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title Caveman Ninja (World ver 4)
set name cninja
manufacturer Data East Corporation
year 1991
genre Platform (hof)
category Platform / Shooter Scrolling (hof)
driver status good
driver source cninja.c
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rating

67.4% after 60 votes
 
clones Caveman Ninja (US ver 4)
Caveman Ninja (World ver 1)
Stoneage
Tatakae Genshizin Joe & Mac (Japan ver 1)
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display
colour emulation good
palette 2048
display type raster
orientation horizontal
resolution 256x240
frequency 58.000000Hz
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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 2
coin slots 2
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hardware
cpu 68000 @ 12MHz
cpu HuC6280 @ 4.0275MHz
audio YM2203 @ 4.0275MHz
audio YM2151 @ 3.58MHz
audio OKI6295 @ 1.006875MHz
audio OKI6295 @ 2.01375MHz
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data
version added .035b12
last change(s) .109u1 .053
roms
name size crc set flags sha1
gn-02-3.1k  131072  39aea12a  cninja    5de4e26d2c03c559249720b6a204567673754774 
gn-05-2.3k  131072  0f4360ef  cninja    d60b3377e818a037d0f94383dd207865853f529d 
gn-01-2.1j  131072  f740ef7e  cninja    e70bf04e2407dc0c512617417581388365eb1d35 
gn-04-2.3j  131072  c98fcb62  cninja    b2ee52a9418190c62e0b34920e44111270d68286 
gn-00.rom  131072  0b110b16  cninja    a967c8aeae3f0cee1f354583cf26ee736636aaf8 
gn-03.rom  131072  1e28e697  cninja    2313e97f3a34892dfdc338944c0f00538fcae800 
gl-07.rom  65536  ca8bef96  cninja    fcdbd598c85e339a3389a2ef58cf2d5b3a2779af 
gl-08.rom  65536  33a2b400  cninja    fdb8de315f33705719c0ac03a61fb56ffbfdf597 
gl-09.rom  65536  5a2d4752  cninja    617dd10a99b5b55ca64dcdd22a0f133b0d6b770d 
mag-02.rom  524288  de89c69a  cninja    b41bdf859854b5541c7eae7cd541b910cea1f839 
mag-00.rom  524288  a8f05d33  cninja    a1330bc9ca4648219403db087622badfc632b47d 
mag-01.rom  524288  5b399eed  cninja    490f8f9c0c557b0ba94c6019e3fe680641a0787e 
mag-03.rom  524288  2220eb9f  cninja    bdf0bd6e6ba375f0770b9d08a7efa32201cbb6ef 
mag-05.rom  524288  56a53254  cninja    10940cfdc6fbe9013865107de3394ca7f782d9c7 
mag-04.rom  524288  144b94cc  cninja    d982508608942a714b428a2b721bf24e1627cbb6 
mag-06.rom  524288  82d44749  cninja    c471fa573e00c2f8ae44068439ba6d849a124c68 
gl-06.rom  131072  d92e519d  cninja    08238f12bf7058a3965ab6348b468e3d35d4cd23 
mag-07.rom  524288  08eb5264  cninja    3e33085f00b758acfc78034dc9a75fd6921fc3fe 
mb7122h.7v  1024  a1267336  cninja    d11ea9d78526ac3c0dc6e57a2da5914273ad1e3f 
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cabinet art
cabinet cninja.png cninja.png
marquee cninja.png
control panel cninja.png
flyer cninja.png
PCB cninja.png
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additional information
info 0.35b12 [Gerald Vanderick]

0.35b8 [Bryan McPhail]

NOTE:
  • In Stoneage (Caveman Ninja's bootleg) during level 3-b(ride the big snake or something like that) the game jumps to level 4 when arrived at the boss without fighting him. Parent set and other clones are OK here. Just tested on a real bootleg and it jump to next level just before boss should appear. I wonder why they made it to skip the boss...maybe they couldn't bypass a protection check?. Kold666
WIP:
  • 0.122u3: Renamed (cninja0) to (cninja1).
  • 0.109u1: Fixed rom names.
  • 0.96u3: Brian Troha fixed dipswitches in Caveman Ninja.
  • 0.85u1: Added 'Restore Life Meter' dipswitch.
  • 0.64: Fixed gfx1/2/3 rom loading. Changed description of clone 'Joe & Mac (Japan)' to 'Tatakae Genshizin Joe & Mac (Japan)'.
  • 0.53: Added priority prom ($0 - unused).
  • 0.37b6: Changed clock speed of the 2x OKI6295 to 7627 Hz.
  • 9th April 2000: Bryan McPhail fixed quite a few graphics problems and cleaned up Led Storm / Mad Gear, Dark Seal, Pocket Gal, Caveman Ninja and dec8 drivers.
  • 0.36b13: Changed VSync to 58Hz and YM2151 clock speed to 3580000 Hz and the 2x OKI6295 to 7757 Hz.
  • 0.36b5: Changed YM-2151 clock speed to 3.7MHz.
  • 15th June 1999: Marco Cassili fixed the dipswitches in Caveman Ninja.
  • 14th June 1999: Bryan McPhail fixed Hu6280 communications in Caveman Ninja sound system.
  • 1st June 1999: Bryan McPhail modified Caveman Ninja to tilemaps, and it's sometimes a bit faster now.
  • 0.35b12: Gerald Vanderick added Caveman Ninja (World revision 3). Renamed (cninja) to (cninja0).
  • 0.35b8: Bryan McPhail added Caveman Ninja (World) (Data East 1991) and clones (US), Joe & Mac (Japan) and Stoneage (bootleg). The 'US' set has a 'Winners Don't Use Drugs' screen, the other set doesn't. Issues: Gameplay can jerk sometimes. Colours can be wrong when gfx banks are switching. End of level 2 is corrupt. Sound is pretty messy.
  • 14th March 1999: Bryan McPhail has submitted the Caveman Ninja driver with support for also his clones Joe & Mac and Stone Age.
LEVELS: 7

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Romset: 5185 kb / 19 files / 2.21 zip
history Caveman Ninja (c) 1991 Data East.


A bunch of Neanderthals nerds have raided your village and have kidnapped all the babes! As the Caveman Ninja duo, Joe & Mac must face all kinds of prehistoric perils in order to rescue all the girls. Features awesome graphics & fun filled gameplay.


- TECHNICAL -


Game ID : MAG


Main CPU : 68000 (@ 12 Mhz)

Sound CPU : HuC6280 (@ 4.0275 Mhz)

Sound Chips : YM2203 (@ 4.0275 Mhz), YM2151 (@ 3.58 Mhz), OKI6295 (@ 7.627 Khz), OKI6295 (@ 15.255 Khz)


Screen orientation : Horizontal

Video resolution : 256 x 240 pixels

Screen refresh : 58.00 Hz

Palette colors : 2048


Players : 2

Control : 8-way joystick

Buttons : 2


- TRIVIA -


Released in February 1991.


This game is known in Japan as "Tatakae Genshijin - Joe & Mac".


A bootleg of this game is known as "Stone Age".


The Caveman Ninja title seems to be a parody of Data East's previous arcade hit "Bad Dudes" title in Japan : "Dragonninja" :)


- UPDATES -


The US version is slightly different, it has the "Winners Don't Use Drugs" screen.


- SERIES -
  1. Caveman Ninja (1991, Arcade) / Joe & Mac (1991, Super Famicom)
  2. Congo's Caper (1993, Nintendo Super Famicom)
  5. Caveman Ninja (1991, Arcade) / Joe & Mac - Caveman Ninja (1991, Super Famicom)
  6. Congo's Caper (1993, Nintendo Super Famicom)
  8. - STAFF -
    • Planner : Makoto Kikuchi
    • Soft : Chiinke Mitsutoshi.Sato, Mya, Osapan
    • Graphic designers : Kawamura Makoto, Enomoto, M. Satoh, Etsuko T., Atsushi Kaneko, Shamo
    • Sound composers : Hiroaki Yoshida (MARO), Seiichi Hamada (Atomic Hanada), Takashi Miura (T.Miura), Yuusuke Takahama (Y.Takahama)
    • Hard : Nervous K.K., Hiroshi.Ohnuki
    • - PORTS -
    • * Consoles :
    • Nintendo Famicom (1991, "Joe & Mac")
    • Nintendo Super Famicom (1991)
    • Sega Mega Drive (1991)
    • Nintendo Game Boy (1993, "Joe & Mac - Caveman Ninja")
    • * Computers :
    • Commodore Amiga (1992)
    • - SOURCES -
    • Game's rom.
    • Machine's picture.
    • Edit this entry at Arcade-History.com: http://www.arcade-history.com/?n=caveman-ninja&page=detail&id=426&o=2
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code comments
00000001:18534D:00000001:FFFFFFFF  One hit for boss 1 Now!
00000001:18654D:00000001:FFFFFFFF  One hit for boss 2-1 Now!
00000001:18654D:00000001:FFFFFFFF  One hit for boss 2-2 Now!
00000001:1877F4:00000001:FFFFFFFF  One hit for boss 3-1 Now!
00000001:186CCD:00000001:FFFFFFFF  One hit for boss 3-2 Now!
00000001:18654D:00000001:FFFFFFFF  One hit for boss 4-1 Now!
00000001:186BCD:00000001:FFFFFFFF  One hit for boss 4-2 Now!
00000001:18654D:00000001:FFFFFFFF  One hit for boss 5-1 Now!
00000001:1868CD:00000001:FFFFFFFF  One hit for boss 5-2 Now!
00000001:18654D:00000001:FFFFFFFF  One hit for boss 5-3 Now!
60000000:000000:00000000:00000000 
00000000:184D99:00000003:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Lives PL1
00000000:184E4D:00000012:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Energy PL1
62000000:000000:00000000:00000000  Select Weapon PL1
00010000:184E19:00000001:FFFFFFFF  Axe (Default)
00010000:184E19:00000002:FFFFFFFF  Boomerang
00010000:184E19:00000003:FFFFFFFF  Fire
00010000:184E19:00000004:FFFFFFFF  Tooth
00010000:184E19:00000005:FFFFFFFF  Wheel
00010000:184E19:00000006:FFFFFFFF  Man
00010000:184E19:00000007:FFFFFFFF  Electricity
60000000:000000:00000000:00000000 
00000000:184DD9:00000003:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Lives PL2
00000000:184ECD:00000012:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Energy PL2
62000000:000000:00000000:00000000  Select Weapon PL2
00010000:184E99:00000041:FFFFFFFF  Bone (Default)
00010000:184E99:00000042:FFFFFFFF  Boomerang
00010000:184E99:00000043:FFFFFFFF  Fire
00010000:184E99:00000044:FFFFFFFF  Tooth
00010000:184E99:00000045:FFFFFFFF  Wheel
00010000:184E99:00000046:FFFFFFFF  Man
00010000:184E99:00000047:FFFFFFFF  Electricity
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