game
icon
title Ark Area
set name arkarea
manufacturer UPL
year 1987
genre Shooter (hof)
category Shooter / Field (hof)
driver status good
driver source ninjakd2.c
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rating

70.5% after 25 votes
 
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display
colour emulation good
palette 768
display type raster
orientation horizontal
resolution 256x192
frequency 60.000000Hz
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sound
sound emulation good
channels mono
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controls
players 2
nplayers 2P sim
controls 8 way joystick
buttons 2
coin slots 2
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hardware
cpu Z80 @ 6MHz
cpu Z80 @ 5MHz
audio YM2203 @ 1.5MHz
audio YM2203 @ 1.5MHz
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data
version added .036b04
last change(s) none since version .53
roms
name size crc set flags sha1
arkarea.008  32768  1ce1b5b9  arkarea    ab7755523d58736b124deb59779dedee870fd7d2 
arkarea.009  32768  db1c81d1  arkarea    64a2f51c218d84c4eaeb8c5a5a3f0f4cdf5d174c 
arkarea.010  32768  5a460dae  arkarea    e64d3662bb074a528cd71061621c0dd3765928b6 
arkarea.011  32768  63f022c9  arkarea    414f52d2b9584f08285b261d1dafcc9e6e5e0c74 
arkarea.012  32768  3c4c65d5  arkarea    e11f840f8b1da0933a0a4342f5fa1a17f0d6d3e2 
arkarea.013  32768  2d409d58  arkarea    6344b43db5459691728c3f843b643c84ea71dd8e 
arkarea.004  32768  69e36af2  arkarea    2bccef8f396dcb5261af0140af04c95ee8ecae11 
arkarea.007  65536  d5684a27  arkarea    4961e8a5df2510afb1ef3e937d0a5d52e91893a3 
arkarea.006  65536  2c0567d6  arkarea    f36a2a3ff487660f89470516617482331f008da0 
arkarea.005  65536  9886004d  arkarea    4050756af5c00ab1a368780fe091460fd9e2cb05 
arkarea.003  65536  6f45a308  arkarea    b6994fe1f50d5e9cf38d3efbd69a2c5f76f33c56 
arkarea.002  65536  051d3482  arkarea    3ebef1a7280f52df6d5ee34e3d4e7567aac0c165 
arkarea.001  65536  09d11ab7  arkarea    14f68e93e7173069f790493eafe9e1adc1a074cc 
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cabinet art
art no cabinet, marquee, flyer, control panel or PCB images found
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additional information
info 0.36b4 [Paolo Venturi]

NOTE:
  • On level 16, sprite graphics began to leave permanent trails on the screen as soon as the first objects appeared on this level. Previous levels worked correctly. The same thing happens on a real PCB. J.J.Boy
WIP:
  • 0.122u7: Fixed gfx1/2/3 rom loading. Added dipswitches 'Coinage' and 'Flip Screen'.
  • 0.89u3: Changed Z80 CPU2 clock speed to 5MHz.
  • 0.36RC1: Added dipswitches 'Coin A', 'Demo Sounds', 'Bonus Life' and 'Lives'.
  • 0.36b9: Changed clock speed of the 2x YM2203 to 1.5MHz.
  • 0.36b4: Paolo Venturi added Ark Area (UPL 1988?).
LEVELS: 24

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Last Mission

Ark Area

Romset: 608 kb / 13 files / 171 zip
history Ark Area (c) 1987 UPL.


An overhead shoot'em up where you fight through 23 stages, battling 1 or 2 bosses at the end of each level


- TECHNICAL -


Game ID : UPL-87007


Main CPU : Z80 (@ 6 Mhz)

Sound CPU : Z80 (@ 5 Mhz)

Sound Chips : (2x) YM2203 (@ 1.5 Mhz)


Screen orientation : Horizontal

Video resolution : 256 x 192 pixels

Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz

Palette colors : 768


Players : 2

Control : 8-way joystick

Buttons : 2


- TRIVIA -


Released in December 1987.


This game was a Japan-only release.


- SERIES -
  1. Nova 2001 (1983)
  2. Ark Area (1987)
    3. - STAFF -
    • Staff : Tsutomu Fuzisawa, Hiropi, Mingma, Nihei, Nozawa
    • - SOURCES -
    • Game's rom.
    • Edit this entry at Arcade-History.com: http://www.arcade-history.com/?n=ark-area&page=detail&id=105&o=2
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cheats
cheats
code comments
00000000:C004:00000012:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Credits
60000000:0000:00000000:00000000 
00000000:D209:00000005:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Lives PL1
62000000:0000:00000000:00000000  Invincibility PL1:Only enable Invincibility during gameplay!!
00010000:C00A:00000001:FFFFFFFF  Enabled
00010000:C00A:00000000:FFFFFFFF  Disabled
00000000:D208:00000001:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Weapon Time PL1
62000000:0000:00000000:00000000  Select Weapon PL1
00010000:D200:0000001C:FFFFFFFF  Normal
00018000:D202:00000003:FFFFFFFF  Normal (2/3)
00018000:D203:00000001:FFFFFFFF  Normal (3/3)
00010000:D200:0000001F:FFFFFFFF  Tracer
00018000:D202:00000003:FFFFFFFF  Tracer (2/3)
00018000:D203:00000001:FFFFFFFF  Tracer (3/3)
00010000:D200:00000022:FFFFFFFF  Flamer
00018000:D202:00000003:FFFFFFFF  Flamer (2/3)
00018000:D203:00000001:FFFFFFFF  Flamer (3/3)
00010000:D200:00000025:FFFFFFFF  3-Way
00018000:D202:00000003:FFFFFFFF  3-Way (2/3)
00018000:D203:00000003:FFFFFFFF  3-Way (3/3)
00010000:D200:0000002C:FFFFFFFF  8-Way
00018000:D202:00000001:FFFFFFFF  8-Way (2/3)
00018000:D203:00000008:FFFFFFFF  8-Way (3/3)
60000000:0000:00000000:00000000 
00000000:D259:00000005:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Lives PL2
62000000:0000:00000000:00000000  Invincibility PL2:Only enable Invincibility during gameplay!!
00010000:C00B:00000001:FFFFFFFF  Enabled
00010000:C00B:00000000:FFFFFFFF  Disabled
00000000:D258:00000001:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Weapon Time PL2
62000000:0000:00000000:00000000  Select Weapon PL2
00010000:D250:0000001C:FFFFFFFF  Normal
00018000:D252:00000003:FFFFFFFF  Normal (2/3)
00018000:D253:00000001:FFFFFFFF  Normal (3/3)
00010000:D250:0000001F:FFFFFFFF  Tracer
00018000:D252:00000003:FFFFFFFF  Tracer (2/3)
00018000:D253:00000001:FFFFFFFF  Tracer (3/3)
00010000:D250:00000022:FFFFFFFF  Flamer
00018000:D252:00000003:FFFFFFFF  Flamer (2/3)
00018000:D253:00000001:FFFFFFFF  Flamer (3/3)
00010000:D250:00000025:FFFFFFFF  3-Way
00018000:D252:00000003:FFFFFFFF  3-Way (2/3)
00018000:D253:00000003:FFFFFFFF  3-Way (3/3)
00010000:D250:0000002C:FFFFFFFF  8-Way
00018000:D252:00000001:FFFFFFFF  8-Way (2/3)
00018000:D253:00000008:FFFFFFFF  8-Way (3/3)
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