Mame game : zerowing : Zero Wing (2P set)

Game infos

Description Zero Wing (2P set)

Name zerowing

Manufacturer Toaplan

Year 1989

Runnable yes

System arcade /

Number of players 2P sim

Added to MAME .153

Romset size 1.34 MB

Romset file 15 files

Romset zip 526 B

Language English

Genre Shooter

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 yes

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	0	no	320	240	57.613169	7000000	450	0	320	270	16	256

Dipswitchs

Bonus Life
- 200k 700k 500k+
- 500k 1500k 1000k+
- 500k Only
- None
Coin A
- 1 Coin/1 Credit
- 1 Coin/2 Credits
- 2 Coins/1 Credit
- 2 Coins/3 Credits
- 3 Coins/1 Credit
- 4 Coins/1 Credit
Coin B
- 1 Coin/1 Credit
- 1 Coin/2 Credits
- 1 Coin/3 Credits
- 1 Coin/4 Credits
- 1 Coin/6 Credits
- 2 Coins/1 Credit
- 2 Coins/3 Credits
Demo Sounds
- Off
- On
Difficulty
- Easy
- Hard
- Normal
- Very Hard
Flip Screen
- Off
- On
Invulnerability
- Off
- On
Lives
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
Region
- Europe
- USA
Service Mode
- Off
- On
Test Switch
- Off
- On
Unused
- Off
- On

Roms list

console	name	size	crc	sha1	region	offset	status	optional
arcade	o15-01.rom	131072	70570e43	acc9baec71b0930cb2f193677e0663efa5d5551d	gfx2	40000	good	no
arcade	o15-02.rom	131072	724b487f	06af31520866eea69aebbd5d428f80e882289a15	gfx2	40001	good	no
arcade	o15-03.rom	131072	7f245fd3	efbcb3663d4accc4f8128a8fee5475bc109bc17a	gfx2	0	good	no
arcade	o15-04.rom	131072	0b1a1289	ce6c06342392d11952873e3b1d6aea8dc02a551c	gfx2	1	good	no
arcade	o15-05.rom	131072	4e5dd246	5366b4a6f3c900a4f57a6583b7399163a06f42d7	gfx1	0	good	no
arcade	o15-06.rom	131072	c8c6d428	76ee5bcb8f10fe201fc5c32697beee3de9d8b751	gfx1	1	good	no
arcade	o15-07.rom	131072	efc40e99	a04fad4197a7fb4787cd9bebf43e1d9b02b2f61b	gfx1	40000	good	no
arcade	o15-08.rom	131072	1b019eab	c9569ca85696825142acc5cde9ac829e82b1ca1b	gfx1	40001	good	no
arcade	o15-09.rom	131072	13764e95	61da49b73ba81edd951e96e9ce6673c1c3bd65f2	maincpu	40000	good	no
arcade	o15-10.rom	131072	351ba71a	937331549140506711b08252497cc0f2efa58268	maincpu	40001	good	no
arcade	o15-11ii.bin	32768	e697ecb9	444bf4c06844bd119cf152a35a5483e0f0dcecd4	maincpu	0	good	no
arcade	o15-12ii.bin	32768	b29ee3ad	631695dfe5c2ee39effcfa4312ea6c14f7b7c302	maincpu	1	good	no
arcade	o15-13.rom	32768	e7b72383	ea1f6f33a86d14d58bd396fd46081462f00177d5	audiocpu	0	good	no
arcade	tp015_14.bpr	32	bc88cced	5055362710c0f58823c05fb4c0e0eec638b91e3d	proms	0	good	no
arcade	tp015_15.bpr	32	a1e17492	9ddec4c97f2d541f69f3c32c47aaa21fd9699ae2	proms	20	good	no

Chips list

name	tag	type	clock
M68000	maincpu	cpu	10000000
Speaker	mono	audio
YM3812	ymsnd	audio	3500000
Z80	audiocpu	cpu	3500000

0.153 [System11, The Dumping Union]

0.35b4 [Darren Olafson]

WIP:

- 0.153: System11 and The Dumping Union added Zero Wing (2P set). This is the original Toaplan version without the Williams Electronics license. Changed VSync to 57.613169 Hz. Changed description of clone (2P set) to 'Zero Wing (2P set, Williams license)'. Renamed (zerowing) to (zerowing1) and (zerowing2) to (zerowingw).

- 0.149u1: Added 'Test Switch' dipswitch.

- 0.141u4: Changed description to 'Zero Wing (1P set)' and clone (dual players) to 'Zero Wing (2P set)'.

- 0.137u1: Changed VSync to 55Hz.

- 0.136u4: Stephane Humbert fixed dipswitches and inputs in Zero Wing and clone (after verification of the M68000 and Z80 code). Changed description to 'Zero Wing (single players)' and clone (2 player simultaneous ver.) to 'Zero Wing (dual players)'.

- 0.133u1: Renamed (zerowng2) to (zerowing2).

- 0.125u1: Roberto Fresca added 'Region' dipswitch to clone Zero Wing (2 player).

- 0.124u2: Changed VSync to 55.161545 Hz.

- 0.123u1: Brian Troha added clone Zero Wing (2 player simultaneous ver.).

- 0.35b13: Changed visible area to 320x240.

- 0.35b4: Darren Olafson added 'Zero Wing' (Toaplan 1989).

- 25th February 1999: Brad Oliver and Nicola Salmoria have squished several bugs from the Zero Wing driver.

- 23rd February 1999: Darren Olafson has added Hellfire to the Zero Wing driver.

- 21st February 1999: Darren Olafson has made Zero Wing faster, and fixed the colors.

- 15th February 1999: Darren Olafson has made a preliminary Zero Wing driver (Nothing works with it yet though).

- 9th November 1997: J-ROM dumped Zero Wing (c)1989 TOAPLAN.

LEVELS: 8

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History

Arcade Video game published 30 years ago:

Zero Wing (c) 1989 Toaplan.

- TECHNICAL -

Game ID : TP-015

Main CPU : Motorola 68000 (@ 10 Mhz), Zilog Z80 (@ 3.5 Mhz)
Sound Chips : YM3812 (@ 3.5 Mhz)

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

- TRIVIA -

Released in September 1989.

Pony Canyon / Scitron released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Zero King - PCCB-00001) on 21/09/1989.

- TIPS AND TRICKS -

* Hidden Functions : If the 'Invulnerability dip switch' is enabled, you are invulnerable but you may also 'Pause' the game with P2 Start and restart with P1 Start.

- STAFF -

Music & sound : Tatsuya Uemura, Toshiaki Tomisawa, Masahiro Yuge

- PORTS -

* CONSOLES:
Sega Mega Drive (1991, "Zero Wing [Model T-40023]")
NEC PC-Engine CD (1992, "Zero Wing [Model NXCD1003]")

- CONTRIBUTE -

Edit this entry: https://www.arcade-history.com/?&page=detail&id=3248&o=2

High scores

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Zero Wing (2P set)