game
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title Atomic Boy (revision A)
set name atomboya
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

59.5% after 17 votes
 
parent Wily Tower
other clones Atomic Boy (revision B)
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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 .061
last change(s) .125u3
roms
name size crc set flags sha1
wt_a-4e.bin  8192  f7978185  atomboya    6a108d1e9b1a81cedf865aba3998748dcf1d55ef 
wt_a-4h.bin  8192  0ca9950b  atomboya    d6583fcdf17d16a8884932695caa9c5587a20795 
wt_a-4j.bin  8192  1badbc65  atomboya    e0768f2cd7bbe8908fd68ff6d54dbef84cc7de4c 
wt_a-4k.bin  8192  5a341f75  atomboya    9e1a180e37aaa0afbf8ff45219be40d3f75fe60a 
wt_a-4m.bin  8192  c1f8a7d5  wilytowr    4307e7604aec728a1f5b0e6a0d6c9f4d37084da3 
wt_a-4n.bin  8192  b212f7d2  wilytowr    dd1c35559982e8bbcb0e778c733a3afb5b6611df 
wt_a-4d.bin  4096  3d43361e  atomboya    2977df9f90d9d214909c56ab44c40ab45fd90675 
wt_b-5e.bin  4096  fe45df43  wilytowr    9586a5728069e0c293bd17d4663305ce5758ca01 
wt_b-5f.bin  4096  87a17eff  wilytowr    cee2ba2889baf08dc6ee1c8e9150bd277f343be9 
wt_b-5a.bin  8192  da22c452  atomboya    bd921baa12087e996d07625e05eda00981608655 
wt_b-5b.bin  8192  4fb25a1f  atomboya    0f90fb3b373760c33ba9be3b56b917eca92c9700 
wt_b-5d.bin  8192  75be2604  atomboya    fe1f110e188aa34a04a9f43412a8308240391fcf 
wt_a-3j.bin  4096  b30ca38f  atomboya    885743893461b8617180a9723f6fcef160a2f05d 
wt_a-3k.bin  4096  9a77eb73  atomboya    2564a3b3744b0be147b41c521fc7efde53bdfea7 
wt_a-3m.bin  4096  e7e468ae  wilytowr    17448191b440b668714d83730075938aaaf34b5a 
wt_a-3n.bin  4096  0741d1a9  wilytowr    51f5ee03db8a3f7afbf944b9e3e4ae12b2520269 
wt_a-3p.bin  4096  7299f362  wilytowr    5ba309d789df8432c08d67e4f9e8bf6c447fc425 
wt_a-3s.bin  4096  9b37d50d  wilytowr    a08d4a7654b815cb652be66dbaa097011327f5d5 
wt_a-6d.bin  4096  a5dde29b  wilytowr    8f7545d2022da7c98d47112179dce717f6c3c5e2 
wt_a-5s-.bpr  256  041950e7  wilytowr    8276068bec3f4c5013c773033fca3cd3ed9e82ef 
wt_a-5r-.bpr  256  bc04bf25  wilytowr    37d0e89296760f51df5a0d434dca390fb60bb052 
wt_a-5p-.bpr  256  ed819a19  wilytowr    76f13dcf1674f136375738756e175ceec469d545 
wt_b-9l-.bpr  32  d2728744  wilytowr    e6b1a570854ca90326414874432ab03ec85b9c8e 
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cabinet art
control panel wilytowr.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" dipswitch. Flip screen (if it's like the other Irem games, the dipswitch 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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