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title Armored Warriors (Asia 940920)
set name armwara
manufacturer Capcom
year 1994
genre Platform (hof)
category Platform / Fighter Scrolling (hof)
driver status good
driver source cps2.c
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rating

62.8% after 34 votes
 
parent Armored Warriors (Euro 941024)
other clones Armored Warriors (Euro 941011)
Armored Warriors (USA 940920)
Armored Warriors (USA 941024)
Powered Gear: Strategic Variant Armor Equipment (Japan 940916)
Powered Gear: Strategic Variant Armor Equipment (Japan 941024)
display
colour emulation good
palette 3072
display type raster
orientation horizontal
resolution 384x224
frequency 59.629403Hz
sound
sound emulation good
channels stereo
controls
players 3
nplayers 3P sim
controls 8 way joystick
buttons 3
coin slots 3
hardware
cpu 68000 @ 16MHz
cpu Z80 @ 8MHz
audio Q-Sound @ 4MHz
data
version added .037b15
last change(s) .111u5 .105u3 .079 .062 .056
roms
name size crc set flags sha1
pwga.03a  524288  8d474ab1  armwara    46baa3a263189001cfc6003fcb346a1996be8b24 
pwga.04a  524288  81b5aec7  armwara    f1371149a00e7c52d022d5c0cb6f8821c6474d35 
pwga.05a  524288  2618e819  armwara    58c857988e0ad2839d936d3e405637d8e2a45fe9 
pwg.06  524288  87a60ce8  armwar    e2085c7c8c6792d055dbbb023c7f4e4aa38ae924 
pwg.07  524288  f7b148df  armwar    f369669713cf647222094c570a2eacd48a8637cf 
pwg.08  524288  cc62823e  armwar    edaf9bebdfc65ae5414090abd6844176eec39a00 
pwg.09  524288  ddc85ca6  armwara    e794c679531632e2142c6a5e3b858494389ce65e 
pwg.10  524288  07c4fb28  armwar    58a1ff3d105be7df833dd4f32973766649efcbcf 
pwg.13m  4194304  ae8fe08e  armwar    b6f09663dcda69b5d7ac13e4afaf1efd692fb61e 
pwg.15m  4194304  db560f58  armwar    0c3716b32eb24544ff5d16b5dcadce195cd10d00 
pwg.17m  4194304  bc475b94  armwar    a157664450895a146a532581dd6f4b63dff21c86 
pwg.19m  4194304  07439ff7  armwar    f71e07c6d77c32828f5e319268b24b13a1a4b0c2 
pwg.14m  1048576  c3f9ba63  armwar    66191a52c39daa89b17ede5804ee41c028036f14 
pwg.16m  1048576  815b0e7b  armwar    549785daac3122253fb94f6541bc7016147f5306 
pwg.18m  1048576  0109c71b  armwar    eb51284ee0c85ff8f605fe1d166b7aa202be1344 
pwg.20m  1048576  eb75ffbe  armwar    e9d1deca60be696ac5bff2017fb5de3525e5239a 
pwg.01  131072  18a5c0e4  armwar    bb1353dd74884aaeec9b5f1d0b284d9cad53c0ff 
pwg.02  131072  c9dfffa6  armwar    64e71028befe9a2514074be765dd020e1d2ea70b 
pwg.11m  2097152  a78f7433  armwar    e47ffba7b9dac9d0dda985c5d966194be18260f7 
pwg.12m  2097152  77438ed0  armwar    733ca6c6a792e66e2aa12c5fc06dd459527afe4b 
cabinet art
marquee armwar.png
control panel armwar.png
flyer armwara.png
additional information
info 0.78u3 [?]

0.56 [Razoola, Dr. MAD]

0.37b15 [Razoola, pcb-a-holi]

0.37b7 [?]

WIP:
  • 0.127u7: Razoola added clone Armored Warriors (USA 940920).
  • 0.112u2: Added CPS2 key to clone Armored Warriors (Asia 940920).
  • 0.78u3: Added Armored Warriors (Euro 941024).
  • 0.56: Razoola added Armored Warriors (Euro 941011) (Capcom 1994).
  • 10th October 2001: Razoola - Released XOR 61 for Armored Warriors (Euro 941011) donated by Dr. MAD.
  • 20th June 2001: Razoola - Released XOR 40 for Armored Warriors (USA 941024) donated by pcb-a-holic.
  • 0.37b15: Added Armoured Warriors (US 941024) (Capcom 1994) and clones (Asia 940920), Powered Gear: Strategic Variant Armor Equipment (Japan 941024) and (Japan 940916).
  • 27th April 2001: Razoola - Released XORs 31 and 32 for Powered Gear: S.V.A.E. (Japan 940916) and (Japan 941024) donated by KevinDO.
  • 0.37b12: Added Powered Gear(Japan 940916) (Testdriver).
  • 0.37b7: Added Armoured Warriors (USA 941024) (Testdriver).
LEVELS: 7

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Romset: 28928 kb / 20 files / 14.2 zip
history Armored Warriors (c) 1994 Capcom.


An up-to-3 players side-scrolling beat'em up game where 4 selectable mechs and their respective pilots try to save Earth from battle with a sister planet's renegade army. Parts of destroyed mechs can be outfitted onto your mech to create interesting and deadly combinations.


- TECHNICAL -


Capcom Play System II hardware (CPS II)

Game ID : CP-S II No. 07


Main CPU : 68000 (@ 11.8 Mhz), Z80 (@ 8 Mhz)

Sound Chips : Q-Sound (@ 4 Mhz)


Screen orientation : Horizontal

Video resolution : 384 x 224 pixels

Screen refresh : 59.63 Hz

Palette colors : 4096


Players : 3

Control : 8-way joystick

Buttons : 3

=> [1] Arm attack, [2] Jump, [3] Weapon attack


- TRIVIA -


Released in September 1994.


This game is known in Japan as "Powered Gear - Strategic Variant Armor Equipment".


Sony Music Works released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Powered Gear Arcade Game Track - SRCL-3089) on 01/12/1994.


- UPDATES -


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


- TIPS AND TRICKS -


* Selecting Joint Parts : while the demo appears for joint machine, the player who gets the radio machine must enter the following codes.

Beta-Cannon - Hold Up.

Gamma-Battler - Hold Left or Right.

Alpha-Fortress - Hold Down.


* Selecting Parts : at the stage title screen, hold B+C (over 1 sec.) and then enter the following key.

Bomber - Leftup

Death Drill - Up

Missile - Rightup

Laser blade - Left

Force claw - Right

Flame - Leftdown

Chain spark - Down

Laser - Rightdown


Note : you can select both the arm and the sub weapon at the same time, but, if you enter codes for arm or sub weapon twice only the later code will work.


- SERIES -
  1. Armored Warriors (1994)
  2. Cyberbots - Fullmetal Madness (1995)
  3. - STAFF -
    • Planners : Kiyo, T.H.T.Fuji, Tuchihashi Bakabon
    • Programmers : Y. Tunazaki Forever, Hero Hero, H. HASssssY, Hamachan, Dress
    • Mechanical design and object : Yochabare, E. Kuratani, H. Uemura, Naoki Fujisawa, Y. Maruno, H. Yoshino, You-Tenkozow (You.Ten Kozow), Igami, Nekokan, U.F.O, Naoki Fukuda, Bakky
    • Art designers : Matsumoto, Y. Maruyama, M. Oshino, Takuji Mishima, Saru, Kohei Akiyama
    • Sound composer : Takayuki Iwai (Anarchy Takapon)
    • Sound designer : Tomuyuki Kawakami (T.K NY)
    • Special advisers : Noritaka Funamizu (Poo), Shochan, Kenkn, Meshi, Furoboh
    • Character designer : T.O.M
    • AD designers : Sensei, Sakomizu
    • Director : Kihaji Okamoto
    • - SOURCES -
    • Game's rom.
    • Edit this entry at Arcade-History.com: http://www.arcade-history.com/?n=armored-warriors&page=detail&id=115&o=2
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code comments
00000000:FF1E67:00000000:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Time
00000001:FF81D0:00000006:FFFFFFFF  Go to Final Stage Now!
60000000:000000:00000000:00000000 
00000000:FF96E3:00000004:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Lives PL1
00000000:FF95DD:00000050:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Energy PL1
00000000:FF9657:000000FE:FFFFFFFF  Invincibility PL1
00000000:FF95FA:00000001:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Bullets PL1
60000000:000000:00000000:00000000 
00000000:FF98A3:00000004:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Lives PL2
00000000:FF979D:00000050:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Energy PL2
00000000:FF9817:000000FE:FFFFFFFF  Invincibility PL2
00000000:FF97BA:00000001:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Bullets PL2
60000000:000000:00000000:00000000 
00000000:FF9A63:00000004:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Lives PL3
00000000:FF995D:00000050:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Energy PL3
00000000:FF99D7:000000FE:FFFFFFFF  Invincibility PL3
00000000:FF997A:00000005:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Bullets PL3
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