MAWS - showing resource: bwings

title	B-Wings (Japan new Ver.)
set name	bwings
manufacturer	Data East Corporation
year	1984
genre	Shooter (hof)
category	Shooter / Flying Vertical (hof)
driver status	good
driver source	bwing.c
snapshots	MW: in game / CT: in game \| title / PS: in game \| title \| scores zoom
rating	72.7% after 67 votes
clones	B-Wings (Alt Ver.?) B-Wings (Japan old Ver.)

colour emulation	good
palette	64
display type	raster
orientation	vertical
resolution	240x256
frequency	60.000000Hz

sound emulation	good
channels	mono

players	2
nplayers	2P alt
controls	8 way joystick
buttons	2
coin slots	2

cpu	M6809 @ 2MHz
cpu	M6809 @ 2MHz
cpu	DECO CPU16 @ 2MHz
audio	AY-3-8910A @ 1.5MHz
audio	AY-3-8910A @ 1.5MHz
audio	DAC

version added

.068

last change(s)

.111u6

roms

name	size	crc	set	sha1
bw_bv-02-.10a	16384	6074a86b	bwings	0ce1bd74450144fd3c6556787d6c5c5d4531d830
bw_bv-01.7a	16384	b960c707	bwings	086cb0f22fb59922bf0369bf6b382a241d979ec3
bw_bv-00-.4a	16384	1f83804c	bwings	afd5eb0822db4fd982062945ca27e66ed9680645
bw_bv-06-.10d	8192	eca00fcb	bwings	c7affbb900e3940257f8cebc91266328a4a5dca3
bw_bv-05-.9d	8192	1e393300	bwings	8d847256eb5dbccf5f524ec3aa836073d70b4edc
bw_bv-04-.7d	8192	6548c5bb	bwings	d12cc8d0d5692c3de766f5c42c818dd8f685760a
bw_bv-03.13a	8192	e8ac9379	bwings	aaf5c20aa33ed05747a8a27739e9d09e094a518d
bw_bv-10.5c	4096	edca6901	bwings	402c80e7519cf3a43b9fef52c9923961220a48b6
bw_bv-07.1l	16384	3d5ab2be	bwings	2b3a039914ebfcc3993da74853a67546fc22c191
bw_bv-08.1k	16384	7a585f1e	bwings	99e5d947b6b1fa96b90c676a282376d67fc377f0
bw_bv-09.1h	16384	a14c0b57	bwings	5033354793d77922f5ef7f268cbe212e551efadf

flyer

bwings.png

info

0.111u6 [Acho A. Tang]

0.68 [Acho A. Tang]

Bugs:

Bosses sometimes flicker (sync issue). Source (ID 02610)
The text layer has an unknown attribute (needs verification). Source (ID 02611)

WIP:

0.111u6: Renamed (bwing) to (bwingso), (bwings) to (bwingsa) and (batwings) to (bwings).
0.106u3: Added dipswitches 'Invincibility' and 'Infinite'.
12th August 2003: Acho A. Tang re-submitted B-Wings music.
0.68: Acho A. Tang added B-Wings (Japan) (Data East 1984) and clones Battle Wings and Battle Wings (alternate).
15th February 2003: Acho A. Tang improved RGB control in the B-Wings driver.
21st January 2003: Acho A. Tang including correct colors to the B-wings and Zaviga driver.
16th January 2003: Acho A. Tang sent in a driver for B-Wings and Zaviga.
1st April 2000: Guru - Dumped Battle Wings (DataEast).

LEVELS: 99 (endless)

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Romset: 132 kb / 11 files / 57.5 zip

history

B-Wings (c) 1984 Data East.

A vertically scrolling shoot'em up.

- TECHNICAL -

Main CPU : (2x) M6809

Sound CPU : DECO

Sound Chips : (2x) AY8910, DAC

Screen orientation : Vertical

Video resolution : 240 x 256 pixels

Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz

Palette colors : 64

Players : 2

Control : 8-way joystick

Buttons : 2

- TRIVIA -

This game is known outside Japan as "Battle Wings".

Game programmer used a Millennium 95085 Microsystem Emulator to program this game.

- STAFF -

Game programmer : Akira Sakuma
- PORTS -
* Consoles :
Nintendo Famicom (1986)
- SOURCES -
Game's rom.
Edit this entry at Arcade-History.com: http://www.arcade-history.com/?n=b-wings&page=detail&id=159&o=2

resource links

view in MAWS
view in CAESAR
view high score and replay at MARP
view in Progetto EMMA (Italian)
view in arcade-history.com
view in arcade-history.com
view in GameFAQs
view in GameFAQs
view in KLOV
view in KLOV
view in The Arcade Flyer Archive
view in The Arcade Flyer Archive

cheats

code	comments
00000000:0019:00000099:FFFFFFFF	Infinite Credits
00001301:07B4:0000002C:FFFFFFFF	Select Starting Stage:Set on displayed "Push 1 (or 2) Player(s) Button" message screen. DON'T SET ON THE TITLE SCREEN !
00000000:0084:0000000A:FFFFFFFF	Infinite Lives
20800000:D722:00000039:FFFFFFFF	Invincibility
21810000:A078:00000020:FFFFFFFF	Invincibility (2/2):1st = Scenery (CPU 1), 2nd = Object (CPU 2)
62000000:0000:00000000:00000000	Select Wing
00010000:07BC:00000000:FFFFFFFF	No Wing
00010000:07BC:00000001:FFFFFFFF	M-Wing
00010000:07BC:00000002:FFFFFFFF	S-Wing
00010000:07BC:00000003:FFFFFFFF	G-Wing
00010000:07BC:00000004:FFFFFFFF	A-Wing
00010000:07BC:00000005:FFFFFFFF	C-Wing
00010000:07BC:00000006:FFFFFFFF	J-Wing
00010000:07BC:00000007:FFFFFFFF	W-Wing
00010000:07BC:00000008:FFFFFFFF	V-Wing
00000000:07BB:00000000:FFFFFFFF	Always Don't Break Wing
00010000:07BD:00000000:FFFFFFFF	Always Don't Break Wing (2/2)
00000000:0036:000000FD:FFFFFFFF	Always Falling
00000000:0036:00000000:FFFFFFFF	Always Rising