title	Violent Storm (ver EAB)
set name	viostorm
manufacturer	Konami
year	1993
genre	unknown
category	Fighter / 2.5D (hof)
driver status	imperfect
driver source	mystwarr.c
snapshots	PS: in game \| title \| select \| scores \| gameover / MW: in game / CT: in game \| title \| select / EJ: in game / artwork: cabinet \| marquee \| PCB zoom
rating	62.8% after 112 votes
clones	Violent Storm (ver AAC) Violent Storm (ver JAC) Violent Storm (ver UAB) Violent Storm (ver UAC)

colour emulation	good
palette	2048
display type	raster
orientation	horizontal
resolution	384x224
frequency	59.185606Hz

players	4
nplayers	3P sim
controls	8 way joystick
buttons	3
coin slots	2

cpu	68000 @ 16MHz
cpu	Z80 @ 8MHz
audio	K054539 @ 0.048MHz
audio	K054539 @ 0.048MHz

info	0.68 [David Haywood] 0.67 [R. Belmont, Phil Stroffolino, Acho A. Tang] WIP: 0.133u1: Renamed (viostrmu) to (viostormu), (viostmub) to (viostormub), (viostrmj) to (viostormj) and (viostrma) to (viostorma). 0.128u5: David Haywood fixed copy/paste error on Violent Storm rom names. 0.128u4: Bill DeLeo added clone Violent Storm (ver UAC). Renamed (viostrmu) to (viostmub). 0.68: David Haywood added Violent Storm (Europe ver EAB). Renamed (viostorm) to (viostrmu). 2nd May 2003: David Haywood added another version of Violent Storm to the Mystic Warriors driver. 0.67: Added Violent Storm (US ver UAB) (Konami 1993) and clones (Japan ver JAC) and (Asia ver AAC). 15th May 2002: Guru - R. Belmont loan his Violent Storm and Mystic Warriors PCBs. 30th March 2003: R. Belmont enabled the shadows in Konami System GX driver and tilemap alpha blending in the Mystic Warriors driver. David Haywood fixed flickering sprites in Metamorphic Force, graphics layer offsets in several games in both the Mystic Warriors and Konami System GX drivers. Acho A. Tang added the infrastructure support for 3 independent colored shadows/highlights as required by the Konami games, and he cracked the protection in Violent Storm. The improvements also allow Twinbee Yahhoo to be fully playable now. 12th March 2003: R. Belmont sent in an update to the Mystic Warriors driver, making Metamorphic Force playable with some graphics glitches, and making Violent Storm work somewhat but it still suffers from unemulated protection. Additionally, Ultimate Battler Dadandarn! worked already in yesterday's update but has major graphics glitches. Brian Troha and Guru fixed some ROM names in the Mystic Warriors driver. 11th March 2003: R. Belmont sent in a driver for Mystic Warriors hardware games supporting Mystic Warriors and Gaiapolis. 15th May 2002: Guru - Thanks to R. Belmont for a loan of his Violent Storm PCB. LEVELS: 7 (must be finished twice) Recommended Games (Heroes Fighter): Knuckle Joe My Hero Renegade Trojan Trojan (PlayChoice-10) Avengers Black Panther Double Dragon Double Dragon II Double Dragon 3 Double Dragon (PlayChoice-10) Double Dragon (Neo-Geo) Ginga NinkyouDen Kyros Shinobi Shinobi (Mega-Tech) Shinobi / FZ-2006 The Revenge of Shinobi (Mega-Tech) Shinobi III (Mega Play) Bad Dudes vs. Dragonninja Shadow Warriors Vigilante Crime Fighters DownTown Final Fight Gang Wars Last Battle (Mega-Tech) Ninja Gaiden (PlayChoice-10) Ninja Gaiden Episode II (PlayChoice-10) Ninja Gaiden Episode III (PlayChoice-10) Shadow Dancer Shadow Dancer (Mega-Tech) Tough Turf The Combatribes Crude Buster Growl Mug Smashers 64th. Street Brute Force Burning Fight Captain Commando D. D. Crew Karate Blazers Streets of Rage (Mega-Tech) Riot City Vendetta B.Rap Boys Big Fight Guardians of the 'Hood Legionnaire Silent Dragon Thunder Hoop TH Strikes Back Undercover Cops Cadillacs and Dinosaurs Denjin Makai Knuckle Bash Knuckle Bash 2 Ninja Baseball Batman The Punisher Streets of Rage II (Mega Play) Violent Storm Zero Team Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon Black Touch '96 Final Fight 2 (SNES bootleg) Ghost Chaser Densei (SNES bootleg) Iron (SNES bootleg) Osman Sonic Blast Man 2 Special Turbo Spikeout Spikeout Final Edition Gaia Crusaders Vamp 1/2 Thunder Heroes Demolish Fist Romset: 17537 kb / 12 files / 7.80 zip
history	Violent Storm (c) 1993 Konami. Wade, Boris & Kyle's best friend, the lovely Sheena, is kidnapped in front of their eyes! So they venture into the hippie filled streets to maul anyone that gets in their way of rescuing her. Features awesome color-filled graphics, a kickin' vocal soundtrack and cool sound effects, lots of vicious moves (especially those from Boris!), a great sense of humor & plenty of great looking enemies & bosses. Break out fighting, everybody come on! :) - TECHNICAL - Game ID : GX168 Main CPU : 68000 (@ 16 Mhz) Sound CPU : Z80 (@ 8 Mhz) Sound Chips : (2x) K054539 (@ 48 Khz) Screen orientation : Horizontal Video resolution : 384 x 224 pixels Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz Palette colors : 2048 Players : 3 Control : 8-way joystick Buttons : 2 (ATTACK, JUMP) - TRIVIA - The 4 stage boss is actually disguised as a Power Loader seen in the 'Aliens' movie and the Konami title of the same name! At the middle of the last stage, two cabinets of "Penta" and "Scramble" make an appearance (Note that "Penta" is originally a bootleg of "Pengo" :). One of the bonus point items is a "Twinbee" doll. King Records released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Konami Amusement Sounds '94 Spring - KICA-7631, 7632) on 23/02/1994. - UPDATES - The US version is slightly different, it has the "Winners Don't Use Drugs" screen. - TIPS AND TRICKS - * Some Tips : keep an eye out for unusual weapons, smash the light bulbs in the 2nd stage to temporary blind your enemies ! Also grab the piggies in this stage and they turn into footballs that you can use as projectiles ! (now you know where the term 'pigskin' comes from !) :) - SERIES - Crime Fighters [2-Player model] (1989) Crime Fighters [4-Player model] (1989) Crime Fighters 2 (1991) Violent Storm (1993) - STAFF - Progammers : Hirotako, N-Man, AI UEO, On The Hill Character designers : Monmo 29, Yoh, Kenny.N, Tori.Tori, Kanban Musume, Chupper Maki Sound : Prophet Fuka, Everybody, Kishimaro Violent Storm's special Singers : Jeffrey, Junko, Mayumi Hardware : W. Yuusaku Hardware adviser : Dendou Konishi Package : Vio.N Director : Monmo 29 Producer : Masa 32 - SOURCES - Game's rom. Edit this entry at Arcade-History.com: http://www.arcade-history.com/?n=violent-storm&page=detail&id=3077&o=2
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