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title Blood Bros. (set 2)
set name bloodbra
manufacturer Tad
year 1990
genre Shooter (hof)
category Shooter / 3rd Person (hof)
driver status good
driver source bloodbro.c
snapshots MW: in game | parent / CT: in game | title | parent / EJ: parent / PS: in game | title | parent
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rating

65.2% after 40 votes
 
parent Blood Bros. (set 1)
other clones West Story
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display
colour emulation good
palette 2048
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 sim
controls 8 way joystick
buttons 3
coin slots 2
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hardware
cpu 68000 @ 10MHz
cpu Z80 @ 3.579545MHz
audio YM3812 @ 3.579545MHz
audio OKI6295 @ 1MHz
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data
version added .089u3
last change(s) none
roms
name size crc set flags sha1
2j.21  131072  e8ca21b8  bloodbra    65330368c29ec64ca03124d28a7f8b49d7a15566 
1j.22  131072  6b28cfc7  bloodbra    dedd06cab61381f3e27dc14315f283d707d06bcb 
bb_04.bin  131072  fd951c2c  bloodbro    f4031bf303c67c82f2f78f7456f78382d8c1ac85 
bb_03.bin  131072  18d3c460  bloodbro    93b86af1199f0fedeaf1fe64d27ffede4b819e42 
bb_07.bin  65536  411b94e8  bloodbro    6968441f64212c0935afeca68f07deaadf86d614 
bb_05.bin  65536  04ba6d19  bloodbro    7333075c3323756d51917418b5234d785a9bee00 
bb_06.bin  65536  7092e35b  bloodbro    659d30b2e2fd9ffa34a47e98193c8f0a87ac1315 
bloodb.bk  1048576  1aa87ee6  bloodbro    e7843c1e8a0f3a685f0b5d6e3a2eb3176c410847 
bloodb.obj  1048576  d27c3952  bloodbro    de7306432b682f238b911507ad7aa2fa8acbee80 
bb_08.bin  131072  deb1b975  bloodbro    08f2e9a0a23171201b71d381d091edcd3787c287 
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cabinet art
cabinet bloodbro.png bloodbro.png
marquee bloodbro.png
control panel bloodbro.png
flyer bloodbro.png
PCB bloodbro.png
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additional information
info 0.36b1 [Carlos A. Lozano, Phil Stroffolino, Richard Bush]

SERVICE MODE:
  • Press P1 button 3 + F3 to enter service mode.
NOTE:
  • In the second level intro (one that shows pics of the next four levels) the shadow of the boot's color is wrong. Karasu (ID 01254). It's exactly as the PCB. Kold666
Bugs:
  • Clone weststry: Some To-Do's from source code: Sound, some bad sprites (probably bad ROMs) and tilemap scroll. (ID 02581)
WIP:
  • 0.124u1: Added dipswitches 'Coin A/B' and 2x 'Unknown'.
  • 0.123u1: Corrado Tomaselli changed OKI6295 pin 7 to "high" in Blood Bros. Changed OKI6295 clock speed to 1MHz.
  • 0.89u3: Added clone Blood Bros. (set 2).
  • 0.79u2: Removed unknown dipswitches.
  • 19th February 2004: Curt Coder submitted cleanups to Blood Bros and Xor World.
  • 0.36b13: Bryan McPhail improved sound in Blood Bros. Changed 68000 CPU1 clock speed to 10MHz, Z80 CPU2 and YM3812 to 3579545Hz and replaced ADPCM sound with OKI6295 (8000 Hz).
  • 28th November 1999: Bryan McPhail added more sound to Blood Brothers.
  • 0.36b4: Added dipswitches 'Coin Mode', 'Coin A/B', 'Starting Coin', 'Unused 1/2', 'Lives', 'Bonus Life', 'Difficulty', 'Allow Continue', 'Demo Sounds'.
- 0.36b1: Added Blood Bros. (Tad 1990) and clone West Story (bootleg). Phil Stroffolino added a new sprite manager, used in System 16, Ninja Gaiden, Shoot Out and Blood Bros. TODO: Sprites priorities/clip. Fix timing? Foreground layer disappear during the game! Add sound. Dipswitch/hiscore. West Story sprites problems (decode problems?).
  • 20th June 1999: Bryan McPhail added sound to Blood Brothers.
  • 19th June 1999: Phil Stroffolino sent a preliminary Blood Brothers driver, with help from Richard Bush.
LEVELS: 20

Other Emulators:
  • Raine
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Romset: 2880 kb / 10 files / 1.09 zip
history Blood Bros. (c) 1990 TAD.


In the far west, ruthless bandits terrorized the good people and is up to you to stop them and their vast weapon arsenal in order to bring peace to this troubled land. Features destructible background objects and lots of weapons! Despite the western concept, this game features almost identical mechanics to TAD's previous shooter "Cabal".


- TECHNICAL -


Main CPU : 68000 (@ 10 Mhz)

Sound CPU : Z80 (@ 3.579545 Mhz)

Sound Chips : YM3812 (@ 3.579545 Mhz), OKI6295 (@ 8 Khz)


Screen orientation : Horizontal

Video resolution : 256 x 224 pixels

Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz

Palette colors : 2048


Players : 2

Control : 8-way joystick

Buttons : 3


- TRIVIA -


Licensed to Fabtek for US manufacture and distribution.


A bootleg of this game is known as "West Story".


- TIPS AND TRICKS -


* Here's A Way To Play Blood Bros. For As Long As You Want :

1) Get to the second screen (preferably without dying on the first screen).

2) Shoot the building on the right side of the screen and start shooting the trees in the background on the right. 20,000 points fly out from each bunch of trees. Continue.

3) That is basically it. A few problems occur and here is how to counter them :

3a) 5 men run across the back from the left and throw grenades : Just shoot the grenades before they get to you. Eventually they come out less often, and will stop altogether.

3b) The men on the right come out from the edge to shoot you : Same as above. They stop eventually.

3c) A plane flies over and drops bombs : Same as above. It stops after some time.

3d) After a certain amount of time a bird comes out to kill you : Let it. Only 2 birds ever come out (sometimes only 1) and then they also stop coming. This is why it pays not to die on the first screen.

4) Hold your finger on the button to keep shooting the trees (sticky-tape works well here) and prepare to get 'really' bored. Play the neighboring game so that you can keep an eye on it.


* Extra Live : On the 1-1 and 4-1 stages, the tin can be shot eight times to give you a free man. If you miss it, don't bother trying again - you only get one chance.


- SERIES -
  1. Cabal (1988)
  2. Blood Bros. (1990)
    3. - STAFF -
    • Program : Dai. Kohama
    • Direction : Hiro. Kakiuchi
    • Graphic : Jun. Matsubara, Tetsu. Shiraishi, Jun. Fujisaku, Nao. Shishino
    • Sound : Yus. Aoki, Yuj. Tezuka
    • - SOURCES -
    • Game's rom.
    • Machine's picture.
    • Edit this entry at Arcade-History.com: http://www.arcade-history.com/?n=blood-bros.&page=detail&id=291&o=2
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code comments
00000000:8002D:00000099:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Credits
00100001:85C21:00000102:FFFFFFFF  1 Enemy to Finish Current Scene Now!:Also one hit for boss
62000001:00000:00000000:00000000  Select Starting Stage:Set after you've inserted a credit then push the start button
00010001:85C24:000000FF:FFFFFFFF  Stage 1-1
00010001:85C24:00000000:FFFFFFFF  Stage 1-2
00010001:85C24:00000001:FFFFFFFF  Stage 1-3
00010001:85C24:00000002:FFFFFFFF  Stage 1-4
00010001:85C24:00000003:FFFFFFFF  Stage 2-1
00010001:85C24:00000004:FFFFFFFF  Stage 2-2
00010001:85C24:00000005:FFFFFFFF  Stage 2-3
00010001:85C24:00000006:FFFFFFFF  Stage 2-4
00010001:85C24:00000007:FFFFFFFF  Stage 3-1
00010001:85C24:00000008:FFFFFFFF  Stage 3-2
00010001:85C24:00000009:FFFFFFFF  Stage 3-3
00010001:85C24:0000000A:FFFFFFFF  Stage 3-4
00010001:85C24:0000000B:FFFFFFFF  Stage 4-1
00010001:85C24:0000000C:FFFFFFFF  Stage 4-2
00010001:85C24:0000000D:FFFFFFFF  Stage 4-3
00010001:85C24:0000000E:FFFFFFFF  Stage 4-4
00010001:85C24:0000000F:FFFFFFFF  Final Stage
60000000:00000:00000000:00000000 
00000000:8086C:00000008:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Lives PL1
00000000:8086D:00000063:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Bombs PL1
00000000:80821:00000003:00000003  Invincibility PL1
00010000:80825:00000002:FFFFFFFF  Invincibility PL1 (2/2)
62000000:00000:00000000:00000000  Select Weapon PL1
00010000:80874:00000000:FFFFFFFF  Normal Gun
00010000:80874:00000001:FFFFFFFF  Semi-Auto Gun
00010000:80874:00000002:FFFFFFFF  Full-Auto Gun
00000000:80017:00000000:00000010  Rapid Fire PL1:Turn it OFF on the name entry screen
60000000:00000:00000000:00000000 
00000000:80F2C:00000008:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Lives PL2
00000000:80F2D:00000063:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Bombs PL2
00000000:80EE1:00000003:00000003  Invincibility PL2
00010000:80EE5:00000002:FFFFFFFF  Invincibility PL2 (2/2)
62000000:00000:00000000:00000000  Select Weapon PL2
00010000:80F34:00000000:FFFFFFFF  Normal Gun
00010000:80F34:00000001:FFFFFFFF  Semi-Auto Gun
00010000:80F34:00000002:FFFFFFFF  Full-Auto Gun
00000000:80016:00000000:00000010  Rapid Fire PL2:Turn it OFF on the name entry screen
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