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title Zero Wing (single players)
set name zerowing
manufacturer Toaplan
year 1989
genre Shooter (hof)
category Shooter / Flying Horizontal (hof)
driver status good
driver source toaplan1.c
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rating

73.6% after 81 votes
 
clones Zero Wing (dual players)
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display
colour emulation good
palette 2048
display type raster
orientation horizontal
resolution 320x240
frequency 55.161545Hz
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sound
sound emulation good
channels mono
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controls
players 2
nplayers 2P alt
controls 8 way joystick
buttons 2
coin slots 2
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hardware
cpu 68000 @ 10MHz
cpu Z80 @ 3.5MHz
audio YM3812 @ 3.5MHz
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data
version added .035b04
last change(s) .061
roms
name size crc set flags sha1
o15-11.rom  32768  6ff2b9a0  zerowing    c9f2a631f185689dfc42a451d85fac23c2f4b64b 
o15-12.rom  32768  9773e60b  zerowing    b733e9d38a233d010cc5ea41e7e61695082c3a22 
o15-09.rom  131072  13764e95  zerowing    61da49b73ba81edd951e96e9ce6673c1c3bd65f2 
o15-10.rom  131072  351ba71a  zerowing    937331549140506711b08252497cc0f2efa58268 
o15-13.rom  32768  e7b72383  zerowing    ea1f6f33a86d14d58bd396fd46081462f00177d5 
o15-05.rom  131072  4e5dd246  zerowing    5366b4a6f3c900a4f57a6583b7399163a06f42d7 
o15-06.rom  131072  c8c6d428  zerowing    76ee5bcb8f10fe201fc5c32697beee3de9d8b751 
o15-07.rom  131072  efc40e99  zerowing    a04fad4197a7fb4787cd9bebf43e1d9b02b2f61b 
o15-08.rom  131072  1b019eab  zerowing    c9569ca85696825142acc5cde9ac829e82b1ca1b 
o15-03.rom  131072  7f245fd3  zerowing    efbcb3663d4accc4f8128a8fee5475bc109bc17a 
o15-04.rom  131072  0b1a1289  zerowing    ce6c06342392d11952873e3b1d6aea8dc02a551c 
o15-01.rom  131072  70570e43  zerowing    acc9baec71b0930cb2f193677e0663efa5d5551d 
o15-02.rom  131072  724b487f  zerowing    06af31520866eea69aebbd5d428f80e882289a15 
tp015_14.bpr  32  bc88cced  zerowing    5055362710c0f58823c05fb4c0e0eec638b91e3d 
tp015_15.bpr  32  a1e17492  zerowing    9ddec4c97f2d541f69f3c32c47aaa21fd9699ae2 
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additional information
info 0.35b4 [Darren Olafson]

WIP:
  • 0.136u4: Changed description to 'Zero Wing (single players)' and clone 'Zero Wing (2 player simultaneous ver.)' to 'Zero Wing (dual players)'. Stephane Humbert fixed dipswitches and inputs in Zero Wing and clone (after verification of the M68000 and Z80 code).
  • 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.).
  • 0.35b4: 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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Romset: 1377 kb / 15 files / 542 zip
history Zero Wing (c) 1989 Toaplan.


- TECHNICAL -


Game ID : TP-015


Main CPU : 68000 (@ 10 Mhz), Z80 (@ 3.5 Mhz)

Sound Chips : YM3812 (@ 3.5 Mhz)


Screen orientation : Horizontal

Video resolution : 320 x 240 pixels

Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz

Palette colors : 2048


Players : 2

Control : 8-way joystick

Buttons : 2


- TRIVIA -


Released in September 1989.


Licensed to Williams for US distribution.


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


- UPDATES -


The Williams Electronics Games, Inc. licensed version allows for 2-player simultaneous gameplay.


- 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) : Contains an extra intro scene - ...'All your base are belong to us'...
  • NEC PC-Engine CD (1992) : Conversion by Naxat Soft.
  • - SOURCES -
  • Game's ROM.
  • Machine's picture.
  • Edit this entry at Arcade-History.com: http://www.arcade-history.com/?n=zero-wing&page=detail&id=3248&o=2
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