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title China Gate (US)
set name chinagat
manufacturer [Technos] (Taito Romstar license)
year 1988
genre Platform (hof)
category Platform / Fighter (hof)
driver status good
driver source chinagat.c
snapshots MW: in game / CT: in game | title | select / EJ: in game / PS: in game | title | scores
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rating

68.4% after 40 votes
 
clones Sai Yu Gou Ma Roku (Japan bootleg 1)
Sai Yu Gou Ma Roku (Japan bootleg 2)
Sai Yu Gou Ma Roku (Japan)
display
colour emulation good
palette 384
display type raster
orientation horizontal
resolution 240x224
frequency 56.000000Hz
sound
sound emulation good
channels mono
controls
players 2
nplayers 2P sim
controls 8 way joystick
buttons 3
coin slots 3
hardware
cpu HD6309 @ 6MHz
cpu HD6309 @ 6MHz
cpu Z80 @ 3.579545MHz
audio YM2151 @ 3.579545MHz
audio OKI6295 @ 1.452MHz
data
version added .037b16
last change(s) none since version .53
roms
name size crc set flags sha1
cgate51.bin  131072  439a3b19  chinagat    01393b4302ac7a66390270b01e2757582240f6b8 
23j4-0.48  131072  2914af38  chinagat    3d690fa50b7d36a22de82c026d59a16126a7b73c 
23j0-0.40  32768  9ffcadb6  chinagat    606dbdd73aee3cabb2142200ac6f8c96169e4b19 
cgate18.bin  131072  8d88d64d  chinagat    57265138ebb0c6419542cce5953aee7335bfa2bd 
23j7-0.103  131072  2f445030  chinagat    3fcf32097e655e963d952d01a30396dc195269ca 
23j8-0.102  131072  237f725a  chinagat    47bebe5b9878ca10fe6efd4f353717e53a372416 
23j9-0.101  131072  8caf6097  chinagat    50ad192f831b055586a4a9974f8c6c2f2063ede5 
23ja-0.100  131072  f678594f  chinagat    4bdcf9407543925f4630a8c7f1f48b85f76343a9 
a-13  65536    chinagat  no dump   
a-12  65536    chinagat  no dump   
a-15  65536    chinagat  no dump   
a-14  65536    chinagat  no dump   
23j1-0.53  131072  f91f1001  chinagat    378402a3c966cabd61e9662ae5decd66672a228b 
23j2-0.52  131072  8b6f26e9  chinagat    7da26ae846814b3957b19c38b6bf7e83617dc6cc 
23jb-0.16  512  46339529  chinagat    64f4c42a826d67b7cbaa8a23a45ebc4eb6248891 
23j5-0.45  256  fdb130a9  chinagat    4c4f214229b9fab2b5d69c745ec5428787b89e1f 
cabinet art
cabinet chinagat.png
marquee chinagat.png
control panel chinagat.png
flyer chinagat.png
PCB chinagat.png
additional information
info 0.37b16 [Paul Hampson]

WIP:
  • 0.127u2: Couriersud changed sound CPU type in clone Sai Yu Gou Ma Roku (Japan bootleg 1) to I8748.
  • 0.126u4: Fabio Priuli added diplocations for China Gate (DIP locations and factory settings verified with China Gate US manual).
  • 0.123: Aaron Giles fixed sprite placement again in China Gate driver.
  • 0.122u7: Changed HD6309 CPU1/2 clock speeds to 6MHz
  • 0.115u2: Robbert fixed China Gate high scores.
  • 0.37b16: Paul Hampson added China Gate (US) (Technos 1988 (Taito Romstar license)) and clones Sai Yo Gou Ma Roku (Japan), (bootleg 1) and (bootleg 2).
  • 20th June 2001: Quench added sound chips into the China Gate driver but it still doesn't make any sound.
  • 16th April 2001: Paul Hampson and Quench finished off the China Gate driver.
  • 18th June 2000: Guru - Redumped my Saiya Gouma Roku board. Hopefully that will resolve the current issues and allow this game to be added into MAME soon.
  • 12th June 2000: Preliminary Super Dodgeball and China Gate drivers were submitted, but they lack minor things like controls ;-(
  • 14th May 2000: Guru - Dumped Saiya Gouma Roku (Technos).
LEVELS: 5

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Romset: 1441 kb / 16 files / 652 zip
history China Gate (c) 1988 Technos.


A beat'em up / platform game.


- TECHNICAL -


Game ID : TA-0023


Main CPU : (2x) HD6309 (@ 1.5 Mhz), Z80 (@ 3.579545 Mhz)

Sound Chips : YM2151 (@ 3.579545 Mhz), OKI6295 (@ 11 Khz)


Screen orientation : Horizontal

Video resolution : 240 x 224 pixels

Screen refresh : 56.00 Hz

Palette colors : 384


Players : 2

Control : 8-way joystick

Buttons : 3


- TRIVIA -


Released in September 1988.


Licensed to Taito for US manufacture and to Romstar for distribution. This game is known in Japan as "Sai Yu Gou Ma Roku - Ryuu Bou You Gi No Shou".


- SOURCES -


Game's rom.

Machine's picture.



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code comments
00000000:00C77:00000099:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Time
21800000:14105:0000007E:FFFFFFFF  Invincibility
21910000:14261:00001CFE:FFFFFFFF  Invincibility (2/8):1st = Enemy [JSR $447E], 2nd = Boss [ANDCC #$00FE], 3rd-8th = Fire
21A10000:14B50:007E7FA0:FFFFFFFF  Invincibility (3/8):JMP $7FA0
21A10000:17FA0:008C01A1:FFFFFFFF  Invincibility (4/8):CMPX #$01A1 [Player or Enemy ?]
21910000:17FA3:00002306:FFFFFFFF  Invincibility (5/8):BLS $7FAB
21A10000:17FA5:0010AE2D:FFFFFFFF  Invincibility (6/8):LDY 000D,Y
21A10000:17FA8:007E4B53:FFFFFFFF  Invincibility (7/8):JMP $4B53
21910000:17FAB:000035B0:FFFFFFFF  Invincibility (8/8):PULS X,Y,PC
60000000:00000:00000000:00000000 
00000000:00168:00000009:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Lives PL1
00000000:00141:00000018:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Energy PL1
00000000:0015A:00000000:00000001  Rapid Fire PL1
60000000:00000:00000000:00000000 
00000000:001ED:00000009:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Lives PL2
00000000:001C6:00000018:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Energy PL2
00000000:001DF:00000000:00000001  Rapid Fire PL2
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