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title Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa (ver EA)
set name moo
manufacturer Konami
year 1992
genre Platform / Shooter Scrolling (hof)
category Platform / Shooter Scrolling (hof)
driver status imperfect
driver source moo.c
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rating

70.2% after 74 votes
 
clones Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa (bootleg ver AA)
Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa (ver AA)
Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa (ver UA)
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display
colour emulation good
palette 2048
display type raster
orientation horizontal
resolution 384x224
frequency 60.000000Hz
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sound
sound emulation good
channels stereo
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controls
players 4
nplayers 4P sim
controls 8 way joystick
buttons 2
coin slots 4
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hardware
cpu 68000 @ 16MHz
cpu Z80 @ 8MHz
audio YM2151 @ 4MHz
audio K054539 @ 0.048MHz
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data
version added .060
last change(s) .059
roms
name size crc set flags sha1
151b01  262144  fb2fa298  moo    f03b24681a2b329ba797fd2780ac9a3cf862ebcb 
151b02.ea  262144  37b30c01  moo    cb91739097a4a36f8f8d92998d822ffc851e1279 
151a03  262144  c896d3ea  moo    ea83c63e2c3dbc4f1e1d49f1852a78ffc1f0ea4b 
151a04  262144  3b24706a  moo    c2a77944284e35ff57f0774fa7b67e53d3b63e1f 
151a07  262144  cde247fc  moo    cdee0228db55d53ae43d7cd2d9001dadd20c2c61 
151a05  1048576  bc616249  moo    58c1f1a03ce9bead8f79d12ce4b2d342432b24b5 
151a06  1048576  38dbcac1  moo    c357779733921695b20ac586db5b475f5b2b8f4c 
151a10  2097152  376c64f1  moo    eb69c5a27f9795e28f04a503955132f0a9e4de12 
151a11  2097152  e7f49225  moo    1255b214f29b6507540dad5892c60a7ae2aafc5c 
151a12  2097152  4978555f  moo    d9871f21d0c8a512b408e137e2e80e9392c2bf6f 
151a13  2097152  4771f525  moo    218d86b6230919b5db0304dac00513eb6b27ba9a 
151a08  2097152  962251d7  moo    32dccf515d2ca8eeffb45cada3dcc60089991b77 
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cabinet art
control panel moo.png
flyer moo.png
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additional information
info 0.60 [Pekka Salmia and Brian Troha]

0.59 [R. Belmont, Olivier Galibert, ElSemi]

SETUP:
  • The first time you run the game, the EEPROM N2 shows as BAD in the RAM/ROM Check. Hold down the Test switch F2 and then also hit F3 to reset the machine, creating the EEPROM for you.
Bugs:
  • During the Attract mode right after when the metroids hits the ground, in this version, it's missing the BASE/LAND (this is when the mountain is going up in smoke). In the previous versions (59/60/76) it's there (see pictures). Updated by Robiza: The bug is present in 0.70u2 version and not present in 0.70u1 version. In the source there's this remark in VIDEO_UPDATE(moo). // Enabling alpha improves fog and fading in Moo but causes other things to disappear. // There is probably a control bit somewhere to turn off alpha blending. Thenasty / Robiza (ID 00755)
WIP:
  • 0.136u1: Fabio Priuli added driver data struct and save states to the Moo driver.
  • 0.135u4: Fabio Priuli updated Moo driver to use EEPROM device. Added device versions of all the Konami custom ICs currently emulated in machine/konamiic.c and video/konamiic.c. Updated Moo driver to use the new devices.
  • 0.131u1: Angelo Salese merged memory maps in Moo driver.
  • 0.130u3: Fabio Priuli cleaned up Moo driver input handlers.
  • 0.125u4: Aaron Giles fixed crasher due to some Konami games using 8 layers in the K056832 implementation, even though it was only written for 4.
  • 0.104u8: Arzeno Fabrice added clone Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa (ver AA).
  • 0.71u2: R. Belmont added clone Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa (bootleg version AA). No sprites yet.
  • 0.70u1: Konami updates and fixes (including fix for dbz / moo / simpsons crashes in 0.70) [Acho A. Tang].
  • 10th July 2003: R. Belmont added a bootleg version of Moo Mesa to the driver, but there are no sprites due to missing ROMs. Jarek Burczynski fixed the OKIM6295 bankswitching in the Moo Mesa bootleg.
  • 13th June 2003: Acho A. Tang updated Bucky O'Hare and Moo Mesa to use the K056832 graphics chip emulation which is far more complete than what the driver previously used, fixing various graphics effects and fixing the hang after the stage 2 boss.
  • 2nd May 2002: Stephane Humbert re-submitted some dipswitch fixes for the Moo Mesa driver and he re-submitted some other small updates.
  • 0.60: Pekka Salmia and Brian Troha added 'Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa (World version EA)'. Renamed (moo) to (mooua). Changed visible area to 384x224.
  • 0.59: R. Belmont added Wild West C.O.W.boys of Moo Mesa (US) (Konami 1992). K54338 color blender support (is this even used in moo?).
  • 20th March 2002: Pekka Salmia and Brian Troha submitted an addition of the European ROM set to the Cowboys of Moo Mesa driver.
  • 19th March 2002: R. Belmont submitted yet another update to the Cowboys of Moo Mesa driver fixing a few small things.
  • 12th March 2002: R. Belmont submitted a driver for Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa and Bucky O'Hare, with thanks to ElSemi and Olivier Galibert for information on the protection.
LEVELS: 7

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Romset: 13568 kb / 12 files / 4.39 zip
history Wild West C.O.W. Boys of Moo Mesa (c) 1992 Konami.


Rustle Up Some Moolah! The four COW-boys draw their pistols "Sunset Riders" style to get those dastardly varmints out of their town!


- TECHNICAL -


Game ID : GX151


Main CPU : 68000 (@ 16 Mhz)

Sound CPU : Z80 (@ 8 Mhz)

Sound Chips : YM2151 (@ 4 Mhz), K054539 (@ 48 Khz)


Screen orientation : Horizontal

Video resolution : 384 x 224 pixels

Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz

Palette colors : 2048


Players : 4

Control : 8-way joystick

Buttons : 2 (FIRE, JUMP)


- TRIVIA -


Based on the Saturday morning cartoon of the same name.


- UPDATES -


The US version is slightly different, it has the "Winners Don't Use Drugs" screen.


- STAFF -
  • Management : Mashahiro Inoue, S. Kido
  • Supervisor : S. Okamoto
  • Programmers : Taka, Kou1, T. Takeda
  • Character designers : M. Samejima, T. Nakazawa, E. Aida
  • Sound programmer : Hideaki Kashima (H. Shikama)
  • Music and effects : Michiru Yamane
  • Package designer : T. Nishimura
  • Hardware designers : K. Hashima, Dendou Konishi
  • Screenplay by : K. Kinugasa
  • Suit Man : Arai
  • Pilot : E. Aida
  • - SOURCES -
  • Game's rom.
  • Edit this entry at Arcade-History.com: http://www.arcade-history.com/?n=wild-west-c.o.w.-boys-of-moo-mesa&page=detail&id=3165&o=2
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