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title Atomic Boy (revision B)
set name atomboy
manufacturer Irem (Memetron license)
year 1985
genre Platform (hof)
category Platform / Run Jump Scrolling (hof)
driver status good
driver source m63.c
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rating

63.3% after 36 votes
 
parent Wily Tower
other clones Atomic Boy (revision A)
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display
colour emulation good
palette 260
display type raster
orientation horizontal
resolution 256x224
frequency 60.000000Hz
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sound
sound emulation good
channels mono
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controls
players 2
nplayers 2P alt
controls 8 way joystick
buttons 1
coin slots 2
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hardware
cpu Z80 @ 3MHz
cpu I8039 @ 3MHz
audio AY-3-8910A @ 1.5MHz
audio AY-3-8910A @ 1.5MHz
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data
version added .125u3
last change(s) .061
roms
name size crc set flags sha1
wt_a-4e.bin  8192  f7978185  atomboy    6a108d1e9b1a81cedf865aba3998748dcf1d55ef 
wt_a-4h.bin  8192  0ca9950b  atomboy    d6583fcdf17d16a8884932695caa9c5587a20795 
wt_a-4j.bin  8192  1badbc65  atomboy    e0768f2cd7bbe8908fd68ff6d54dbef84cc7de4c 
wt_a-4k.bin  8192  5a341f75  atomboy    9e1a180e37aaa0afbf8ff45219be40d3f75fe60a 
wt_a-4m.bin  8192  c1f8a7d5  wilytowr    4307e7604aec728a1f5b0e6a0d6c9f4d37084da3 
wt_a-4n.bin  8192  b212f7d2  wilytowr    dd1c35559982e8bbcb0e778c733a3afb5b6611df 
wt_a-4d-b.bin  8192  793ea53f  atomboy    9dbff5e011a1f1f48aad68f8e5b02bcdb86c182a 
wt_b-5e.bin  4096  fe45df43  wilytowr    9586a5728069e0c293bd17d4663305ce5758ca01 
wt_b-5f.bin  4096  87a17eff  wilytowr    cee2ba2889baf08dc6ee1c8e9150bd277f343be9 
wt_b-5a.bin  8192  da22c452  atomboy    bd921baa12087e996d07625e05eda00981608655 
wt_b-5b.bin  8192  4fb25a1f  atomboy    0f90fb3b373760c33ba9be3b56b917eca92c9700 
wt_b-5d.bin  8192  75be2604  atomboy    fe1f110e188aa34a04a9f43412a8308240391fcf 
wt_a-3j-b.bin  8192  996470f1  atomboy    c0c787a73535917d1314bb2e1e9056aea9859205 
wt_a-3k-b.bin  8192  8f4ec45c  atomboy    525393e0555e1aa24df74e8095da216f02fe3c65 
wt_a-3m-b.bin  8192  4ac40358  atomboy    c71bd62ef1e8d008abd468c193e67b278599a5f3 
wt_a-3n-b.bin  8192  709eef5b  atomboy    95beadcf876a2549836329521f1293634413e983 
wt_a-3p-b.bin  8192  3018b840  atomboy    77df9d4f1c8d76d30c435d03d51ef9e7509fab9c 
wt_a-3s-b.bin  8192  05a251d4  atomboy    1cd9102871507ab988d5fe799024d63b93807448 
wt_a-6d.bin  4096  a5dde29b  wilytowr    8f7545d2022da7c98d47112179dce717f6c3c5e2 
wt_a-5s-b.bpr  256  991e2a04  atomboy    a70525948ad85ad898e0d8a25fb6d1639a4ec133 
wt_a-5r-b.bpr  256  fb3822b7  atomboy    bb1ecdd0156acc16bef3c9072e496e4f544b5d9d 
wt_a-5p-b.bpr  256  95849f7d  atomboy    ad031d6035045b19c1cd65ac6a78c5aa4b647cd6 
wt_b-9l-.bpr  32  d2728744  wilytowr    e6b1a570854ca90326414874432ab03ec85b9c8e 
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cabinet art
control panel wilytowr.png
PCB atomboy.png
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additional information
info 0.61 [Nicola Salmoria]

WIP:
  • 0.126u5: Added sprite wrapping to Irem M63 driver [Tomasz Slanina, Stefan Lindberg].
  • 0.126u3: Changed clock speed of the 2x AY-3-8910A to 1.5MHz.
  • 0.125u6: Tomasz Slanina added sound emulation to Wily Tower and clone Atomic Boy.
  • 0.125u4: Added 'Unused' dipswitch.
  • 0.125u3: Stefan Lindberg added clone Atomic Boy (revision B). Renamed (atomboy) to (atomboya). Changed Z80 CPU1 and I8039 CPU2 clock speeds to 3MHz.
  • 0.124: RansAckeR fixed watchdog resets.
  • 0.123u6: RansAckeR added DIP locations for atomboy/wilytowr and fixed coin modes. Added dipswitches 'Bonus Points Rate', 'Coin A/B' and 2x 'Unused'.
  • 0.122u6: Changed I8039 CPU2 clock speed to 8MHz.
- 0.61: Nicola Salmoria added Wily Tower (Irem 1984) and clone Atomic Boy (Memetron license 1985). TODO: Unless there is some special logic related to NMI enable, the game doesn't rely on vblank for timing. It all seems to be controlled by the CPU clock. The NMI handler just handles the "Stop Mode" dip switch. Flip screen (if it's like the other Irem games, the dip switch has to be polled directly). Sound: it's difficult to guess how the I8039 is connected... there's also a OKI MSM80C39RS chip. One unknown ROM. Samples?
  • 9th May 2002: Nicola Salmoria added the color PROMs to Wily Tower.
  • 5th May 2002: Nicola Salmoria sent in a preliminary driver for Wily Tower / Atomic Boy but color PROMs are missing and sound isn't emulated.
LEVELS: 5

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Romset: 113 kb / 23 files / 37.7 zip
history Atomic Boy (c) 1985 Irem.


A platform game where you must climb around lattice of pipes to deactivate power switches for main computer while avoiding robots. Jump on generators to send out disrupters and kill robots.


- TECHNICAL -


Main CPU : Z80 (@ 4 Mhz)

Sound CPU : I8039 (@ 533.333 Khz)

Sound Chips : (2x) AY8910 (@ 894.886 Khz)


Screen orientation : Horizontal

Video resolution : 256 x 224 pixels

Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz

Palette colors : 260


Players : 2

Control : 8-way joystick

Buttons : 1


- TRIVIA -


Released in July 1985.


Licensed to Memetron.


This game is also known as "Wily Tower".


- UPDATES -


In difference of "Wily Tower", Atomic Boy has a storyline.


- SOURCES -


Game's rom.



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code comments
00000000:D0F0:00000009:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Time
00000000:D3D2:00000008:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Lives
20800000:3FE3:000000C9:FFFFFFFF  Invincibility:Falling OFF the screen or dropping OFF high platforms will still kill you though!
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