game
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title Blazing Star
set name blazstar
manufacturer Yumekobo
year 1998
genre Shooter (hof)
category Shooter / Flying Horizontal (hof)
driver status good
driver source neodrvr.c
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rating

78.6% after 376 votes
 
BIOS neogeo
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display
colour emulation good
palette 0
display type raster
orientation horizontal
resolution 320x224
frequency 59.185606Hz
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sound
sound emulation good
channels stereo
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controls
players 2
nplayers 2P sim
controls 8 way joystick
buttons 4
coin slots 2
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hardware
cpu 68000 @ 12MHz
cpu Z80 @ 4MHz
audio YM2610 @ 8MHz
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data
version added .034rc2
last change(s) .109 .079u2 .059
roms
name size crc set flags sha1
sp-s2.sp1  131072  9036d879  neogeo    4f5ed7105b7128794654ce82b51723e16e389543 
sp-s.sp1  131072  c7f2fa45  neogeo    09576ff20b4d6b365e78e6a5698ea450262697cd 
usa_2slt.bin  131072  e72943de  neogeo    5c6bba07d2ec8ac95776aa3511109f5e1e2e92eb 
sp-e.sp1  131072  2723a5b5  neogeo    5dbff7531cf04886cde3ef022fb5ca687573dcb8 
asia-s3.rom  131072  91b64be3  neogeo    720a3e20d26818632aedf2c2fd16c54f213543e1 
vs-bios.rom  131072  f0e8f27d  neogeo    ecf01eda815909f1facec62abf3594eaa8d11075 
sp-j2.rom  131072  acede59c  neogeo    b6f97acd282fd7e94d9426078a90f059b5e9dd91 
sp1.jipan.1024  131072  9fb0abe4  neogeo    18a987ce2229df79a8cf6a84f968f0e42ce4e59d 
239-p1.bin  1048576  183682f8  blazstar    dcee1c2cf4a991ca1f9f2b40c4a738f21682807b 
239-p2.bin  2097152  9a9f4154  blazstar    f8805453d0995c8fa16cd9accfb7a990071ca630 
239-s1.bin  131072  d56cb498  blazstar    420ce56431dc7f3f7de84fcbc8c0a17b5eab205e 
sfix.sfix  131072  c2ea0cfd  neogeo    fd4a618cdcdbf849374f0a50dd8efe9dbab706c3 
000-lo.lo  131072  5a86cff2  neogeo    5992277debadeb64d1c1c64b0a92d9293eaf7e4a 
sm1.sm1  131072  94416d67  neogeo    42f9d7ddd6c0931fd64226a60dc73602b2819dcf 
239-m1.bin  131072  d31a3aea  blazstar    e23abfeb23052f0358edcf2c83401025fe632511 
239-v1.bin  4194304  1b8d5bf7  blazstar    67fc1f7e36e92a89cd1d415eb31a2892f57b0d04 
239-v2.bin  4194304  74cf0a70  blazstar    b00451a2a30de2517ae3eca35eb1fe985b950eb8 
239-c1.bin  4194304  84f6d584  blazstar    ff36db8504611b0d8d942d1e24823ff71e4aeb37 
239-c2.bin  4194304  05a0cb22  blazstar    4abe03e7f3a86f277131d413a3151c7b9c3646c8 
239-c3.bin  4194304  5fb69c9e  blazstar    77b96518d8ad8ad120537e0f8ba65d69d1c33566 
239-c4.bin  4194304  0be028c4  blazstar    d3f8b37786ca7838c3525895a7f2b49afc8530d4 
239-c5.bin  4194304  74bae5f8  blazstar    812c9a31f0721c2971a316b084ce69337dbe3747 
239-c6.bin  4194304  4e0700d2  blazstar    cd059fb713c403208923c17e1e8ef02fcfd2fe8d 
239-c7.bin  4194304  010ff4fd  blazstar    2571d406442f007a7458d8ccb0939a9201c9c9bf 
239-c8.bin  4194304  db60460e  blazstar    a5cb27c0983c8b400d96fd0828ef0639a66d4dba 
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cabinet art
cabinet blazstar.png
marquee blazstar.png
control panel blazstar.png
flyer blazstar.png
PCB neogeo.png
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additional information
info 0.34b5 [?]

Neo-Geo

NOTE:
  • The NeoGeo rendering code has been rewritten to be fully scanline based, this will allow for more accurate rendering. Partial updates are forced whenever a video ram write occurs. Currently Blazing Star seems to have some issues with the new code (flickering during the Tunnel level, there are probably some timing bugs elsewehre in the driver).
WIP:
  • 0.79u2: Added new gfx3 roms.
  • 0.34RC2: Added new CPU 2 rom and sound roms.
  • 0.34b7: Changed description to 'Blazing Star'.
  • 0.34b5: Added 'Pulstar 2 - Blazing Star' (Yumekobo 1998).
LEVELS: 7

Other Emulators:
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Romset: 44288 kb / 14 files / 20.3 zip
history Blazing Star (c) 1998 Yumekobo.


A beautiful horizontally scrolling shoot'em up.


- TECHNICAL -


SNK Neo-Geo MVS hardware

Game ID : 0239


Main CPU : 68000 (@ 12 Mhz)

Sound CPU : Z80 (@ 4 Mhz)

Sound Chips : YM2610 (@ 8 Mhz)


Screen orientation : Horizontal

Video resolution : 320 x 224 pixels

Screen refresh : 59.19 Hz

Palette Colors : 4096


Players : 2

Control : 8-way joystick

Buttons : 2

=> Ship name (pilot) > [A] Normal/Rapid/Charge attack, [B] Break attack

=> Hell Hound (Caster) > [A] 4 way shot/6 way shot/Deathflame, [B] Hell burst

=> Windina (Leefa) > [A] Wave/Tidal wave/3 way spread, [B] Homing

=> Aryustailm (JB) > [A] Laser/Lightning bolt/Sword, [B] Sword field

=> Peplos (Asayuki) > [A] 3 way shot/3 way fire/Holy flare, [B] Devil breath

=> Dino 135 (Naomi Y.) > [A] Shot/Rapidshot/Spreadshot, [B] Special scatter

=> Dino 246 (Kaoru Y.) > [A] Shot/Rapidshot/Chargeshot, [B] Bomber


- TRIVIA -


Released in January 1998.


Blazing Star is Yumekobo's first game developed and released for the Neo-Geo MVS.


KAORU.Y (The last ship at the character selection screen) is the lead character from "Pulstar".


Part of the "Pulstar" / "R-Type" team also worked on Blazing Star (see Staff section for more information).


Pony Canyon / Scitron released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Blazing Star - PCCB-00306) on 18/03/1998.


- TIPS AND TRICKS -


* Stage Select : At the ship select screen, hold RIGHT and D on both 1 and 2-player sides, then select your ship. The next screen will be a stage select menu.


* While choosing a ship in the select screen, press C+D for an extra color ship.


* Asayuki and its Peplos ship can't power-up with any items.


- STAFF -
  • Executive producers : Akio Inove, Nobuyuki Okude
  • Producer : Takaya ida
  • Sub. producer : Isamu yutani
  • Director : Michio Sato
  • Main programmer : Minoru Yoshida
  • Sub. programmer : Taka / M. Sakae
  • Chief designer : Tomonori Nagakubo
  • Designers : Kyou Yamanaka, Izumi Senou, Saki, Shotabira, Yumetard, Tatsuo Shioda
  • Character designer : Daikichi
  • Design helpers : Mayumi Takeuchi, Itsuo Iton, Mitsuo Takano, Masakazu Ishizaki
  • Sound designer : Yasuaki Fujita
  • Music composer : Harumi Fujita
  • - SOURCES -
  • Game's rom.
  • Machine's picture.
  • Edit this entry at Arcade-History.com: http://www.arcade-history.com/?n=blazing-star&page=detail&id=279&o=2
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cheats
cheats
code comments
00001301:101C87:00000006:FFFFFFFF  Select starting round:You should enable this cheat on the Press START button screen, ie. after credits have been inserted!
00000303:101C87:00000006:FFFFFFFF  Select next round
60000000:000000:00000000:00000000 
00000000:101BA1:00000009:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Lives PL1
00000000:101B79:00000003:FFFFFFFF  Max Power PL1
00000022:101B7C:00000001:FFFFFFFF  Auto Fire PL1:Press F6 to stop fire
00000000:101B9D:00000002:FFFFFFFF  Invincibility PL1
00010000:103805:00000001:00000001  Invincibility PL1 (2/2)
60000000:000000:00000000:00000000 
00000000:101BA3:00000009:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Lives PL2
00000000:101B7B:00000003:FFFFFFFF  Max Power PL2
00000022:101B7E:00000001:FFFFFFFF  Auto Fire PL2:Press F6 to stop fire
00000000:101B9F:00000002:FFFFFFFF  Invincibility PL2
00010000:104405:00000001:00000001  Invincibility PL2 (2/2)
60000000:000000:00000000:00000000 
62000000:000000:00000000:00000000  Select Cartridge/NeoGeo Type:Enable it DURING the neogeo bios booting sequence. If you miss the boot sequence reset and THEN enable it. The Home (NEOGEO) setting may open up other aspects of the game or it may even make
00010000:10FD82:00000080:FFFFFFFF  Arcade (MVS)
00010000:10FD82:00000000:FFFFFFFF  Home (NEOGEO)
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