game
icon
title Battlantis
set name battlnts
manufacturer Konami
year 1987
genre Shooter (hof)
category Shooter / Gallery (hof)
driver status good
driver source battlnts.c
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rating

73.2% after 43 votes
 
clones Battlantis (Japan)
display
colour emulation good
palette 128
display type raster
orientation vertical
resolution 224x256
frequency 60.000000Hz
sound
sound emulation good
channels mono
controls
players 2
nplayers 2P alt
controls 8 way joystick
buttons 1
coin slots 2
hardware
cpu HD6309 @ 12MHz
cpu Z80 @ 3.579545MHz
audio YM3812 @ 3MHz
audio YM3812 @ 3MHz
data
version added .036b05
last change(s) .105u4
roms
name size crc set flags sha1
777_g02.7e  32768  dbd8e17e  battlnts    586a22b714011c67a915c4a350ceca19ff875635 
777_g03.8e  65536  7bd44fef  battlnts    308ec5246f5537b34e368535672ac687f456750a 
777_c01.10a  32768  c21206e9  battlnts    7b133e04be67dc061a186ab0481d848b69b370d7 
777_c04.13a  262144  45d92347  battlnts    8537b4ccd0a80ea3260ef82fde177f1d65a49c03 
777_c05.13e  262144  aeee778c  battlnts    fc58ada9c97361d13439b7b0918c947d48402445 
cabinet art
additional information
info 0.36b5 [Manuel Abadia]

WIP:
  • 0.126u2: Aaron Giles merged memory maps in Battlantis.
  • 0.123u6: RansAckeR added DIP locations to Battlantis, made use of PORT_INCLUDE and fixed unknown dipswitch.
  • 0.122u7: Changed HD6309 CPU1 clock speed to 12MHz.
  • 0.36b9: Changed clock speed of the 2x YM3812 to 3MHz.
  • 0.36b6: Added 'Flip Screen' dipswitch.
  • 0.36b5: Manuel Abadia added Battlantis (Konami 1987) and clone (Japan). The background layer seems to be unused.
  • 13th September 1999: Manuel Abadia sent in a Battlantis driver, and Nicola fixed the sprites.
ARCADE RELEASE: Battlantis (Konami) - 1987/Jul/07

LEVELS: 20

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Battlantis

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Play Girls 2

Romset: 640 kb / 5 files / 223 zip
history Battlantis (c) 1987 Konami.


A shoot'em up similar to "Space Invaders" in concept.


- TECHNICAL -


Game ID : GX777


Main CPU : HD6309 (@ 3 Mhz)

Sound CPU : Z80 (@ 3.579545 Mhz)

Sound Chips : (2x) YM3812 (@ 3 Mhz)


Screen orientation : Vertical

Video resolution : 224 x 256 pixels

Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz

Palette colors : 128


Players : 2

Control : 8-way joystick

Buttons : 1


- TRIVIA -


Released in July 1987.


Battlantis stands for 'Battle of Atlantis'.


Default high-score table (Best 10 Ranking) :

1ST 12400 2 TOP

2ND 11700 2 GUN

3RD 9800 1 NSA

4TH 9400 1 K.T

5TH 9000 1 MSX

6TH 7700 1 YHP

7TH 7100 1 RPG

8TH 6600 1 WEC

9TH 6500 1 ROM

10TH 5000 1 H.R


Alfa Records released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Konami Game Music Vol.4 - 28XA-201) on 10/03/1988.


- SOURCES -


Game's rom.

Machine's picture.



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code comments
00000000:1082:00000063:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Credits
  Stage 1 - Stage 16 = 1st Loop
  Stage 17 - Stage 32 = 2nd Loop
00001301:109B:0000001F:FFFFFFFF  Select Starting Stage:Enable on the "Press Start" screen after you've inserted a credit
00000000:10A4:00000000:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Continues
00000000:1090:000000FF:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Lives
20800000:A2A8:00000039:FFFFFFFF  Invincibility
20810000:A312:00000020:FFFFFFFF  Invincibility (2/4):1st = Fire, 2nd = Alien (Final Boss)
20810000:A332:00000020:FFFFFFFF  Invincibility (3/4):Frog's Tongue
20A10000:D1A2:0016FE78:FFFFFFFF  Invincibility (4/4):Enemy
00000000:1410:000000F0:FFFFFFFF  Fast Shoot
00010000:1430:000000F0:FFFFFFFF  Fast Shoot (2/4)
00010000:1450:000000F0:FFFFFFFF  Fast Shoot (3/4)
00010000:1470:000000F0:FFFFFFFF  Fast Shoot (4/4)
00000000:1033:00000000:00000010  Rapid Fire
00000000:13B9:0000000C:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Item Time
  Enable Infinite Item Time
  before using these codes.
00000000:1399:00000000:FFFFFFFF  Never any special item
00000000:1399:00000002:FFFFFFFF  Always have Machine Gun
00000000:1399:00000003:FFFFFFFF  Always have Harpoon
00000000:1399:00000006:FFFFFFFF  Always have Invisibility
00000000:1399:00000007:FFFFFFFF  Always have Bombs
00000000:1399:00000008:FFFFFFFF  Always have Side Shot
00000001:1399:00000000:FFFFFFFF  Lose any special item Now!
00000001:1399:00000002:FFFFFFFF  Get Machine Gun Now!
00000001:1399:00000003:FFFFFFFF  Get Harpoon Now!
00000001:1399:00000006:FFFFFFFF  Get Invisibility Now!
00000001:1399:00000007:FFFFFFFF  Get Bombs Now!
00000001:1399:00000008:FFFFFFFF  Get Side Shot Now!
60000000:0000:00000000:00000000 
00000000:1B05:00000000:FFFFFFFF  Sound Test Timer Stop:[PL2 Start]Next Code
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