game
icon
title Ashura Blaster (Japan)
set name ashura
manufacturer Taito Corporation
year 1990
genre Shooter (hof)
category Shooter / Flying Vertical (hof)
driver status good
driver source taito_b.c
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rating

65.3% after 38 votes
 
clones Ashura Blaster (US)
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display
colour emulation good
palette 4096
display type raster
orientation vertical
resolution 224x320
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 68000 @ 12MHz
cpu Z80 @ 4MHz
audio YM2610 @ 8MHz
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data
version added .037b03
last change(s) .108u1
roms
name size crc set flags sha1
c43-07-1.50  131072  d5ceb20f  ashura    59bc9468d7f43d3b1388c2915fafeba7e2cf13a5 
c43-05-1.31  131072  a6f3bb37  ashura    6959f3bcbcd2d5b13c95dcfd7a536541dcab49f8 
c43-06-1.49  131072  0f331802  ashura    e7ed01b0d664c4db6ea9acc54b57e674e10685aa 
c43-04-1.30  131072  e06a2414  ashura    77ebe1e61b6303f328757de2c90fae6588026414 
c43-16  65536  cb26fce1  ashura    7cc60326455c7bb2ca543ddfd4002462cc079837 
c43-02  524288  105722ae  ashura    1de5d396d2a4d5948544082c471a15ca1b8e756c 
c43-03  524288  426606ba  ashura    961ec0a9dc18044adae433337bfa89d951c5207c 
c43-01  524288  db953f37  ashura    252591b676366d4828acb20c77aa9960ad9b367e 
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cabinet art
cabinet ashura.png
flyer ashura.png
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additional information
info 0.37b3 [Jarek Burczynski]

Bugs:
  • In Ashura Blaster (Japan), if you lose all your lives, the 10 second countdown and the text asking you to insert a coin does not appear, however, you can still insert a coin and press start to continue. In ashurau (the US version) the text appears normally. ashura0108u3yel ponzicar
WIP:
  • 0.106u3: Added 'Cabinet' dipswitch.
  • 0.37b4: Added clone Ashura Blaster (US).
  • 0.37b3: Jarek Burczynski added Ashura Blaster (Japan) (Taito 1990).
  • 26th May 2000: Jarek Burczynski added Ashura Blaster to the Taito-B driver.
LEVELS: 6 (endless)

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Romset: 2112 kb / 8 files / 896 zip
history Ashura Blaster (c) 1990 Taito.


A vertically scrolling shoot'em up game.


- TECHNICAL -


Taito B System hardware

Prom Stickers : C43


Main CPU : 68000 (@ 12 Mhz), Z80 (@ 4 Mhz)

Sound Chips : YM2610 (@ 8 Mhz)


Screen orientation : Vertical

Video resolution : 224 x 320 pixels

Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz

Palette colors : 4096


Players : 2

Control : 8-way joystick

Buttons : 2 (FIRE, BOMB)


- TRIVIA -


The kanji characters on the titlescreen read 'Ashura'. Ashura is a demon related to fighting.


The game forbids the initials 'SEX' on the high score table. If you try, it gets changed to 'REX'.


- UPDATES -


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


- SOURCES -


Game's rom.

Machine's picture.



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cheats
cheats
code comments
00000000:600859:00000009:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Credits
60000000:000000:00000000:00000000 
00000000:6019EB:00000009:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Lives PL1
00000000:6008BB:00000000:FFFFFFFF  Invincibility PL1
00010000:6008C3:000000EE:FFFFFFFF  Invincibility PL1 (2/2)
00000000:6019EF:0000000A:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Bombs PL1
62000000:000000:00000000:00000000  Select Bomb PL1
00010000:60092B:00000000:FFFFFFFF  Ashura Bomb
00010000:60092B:00000001:FFFFFFFF  Fire Wave
00010000:60092B:00000002:FFFFFFFF  Ashura Flash
00010000:60092B:00000003:FFFFFFFF  S. Beam
00000000:60092F:00000007:FFFFFFFF  Always Maximum Shot Power PL1
62000000:000000:00000000:00000000  Select Weapon PL1
00010000:600927:00000000:FFFFFFFF  Red
00010000:600927:00000001:FFFFFFFF  Green
00010000:600927:00000002:FFFFFFFF  Blue
00010000:600927:00000003:FFFFFFFF  Yellow
00010000:600927:00000004:FFFFFFFF  Special
00000000:60081D:000000FF:FFFFFFFF  Rapid Fire PL1:Turn it OFF at the bomb selection or name entry
60000000:000000:00000000:00000000 
00000000:6019ED:00000009:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Lives PL2
00000000:6008FB:00000000:FFFFFFFF  Invincibility PL2
00010000:600903:000000EE:FFFFFFFF  Invincibility PL2 (2/2)
00000000:6019F1:0000000A:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Bombs PL2
62000000:000000:00000000:00000000  Select Bomb PL2
00010000:60092D:00000000:FFFFFFFF  Ashura Bomb
00010000:60092D:00000001:FFFFFFFF  Fire Wave
00010000:60092D:00000002:FFFFFFFF  Ashura Flash
00010000:60092D:00000003:FFFFFFFF  S. Beam
00000000:600931:00000007:FFFFFFFF  Always Maximum Shot Power PL2
62000000:000000:00000000:00000000  Select Weapon PL2
00010000:600929:00000000:FFFFFFFF  Red
00010000:600929:00000001:FFFFFFFF  Green
00010000:600929:00000002:FFFFFFFF  Blue
00010000:600929:00000003:FFFFFFFF  Yellow
00010000:600929:00000004:FFFFFFFF  Special
00000000:60081F:000000FF:FFFFFFFF  Rapid Fire PL2:Turn it OFF at the bomb selection or name entry
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