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title Tech Romancer (Euro 980914)
set name techromn
manufacturer Capcom
year 1998
genre Fighter (hof)
category Fighter / Versus (hof)
driver status imperfect
driver source zn.c
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rating

67.3% after 36 votes
 
BIOS cpzn2
clones Kikaioh (Japan 980914)
Tech Romancer (USA 980914)
display
colour emulation good
palette 65536
display type raster
orientation horizontal
resolution 640x480
frequency 60.000000Hz
sound
sound emulation imperfect
channels stereo
controls
players 2
nplayers 2P sim
controls 8 way joystick
buttons 6
coin slots 2
hardware
cpu PSX CPU @ 100MHz
cpu Z80 @ 8MHz
audio SPU
audio Q-Sound @ 4MHz
data
version added .102u2
last change(s) .109 .075
roms
name size crc set flags sha1
coh-3002c.353  524288  e860ea8b  cpzn2    66e7e1d4e426466b8f48a2ba055a91b475569504 
kioe-04  524288  ebd33b09  techromn    3f0226d275efc7b97c8d3431211f948aa1271d34 
kio-05m.bin  8388608  98e9eb24  techromn    144773296c213ab09d626c915f90bb74e24487f0 
kio-06m.bin  8388608  be8d7d73  techromn    bcbbbd0b83503f2ed32527444e0da3afd774d3f7 
kio-07m.bin  8388608  ffd81f18  techromn    f8387a9d45e79f97ccdffabe755638a60f80ccf5 
kio-08m.bin  8388608  17302226  techromn    976ba7f48c9a52d24388cd63d02be08627cf2e30 
kio-09m.bin  8388608  a34f2119  techromn    50fa992eba5324a173fcc0923227c13cad4f97e5 
kio-10m.bin  8388608  7400037a  techromn    d58641e1d6bf1c6ca04f6c98d6809edaa7df75d3 
kio-02.bin  131072  174309b3  techromn    b35b9c3905d2fabaa8410f70f7b382e916c89733 
kio-03.bin  131072  0b313ae5  techromn    0ea39305ca30f376930e39b134fd1a52200624fa 
kio-01m.bin  4194304  6dc5bd07  techromn    e1755a48465f741691ea0fa1166cb2dc09210ed9 
additional information
info 0.102u2 [Arzeno Fabrice]

0.74u2 [?]

0.72 [?]

0.37b7 [?]

Bugs:
  • You can only enter service mode if you press F2 during the startup screen. Layne (ID 00794)
WIP:
  • 0.133u1: Renamed (techromu) to (techromnu).
  • 0.102u2: Arzeno Fabrice added Tech Romancer (EURO 980914). Renamed (techromn) to (techromu).
  • 0.82u2: Tourniquet, Olivier Galibert, smf, R. Belmont, [red], Malice, Renegade, Twisty, Dox, BUT and many other MAME.net board users helped out to find the missing ZN protection key - Game now playable.
  • 0.74u2: Added Tech Romancer (USA 980914) (Capcom 1998) and clone Kikaioh (JAPAN 980914).
  • 0.72: Added Tech Romancer (USA 980914) (Testdriver).
  • 0.37b7: Added Kikaioh (JAPAN 980914) (Capcom 1998) (Testdriver).
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  • ZiNc
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Romset: 54016 kb / 10 files / 36.6 zip
history Tech Romancer (c) 1998 Capcom.


A futuristic robotic fighting game from Capcom.


- TECHNICAL -


Sony ZN-2 hardware


Main CPU : PSX (@ 16.9344 Mhz)

Sound CPU : Z80 (@ 8 Mhz)

Sound Chips : SPU (@ 8 Mhz), Q-Sound (@ 4 Mhz)


Screen orientation : Horizontal

Video resolution : 640 x 480 pixels

Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz

Palette colors : 65536


Players : 2

Control : 8-way joystick

Buttons : 6


- TRIVIA -


Released in September 1998.


This game is known in Japan as "Choukou Senki Kikaioh".


- UPDATES -


The US version is slightly different, it has the "Recycle It, Don't Trash It!" screen.


- TIPS AND TRICKS -


Time-release bypass : You must have access to the machine's test mode to use these codes (Note : There may be 2 test modes available on the machine. It's not the Service Mode dip switch).


* Enable Gourai Early

It normally takes 200 hours for Gourai to become available. If you have access to the machine's test mode, you can enable Gourai in less than 5 minutes.

1. Enter the Sound & Voice menu in test mode.

2. Input this code with the Player 2 controls : Left, Left, Right, Right, Guard, A, B (a sound will indicate that the code was correctly entered).

3. Exit test mode without any other modifications.

Gourai will now be the middle character on the character select screen.


* Enable Dark Pulsion, Dixen EX, and Wise Duck Olrosso early. It normally takes 600 hours for Dark Pulsion, Dixen EX, and Wise Duck Olrosso to become available. If you have access to the machine's test mode, you can enable Dark Pulsion, Dixen EX, and Wise Duck Olrosso in less than 10 minutes.

1. Follow the steps in the 'Enable Gourai Early' code if you haven't already done so.

2. Enter the Color menu in test mode.

3. Input this code with the Player 2 controls : Down, Down, Up, Up, B, A, Guard (a sound will indicate that the code was correctly entered).

4. Exit test mode without any other modifications.

Dark Pulsion, Dixen EX, and Wise Duck Olrosso will be available to the right of Rafaga, but will only be usable in Hero Challenge mode.


- STAFF -
  • Original concept by : Shoji Kawamori
  • Mechanical design : Shoji Kawamori, Kazutaka Miyatake
  • Design director : Shida Eiji
  • Initial character design : Naoki Fukuda
  • Motion & Modeling design : Katsuhiro Nakano, Shinji Sakashita, Sayuri Shintani, Toshikazu Matsumoto
  • Background design : Daisuke Nakagawa, Yoshio Nishimura, Kazumi Teramoto, Yoko Fukumoto
  • CG Movie : Koichi Takeda
  • Programmer : Kohei Akiyama, Ryoma Ikeda, Katsuo, Kenji Yamaguchi, Kazuo Yamawaki
  • Music : Yuki Iwai
  • Sound effect : Takeshi Kitamura, Hiroshi Ohno
  • Planner : Eiichiro Sasaki, Ryozo Tsujimoto
  • In cooperation with Studio Nue.
  • Producer : Takashi Shono
  • - PORTS -
  • * Consoles :
  • Sega Dreamcast (2000)
  • - SOURCES -
  • Game's rom.
  • Edit this entry at Arcade-History.com: http://www.arcade-history.com/?n=tech-romancer&page=detail&id=2844&o=2
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