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game

title	Excelsior
set name	excelsr
manufacturer	Playmark
year	1996
genre	Shooter (hof)
category	Shooter / Field Mature (hof)
driver status	good
driver source	playmark.c
snapshots	MW: in game / CT: in game \| title \| select / EJ: in game / PS: in game \| title \| scores zoom
rating	59.8% after 17 votes

display

colour emulation	good
palette	1024
display type	raster
orientation	horizontal
resolution	320x240
frequency	58.000000Hz

sound

sound emulation	good
channels	mono

controls

players	2
nplayers	2P sim
controls	8 way joystick
buttons	3
coin slots	2

hardware

cpu	68000 @ 12MHz
cpu	PIC16C57 @ 12MHz
audio	OKI6295 @ 1MHz

data

version added

last change(s)

roms

name	size	crc	set	flags	sha1
22.u301	524288	f0aa1c1b	excelsr		5ed68181defe6cde6f4979508f0cfce9e9743912
19.u302	524288	9a8acddc	excelsr		c7868317998bb98c630685a0b242ffd1fbdc54ed
21.u303	524288	fdf9bd64	excelsr		783e3b8b70f8751915715e2455990c1c8eec6a71
18.u304	524288	fe517e0e	excelsr		fa074c3848046b59f1026f9ce1f264b49560668d
20.u305	524288	8692afe9	excelsr		b4411bad64a9a6efd8eb13dcf7c5eebfb5681f3d
17.u306	524288	978f9a6b	excelsr		9514b97f071fd20740218a58af877765beffedad
pic16c57-hs.i015	11596	022c6941	excelsr		8ead40bfa7aa783b1ce62bd6cfa673cb876e29e7
26.u311	524288	c171c059	excelsr		7bc45ef1d588f5f55a461adb91bca382155c1059
30.u312	524288	b4a4c510	excelsr		07951a4c18bb25b10f650fd85b6bab566d0ef971
25.u313	524288	667eec1b	excelsr		9e5ed82a4966244a97d18c27466179771012b305
29.u314	524288	4acb0745	excelsr		6b5feaa5aa088f0cc5799f73ee5f90ed390165a9
24.u321	524288	17f46825	excelsr		6ac0e71498ac668641c0b7134ddd19cc4cc97005
28.u322	524288	a823f2bd	excelsr		c7f1b1ee8f7069522787b6916b8c6e4591b55782
23.u323	524288	d8e1453b	excelsr		a3edb05abe486d4cce30f5caf14be619b6886f7c
27.u324	524288	eca2c079	excelsr		a07957b427d55c8ca1efb0e83ee3b603f06bed58
16.i013	524288	7ed9da5d	excelsr		352f1e89613feb1902b6d87adb996ed1c1d8108e

cabinet art

PCB	excelsr.png

additional information

info	0.94u1 [Pierpaolo Prazzoli] WIP: 0.122u6: Changed PIC16C57 CPU2 clock speed to 12MHz. 0.101u5: Pierpaolo Prazzoli added conditional dipswitches and a missing dip switch to Excelsior. Added dipswitches 'Coin A/B Mode 2' and 'Percentage to Reveal'. 0.96u2: Changed PIC16C57 CPU2 clock speed to 3MHz and VSync to 58Hz. 0.95u1: Pierpaolo Prazzoli fixed sprites priorities in Excelsior and added bitmap size switch (100% or 50%). 0.95: Pierpaolo Prazzoli added sound to Excelsior. Changed region user1 to user2. Added PIC16C57 (1MHz) CPU2 and user1 rom. Added 'Demo Sounds' dipswitch. 0.94u2: Nicola Salmoria fixed some priorities in Excelsior - but not all of them, the high score screen is still wrong. Also found bitmap enable bit, fixes girl pictures sticking in Big Twin and Excelsior, and garbage graphics in Excelsior. Pierpaolo Prazzoli tweaked bitmap scroll, fixed dipswitches and changed bitmap to be drawn after the fg_tilemap (this is correct in Excelsior, but looking at the service mode in Excelsior some "good" bits are trasparent). Added 'fake' pic16c57 sound rom. Added dipswitches 'Lives', 'Difficulty', 'Allow Continue' and 'Service Mode'. 0.94u1: Pierpaolo Prazzoli added Excelsior (Playmark 1996). No sound (PIC not dumped). 6th March 2005: Pierpaolo Prazzoli - Missing sound in Excelsior (Playmark 199?) because the PIC isn't dumped yet (but it could be read-protected) and maybe some gfx glitches that should be compared with the PCB. Romset: 7692 kb / 16 files / 4.61 zip
history	Excelsior (c) 1995 Playmark. An adult-themed shoot-em-up in which players must use a powertool to destroy large obstructions to reveal the naked woman hidden beneath. Progress is hampered by a variety of enemies that appear at regular intervals and must be avoided or destroyed with the guns that each player carries. - TECHNICAL - Main CPU : 68000 (@ 12 Mhz), PIC16C57 (@ 3 Mhz) Sound Chips : OKI6295 (@ 7.575 Khz) Screen orientation : Horizontal Video resolution : 320 x 240 pixels Screen refresh : 58.00 Hz Palette colors : 1024 Players : 2 Control : 8-way Joystick Buttons : 3 - TRIVIA - This game was sponsored by an italian porn magazine with the same name. - SOURCES - Game's rom. Edit this entry at Arcade-History.com: http://www.arcade-history.com/?n=excelsior&page=detail&id=3913&o=2
resource links	view in MAWS view in CAESAR view high score and replay at MARP view in Progetto EMMA (Italian) view in arcade-history.com view in The Arcade Flyer Archive

cheats

cheats

code	comments
00000000:FF183A:00000099:FFFFFFFF	Infinite Credits
00200000:FF1830:00095902:FFFFFFFF	Infinite Time
20900000:00AC02:00007000:FFFFFFFF	Invincibility
20910000:00C3AA:00007000:FFFFFFFF	Invincibility (2/6):1st = Fire, 2nd = Bomb. 0x7000 = move.q #$0,D0
20910000:00CFFA:00007000:FFFFFFFF	Invincibility (3/6):Normal Enemy
20910000:00D07C:00007000:FFFFFFFF	Invincibility (4/6):Boss
20810000:00D472:00000060:FFFFFFFF	Invincibility (5/6):Snake
20810000:00EA56:00000060:FFFFFFFF	Invincibility (6/6):Electricity
00000001:FF1835:00000063:FFFFFFFF	Finish Current Stage Now!:Assign to an activation key for the best effect
60000000:000000:00000000:00000000
00000000:FF00F0:00000009:FFFFFFFF	Infinite Lives PL1
00000000:FF0103:000000FC:FFFFFFFF	Infinite Energy PL1
00000000:FF0112:00000009:FFFFFFFF	Infinite Bombs PL1
00000000:FF0105:0000003F:FFFFFFFF	Infinite Ammo PL1
60000000:000000:00000000:00000000
00000000:FF016C:00000009:FFFFFFFF	Infinite Lives PL2
00000000:FF017F:000000FC:FFFFFFFF	Infinite Energy PL2
00000000:FF018E:00000009:FFFFFFFF	Infinite Bombs PL2
00000000:FF0181:0000003F:FFFFFFFF	Infinite Ammo PL2

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