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title Elevator Action Returns (Ver 2.2O 1995/02/20)
set name elvactr
manufacturer Taito Corporation Japan
year 1994
genre Platform (hof)
category Platform / Shooter (hof)
driver status good
driver source taito_f3.c
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rating

70.5% after 2033 votes
 
clones Elevator Action II (Ver 2.2A 1995/02/20)
Elevator Action Returns (Ver 2.2J 1995/02/20)
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display
colour emulation good
palette 8192
display type raster
orientation horizontal
resolution 320x232
frequency 58.970000Hz
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sound
sound emulation good
channels stereo
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controls
players 4
nplayers 2P sim
controls 8 way joystick
buttons 4
coin slots 4
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hardware
cpu 68EC020 @ 16MHz
cpu 68000 @ 16MHz
audio ES5505 @ 15.23805MHz
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data
version added .037b15
last change(s) .106u12 .085u3
roms
name size crc set flags sha1
e02-12.20  524288  ea5f5a32  elvactr    4f30c56fbf068fee6d3afb2479043c7e89f6c055 
e02-11.19  524288  bcced8ff  elvactr    09c38c78300ba9d710b4e46ca71014bbc5ac46b4 
e02-10.18  524288  72f1b952  elvactr    9fc41ecfbee3581d9e92ff3a2ab6e4b93567e31d 
e02-16.17  524288  cd97182b  elvactr    b3387980acfeec81eb0178d5b2955ac39595e22d 
e02-03.12  2097152  c884ebb5  elvactr    49009056bfdc564eac0ae6b7b49f070f05dc4ee3 
e02-02.8  2097152  c8e06cfb  elvactr    071d095a4930ce18a782c577811b553a9705fbd7 
e02-01.4  2097152  2ba94726  elvactr    3e9cdd076338e0e5358571ce4f97576f1a6a12a7 
e02-08.47  2097152  29c9bd02  elvactr    a5b552ae7ac15f514ee6105410ec3e6e34ea0adb 
e02-07.45  2097152  5eeee925  elvactr    d302da28df8ac6d406ef45f1d282ee22ce243857 
e02-06.43  2097152  4c8726e9  elvactr    8ce2320a087f43c49428a39dafffec8c40d61b03 
e02-13.32  262144  80932702  elvactr    c468234d03aa31b2aa0c3bd6bec32034216c2ae4 
e02-14.33  262144  706671a5  elvactr    1ac90647d617e73f12a67274a025ae43a6b3a316 
e02-04.38  2097152  b74307af  elvactr    deb42415049efa2df70e7b25ba8b1b716aa227f1 
e02-05.39  2097152  eb729855  elvactr    85253efe794e8b5ffaf16bcb1123bca831e776a5 
ampal20l10a.a12  204  e719542f  elvactr    b28b9e13ec1ca98203ebbfd592dbdc44d3a6e936 
pal20l10b.a24  204    elvactr  no dump   
pal16l8b.b24  260  0b73a7d1  elvactr    953234ce95a8c2dfb9ba276742411cb2ca4d4bf8 
pal16l8b.b57  260  74b4d8be  elvactr    23ba316bc5550dd69f07f9a0f697927656a35e5a 
pal16l8b.b58  260  17e2c9b8  elvactr    841b290ee3a3089a975456b20018c04e6afb2257 
pal16l8b.b59  260  dc0db200  elvactr    9f46e7edf053ad9ee3a4a6dd00f9f6996203fc60 
pal16l8b.b64  260  3aed3d98  elvactr    8f0b02baad87aeda1767f0e95aa1a84545376076 
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cabinet art
flyer elvactr.png
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additional information
info 0.37b15 [Bryan McPhail]

0.37b11 [Bryan McPhail]

Bugs:
  • Elevator Action Returns has graphics issues at the beginning of most stages. It basically shows interactive elements of the background when they're supposed to be hidden behind a black screen. LastNinja2 (ID 01907)
  • The background seems to 'skip' where it is supposed to scroll at the beginning of the 3rd stage. Nerox91 (ID 01101)
  • elvactr and clones: Shooting lights doesn't make the room go dark. nicolasa (ID 02002)
WIP:
  • 0.106u12: MASH added plds ($0, 400, 600, 800, a00, c00 - ampal20l10a.a12, pal16l8b.b24, pal16l8b.b57, pal16l8b.b58, pal16l8b.b59 and pal16l8b.b64) to Elevator Action Returns (Ver 2.2O).
  • 25th March 2004: Guru - Elevator Action Returns (Taito 1989, alt. region) arrived.
  • 0.61: Fixed sound1 rom address to $800000 (full soundplay).
  • 0.37b15: Bryan McPhail added Elevator Action Returns (World) (Taito 1994) and clones (Japan) and Elevator Action 2 (US).
  • 0.37b11: Bryan McPhail added Elevator Action Returns (World) (Testdriver) and clones (Japan) and (US). Sound doesn't work.
LEVELS: 6

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Romset: 18946 kb / 21 files / 7.51 zip
history Elevator Action Returns (c) 1995 Taito.


Terrorists are on the loose and it is up to a special counter-terrorism squad to infiltrate their strongholds to snag information and terminate them before it's too late. Features excellent graphics and sound, three selectable characters, an expanded arsenal of weapons and an excellent challenge. Definitely improved over the last game and highly recommended for "Rolling Thunder" fans!


- TECHNICAL -


Taito F3 System hardware

Prom Stickers : E02


Main CPU : 68EC020 (@ 16 Mhz)

Sound CPU : 68000 (@ 16 Mhz)

Sound Chips : ES5505 (@ 15.23805 Mhz)


Screen orientation : Horizontal

Video resolution : 320 x 232 pixels

Screen refresh : 58.97 Hz

Palette colors : 8192


Players : 4

Control : 8-way joystick

Buttons : 4


- TRIVIA -


Released in February 1995.


This game is known in US as "Elevator Action II".


The game forbids the initials 'SEX' on the high score table. If you try, it gets changed to 'AAA'.


Pony Canyon / Scitron released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Elevator Action Returns - PCCB-00186) on 21/07/1995.


- SERIES -
  1. Elevator Action (1983)
  2. Elevator Action Returns (1995)
  3. Elevator Action EX (2000, Nintendo Game Boy Color)
    4. - STAFF -
    • Game designers : Yusuke Tsuda, K. Terada
    • Programmers : Tkhc.03, Iromust, Nob, Y. Mori
    • Programming support : Komochi Yagi, A. Kurabayashi
    • Character designers : Masami Kikuchi, Makoto Fujita, T. Yoshiba, Tohru Kawaishi, Baw Baw, Y. Kajihara, M. Kamiya, Trd, Tsd, Yukiwo Ishikawa, Y.A.P
    • BGM composer : Yasuhisa Watanabe (Zuntata)
    • Sound effect (Zuntata) : Ishikawa Babio (BABI), Munehiro Nakanishi, Kamaty
    • Designer : Toshiyuki Takenami
    • Hardware : Katsumi Kaneoka
    • Location test : M. Fukumoto, N. Omura, R. Matsuse, Piratsuka, T. Koike, Pasona, Alpha Star
    • Exective producer : Koichi Nakamura
    • - PORTS -
    • * Consoles :
    • Sega Saturn (1997)
    • Sony PlayStation 2 ("Taito Memories Vol. 1")
    • Microsoft XBOX (2006, "Taito Legends 2")
    • Sony PlayStation 2 (2006, "Taito Legends 2")
    • * Computers :
    • PC [CD-ROM] (2006, "Taito Legends 2")
    • - SOURCES -
    • Game's rom.
    • Edit this entry at Arcade-History.com: http://www.arcade-history.com/?n=elevator-action-returns&page=detail&id=749&o=2
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cheats
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code comments
00000000:400091:00000009:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Credits
00000000:409C5B:000000AA:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Time (Final Level)
00000000:40780F:00000009:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Lives PL1
00000000:407811:00000003:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Male Energy PL1:Use with the male characters
00000000:407811:00000002:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Female Energy PL1:Use with the female character
00000000:4078C5:00000063:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Bombs PL1
00000000:407FE9:00000002:FFFFFFFF  Invincibility PL1
00000000:407873:00000063:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Ammo PL1:Need for the 'Get "M" weapon Now!' & 'Get "L" weapon Now!' cheats
62000000:000000:00000000:00000000  Select Weapon PL1
00010000:407871:00000000:FFFFFFFF  Normal
00010000:407871:00000001:FFFFFFFF  "M"
00010000:407871:00000002:FFFFFFFF  "L"
60000000:000000:00000000:00000000 
00000000:4080EB:00000009:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Lives PL2
00000000:4080ED:00000003:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Male Energy PL2:Use with the male characters
00000000:4080ED:00000002:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Female Energy PL2:Use with the female character
00000000:4081A1:00000063:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Bombs PL2
00000000:4088C5:00000002:FFFFFFFF  Invincibility PL2
00000000:40814F:00000063:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Ammo PL2:Need for the 'Get "M" weapon Now!' & 'Get "L" weapon Now!' cheats
62000000:000000:00000000:00000000  Select Weapon PL2
00010000:40814D:00000000:FFFFFFFF  Normal
00010000:40814D:00000001:FFFFFFFF  "M"
00010000:40814D:00000002:FFFFFFFF  "L"
60000000:000000:00000000:00000000 
62000000:000000:00000000:00000000  Select Region:After you enable this cheat to see any effect you will have to reset the game (F3). Then you may have to turn the Test Mode ON (F2), wait for Test Mode to appear and reset again(F3).
20810000:1FFFFF:00000001:FFFFFFFF  Japan
20810000:1FFFFF:00000002:FFFFFFFF  US
20810000:1FFFFF:00000003:FFFFFFFF  World
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