game
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title Daiku no Gensan (Japan)
set name dkgensan
manufacturer Irem
year 1990
genre Platform (hof)
category Platform / Fighter Scrolling (hof)
driver status good
driver source m72.c
snapshots MW: in game | parent / CT: in game | title | parent / EJ: parent
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rating

65.7% after 28 votes
 
parent Hammerin' Harry (World)
other clones Daiku no Gensan (Japan, M72)
Hammerin' Harry (US)
display
colour emulation good
palette 512
display type raster
orientation horizontal
resolution 384x256
frequency 55.017606Hz
sound
sound emulation good
channels stereo
controls
players 2
nplayers 2P alt
controls 8 way joystick
buttons 4
coin slots 2
hardware
cpu V30 @ 8MHz
cpu Z80 @ 3.579545MHz
audio YM2151 @ 3.579545MHz
audio DAC
data
version added .036b06
last change(s) none since version .53
roms
name size crc set flags sha1
gen-a-h0.bin  131072  07a45f6d  dkgensan    8ffbd395aad244747d9f87062d2b062f41a4829c 
gen-a-l0.bin  131072  46478fea  dkgensan    fd4ff544588535333c1b98fbc08446ef49b11212 
gen-a-h1.bin  65536  54e5b73c  dkgensan    5664f6e0a931b1c139e82dc98fcc9e38acd14616 
gen-a-l1.bin  65536  894f8a9f  dkgensan    57a0885c52a094def03b129a450cc891e6c075c6 
gen-a-sp.bin  65536  e83cfc2c  dkgensan    3193bdd06a9712fc499e6fc90a33140463ef59fe 
hh_00.rom  131072  ec5127ef  hharry    014ac8ad7b19cd9b475b72a0f42a4991119501c4 
hh_10.rom  131072  def65294  hharry    23f5d99fa9f604fde37cb52113bff233d9be1d25 
hh_20.rom  131072  bb0d6ad4  hharry    4ab617fadfc32efad90ed7f0555513f167b0c43a 
hh_30.rom  131072  4351044e  hharry    0d3ce3f4f1473fd997e70de91e7b5b5a5ec60ad4 
hh_a0.rom  131072  c577ba5f  hharry    c882e58cf64deca8eee6f14f3df43ecc932488fc 
hh_a1.rom  131072  429d12ab  hharry    ccba25eab981fc4e664f76e06a2964066f2ae2e8 
hh_a2.rom  131072  b5b163b0  hharry    82a708fea4953a7c4dcd1d4a1b07f302221ba30b 
hh_a3.rom  131072  8ef566a1  hharry    3afb020a7317efe89c18b2a7773894ce28499d49 
gen-vo.bin  131072  d8595c66  dkgensan    97920c9947fbac609fb901415e5471c6e4ca066c 
cabinet art
additional information
info 0.36b6 [Nicola Salmoria]

Bugs:
  • Clones hharryu, dkgensan: They have some background misplacement. The other two: dkgenm72 Daiku no Gensan (Japan, M72) & hharry - Hammerin' Harry (World) are fine. Note that before Pierpaolo fix, hharry also have this bug. hharryu0100u1gre qapo
WIP:
  • 0.99u6: Pierpaolo Prazzoli fixed background position in Hammerin' Harry.
  • 0.37b8: Added clone Daiku no Gensan (Japan, M72). Nicola Salmoria fixed priority in Hammerin' Harry.
  • 0.36b10: Added dipswitches 'Lives', 'Difficulty', 'Limit N. of Continue?', 'Allow Continue', 'Demo Sounds', 'Flip Screen', 'Cabinet', 'Coin Mode' and 'Coinage'.
  • 0.36b6: Nicola Salmoria added Hammerin' Harry (World) and clones (US) and Daiku no Gensan (Japan).
  • 21st September 1999: Nicola sent in an M72 driver supporting R-Type, R-Type II and Hammerin' Harry.
LEVELS: 6 (must be finished twice)

Other Emulators:
  • M72
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Romset: 1600 kb / 14 files / 723 zip
history Daiku no Gen-san - Beranmee Machi Soudouki (c) 1990 Irem.

A platform game where you control a worker with a big hammer who smashes his way through obstacles and a variety of enemies.

- TECHNICAL -

Irem M-84 system hardware (There is also an earlier version on the M-72).

Main CPU : V30 (@ 8 Mhz)
Sound CPU : Z80 (@ 3.579545 Mhz)
Sound Chips : YM2151 (@ 3.579545 Mhz), DAC

Screen orientation : Horizontal
Video resolution : 384 x 256 pixels
Screen refresh : 55.00 Hz
Palette colors : 512

Players : 2
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 4

- TRIVIA -

The title of this game translates from Japanese as 'Mr. Gen The Carpenter - Bloody Fool Town Riot Chronicle'.

This game is known outside Japan as "Hammerin' Harry".

- SERIES -
  1. Daiku no Gen-san - Beranmee Machi Soudouki (1990)
  2. Daiku no Gen-san - Ghost Building Company (1992, Nintendo Game Boy)
  3. Ganbare! Daiku no Gen-san (1993, Nintendo Super Famicom)
- STAFF -
  • Sound composer : Hiyamuta (Gangy Hiya)
- PORTS -

* Consoles :
Nintendo Famicom (1991)

- SOURCES -

Game's rom.
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code comments
00100000:E00FD:0000095A:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Time
00000000:E0C08:00000000:FFFFFFFF  Invincibility
00080300:E0A48:00000005:00000000  Select Starting Stage
60000000:00000:00000000:00000000 
00000000:E0A47:0000000A:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Lives PL1
00000000:E0A57:0000000A:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Lives PL2
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