game
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title FixEight
set name fixeight
manufacturer Toaplan
year 1992
genre Shooter (hof)
category Shooter / Walking (hof)
driver status preliminary
driver source toaplan2.c
snapshots MW: in game / CT: in game | title | select | not working / PS: in game | title
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rating

65.9% after 23 votes
 
clones FixEight (bootleg)
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display
colour emulation good
palette 2048
display type raster
orientation vertical
resolution 240x320
frequency 59.000000Hz
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sound
sound emulation imperfect
channels mono
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controls
players 3
nplayers ???
controls 8 way joystick
buttons 2
coin slots 3
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hardware
cpu 68000 @ 16MHz
audio YM2151 @ 3.375MHz
audio OKI6295 @ 1MHz
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data
version added .074u2
last change(s) .075
roms
name size crc set flags sha1
tp-026-1  524288  f7b1746a  fixeight    0bbea6f111b818bc9b9b2060af4fe900f37cf7f9 
tp-026-3  2097152  e5578d98  fixeight    280d2b716d955e767d311fc9596823852435b6d7 
tp-026-4  2097152  b760cb53  fixeight    bc9c5e49e45cdda0f774be0038aa4deb21d4d285 
tp-026-2  262144  85063f1f  fixeight    1bf4d77494de421c98f6273b9876e60d827a6826 
93c45.u21  128  40d75df0  fixeight    a22f1cc74ce9bc9bfe53f48f6a43ab60e921052b 
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cabinet art
flyer fixeight.png
PCB fixeight.png
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additional information
info 0.74u2 [?]

0.36RC1 [Quench]

TODO:
  • Protection. Only the bootleg works.
WIP:
  • 0.127u2: Brian Troha moved FixEight bootleg PCB layout down by the roms like the other layouts in the driver.
  • 0.122u5: Corrado Tomaselli verified/corrected frequencies and OKI6295 pin 7 in FixEight. Changed VSync to 59Hz.
  • 0.113u2: Changed VSync to 59.410646 Hz.
  • 0.112: Stephane Humbert fixed Toaplan 2 driver to add controls for player 3 in FixEight (main set still remains unplayable).
  • 0.105u4: Fixed input in FixEight and clone. Removed 'Flip Screen' dipswitch in clone FixEight (bootleg).
  • 0.88: Quench fixed OKI banking in FixEight bootleg. Changed MSM6295 clock speed to 7575 Hz in FixEight. Changed 68000 CPU1 clock speed to 10MHz in FixEight (bootleg), MSM6295 to 5303 Hz and VSync to 60Hz.
  • 0.87u2: Tomasz Slanina added clone FixEight (bootleg). Turn on invunerability dipswitch to see an intro!
  • 27th September 2004: Guru - A very interesting Fix Eight bootleg arrived from eBay.
  • 0.74u2: Added FixEight (Toaplan 1992).
  • 0.36RC1: Quench added FixEight (Toaplan 1992) (Testdriver). Not working. Sound MCU (type unknown) dump is missing.
LEVELS: 7

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  • Raine
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Romset: 4865 kb / 5 files / 2.06 zip
history FixEight (c) 1992 Toaplan.


A vertically scrolling shoot 'em up from Toaplan.


- TECHNICAL -


Board Number : M6100701A

Prom Stickers : TP-026


Main CPU : 68000

Sound Chips : YM2151, OKI6295


Screen orientation : Vertical

Video resolution : 240 x 320 pixels

Screen refresh : 59.41 Hz

Palette colors : 2048


Players : 2

Control : 8-way joystick

Buttons : 3


- TRIVIA -


This game is known in Japan as "FixEight - Jigoku no Eiyuu Densetsu" (translates from Japanese as 'FixEight - Legend of Hell's Hero').


- UPDATES -


The bootleg don't uses the OKI6295 :-)


- SERIES -
  1. Out Zone (1990)
  2. Fixeight (1992)
    3. - STAFF -
    • Music composed by : Toshiaki Tomizawa
    • - SOURCES -
    • Game's rom.
    • Edit this entry at Arcade-History.com: http://www.arcade-history.com/?n=fixeight&page=detail&id=858&o=2
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cheats
cheats
code comments
00000000:100677:0000000B:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Bombs
60000000:000000:00000000:00000000 
00000000:100671:00000005:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Lives PL1
00000000:1006AB:00000004:FFFFFFFF  Maximum Fire Power PL1
00000000:1026D9:00000002:FFFFFFFF  Invincibility PL1:See the Dip Switch Menu to enable an alternate Invincibility cheat.
00000000:10069F:00000000:FFFFFFFF  Always have Rapid Cannon PL1
00000000:10069F:00000010:FFFFFFFF  Always have Spread Cannon PL1
00000000:102691:00000030:00000030  Always Have Speed Up PL1
00000000:102691:00000050:00000050  Always Have Shield PL1
00000000:102691:00000080:00000080  Always Have Special Weapon PL1
00100000:1026B4:00000000:FFFFFFFF  Rapid Fire PL1
60000000:000000:00000000:00000000 
00000000:100673:00000005:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Lives PL2
00000000:1006AD:00000004:FFFFFFFF  Maximum Fire Power PL2
00000000:102759:00000002:FFFFFFFF  Invincibility PL2:See the Dip Switch Menu to enable an alternate Invincibility cheat.
00000000:1006A1:00000000:FFFFFFFF  Always have Rapid Cannon PL2
00000000:1006A1:00000010:FFFFFFFF  Always have Spread Cannon PL2
00000000:102711:00000030:00000030  Always Have Speed Up PL2
00000000:102711:00000050:00000050  Always Have Shield PL2
00000000:102711:00000080:00000080  Always Have Special Weapon PL2
00100000:102734:00000000:FFFFFFFF  Rapid Fire PL2
60000000:000000:00000000:00000000 
00000000:100675:00000005:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Lives PL3
00000000:1006AF:00000004:FFFFFFFF  Maximum Fire Power PL3
00000000:1027D9:00000002:FFFFFFFF  Invincibility PL3:See the Dip Switch Menu to enable an alternate Invincibility cheat.
00000000:1006A3:00000000:FFFFFFFF  Always have Rapid Cannon PL3
00000000:1006A3:00000010:FFFFFFFF  Always have Spread Cannon PL3
00000000:102791:00000030:00000030  Always Have Speed Up PL3
00000000:102791:00000050:00000050  Always Have Shield PL3
00000000:102791:00000080:00000080  Always Have Special Weapon PL3
00100000:1027B4:00000000:FFFFFFFF  Rapid Fire PL3
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