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title	Dark Seal (World revision 3)
set name	darkseal
manufacturer	Data East Corporation
year	1990
genre	Maze (hof)
category	Maze / Fighter (hof)
driver status	good
driver source	darkseal.c
snapshots	MW: in game / CT: in game \| title \| select / EJ: in game zoom
rating	70.2% after 29 votes
clones	Dark Seal (Japan) Dark Seal (World revision 1) Gate of Doom (US revision 1) Gate of Doom (US revision 4)

colour emulation	good
palette	2048
display type	raster
orientation	horizontal
resolution	256x240
frequency	58.000000Hz

sound emulation	good
channels	mono

players	2
nplayers	2P sim
controls	8 way joystick
buttons	2
coin slots	3

cpu	68000 @ 12MHz
cpu	HuC6280 @ 8.055MHz
audio	YM2203 @ 4.0275MHz
audio	YM2151 @ 3.58MHz
audio	OKI6295 @ 1.006875MHz
audio	OKI6295 @ 2.01375MHz

version added

.035b06

last change(s)

none since version .53

roms

name	size	crc	set	sha1
ga04-3.rom	131072	bafad556	darkseal	5bd8a787d41a33919701ced29212bc11301e31d9
ga01-3.rom	131072	f409050e	darkseal	4653094aeb5dd7ba1e490c04897a23ba8990df3c
ga-00.rom	131072	fbf3ac63	darkseal	51af581ee951eedeb4aa413ecbebe8bf4d30613b
ga-05.rom	131072	d5e3ae3f	darkseal	12f6e92af115422c6ab6ef1d33675d1e1cd58e10
fz-06.rom	65536	c4828a6d	darkseal	fbfd0c85730bbe18401879cd68c19aaec9d482d8
fz-02.rom	65536	3c9c3012	darkseal	086c2123725d4aa32838c0b6c82317d9c789c465
fz-03.rom	65536	264b90ed	darkseal	0bb1557673107c2d732a9374d5601a6eaf229473
mac-03.rom	524288	9996f3dc	darkseal	fffd9ecfe142a0c7c3c9c521778ff9c55ea8b225
mac-02.rom	524288	49504e89	darkseal	6da4733a650b9040abb2a81a49476368b514b5ab
mac-00.rom	524288	52acf1d6	darkseal	a7b68782417baafc86371b106fd31c5317f5b3d8
mac-01.rom	524288	b28f7584	darkseal	e02ddd45130a7b50f80b6dd049059dba8071d768
fz-08.rom	131072	c9bf68e1	darkseal	c81e2534a814fe44c8787946a9fbe18f1743c3b4
fz-07.rom	131072	588dd3cb	darkseal	16c4e7670a4967768ddbfd52939d4e6e42268441

cabinet	darkseal.png
control panel	darkseal.png
flyer	darkseal.png
PCB	darkseal.png

info

0.35b6 [Bryan McPhail]

0.33b7 [Bryan McPhail]

Bugs:

When using your weapon (in this example, I used the knight), the speed of the music playback would ever so slightly increase while the weapon was in use and making a sound, returning to normal when the weapon animation/sound had ended. darkseal0112u4gre Tafoid / ChewChew

WIP:

0.96u3: Bryan McPhail fixed OKI sample rate in Dark Seal. Changed clock speed of the second OKI6295 to 15255 Hz.
0.84u5: UNZU fixed YM2203, MSM6295 and YM2151/YM3012 balance.
0.57: SSG EG type support added to YM2203 emulation (which is now complete). This fixes Heavy Barrel wave sound on start of level 1, and some sound effects in other games (e.g. Dark Seal) [Jarek Burczynski].
21st December 2001: Jarek Burczynski added SSG EG type support to the YM2203 emulation, which fixes sounds in Heavy Barrel and Dark Seal.
24th April 2001: Bryan McPhail fixed Dark Seal graphics.
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: Marco Cassili added clone Dark Seal (Japan). Changed VSync to 58Hz, palettesize to 2048 colors. and YM2151 clock speed to 3580000 Hz and the 2x OKI6295 to 7757 Hz.
23rd December 1999: Marco Cassili added another Dark Seal romset.
0.36b5: Changed YM-2151 clock speed to 3.7MHz.
0.36b2: Changed VSync to 60Hz.
0.35b6: Bryan McPhail added Dark Seal (revision 3). Changed H6280 CPU2 clock speed to 4027500 Hz. Renamed (darkseal) to (darksea1), (gatedoom) to (gatedom1) and (gatedoma) to (gatedoom).
8th March 1999: Bryan McPhail has added another Dark Seal clone and fixed graphics.
0.35b5: Bryan McPhail added full sound in Sly Spy, Midnight Resistance and Dark Seal. Changed M68000 clock speed to 12MHz, replaced ADPCM sound with H6280 (4MHz) and added YM2203, YM2151 and 2x OKI6295.
1st March 1999: Bryan McPhail has sent in his dec0 driver, with Boulder Dash support added and Sly Spy, Midnight Resistance and Dark Seal now have full sound and music. All this was possible to do because he also added support for the Hu6280 CPU into MAME.
0.35b1: Thierry Lescot added clone Gate Of Doom (set 2).
0.34RC1: Howie Cohen added hiscore save in Dark Seal.
0.33b7: Bryan McPhail added Dark Seal (Data East 1990) and clone Gate Of Doom. No sound. Gate of Doom has no tile or sprite roms dumped as they were soldered to the board, it seems quite safe to use the ones from Dark Seal.

LEVELS: 7

Recommended Games (Knights):

Warlords

Demons and Dragons

Cavelon

Dragon's Lair

Knightmare

Dragon Buster

Ghosts'n Goblins

Ghouls'n Ghosts

Ghouls'n Ghosts (Mega-Tech)

Vs. Castlevania

Castlevania (PlayChoice-10)

Cadash

Dragon Unit

Dark Seal

Crossed Swords (NeoGeo)

The King of Dragons

Knights of the Round

Exvania

Wizard Fire

Dungeon Magic

Dungeons & Dragons: Tower of Doom

Dungeons & Dragons: Shadow over Mystara

Knights of Valour

Knights of Valour 2

Romset: 3008 kb / 13 files / 1.13 zip

history

Dark Seal (c) 1990 Data East.

Fantasy hack and slash game in which up to four people can play at the same time, chosing from three stock fantasy characters (Knight, Wizard and Bard) and, for some reason, a Ninja. Players must then fight their way through enemy-packed levels, plundering treasure and avoiding the game's many traps. Gameplay is highly reminiscent of Atari's legendary 1985 classic, "Gauntlet".

- TECHNICAL -

Game ID : MAC

Main CPU : 68000 (@ 12 Mhz)
Sound CPU : HuC6280 (@ 8.055 Mhz)
Sound Chips : YM2203 (@ 4.0275 Mhz), YM2151 (@ 3.58 Mhz), (2x) 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 July 1990.

This game is known in US as "Gate of Doom".

Pony Canyon / Scitron released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Dark Seal - PCCB-00048) on 15/12/1990.

- SERIES -

Dark Seal (1990)
Dark Seal II (1992)

- STAFF -

Game master : Yoshiyuki Urushibara
Main programmer : Naomi Susa
Main draphic designers : S. Noda, Jun Matsuda, Yohiyuki Ishibiki
Programmers : Mentaiko, Tac. H, K. Miyazawa
Graphic designers : Masanori Tokoro, Eiko Kurihara, M. Ooe, S. Nagao, Kazumi Minagawa, Kazunori Hashimoto, M. Inoshita, H. Fuziwara, T. Kitahara
Music composers : Hiroaki Yoshida (MARO), Tatsuya Kiuchi, Kenji Mori
Sound effects : Azusa Hara (AZUSA)
Hardware : Shingo Mitsui
Project leader : Mentaiko

- SOURCES -

Game's rom.

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 GameFAQs
view in KLOV
view in MamEnd
view in The Arcade Flyer Archive
view in VGMuseum Gamepics

cheats

code	comments
00000001:100B3B:00000000:FFFFFFFF	Kill Dragon Now!!
60000000:000000:00000000:00000000
00000000:100036:00000007:FFFFFFFF	Infinite Lives PL1
00000000:100037:0000000C:FFFFFFFF	Infinite Energy PL1
00000001:10003E:00000080:FFFFFFFF	Fill Magic Bar to Top PL1
00000000:10003E:00000080:FFFFFFFF	Stop Magic Bar decreasing PL1
00000000:10004B:000000C0:FFFFFFFF	Invincibility PL1:To be used when you blink
00000000:100086:0000000A:FFFFFFFF	Infinite Gloves PL1
00010000:100038:00000010:00000010	Infinite Gloves PL1 (2/3)
00010001:100017:00000040:FFFFFFFF	Infinite Gloves PL1 (3/3)
00000000:100084:0000000A:FFFFFFFF	Infinite Boots PL1
00010000:100038:00000020:00000020	Infinite Boots PL1 (2/3)
00010001:100048:00000002:FFFFFFFF	Infinite Boots PL1 (3/3)
60000000:000000:00000000:00000000
00000000:1000B6:00000007:FFFFFFFF	Infinite Lives PL2
00000000:1000B7:0000000A:FFFFFFFF	Infinite Energy PL2
00000001:1000BE:00000080:FFFFFFFF	Fill Magic Bar to Top PL2
00000000:1000BE:00000080:FFFFFFFF	Stop Magic Bar decreasing PL2
00000000:1000CB:000000C0:FFFFFFFF	Invincibility PL2:To be used when you blink
00000000:100106:0000000A:FFFFFFFF	Infinite Gloves PL2
00010000:1000B8:00000010:00000010	Infinite Gloves PL2 (2/3)
00010001:100097:00000040:FFFFFFFF	Infinite Gloves PL2 (3/3)
00000000:100104:0000000A:FFFFFFFF	Infinite Boots PL2
00010000:1000B8:00000020:00000020	Infinite Boots PL2 (2/3)
00010001:1000C8:00000002:FFFFFFFF	Infinite Boots PL2 (3/3)