h 131072 fa59be8a 86a3d3a7126c021e2ca8ac20238695396367e098 maincpu c0001 good no
arcade vae_35b.11h 131072 44e5548f 17b4be1f4159f6b6803d8c2950823ece0bdde8b2 maincpu 1 good no
arcade vae_36b.12h 131072 5f2e2450 676e8d96406d81ceadd4a0a69959cdcb6d5d9ac8 maincpu 40001 good no

Chips list

name tag type clock
M68000 maincpu cpu 12000000
OKI6295 oki audio 1000000
Speaker mono audio
YM2151 2151 audio 3579545
Z80 audiocpu cpu 3579545

Categories

MAMEinfo

0.102 [Stefan Lindberg]

0.34b1 [Paul Leaman]


Artwork available


WIP:

- 0.175: Robbbert and caius added clone Varth: Operation Thunderstorm (bootleg) from HBMAME.

- 0.166: Brian Troha, caius and The Dumping Union added correct PLD dump (VA63B.1A) to clones Varth: Operation Thunderstorm (Japan Resale Ver. 920714) and (USA 920612).

- 0.164: Alex Cmaylo and The Dumping Union added clone Varth: Operation Thunderstorm (Japan Resale Ver. 920714).

- 0.155: Palindrome added handcrafted PAL for clone 'Varth: Operation Thunderstorm (USA 920612)'.

- 0.144u3: Added missing pld ($0 - va24b.1a).

- 0.139: Changed description to 'Varth: Operation Thunderstorm (World 920714)' and clones (World 920612) to 'Varth: Operation Thunderstorm (World 920612)', (US 920612) to 'Varth: Operation Thunderstorm (USA 920612)' and (Japan 920714) to 'Varth: Operation Thunderstorm (Japan 920714)'.

- 0.127u1: Added 3rd button.

- 0.127: Nicola Salmoria updated CPS1 to use proper gfx ROMs (+ PALs) for Varth (Japan 920714), and to load correct A-Board PALs for QSound games. Fixed rom names in clone (Japan 920714).

- 0.126u5: Added A-board PLDs (buf1, ioa1, prg1, rom1 and sou1).

- 0.125u1: Fixed rom names.

- 0.124u4: Fixed layer enable at the end of stage 4 in Varth. Increased Varth CPU clock to 12MHz to reduce slowdowns (the game was released after 'Street Fighter II' - Champion Edition (World 920313)' so the faster A-board was available) [Nicola Salmoria, Corrado Tomaselli, Charles MacDonald].

- 13th January 2008: Mr. Do - I finished off the rest of the instruction cards made available by Strider of Cybercade: Varth.

- 0.102: Stefan Lindberg added Varth - Operation Thunderstorm (World 920714). Renamed (varth) to (varthr1).

- 0.73: Changed 'Unknown' dipswitches to 'Unused'.

- 0.63: Added 'Game Mode' dipswitch. Removed 3rd button. Changed description to 'Varth - Operation Thunderstorm (World 920612)' and clones (US) to 'Varth - Operation Thunderstorm (US 920612)' and (Japan) to 'Varth - Operation Thunderstorm (Japan 920714)'.

- 0.36RC1: Added clone Varth - Operation Thunderstorm (US).

- 0.35b13: Changed descriptions to 'Varth - Operation Thunderstorm (World)' and clone (Japan) to 'Varth - Operation Thunderstorm (Japan)'.

- 0.35b2: Nicola Salmoria added clone Varth (Japan).

- 0.34b4: Changed description to 'Varth (World)'.

- 0.34b1: Paul Leaman added 'Varth' (Capcom 1992).

- 8th November 1997: CaBBe dumped Varth - Operation Thunderstorm (World 920612).


LEVELS: 30 (must complete 29-30 in 1 credit to finish the game)


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History


Arcade Video game published 27 years ago:

Varth - Operation Thunderstorm (c) 1992 Capcom Company, Limited.

Export release. Game developed in Japan. For more information about the game itself, please see the original Japanese release entry; "Varth - Operation Thunderstorm [B-Board 88622B-3]".

- TECHNICAL -

Runs on the "CP System" hardware.
B-Board #: 89624B-3

- PORTS -

* CONSOLES:
Sony PlayStation 2 [AU] (apr.11, 2007) "Capcom Classics Collection Vol. 2 [Model SLES-54561]"
[EU] Sony PS2 (apr.13, 2007) "Capcom Classics Collection Vol. 2 [Model SLES-54561]"

* HANDHELDS:
[EU] Sony PSP (jul.21, 2006) "Capcom Classics Collection Remixed [Model ULES-00347]"

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High scores

MAMESCORE records : 02/04/2017 13:01

equipe.droids_______________1.404.000
didyeah_____________________1.162.600
foxmulder_____________________926.400
zarouk________________________849.200
olivier_______________________470.500
cessna________________________422.100
majygool______________________268.000