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title Battle Chopper
set name bchopper
manufacturer Irem
year 1987
genre Shooter (hof)
category Shooter / Flying (hof)
driver status good
driver source m72.c
snapshots MW: in game / CT: in game | title / EJ: in game / PS: in game | title | scores
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rating

60.5% after 31 votes
 
clones Mr. HELI no Dai-Bouken
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display
colour emulation good
palette 512
display type raster
orientation horizontal
resolution 384x256
frequency 55.017606Hz
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sound
sound emulation good
channels stereo
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controls
players 2
nplayers 2P alt
controls 8 way joystick
buttons 4
coin slots 2
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hardware
cpu V30 @ 8MHz
cpu Z80 @ 3.579545MHz
audio YM2151 @ 3.579545MHz
audio DAC
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data
version added .036b07
last change(s) .119u3
roms
name size crc set flags sha1
c-h0-b.rom  65536  f2feab16  bchopper    03ee874658e0f59957f8425e1ebf9c938737cc19 
c-l0-b.rom  65536  9f887096  bchopper    4f41ef29580fc026ea91d110ec6b2e6af83dbd9a 
c-h1-b.rom  65536  a995d64f  bchopper    43eb2eb11e6875298a6ef2b18f0f5e587f1bba16 
c-l1-b.rom  65536  41dda999  bchopper    4d07a399aaf16bc37b5488e3e4bb60e78811a099 
c-h3-b.rom  65536  ab9451ca  bchopper    ec0e0ad592d8b21bb4e6927a452e3b7964cda015 
c-l3-b.rom  65536  11562221  bchopper    a2f136a487fb6f30350e8d1e26c0729eb0686c7d 
bchopper_i8751.mcu  65536    bchopper  no dump   
c-00-a.rom  65536  f6e6e660  bchopper    e066e5ed37719cf2b6fd36e0117f11325bb06f9c 
c-01-b.rom  65536  708cdd37  bchopper    24f3fcd381422f0d75410c2af7a56744e3b4a699 
c-10-a.rom  65536  292c8520  bchopper    c552090d295ee1c1ca611b0cddee356e509e2045 
c-11-b.rom  65536  20904cf3  bchopper    71fe505f2da53c2eb445b7b758d257d6af42e6f1 
c-20-a.rom  65536  1ab50c23  bchopper    43e2f11e5bbf157c47764e04e372f40ed68bab59 
c-21-b.rom  65536  c823d34c  bchopper    47383214b6a60e0b1b70208b00c291f8ffed36bc 
c-30-a.rom  65536  11f6c56b  bchopper    39a2a674698b044c84fea65ae41a9e003a50b639 
c-31-b.rom  65536  23134ec5  bchopper    43453f8a13b51310e04729dc828d391ca9c04da2 
b-a0-b.rom  65536  e46ed7bf  bchopper    75abb5f40629f7c40a610a44e068b6c4e3a5126e 
b-a1-b.rom  65536  590605ff  bchopper    fbb5c0cebd28b08d4ce39db4055d6343620e0f1c 
b-a2-b.rom  65536  f8158226  bchopper    bb3a8686cd89bb8265b6b9e03682cc0bf6533793 
b-a3-b.rom  65536  0f07b9b7  bchopper    63dbec17097f07eb39299372b736fbbc1b11b65e 
b-b0-.rom  65536  b5b95776  bchopper    4685b56071b916ce712c45f24da8068dd7e40ed1 
b-b1-.rom  65536  74ca16ee  bchopper    7984bc9a0b46e1b4a8ecac7528d57606305aad73 
b-b2-.rom  65536  b82cca04  bchopper    c12b95be311205181b01d15021bcf9f01ed3e0a3 
b-b3-.rom  65536  a7afc920  bchopper    92c75463ada39184e731b82ef2883ae6f1f67482 
c-v0-b.rom  65536  d0c27e58  bchopper    fec76217cc0c04c723989c3ec127a2bd33d64c60 
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cabinet art
art no cabinet, marquee, flyer, control panel or PCB images found
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additional information
info 0.36b7 [Nao]

0.36b6 [Nicola Salmoria]

Bugs:
  • In the second stage, when the screen is invisible and when the screen scroll up, the status bar appear twice. Try to scroll up agaist a wall and fire repeatly; the bug appear. Twist: It appears that once you collide with a wall, that triggers the glitch and then firing will show it. I've also noticed another spot in the game where the wrong screen is displayed for a few frames. Mamesick: Timings should be now accurate... Aaron properly implemented them. A comparison with a PCB is required at this point IMHO. verified bchopper0122u5gre Robiza / Twist / Mamesick
WIP:
  • 0.37b10: Added dipswitches 'Demo Sounds', 'Bonus Life' and 'Difficulty'.
  • 0.37b3: Added 'Weapons Cost' dipswitch.
  • 0.36b9: Changed description of clone to 'Mr. Heli' to 'Mr. HELI no Dai-Bouken'.
  • 0.36b7: Nao added Battle Chopper (Irem 1987) and clone Mr. Heli.
  • 0.36b6: Nicola Salmoria added Battle Chopper (Testdriver) and clone Mr. Heli.
LEVELS: 7

Other Emulators:
  • M72
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Romset: 1536 kb / 24 files / 596.7 zip
history Battle Chopper (c) 1987 Irem.


In this horizontally scrolling shoot'em up, your mission is to rescue the planet. Clear 6 zones in all, including floating green islands, moving rock beds, underground clock towers, etc. The incidents which occur one after another are all caused by the psychic power of the muddy. The enemies you encounter on your way are pretty tough. Keep sharp watch for them though they look cute. This is an exciting airfight game with the charm of a cartoon.


- TECHNICAL -


Irem M-72 system hardware


Main CPU : V30 (@ 8 Mhz)

Sound CPU : Z80 (@ 3.579545 Mhz)

Sound Chips : YM2151 (@ 3.579545 Mhz), DAC


Screen orientation : Horizontal

Video resolution : 384 x 256 pixels

Screen refresh : 55.00 Hz

Palette colors : 512


Players : 2

Control : 8-way joystick

Buttons : 4


- TRIVIA -


Released in December 1987.


This game is known in Japan as "Mr. Heli no Daibouken".


Mr. Heli appears as an unlockable ship in the Sony PlayStation 2 game "R-Type Final".


Alfa Records released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (R-Type : Irem Game Music - 28XA-199) on 25/01/1988.


- STAFF -
  • Staff : Y. Tagami, Yoriko Shimizu, M. Hamada, Toyohisa Tanabe, M. Ishida, K. Odagiri, R. Shobu, Momoko.T, T. Sumita, Hiroki.S
  • - PORTS -
  • * Computers :
  • Atari ST (1989, "Mr. Heli")
  • Commodore C64 (1989, "Mr. Heli")
  • Sinclair ZX Spectrum (1989, "Mr. Heli")
  • Commodore Amiga (1989, "Mr. Heli")
  • Amstrad CPC (1989, "Mr. Heli")
  • - SOURCES -
  • Game's rom.
  • Edit this entry at Arcade-History.com: http://www.arcade-history.com/?n=battle-chopper&page=detail&id=197&o=2
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cheats
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code comments
00100000:A3760:0000833F:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Time
00000000:A2964:0000000A:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Lives
00000000:A007E:000000FF:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Energy
20800000:060E9:00000011:FFFFFFFF  Invincibility:See the Dip Switch Menu to enable an alternate Invincibility cheat.
20810000:06870:0000008A:FFFFFFFF  Invincibility (2/6):1st = Gold, 2nd = Item
20810000:07407:000000F3:FFFFFFFF  Invincibility (3/6):Gate Unlock
20810000:07461:00000099:FFFFFFFF  Invincibility (4/6):Gate Through Out
20910000:087F5:0000C3F8:FFFFFFFF  Invincibility (5/6):Master Code
20810000:0A6A4:00000056:FFFFFFFF  Invincibility (6/6):Item in Round 3
00200000:A3754:00999990:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Money
00000000:A001B:00000002:FFFFFFFF  Maximum Power Bomb
00000000:A001C:00000002:FFFFFFFF  Maximum Power Shot
00000000:A001D:00000002:FFFFFFFF  Maximum Power Missile
00000000:A27F2:00000000:00000040  Rapid Fire - Shot:Turn it OFF on the name entry screen
00000000:A27F2:00000000:00000080  Rapid Fire - Bomb:Turn it OFF on the name entry screen
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