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title Arkanoid Returns (Ver 2.02J 1997/02/10)
set name arkretrn
manufacturer Taito Corporation
year 1997
genre Breakout (hof)
category Breakout (hof)
driver status good
driver source taito_f3.c
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rating

73.5% after 151 votes
 
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display
colour emulation good
palette 8192
display type raster
orientation horizontal
resolution 320x232
frequency 58.970000Hz
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sound
sound emulation good
channels stereo
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controls
players 4
nplayers 2P sim
controls 8 way joystick
buttons 4
coin slots 4
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hardware
cpu 68EC020 @ 16MHz
cpu 68000 @ 16MHz
audio ES5505 @ 15.23805MHz
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data
version added .037b11
last change(s) .106u12 .103u1
roms
name size crc set flags sha1
e36-11  262144  b50cfb92  arkretrn    dac69fc9ef03315b11bb94d19e3dfdc8867b08ed 
e36-10  262144  c940dba1  arkretrn    ec87c9e4250f8b2f15094681a4783bca8c68f576 
e36-09  262144  f16985e0  arkretrn    a74cfee8f958e7a32354d4353eeb199a7fb1ce64 
e36-08  262144  aa699e1b  arkretrn    6bde0759940e0f238e4fa5bd228115574ff927d8 
e36-12  262144  3bae39be  arkretrn    777142ecc24799b934ed51ac4cd8700bb6da7e3c 
e36-13  262144  94448e82  arkretrn    d7766490318623be770545918391c5e6144dd619 
e36-03  262144  1ea8558b  arkretrn    b8ea4d6e1fb551b3c47f336a5e60ec33f7be525f 
e36-02  262144  694eda31  arkretrn    1a6f85057395052571491f85c633d5632ab64865 
e36-01  262144  54b9b2cd  arkretrn    55ae964ea1d2cc40a6578c5339754a270096f01f 
e36-07  524288  266bf1c1  arkretrn    489549478d7016400af2e643d4b98bf605237d34 
e36-06  524288  110ab729  arkretrn    0ccc0a5abbcfd79a069daf5162cd344a5fb225d5 
e36-05  524288  db18bce2  arkretrn    b6653facc7f5c624f5710a51f2b2abfe640177e2 
e36-04  2097152  2250959b  arkretrn    06943f1b72bdf325485356a01278d88aeae93d87 
pal16l8a-d77-09.bin  260  b371532b  arkretrn    7f875f380e69d14326a036a09d2fda7554b73664 
pal16l8a-d77-10.bin  260  42f59227  arkretrn    1f0db7489b49c00603ea51d130c9dfc237545390 
palce16v8-d77-11.bin  279  eacc294e  arkretrn    90679d523d90c1f8d2ecbd7b6fac2861f94cf107 
palce16v8-d77-12.bin  279  e9920cfe  arkretrn    58b73fe65f118d57fdce56d781593fc70c797f1b 
palce16v8-d77-14.bin  279  7427e777  arkretrn    e692cedb13e5bc02edc4b25e9dcea51e6715de85 
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cabinet art
flyer arkretrn.png
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additional information
info 0.37b11 [Bryan McPhail]

WIP:
  • 0.106u12: MASH added plds ($0, 200, 400, 600, 800 - pal16l8a-d77-09.bin, pal16l8a-d77-10.bin, palce16v8-d77-11.bin, palce16v8-d77-12.bin and palce16v8-d77-14.bin) to Arkanoid Returns.
  • 16th January 2001: Bryan McPhail fixed some memory corrupting bugs in the Taito F3 driver.
  • 0.37b11: Bryan McPhail added Arkanoid Returns (Japan) (Taito 1997). Issues: Bats can fly off one side of the screen and appear on the other - analogue input problem. Input bit to switch between analogue/digital control panels for Arkanoid is not found.
  • 15th January 2001: Bryan McPhail finally submitted his Taito F3 driver, which is not graphically perfect and crashes hard sometimes but has complete ES5505 sound emulation thanks to Aaron Giles, Ian Schmidt and R. Belmont. Not all games are working due to 68020 core bugs, but these are: Ring Rage, Arabian Magic, Riding Fight, Grid Seeker: Project Stormhammer, Gunlock / Rayforce, Super Cup Finals / Hat Trick Hero '93, Top Ranking Stars, Light Bringer, Kaiser Knuckle / Global Champion, Bubble Bobble 2 / Bubble Symphony, Space Invaders DX, Taito Power Goal / Hat Trick Hero '95, Quiz Theater - 3tsu no Monogatari, Akkanvader, Moriguchi Hiroko no Quiz de Hyuu!Hyuu!, Puzzle Bobble 2 / Bust-A-Move Again, Puzzle Bobble 2X, Kyukyoku Tiger 2, Bubble Memories, Cleopatra Fortune, Puzzle Bobble 3, Arkanoid Returns, Kirameki Star Road, Puchi Carat and Pop 'N Pop.
LEVELS: 50

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Romset: 5890 kb / 18 files / 2.07 zip
history Arkanoid Returns (c) 1997 Taito.


The 3rd chapter in Taito's legendary 1 or 2-player bat and ball game, in which players once again control a paddle and must try to rebound a ball into patterns of bricks to remove them from the play area.


Each level is patrolled by enemies and certain bricks, when hit, release power-ups which then roll down the screen and can be collected by the player.


While the 3rd chapter contains 50 brand new levels for players to fight through, the actual gameplay itself remains unaltered from the first 2 games. The only real differences are a revamp of both the graphics and sound, as well as a number of minor enhancements to the in-game power-ups.


- TECHNICAL -


Taito F3 System hardware

Prom Stickers : E36


Main CPU : 68EC020 (@ 16 Mhz)

Sound CPU : 68000 (@ 16 Mhz)

Sound Chips : ES5505 (@ 15.23805 Mhz)


Screen orientation : Horizontal

Video resolution : 320 x 232 pixels

Screen refresh : 58.97 Hz

Palette colors : 8192


Players : 4

Control : 8-way joystick

Buttons : 4


- TRIVIA -


Released in February 1997.


Zachary Hample holds the official record for this game with 1,589,770 points on June 5, 2000.


- SERIES -
  1. Arkanoid (1986)
  2. Arkanoid - Revenge of Doh (1987)
  3. Arkanoid - Doh It Again (1997, Nintendo Super NES)
  4. Arkanoid Returns (1997)
    5. - STAFF -
    • Planners : Atsushi Taniguchi, Yuji Koga
    • Programmed by : I.T.L.
    • Program support : Shunsuke Ono
    • Character designers : Chiho Maeda, Mari Fukusaki, Tomohiro Kagawa
    • Sound : Yasuhisa Watanabe (YACK), Ishikawa Babio (BABI)
    • Designer : Kumi Mizobe
    • - PORTS -
    • * Consoles :
    • Sony PlayStation (1997)
    • - SOURCES -
    • Game's rom.
    • Edit this entry at Arcade-History.com: http://www.arcade-history.com/?n=arkanoid-returns&page=detail&id=108&o=2
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cheats
cheats
code comments
00000000:400261:00000009:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Credits
00000001:40202F:00000000:FFFFFFFF  Finish this Round Now!
00000701:40205B:00000032:FFFFFFFF  Select starting round:Enable on the press 1 or 2 player button screen
00000703:40205B:00000032:FFFFFFFF  Select next round
00000010:401D43:000000B8:FFFF00C4  Always Keep One Ball in Play
60000000:000000:00000000:00000000 
00000000:402079:00000063:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Lives PL1
00000000:40207B:00000063:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Lives PL2
60000000:000000:00000000:00000000 
62000000:000000:00000000:00000000  Select Region:After you enable this cheat to see any effect you will have to reset the game (F3). Then you may have to turn the Test Mode ON (F2), wait for Test Mode to appear and reset again(F3).
20810000:0FFFFF:00000001:FFFFFFFF  Japan
20810000:0FFFFF:00000002:FFFFFFFF  US
20810000:0FFFFF:00000003:FFFFFFFF  World
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