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title Air Combat (US)
set name aircombu
manufacturer Namco
year 1992
genre Shooter (hof)
category Shooter / Flying 1st Person (hof)
driver status preliminary
driver source namcos21.c
snapshots MW: in game | parent / CT: in game | title | select | not working | parent
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rating

64.1% after 36 votes
 
parent Air Combat (Japan)
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display
colour emulation good
palette 32768
display type raster
orientation horizontal
resolution 496x480
frequency 60.000000Hz
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sound
sound emulation good
channels stereo
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controls
players 2
nplayers 1P
controls stick
buttons 6
coin slots 3
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hardware
cpu 68000 @ 12.288MHz
cpu 68000 @ 12.288MHz
cpu M6809 @ 3.072MHz
cpu HD63705 @ 2.048MHz
cpu TMS32025 @ 24MHz
cpu TMS32025 @ 96MHz
audio C140 @ 0.02139MHz
audio YM2151 @ 3.57958MHz
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data
version added .074u2
last change(s) .119u1 .103u3 .075
roms
name size crc set flags sha1
ac2-mpr-u.3j  524288  a7133f85  aircombu    9f1c99dd503f1fc81096170fd272e33ae8a7de2f 
ac2-mpr-l.1j  524288  520a52e6  aircombu    74306e02abfe08aa1afbf325b74dbc0840c3ad3a 
ac2-spr-u.6c  131072  42aca956  aircombu    10ea2400bb4d5b2d805e2de43ca0e0f54597f660 
ac2-spr-l.4c  131072  3e15fa19  aircombu    65dbb33ab6b3c06c793613348ebb7b110b8bba0d 
ac1-snd0.8j  131072  5c1fb84b  aircombj    20e4d81289dbe58ffcfc947251a6ff1cc1e36436 
sys2mcpu.bin  8192  a342a97e  aircombj    2c420d34dba21e409bf78ddca710fc7de65a6642 
sys2c65c.bin  32768  a5b2a4ff  aircombj    068bdfcc71a5e83706e8b23330691973c1c214dc 
c67.bin  8192  6bd8988e  aircombj    c9ec18d5f88d53976b94444eedc64d5568155958 
c67.bin  8192  6bd8988e  aircombj    c9ec18d5f88d53976b94444eedc64d5568155958 
ac2-obj0.5s  524288  8327ff22  aircombu    16f6022dedb7a74590898bc8ed3e8a97993c4635 
ac2-obj4.4s  524288  e433e344  aircombu    98ade550cf066fcb5c09fa905f441a1464d4d625 
ac2-obj1.5x  524288  43af566d  aircombu    99f0d9f005e28040f5cc10de2198893946a31d09 
ac2-obj5.4x  524288  ecb19199  aircombu    8e0aa1bc1141c4b09576ab08970d0c7629560643 
ac2-obj2.3s  524288  dafbf489  aircombu    c53ccb3e1b4a6a660bd28c8abe52ccc3f85d111f 
ac2-obj6.2s  524288  24cc3f36  aircombu    e50af176eb3034c9cab7613ca614f5cc2c62f95e 
ac2-obj3.3x  524288  bd555a1d  aircombu    96e432b30da6f5f7ccb768c516b1f7186bc0d4c9 
ac2-obj7.2x  524288  d561fbe3  aircombu    a23976e10bddf74d4a6b292f044dfd0affbab101 
ac1-data-u.3a  524288  82320c71  aircombj    2be98d46853febb46e1cc728af2735c0e00ce303 
ac1-data-l.1a  524288  fd7947d3  aircombj    2696eeae37de6d256e626cc3f3cea7b0f6eff60e 
ac2-edata1-u.3c  524288  40c07095  aircombu    5d9beaf5bc411ac66785d70980977b08446f46e3 
ac1-edata1-l.1c  524288  a87087dd  aircombj    cd9b83a8f07886ab44e4ded68002b44338777e8c 
ac1-poi-h.2f  524288  573bbc3b  aircombj    371be12b915db6872049f18980c1b55544cfc445 
ac1-poi-lu.2k  524288  d99084b9  aircombj    c604d60a2162af7610e5ff7c1aa4195f7df82efe 
ac1-poi-ll.2n  524288  abb32307  aircombj    8e936ba99479215dd33a951d81ec2b04020dfd62 
ac1-voi0.12b  524288  f427b119  aircombj    bd45bbe41c8be26d6c997fcdc226d080b416a2cf 
ac1-voi1.12c  524288  c9490667  aircombj    4b6fbe635c32469870a8e6f82742be6a9d4918c9 
ac1-voi2.12d  524288  1fcb51ba  aircombj    80fc815e5fad76d20c3795ab1d89b57d9abc3efd 
ac1-voi3.12e  524288  cd202e06  aircombj    72a18f5ba402caefef14b8d1304f337eaaa3eb1d 
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cabinet art
cabinet aircombj.png
control panel aircombj.png
flyer aircombj.png
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additional information
info 0.74u2 [?]

0.55 [?]

WIP:
  • 0.120u1: Phil Stroffolino fixed lockups in Air Combat.
  • 0.119u1: Changed TMS32025 CPU5 clock speed to 96MHz. Added 2x c67.rom's for cpu5 and 6. Fixed rom names.
  • 5th September 2007: Phil Stroffolino - I'm wrapping up what should be the last few bits of DSP Integration. A few open issues remain, but the final driver should be ready to publish by this weekend. Air Combat is pretty.
  • 0.106u12: MASH added plds ($0, 200, 400 - gal16v8a-3pdsp5.17d, plhs18p8-3pobj3.17n and plhs18p8-3pobj4.17n) to Air Combat and clone (US).
  • 0.103u3: Fixed rom names.
  • 12th October 2003: R. Belmont fixed the sample banking in Air Combat.
  • 0.74u2: Added Air Combat (Japan) (Namco 1992) and clone (US).
  • 0.55: Added (Testdrivers) Air Combat (JP) and clone (US).
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Romset: 11193 kb / 31 files / 2.92 zip
history Air Combat (c) 1992 Namco.

A cockpit flying game from Namco that tries to simulate an F-16 like aircraft. The game mainly involves dog fighting and has three levels of play; Cadet, Captain and Ace.

- TECHNICAL -

Dimensions :
77,12in. (195,5cm) High
110,62in. (279,4cm) Deep
42,81in. (106,6cm)

Weight : 1041 lbs (471.5 kg)

Namco System 21 hardware
Game ID : AC

Main CPU : (2x) 68000 (@ 12.288 Mhz), M6809 (@ 3.072 Mhz), HD63705 (@ 2.048 Mhz), (2x) TMS32025 (@ 24 Mhz)
Sound Chips : C140 (@ 32 Khz), YM2151 (@ 3.57958 Mhz)

Screen orientation : Horizontal
Video resolution : 496 x 480 pixels
Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz
Palette colors : 32768

Players : 2
Control : Throttle lever, 8-way joystick
Buttons : 2

- TRIVIA -

Even if titlescreen says 1992, Air Combat was released in June 1993 in Japan.

Note : You never die in this game! Instead you eject from the aircraft giving you a non-violent ending.

Victor Entertainment released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Namco Video Game Graffiti Vol.10 - VICL-40097, 40098) on 16/12/1993.

- SERIES -
  1. Air Combat (1992)
  2. Air Combat 22 (1995)
  3. Ace Combat (1996, Sony PlayStation)
  4. Ace Combat 2 (1997, Sony PlayStation)
  5. Ace Combat 3 - Electrosphere (2000, Sony PlayStation)
  6. Ace Combat 04 - Shattered Skies (2001, Sony PlayStation 2)
  7. Ace Combat 5 (Sony PlayStation 2)
- STAFF -
  • Music composition by : Hiroyuki Kawada
- PORTS -

* Consoles :
Sony PlayStation (1995)

- SOURCES -

Game's rom.
Machine's picture.
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view in Progetto EMMA (Italian)
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cheats
cheats
code comments
00000000:10012F:00000009:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Credits
00100000:10045A:00000E10:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Time
00100000:10046A:0000270F:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Guns
00100000:100468:00000063:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Missiles
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