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title Dragon Unit / Castle of Dragon
set name drgnunit
manufacturer Seta
year 1989
genre Platform (hof)
category Platform / Fighter Scrolling (hof)
driver status good
driver source seta.c
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rating

69.1% after 25 votes
 
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display
colour emulation good
palette 512
display type raster
orientation horizontal
resolution 384x240
frequency 60.000000Hz
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sound
sound emulation good
channels stereo
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controls
players 2
nplayers 2P sim
controls 8 way joystick
buttons 3
coin slots 2
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hardware
cpu 68000 @ 8MHz
audio X1-010 @ 16MHz
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data
version added .037b05
last change(s) none since version .53
roms
name size crc set flags sha1
prg-e.bin  131072  728447df  drgnunit    8bdc52a4cc5f36794a47f963545bdaa26c9acd6b 
prg-o.bin  131072  b2f58ecf  drgnunit    5198e75b22bab630b458797988f2e443c601351f 
obj-2.bin  131072  d7f6ab5a  drgnunit    a32f1705e833c339bd0c426a395cc706da96dad7 
obj-1.bin  131072  53a95b13  drgnunit    b7c7994441aafcea49662dc0fbebd6db836723f5 
obj-6.bin  131072  80b801f7  drgnunit    5b5635903137e50bc982d05b73c2648bbf182e71 
obj-5.bin  131072  6b87bc20  drgnunit    9a0e3e18339d6c12e63960fb940a56c16dcb87cf 
obj-4.bin  131072  60d17771  drgnunit    0874c10a2527293715db95bd7c83886d94f810cf 
obj-3.bin  131072  0bccd4d5  drgnunit    7139ef793efe7c6477f78b50207227b1be223755 
obj-8.bin  131072  826c1543  drgnunit    f669f255b4596da5648592b5993b02671e404102 
obj-7.bin  131072  cbaa7f6a  drgnunit    060f0651b8ca07d239ef1b7c63943cdd433e1ae9 
scr-1o.bin  131072  671525db  drgnunit    e230e99754c9f40af7da2054bd5ea09823e0b1b7 
scr-2o.bin  131072  2a3f2ed8  drgnunit    9d188100437a10eb3d3097f28e28e3cb2dc1b21d 
scr-3o.bin  131072  4d33a92d  drgnunit    8b09768abb460446405224565eb6652d2dc1c571 
scr-4o.bin  131072  79a0aa61  drgnunit    9905d90afb759b1d983856d7bef17c139d4f0e4f 
scr-1e.bin  131072  dc9cd8c9  drgnunit    04450a5cfde5d6b69fdd745cd930309863e1aadd 
scr-2e.bin  131072  b6126b41  drgnunit    13275f05868d93af95ebb162d229b69ddd660438 
scr-3e.bin  131072  1592b8c2  drgnunit    d337de280c5ea3704dec9baa04c45e1c837924a9 
scr-4e.bin  131072  8201681c  drgnunit    7784a68828d728107b0228bb3568129c543cbf40 
snd-1.bin  131072  8f47bd0d  drgnunit    c55e22ac4294931cfb72ac88a2128891d9f8ee93 
snd-2.bin  131072  65c40ef5  drgnunit    726b46144e2216d17b0828abad2f5e7c2305c174 
snd-3.bin  131072  71fbd54e  drgnunit    bdaf7ecf1c79c6c8fc82d959186ca2f3304729c8 
snd-4.bin  131072  ac50133f  drgnunit    d56a9569bd72c7bc13d09dcea9789cdc7252ffb4 
snd-5.bin  131072  70652f2c  drgnunit    04ff016a087a230efe4644eb76f68886aae26978 
snd-6.bin  131072  10a1039d  drgnunit    a1160fe600d39ae6fdbf247f634c2e094b3a675f 
snd-7.bin  131072  decbc8b0  drgnunit    9d315d1119fbc2bf889efdb174ebc5e26ecad859 
snd-8.bin  131072  3ac51bee  drgnunit    cb2ee501895b848d434991152dea293685f8ed22 
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cabinet art
control panel drgnunit.png
flyer drgnunit.png
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additional information
info 0.37b5 [Luca Elia]

Bugs:
  • [possible] In the 1st level, when the main character moves between the two game layers, sprite priority fails. Kekule (ID 01105)
WIP:
  • 0.76u2: Inigo Luja added dipswitches 'Difficulty' and 'Demo Sounds' to Dragon Unit.
  • 6th August 2000: Guru - Dumped an alternative version of Castle of Dragon taken from an original Seta PCB. This version appears to be an official version, and not a prototype (like the current version in Mame). It looks similar, but can't be rom-swapped with the current set.
  • 0.37b5: Luca Elia added Dragon Unit / Castle of Dragon (Seta 1989).
  • 6th July 2000: Luca Elia added Thundercade, Caliber 50, Dragon Unit and Blandia to the Seta driver.
STORY:
  • One day, from out of nowhere, ferocious dragon Zuriv arrived in the peaceful Kingdom of Wenlary. Zuriv destroyed the town and locked the princess on the top floor of castle. Two young kings, named Duke and Narda left for a journey to recue the trapped princess.
LEVELS: 7

Other Emulators:
  • Raine
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Romset: 3328 kb / 26 files / 1.73 zip
history Dragon Unit (c) 1989 Seta.


A beat'em up / platform game.


- TECHNICAL -


Main CPU : 68000 (@ 8 Mhz)

Sound Chips : X1-010 (@ 16 Mhz)


Screen orientation : Horizontal

Video resolution : 384 x 240 pixels

Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz

Palette colors : 512


Players : 2

Control : 8-way joystick

Buttons : 3


- TRIVIA -


Released in June 1989.


Licensed to Athena for Japan Manufacture, to Taito for Japan and US distribution and to Romstar for USA distribution


This game is also known as "Castle of Dragon".


- STAFF -
  • Producer : Sakae Nakamura
  • Game Director : Crazy Tom
  • Game Designer : Minoru Esaki
  • Composer : Shotaro Sasaki
  • Manupilater : Kouichi Ishibashi
  • Map designer : Yoshie Ishiyama
  • Extra debuger : Undead Tama (Undead Tamai), Zensack Yamamura
  • Programmer : Tom_boy
  • Animator : Super Esaki
  • Sound Mixer : Enjoy Sasaki
  • Hardware Service : Drunkard Nonaka
  • - PORTS -
  • * Consoles :
  • Nintendo Famicom (1989)
  • - SOURCES -
  • Game's rom.
  • Edit this entry at Arcade-History.com: http://www.arcade-history.com/?n=dragon-unit&page=detail&id=700&o=2
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code comments
00000000:FFD590:00000009:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Time
00010000:FFD591:00000099:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Time (2/2)
60000000:000000:00000000:00000000 
00000000:FFD573:00000009:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Lives PL1
00000000:FFDA0D:00000010:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Energy PL1
00000000:FFDA08:00000005:FFFFFFFF  Invincibility PL1
60000000:000000:00000000:00000000 
00000000:FFD581:00000009:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Lives PL2
00000000:FFDA2D:00000010:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Energy PL2
00000000:FFDA28:00000005:FFFFFFFF  Invincibility PL2
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