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Presentation

Title: Mega Zone (Konami set 1)
Name: megazone
Averall status: good good
Year: 1983
Category: Shooter / Driving Vertical
Manufacturer: Konami
Available since MAME™ version: 0.036b09
Player(s): Two players alternatively
BIOS: Not needed

Status Detail

Emulation: good
Color: good
Sound: good
Graphic: good

Options

Save state: available

Display

Palette size: 512 colors
Type: raster
Screen rotation: 90 degrees
Screen size: 288x224 pixels
Refresh rate: 60Hz

Misc. Technical

Game ID : GX319
Main CPU : M6809 (@ 2.048 Mhz), Z80 (@ 3.072 Mhz)
Sound CPU : I8039 (@ 477.266 Khz)
Sound Chips : AY8910 (@ 1.78975 Mhz), DAC, (3x) RC (@ 1.789772 Mhz)
Screen orientation : Vertical
Video resolution : 224 x 288 pixels
Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz
Palette colors : 32
Players : 2
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 2

ROM Content

MAME needs 18 dumps to start the ROM "megazone":

  • "319e02.bin"

    Size: 8Kb (8 192 bytes)
    Region: audio
    Offset: 0
    Merge:
    CRC checksum: d5d45edb
    MD5 checksum:
    SHA1 checksum: 3808d1b58fe152f8f5b49bf0aa40c53e9c9dd4bd

  • "319e01.bin"

    Size: 4Kb (4 096 bytes)
    Region: dac
    Offset: 0
    Merge:
    CRC checksum: ed5725a0
    MD5 checksum:
    SHA1 checksum: 64f54621487291fbfe827fb4cecca299fd0db781

  • "319e08.bin"

    Size: 8Kb (8 192 bytes)
    Region: gfx1
    Offset: 6000
    Merge:
    CRC checksum: 6add71b1
    MD5 checksum:
    SHA1 checksum: fc8c0ecd3b7f03d63b6c3143143986883345fa38

  • "319e09.bin"

    Size: 8Kb (8 192 bytes)
    Region: gfx1
    Offset: 2000
    Merge:
    CRC checksum: 5eaa7f3e
    MD5 checksum:
    SHA1 checksum: 4c038e80d575988407252897a1f1bc6b76af597c

  • "319e10.bin"

    Size: 8Kb (8 192 bytes)
    Region: gfx1
    Offset: 4000
    Merge:
    CRC checksum: 7bb1aeee
    MD5 checksum:
    SHA1 checksum: be2dd46cd0121cedad6dab90a22643798a3176ab

  • "319e11.bin"

    Size: 8Kb (8 192 bytes)
    Region: gfx1
    Offset: 0
    Merge:
    CRC checksum: 965a7ff6
    MD5 checksum:
    SHA1 checksum: 210aae91a3838e5f7c78747d9b7419d266538ffc

  • "319e12.bin"

    Size: 8Kb (8 192 bytes)
    Region: gfx2
    Offset: 0
    Merge:
    CRC checksum: e0fb7835
    MD5 checksum:
    SHA1 checksum: 44ccaaf92bdb83323f45e08dbe118697720e9105

  • "319e13.bin"

    Size: 8Kb (8 192 bytes)
    Region: gfx2
    Offset: 2000
    Merge:
    CRC checksum: 3d8f3743
    MD5 checksum:
    SHA1 checksum: 1f6fbf804dacfa44cd11b4cf41d0bedb7f2ff6b6

  • "319i03.bin"

    Size: 8Kb (8 192 bytes)
    Region: main
    Offset: 0
    Merge:
    CRC checksum: 0888b803
    MD5 checksum:
    SHA1 checksum: 37249bfb14c6c3ce40ad68be457ab1f66fd7ea70

  • "319i04.bin"

    Size: 8Kb (8 192 bytes)
    Region: main
    Offset: 0
    Merge:
    CRC checksum: 1e968603
    MD5 checksum:
    SHA1 checksum: fd818f678a3dc8d48a30f9f7670bfcb42a3009a2

  • "319i05.bin"

    Size: 8Kb (8 192 bytes)
    Region: main
    Offset: 0
    Merge:
    CRC checksum: ac59000c
    MD5 checksum:
    SHA1 checksum: c7568589f6b0e1706e996fdfed9c16755541951e

  • "319i06.bin"

    Size: 8Kb (8 192 bytes)
    Region: main
    Offset: 8000
    Merge:
    CRC checksum: 0468b619
    MD5 checksum:
    SHA1 checksum: a6755728fab37674749f9b77cb53f6f228102f2f

  • "319i07.bin"

    Size: 8Kb (8 192 bytes)
    Region: main
    Offset: 6000
    Merge:
    CRC checksum: 94b22ea8
    MD5 checksum:
    SHA1 checksum: dc3ed2a0d1a12df51e46561324d78b7d655be313

  • "319b14.e7"

    Size: 32 bytes
    Region: proms
    Offset: 220
    Merge:
    CRC checksum: 55044268
    MD5 checksum:
    SHA1 checksum: 29cf4158314ed897daf045a7f07be865dd977663

  • "319b15.e8"

    Size: 32 bytes
    Region: proms
    Offset: 240
    Merge:
    CRC checksum: 31fd7ab9
    MD5 checksum:
    SHA1 checksum: 04d6e51b4930619c8ee12fb0d7b5f981e4d6d8d3

  • "319b16.c6"

    Size: 256 bytes
    Region: proms
    Offset: 20
    Merge:
    CRC checksum: 5748e933
    MD5 checksum:
    SHA1 checksum: c1478c31533a11421cd4579ccfdbb430e193d17b

  • "319b17.a11"

    Size: 256 bytes
    Region: proms
    Offset: 120
    Merge:
    CRC checksum: 1fbfce73
    MD5 checksum:
    SHA1 checksum: 1c58eb91982d5f10511d54a83070e859ac57d2f1

  • "319b18.a16"

    Size: 32 bytes
    Region: proms
    Offset: 0
    Merge:
    CRC checksum: 23cb02af
    MD5 checksum:
    SHA1 checksum: aba459826a75ec07bc6d97580e934f58aa22f4f4

Development Status

0.36b9 [Yasuhiro Ogawa]
0.35b12 [Chris Hardy]
SERVICE MODE:
- To enter service mode, keep 1&2 pressed on reset.
WIP:
- 0.124u2: Stephane Humbert fixed P2 button 1 key mapped twice and P2 button 2 missing.
- 0.123u1: Zsolt Vasvari removed color tables from Mega Zone. Added resnet.c color computations where appropriate. Fixed gfx1/2 rom loading. Changed palettesize to 512 colors.
- 0.122u6: Changed I8039 CPU3 clock speed to 7159000 Hz.
- 0.93: Added 3x RC_Filter.
- 0.84: MASH added clones Mega Zone (Konami set 2), (Kosuka set 1) and (Kosuka set 2).
- 18th May 2002: MASH added clone ROMs to Mach Rider, Mega Zone and Stratovox.
- 0.56: Added new gfx2 rom ($0).
- 14th October 2001: Martin M. submitted some changes to various drivers, such as correct input ports and fixed sprites in Mega Zone.
- 0.36b9: Yasuhiro Ogawa added Mega Zone (Konami). Renamed (megazone) to (megaznik).
- 1st November 1999: Yasuhiro Ogawa added a correct Konami Mega Zone romset.
- 0.36b1: Chris Hardy fixed Mega Zone high score display. Added proms ($220, 240 - timing), changed visible area to 224x288 and Z80 CPU2 clock speed to 3072000 Hz.
- 15th July 1999: Jim Hernandez fixed Megazone sound speed.
- 14th July 1999: Chris Hardy sent in a small update to the Megazone driver.
- 0.35b12: Chris Hardy added Mega Zone (Konami / Interlogic + Kosuka 1983).
- 30th April 1999: Chris Hardy added the DAC sound to Megazone.
- 29th April 1999: Chris Hardy sent in a Megazone driver, but DAC sound is still missing.
ARCADE RELEASE: Megazone (Konami) - 1984/Feb/24
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Romset: 101 kb / 18 files / 57.3 zip

Trivia

Also licensed to Kosuka for manufacture and distribution.
Yashiro Oda holds the official record for this game with 2,228,650 points.

Series

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Tips 'n tricks

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Staff

Staff : K. Hiroshita, Y. Sakamoto, T. Fujiwara, N. Inoue, S. Fukutake

Ports

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Scoring

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Updates

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Sources

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Commands

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Hi scores

MAMESCORE records : 02/11/2008 01:09
sawys__________________________53.080
foxmulder______________________50.720
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Dependencies

MAME MAME: Version 0.128 in current or older section of official MAME™ site
BIOS BIOS: Not needed
parent Parent/Original ROM: n/a
CHDs CHDs: Not needed
Sample Sample: Not needed

ROM

ROM ROM: DOWNLOAD (57KB) save in your MAME folder under 'roms/megazone.zip'

Optional Material

Title Title: Title (10KB) save in your MAME folder under 'titles/megazone.png'
Snapshot Snapshot: Snapshot (45KB) save in your MAME folder under 'snap/megazone.png'
Artwork Artwork: Artwork (567KB) save in your MAME folder under 'artwork/megazone.zip'
Control Panel Control Panel: Control Panel (268KB) save in your MAME folder under 'cpanel/megazone.png'
Cabinet Cabinet: Cabinet (28KB) save in your MAME folder under 'cabinets/megazone.png'
Marquee Marquee: Marquee (184KB) save in your MAME folder under 'marquees/megazone.png'
Flyer Flyer: Flyer (35KB) save in your MAME folder under 'flyers/megazone.png'