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title Thunder Ceptor
set name tceptor
manufacturer Namco
year 1986
genre Shooter (hof)
category Shooter / Flying (chase view) (hof)
driver status good
driver source tceptor.c
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rating

68.4% after 52 votes
 
clones Thunder Ceptor II
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display
colour emulation good
palette 4096
display type raster
orientation horizontal
resolution 272x224
frequency 60.606060Hz
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sound
sound emulation good
channels stereo
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controls
players 1
nplayers 1P
controls stick
buttons 4
coin slots 2
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hardware
cpu M6809 @ 1.536MHz
cpu M65C02 @ 2.048MHz
cpu M65C02 @ 2.048MHz
cpu 68000 @ 12.288MHz
cpu HD63701 @ 6.144MHz
audio YM2151 @ 3.579545MHz
audio Namco CUS30 @ 0.024MHz
audio DAC
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data
version added .077u2
last change(s) .107u3 .080 .078
roms
name size crc set flags sha1
tc1-1.10f  32768  4c6b063e  tceptor    d9701657186f8051391084f51a720037f9f418b1 
tc1-21.1m  32768  2d0b2fa8  tceptor    16ecd70954e52a8661642b15a5cf1db51783e444 
tc1-22.3m  32768  9f5a3e98  tceptor    2b2ffe39fe647a3039b92721817bddc9e9a92d82 
tc1-4.8c  32768  ae98b673  tceptor    5da1c69dd40db9bad2e3d4dc2af3a949172af940 
tc1-3.10c  32768  779a4b25  tceptor    8563213a1f1caee0eb88aa4bbd37c6004f16b309 
tc1-2.3a  16384  b6def610  tceptor    d0eada92a25d0243206fb8239374f5757caaea47 
cus60-60a1.mcu  4096  076ea82a  tceptor    22b5e62e26390d7d5cacc0503c7aa5ed524204df 
tc1-18.6b  8192  662b5650  tceptor    ba82fe5efd1011854a6d0d7d87075475b65c0601 
tc1-20.10e  32768  3e5054b7  tceptor    ed359f8659a4a46d5ff7299d0da10550b1496db8 
tc1-19.10d  16384  7406e6e7  tceptor    61ad77667e94fd7e11037da2721f7bbe0130286a 
tc1-16.8t  32768  7c72be33  tceptor    397e11727b86688d550c28fbdcb864bb9335d891 
tc1-15.10t  32768  51268075  tceptor    75b6b935c6721adbc984795b9bf0a791fb8b209e 
tc1-8.8m  65536  192a1f1f  tceptor    8424a6a19c080da0a83e173e33915f4d9326f379 
tc1-10.8p  32768  7876bcef  tceptor    09180b26d0eab51de18a13723f46d763541979fb 
tc1-12.8r  32768  e8f55842  tceptor    7397c8f279b9ddb7d9daf16f307669257a3fd9df 
tc1-14.8s  32768  723acf62  tceptor    fa62ffa2a641629803537d0ef1ad30688b04f9ca 
tc1-7.10m  65536  828c80d5  tceptor    6d441cbb333aee21f9c3d9608aec951130f9b0c5 
tc1-9.10p  32768  145cf59b  tceptor    0639a36030823ccd7a476561a8fe61724c8be9d3 
tc1-11.10r  32768  ad7c6c7e  tceptor    2ae889c135c6ee924dc336895f7b9b8a98b715d0 
tc1-13.10s  32768  e67cef29  tceptor    ba8559caf498bbc1d9278d74da03ee2d910f76d8 
tc1-3.1k  1024  fd2fcb57  tceptor    97d5b7527714acfd729b26ac56f0a9210982c551 
tc1-1.1h  1024  0241cf67  tceptor    9b2b579425b72a5b1f2c632f53d1c1d172b4ed1e 
tc1-2.1j  1024  ea9eb3da  tceptor    0d7cfceac57afc53a063d7fe67cfc9bda0a8dbc8 
tc1-5.6a  1024  afa8eda8  tceptor    783efbcbf0bb7e4cf2e2618ddd0ef3b52a4518cc 
tc1-6.7s  1024  72707677  tceptor    122c1b619c9efa3b7055908dda3102ee28230504 
tc1-4.2e  256  a4e73d53  tceptor    df8231720e9b57cf2751f86ac3ed7433804f51ca 
tc1-17.7k  8192  90db1bf6  tceptor    dbb9e50a8efc3b4012fcf587cc87da9ef42a1b80 
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additional information
info 0.77u2 [BUT]

0.76u1 [BUT]

Bugs:
  • If you insert a credit on the instruction screen, you'd see some 'leftovers'. F1ReB4LL (ID 00955)
WIP:
  • 0.139u1: Phil Bennett fixed incorrect road transparency in Thunder Ceptor and incorrect road colours in Thunder Ceptor II. Atari Ace removed global variables from NAMCO sound core.
  • 0.127u7: Aaron Giles fixed Thunder Ceptor crashes out when run as the second game (Multisession bug).
  • 0.123u1: Fixed proms loading ($1000, 1400). Changed palettesize to 4096 colors.
  • 0.122u7: Changed HD63701 CPU5 clock speed to 6144000 Hz.
  • 0.122u5: Zsolt Vasvari cleaned up Thunder Ceptor memory maps.
  • 0.121u2: BUT added 3D glasses support to the Thunder Ceptor driver.
  • 0.107u3: Brian Troha properly documented and connected the CUS60 MCU code to Thunder Ceptor.
  • 0.93: Added clock parameter to Namco CUS30 sound (24000 Hz).
  • 0.89: Replaced Namco sound with Namco CUS30.
  • 0.77u2: BUT added Thunder Ceptor. Added background scroll, M6809 CPU1 interrupt handling and stereo sound.
  • 25th November 2003: BUT added Thunder Ceptor to the Thunder Ceptor 2 driver.
  • 15th November 2003: BUT fixed the background layers and added support for transparent road color in the Thunder Ceptor 2 driver.
  • 0.76u2: David Haywood and BUT decoded BG graphics in Thunder Ceptor II but BG's still aren't hooked up yet, improved existing graphics a bit.
- 0.76u1: BUT added Thunder Ceptor II (Namco 1986). TODO: Support background layer (decode first).
  • 24th October 2003: BUT submitted a preliminary driver for Thunder Ceptor II, it's working but background graphics aren't emulated.
  • 18th October 2003: BUT - Analog input ports are not supported in Thunder Ceptor, so it is unplayable yet. YM2151, WSG and DAC sound should be OK. Some sprites are wrong number, and I need to adjust position. Background is not handled yet.
LEVELS: 4

LEVELS: 6 (tceptor2)

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Romset: 634 kb / 27 files / 215.8 zip
history Thunder Ceptor (c) 1986 Namco.


- TECHNICAL -


Game ID : TC


Main CPU : M6809 (@ 1.536 Mhz), 68000 (@ 12.288 Mhz), HD63701 (@ 1.536 Mhz)

Sound CPU : (2x) M65C02 (@ 2.048 Mhz)

Sound Chips : YM2151 (@ 3.579545 Mhz), Namco 8-channel WSG, DAC


Screen orientation : Horizontal

Video resolution : 272 x 224 pixels

Screen refresh : 60.61 Hz

Palette colors : 1024


Players : 1

Control : stick

Buttons : 4


- SERIES -
  1. Thunder Ceptor (1986)
  2. Thunder Ceptor II (1986)
    3. - STAFF -
    • Music by : Norio Nakagata
    • - SOURCES -
    • Game's rom.
    • Edit this entry at Arcade-History.com: http://www.arcade-history.com/?n=thunder-ceptor&page=detail&id=2887&o=2
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