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title Tenchi wo Kurau (Japan)
set name dynwarj
manufacturer Capcom
year 1989
genre Fighter (hof)
category Fighter / 2.5D (hof)
driver status good
driver source cps1.c
snapshots MW: in game | parent / CT: in game | title | parent / EJ: parent / PS: in game | title | parent
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rating

60.1% after 35 votes
 
parent Dynasty Wars (US set 1)
other clones Dynasty Wars (US set 2)
display
colour emulation good
palette 3072
display type raster
orientation horizontal
resolution 384x224
frequency 59.610000Hz
sound
sound emulation good
channels mono
controls
players 2
nplayers 2P sim
controls 8 way joystick
buttons 3
coin slots 2
hardware
cpu 68000 @ 10MHz
cpu Z80 @ 3.579545MHz
audio YM2151 @ 3.579545MHz
audio OKI6295 @ 1MHz
data
version added .034b01
last change(s) .086u4
roms
name size crc set flags sha1
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31.bin  131072  4a30c737  dynwarj    426eb90f2edf73eb468c94b4a094da3d46acbab2 
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 
cabinet art
cabinet dynwar.png
marquee dynwarj.png
flyer dynwarj.png
PCB dynwar.png
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 Tenchi wo Kurau (c) 1989 Capcom.


In this beat'em up, Chinese heroes of the Three Kingdoms saga mount their horses and slash their way through hordes of enemy infantry in order to unite ancient China!+


- TECHNICAL -


Capcom Play System hardware (CPS)

Game ID : CP-S No. 04


Main CPU : 68000 (@ 10 Mhz)

Sound CPU : Z80 (@ 4 Mhz)

Sound Chips : YM2151 (@ 3.57958 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 April 1989.


The title of this game translates from Japanese as 'Heaven and Earth Recieving Blows'.


This game is known outside Japan as "Dynasty Wars".


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. Tenchi wo Kurau (1989)
  2. Tenchi wo Kurau II - Sekiheki no Tatakai (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 -
    • * Consoles :
    • NEC PC-Engine (1991)
    • - SOURCES -
    • Game's rom.
    • Edit this entry at Arcade-History.com: http://www.arcade-history.com/?n=tenchi-wo-kurau&page=detail&id=2867&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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