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title Cobra-Command (World revision 5)
set name cobracom
manufacturer Data East Corporation
year 1988
genre Shooter (hof)
category Shooter / Flying Horizontal (hof)
driver status good
driver source dec8.c
snapshots MW: in game / CT: in game | title / EJ: in game / PS: in game | title | scores
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rating

72.8% after 52 votes
 
clones Cobra-Command (Japan)
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display
colour emulation good
palette 256
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 alt
controls 8 way joystick
buttons 2
coin slots 3
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hardware
cpu M6809 @ 2MHz
cpu M6502 @ 1.5MHz
audio YM2203 @ 1.5MHz
audio YM3812 @ 3MHz
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data
version added .036rc2
last change(s) none since version .53
roms
name size crc set flags sha1
el11-5.bin  32768  af0a8b05  cobracom    096e4e7f2785a20bfaec14277413ce4e20e90214 
el12-4.bin  65536  7a44ef38  cobracom    d7dc277dce08f9d073290e100be4a7ca2e2b82cb 
el13.bin  65536  04505acb  cobracom    2220efb277884588859375dab9960f04f07273a7 
el10-4.bin  32768  edfad118  cobracom    10de8805472346fead62460a3fdc09ae26a4e0d5 
el14.bin  32768  47246177  cobracom    51b025740dc03b04009ac97d8d110ab521894386 
el00-4.bin  65536  122da2a8  cobracom    ce72f16abf7e5449c7d044d4b827e8735c3be0ff 
el01-4.bin  65536  27bf705b  cobracom    196c35aaf3816d3eef4c2af6d146a90a48365d33 
el02-4.bin  65536  c86fede6  cobracom    97584fa19591651fcfb39d1b2b6306165e93554c 
el03-4.bin  65536  1d8a855b  cobracom    429261c200dddc62a330be8aea150b2037133188 
el05.bin  65536  1c4f6033  cobracom    4a7dece911166d1ff5f41df6ec5140596206d8d4 
el06.bin  65536  d24ba794  cobracom    b34b7bbaab4ebdd81c87d363f087cc92e27e8d1c 
el04.bin  65536  d80a49ce  cobracom    1a92413b5ab53f80e44a954433e69ec5fe2c0aa6 
el07.bin  65536  6d771fc3  cobracom    f29979f3aa07bdb544fb0c1d773c5558b4533390 
el08.bin  65536  cb0dcf4c  cobracom    e14853f83ee9ba5cbf2eb1e085fee4e65af3cc25 
el09.bin  65536  1fae5be7  cobracom    be6e090b0b82648b385d9b6d11775f3ff40f0af3 
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cabinet art
cabinet cobracom.png
marquee cobracom.png
control panel cobracom.png
flyer cobracom.png
PCB cobracom.png
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additional information
info 0.36RC2 [Bryan McPhail]

0.33b5 [Bryan McPhail]

WIP:
  • 0.111u5: Canim fixed YM2203 volume.
  • 0.74u2: Added 'Bonus Life' dipswitch.
  • 0.36RC2: Bryan McPhail added Cobra-Command (World revision 5). Renamed (cobracom) to (cobracmj).
  • 2nd March 2000: Bryan McPhail added the world romset of Cobra Command.
  • 0.36b9: Changed M6809 CPU1 clock speed to 2MHz and M6502 CPU2 to 1.5MHz.
  • 0.35b7: Bryan McPhail added the missing background layer to Cobra Command.
  • 15th March 1999: Bryan McPhail fixed graphics of Cobra Command, Captain Silver and Super Real Darwin.
  • 0.34b3: Juan Carlos Lorente added hiscore save in Cobra Command.
  • 0.33b5: Bryan McPhail added Cobra Command (Data East 1988). Dipswitches not confirmed but seem reasonable.
LEVELS: 14

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Romset: 864 kb / 15 files / 319 zip
history Cobra-CommanD (c) 1988 Data East.


A horizontally scrolling helicopter battle game.


- TECHNICAL -


Main CPU : M6809 (@ 2 Mhz)

Sound CPU : M6502 (@ 1.5 Mhz)

Sound Chips : YM2203 (@ 1.5 Mhz), YM3812 (@ 3 Mhz)


Screen orientation : Horizontal

Video resolution : 256 x 240 pixels

Screen refresh : 58.00 Hz

Palette colors : 256


Players : 2

Control : 8-way joystick

Buttons : 2


- TRIVIA -


Released in September 1988.


Based on the original 1984 animated laserdisc game of the same name.


Pony Canyon / Scitron released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (G.S.M. Data East 1 - D25B1002) on 21/06/1989.


- UPDATES -


The Japanese version is the only one that has inner levels (which are really hard to play).


- STAFF -
  • Produce & program : K. Sasamoto
  • Graphic & design : A. Ontani
  • Graphic : M. Narita, T. Konishi
  • Graphic advice : S. Furukawa
  • Hardware : T. Takayama
  • Sound : A. Hare
  • Original plan : T. Seki
  • Management : T. Kato
  • - PORTS -
  • * Computers :
  • Nintendo Famicom (1988)
  • - SOURCES -
  • Game's rom.
  • Machine's picture.
  • Edit this entry at Arcade-History.com: http://www.arcade-history.com/?n=cobra-command&page=detail&id=481&o=2
resource links view in MAWS
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cheats
cheats
code comments
20800000:AE74:000000B6:FFFFFFFF  Invincibility
00000000:003B:00000001:FFFFFFFF  Always have the laser
00000000:0037:00000002:FFFFFFFF  Maximum speed
00000000:0038:00000003:FFFFFFFF  Maximum fire power
00000000:0039:00000003:FFFFFFFF  Maximum missile power
00000000:0143:00000000:FFFFFFFF  Always 1 hit to kill boss
00000001:0143:00000000:FFFFFFFF  1 hit to kill this boss Now!
  Enable these select
  starting stage/scene cheats
  on the 'Good Luck' screens.
00000301:011D:00000004:FFFFFFFF  Select the Starting Stage
00000301:011E:00000002:FFFFFFFF  Select the Starting Scene
60000000:0000:00000000:00000000 
00000000:011F:00000009:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Lives PL1
00000000:0120:00000009:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Lives PL2
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