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title Dynasty Wars (US set 1)
set name dynwar
manufacturer Capcom
year 1989
genre Fighter (hof)
category Fighter / 2.5D (hof)
driver status good
driver source cps1.c
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rating

66.6% after 48 votes
 
clones Dynasty Wars (US set 2)
Tenchi wo Kurau (Japan)
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display
colour emulation good
palette 3072
display type raster
orientation horizontal
resolution 384x224
frequency 59.610000Hz
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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 3
coin slots 2
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hardware
cpu 68000 @ 10MHz
cpu Z80 @ 3.579545MHz
audio YM2151 @ 3.579545MHz
audio OKI6295 @ 1MHz
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data
version added .059
last change(s) .126u5 .124u5 .086u4
roms
name size crc set flags sha1
30.11f  131072  f9ec6d68  dynwar    02912db2b48f77489b0b841c2a5414bfb49b93f4 
35.11h  131072  e41fff2f  dynwar    a960c39c69f97b46d5efcbcd3e2bc652888094c4 
31.12f  131072  e3de76ff  dynwar    fdc552312e10c91dd00bfa72e4e686ac356d2244 
36.12h  131072  7a13cfbf  dynwar    c6b4d775a2e507fdefbb895cc75bb5bdb442218d 
tkm-9.8h  524288  93654bcf  dynwar    c72daeb2a98d350568555059a3225343c219a1d2 
tkm-5.7a  524288  f64bb6a0  dynwar    8c0ae0305704ad876bb1938e46550c68b0de8e8e 
tkm-8.9a  524288  21fe6274  dynwar    f92e509d88d5e264be9c7812966d64ad9ac518e7 
tkm-6.3a  524288  0bf228cb  dynwar    e72957155cb459c4dee50df2e53256f271528964 
tkm-7.5a  524288  1255dfb1  dynwar    c943e3c989d5b20fbe24e38e54ee8ca294b3d182 
tkm-1.8a  524288  44f7661e  dynwar    f29b5ad0c5dfd91a56a4a1084ce578cfe496dd6f 
tkm-4.10a  524288  a54c515d  dynwar    bfa457cef7e29ae56ee9b10f60e233d82b4efc61 
tkm-2.4a  524288  ca5c687c  dynwar    de47cb5a071ffb3ff408f60d45b79345032232a7 
tkm-3.6a  524288  f9fe6591  dynwar    260da5f9e305cccd621b8b5b2073c79e161ddeb0 
tke_17.12b  65536  b3b79d4f  dynwar    2b960545741d3b9a53ffbf3ed83030392aa02698 
tke_18.11c  131072  ac6e307d  dynwar    b490ce625bb7ce0904b0fd121fbfbd5252790f7a 
tke_19.12c  131072  068741db  dynwar    ab48aff639a7ac218b7d5304145e10e92d61fd9f 
buf1  279  eb122de7  dynwar    b26b5bfe258e3e184f069719f9fd008d6b8f6b9b 
ioa1  279  59c7ee3b  dynwar    fbb887c5b4f5cb8df77cec710eaac2985bc482a6 
prg1  279  f1129744  dynwar    a5300f301c1a08a7da768f0773fa0fe3f683b237 
rom1  279  41dc73b9  dynwar    7d4c9f1693c821fbf84e32dd6ef62ddf14967845 
sou1  279  84f4b2fe  dynwar    dcc9e86cc36316fe42eace02d6df75d08bc8bb6d 
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cabinet art
cabinet dynwar.png
flyer dynwar.png
PCB dynwar.png
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additional information
info 0.59 [David Haywood]

0.34b1 [Paul Leaman]

< Japan >

NOTE:
  • There's a bit of graphical garbage at the final score tally. Verified with Original. Smitdogg (ID 01269)
WIP:
  • 0.126u5: Added A-board PLDs (buf1, ioa1, prg1, rom1 and sou1).
  • 0.124u5: Corrado Tomaselli added clone Dynasty Wars (US set 2).
  • 0.124u3: Changed description of 'Dynasty Wars (World)' to 'Dynasty Wars (US)'.
  • 0.86u4: Renamed (dw) to (dynwar) and (dwj) to (dynwarj). Added new 512k cpu1 and gfx1 roms to Dynasty Wars (World).
  • 0.59: David Haywood added Dynasty Wars (World).
  • 26th February 2002: David Haywood added the World version of Dynasty Wars to the CPS-1 driver.
  • 0.34b8: Changed description to 'Tenchi wo Kurau (Japan)'.
  • 0.34b7: Changed description to 'Dynasty Wars / Tenchi o Kurau (Japan)'.
  • 0.34b6: Changed description to 'Dynasty Wars'. Renamed (dynwarsj) to (dwj).
  • 0.34b2: Dynasty Wars works (actually it was already working, it's just that the dipswitches had Freeze on by default).
  • 0.34b1: Paul Leaman added Dynasty Wars (Japanese) (Capcom 1989). But the game doesn't work.
LEVELS: 8

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Romset: 5442 kb / 21 files / 2.03 zip
history Dynasty Wars (c) 1989 Capcom.


This is a 1 or 2-player game where you play one of 4 Chinese heroes on horseback and try to kill hordes of enemies. This game always scrolls to the right.


The 1st button will make you face left and swing your weapon, the 2nd button will make you face right and swing your weapon, while the 3rd button will let you use magic. You can also add coins any time to increase your vitality.


- TECHNICAL -


Capcom Play System hardware (CPS)

Game ID : CP-S No. 04


Main CPU : 68000 (@ 10 Mhz)

Sound CPU : Z80 (@ 3.579545 Mhz)

Sound Chips : YM2151 (@ 3.579545 Mhz), OKI6295 (@ 7.576 Khz)


Screen orientation : Horizontal

Video resolution : 384 x 224 pixels

Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz

Palette colors : 4096


Players : 2

Control : 8-way joystick

Buttons : 3


- TRIVIA -


Released in July 1989.


The background story and all characters are based on factual history : the Period of Three Kingdoms after the 'Hen' Dynasty in China. Character designs were based on a popular Japanese comic called 'Destruction of Heaven and Earth'.


This game is known in Japan as "Tenchi wo Kurau".


The Tenchi wo Kurau series is based on the Chinese tale best known as Romance of the Three Kingdoms.


Pony Canyon / Scitron released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Strider Hiryu : G.S.M. Capcom 2 - D25B1001) on 21/05/1989.


- SERIES -
  1. Dynasty Wars (1989)
  2. Warriors of Fate (1992)
    3. - STAFF -
    • Producer : Kihaji Okamoto
    • Game designers : Noritaka Funamizu (Poo), S. Sato, K. Kataoka
    • Programmers : Y. Mutsunobu, M. Kobayashi, Y. Tsunasaki
    • Obj Designers : Kurichan, Y. Tamago, M. Tanabe, M. Matsuura, Shinji Sakashita
    • Scr Designers : Fukumoyan, M. Konishi, M. Miyao, K. Koizumi
    • Sound music : Manami Goto
    • Illustration : S. Shintani
    • - PORTS -
    • * Computers :
    • Sinclair Spectrum (1990)
    • Commodore C64 (1990)
    • Amstrad CPC (1990)
    • Commodore Amiga (1990)
    • Atari ST (1990)
    • - SOURCES -
    • Game's rom.
    • Machine's picture.
    • Edit this entry at Arcade-History.com: http://www.arcade-history.com/?n=dynasty-wars&page=detail&id=731&o=2
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code comments
00000000:FF82E6:0000000E:FFFFFFFF  Invincibility PL1
00000000:FF8289:00000099:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Energy PL1
00010000:FF8288:00000009:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Energy PL1 (2/2)
00000000:FF82EE:00000007:FFFFFFFF  Character level 8 (max) PL1
00000000:FF82E9:00000007:FFFFFFFF  Weapon level 8 (max) PL1
00000000:FF82E2:0000000B:FFFFFFFF  Maximum weap. power PL1
00010000:FF82EF:00000007:FFFFFFFF  Maximum weap. power PL1 (2/2)
00000000:FF82E1:00000002:FFFFFFFF  Maximum blue balls PL1
60000000:000000:00000000:00000000 
00000000:FF8386:0000000E:FFFFFFFF  Invincibility PL2
00000000:FF8329:00000099:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Energy PL2
00010000:FF8328:00000009:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Energy PL2 (2/2)
00000000:FF838E:00000007:FFFFFFFF  Character level 8 (max) PL2
00000000:FF8389:00000007:FFFFFFFF  Weapon level 8 (max) PL2
00000000:FF8382:0000000B:FFFFFFFF  Maximum weap. power PL2
00010000:FF838F:00000007:FFFFFFFF  Maximum weap. power PL2 (2/2)
00000000:FF8381:00000002:FFFFFFFF  Maximum blue balls PL2
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