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title Gate of Doom (US revision 1)
set name gatedom1
manufacturer Data East Corporation
year 1990
genre Maze (hof)
category Maze / Fighter (hof)
driver status good
driver source darkseal.c
snapshots MW: in game | parent / CT: in game | title | parent / EJ: parent / PS: in game | title | select | parent
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rating

68.4% after 20 votes
 
parent Dark Seal (World revision 3)
other clones Dark Seal (Japan)
Dark Seal (World revision 1)
Gate of Doom (US revision 4)
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display
colour emulation good
palette 2048
display type raster
orientation horizontal
resolution 256x240
frequency 58.000000Hz
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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 2
coin slots 3
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hardware
cpu 68000 @ 12MHz
cpu HuC6280 @ 8.055MHz
audio YM2203 @ 4.0275MHz
audio YM2151 @ 3.58MHz
audio OKI6295 @ 1.006875MHz
audio OKI6295 @ 2.01375MHz
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data
version added .035b06
last change(s) none since version .53
roms
name size crc set flags sha1
gb04.bin  131072  4c3bbd2b  gatedom1    e74a532edd01a559d0c388b37a2ead98c19fe5de 
gb01.bin  131072  59e367f4  gatedom1    f88fa23b8e91f312103eb8a1d9a91d8171ec3ad4 
gb00.bin  131072  a88c16a1  gatedom1    e02d5470692f23afa658b9bda933bb20be64602f 
gb05.bin  131072  252d7e14  gatedom1    b2f27cd9686dfc697f3faca74d20b298a59efab2 
fz-06.rom  65536  c4828a6d  darkseal    fbfd0c85730bbe18401879cd68c19aaec9d482d8 
fz-02.rom  65536  3c9c3012  darkseal    086c2123725d4aa32838c0b6c82317d9c789c465 
fz-03.rom  65536  264b90ed  darkseal    0bb1557673107c2d732a9374d5601a6eaf229473 
mac-03.rom  524288  9996f3dc  darkseal    fffd9ecfe142a0c7c3c9c521778ff9c55ea8b225 
mac-02.rom  524288  49504e89  darkseal    6da4733a650b9040abb2a81a49476368b514b5ab 
mac-00.rom  524288  52acf1d6  darkseal    a7b68782417baafc86371b106fd31c5317f5b3d8 
mac-01.rom  524288  b28f7584  darkseal    e02ddd45130a7b50f80b6dd049059dba8071d768 
fz-08.rom  131072  c9bf68e1  darkseal    c81e2534a814fe44c8787946a9fbe18f1743c3b4 
fz-07.rom  131072  588dd3cb  darkseal    16c4e7670a4967768ddbfd52939d4e6e42268441 
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cabinet art
cabinet darkseal.png
control panel darkseal.png
flyer gatedom1.png
PCB darkseal.png
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additional information
info 0.35b6 [Bryan McPhail]

0.33b7 [Bryan McPhail]

Bugs:
  • When using your weapon (in this example, I used the knight), the speed of the music playback would ever so slightly increase while the weapon was in use and making a sound, returning to normal when the weapon animation/sound had ended. Tafoid (ID 00130)
WIP:
  • 0.126u4: Fabio Priuli added diplocations to Dark Seal.
  • 0.96u3: Bryan McPhail fixed OKI sample rate in Dark Seal. Changed clock speed of the second OKI6295 to 15255 Hz.
  • 0.84u5: UNZU fixed YM2203, MSM6295 and YM2151/YM3012 balance.
  • 0.57: SSG EG type support added to YM2203 emulation (which is now complete). This fixes Heavy Barrel wave sound on start of level 1, and some sound effects in other games (e.g. Dark Seal) [Jarek Burczynski].
  • 21st December 2001: Jarek Burczynski added SSG EG type support to the YM2203 emulation, which fixes sounds in Heavy Barrel and Dark Seal.
  • 24th April 2001: Bryan McPhail fixed Dark Seal graphics.
  • 0.37b6: Changed clock speed of the 2x OKI6295 to 7627 Hz.
  • 9th April 2000: Bryan McPhail fixed quite a few graphics problems and cleaned up Led Storm / Mad Gear, Dark Seal, Pocket Gal, Caveman Ninja and dec8 drivers.
  • 0.36b13: Marco Cassili added clone Dark Seal (Japan). Changed VSync to 58Hz, palettesize to 2048 colors. and YM2151 clock speed to 3580000 Hz and the 2x OKI6295 to 7757 Hz.
  • 23rd December 1999: Marco Cassili added another Dark Seal romset.
  • 0.36b5: Changed YM-2151 clock speed to 3.7MHz.
  • 0.36b2: Changed VSync to 60Hz.
  • 0.35b6: Bryan McPhail added Dark Seal (revision 3). Changed H6280 CPU2 clock speed to 4027500 Hz. Renamed (darkseal) to (darksea1), (gatedoom) to (gatedom1) and (gatedoma) to (gatedoom).
  • 8th March 1999: Bryan McPhail has added another Dark Seal clone and fixed graphics.
  • 0.35b5: Bryan McPhail added full sound in Sly Spy, Midnight Resistance and Dark Seal. Changed M68000 clock speed to 12MHz, replaced ADPCM sound with H6280 (4MHz) and added YM2203, YM2151 and 2x OKI6295.
  • 1st March 1999: Bryan McPhail has sent in his dec0 driver, with Boulder Dash support added and Sly Spy, Midnight Resistance and Dark Seal now have full sound and music. All this was possible to do because he also added support for the Hu6280 CPU into MAME.
  • 0.35b1: Thierry Lescot added clone Gate Of Doom (set 2).
  • 0.34RC1: Howie Cohen added hiscore save in Dark Seal.
  • 0.33b7: Bryan McPhail added Dark Seal (Data East 1990) and clone Gate Of Doom. No sound. Gate of Doom has no tile or sprite roms dumped as they were soldered to the board, it seems quite safe to use the ones from Dark Seal.
LEVELS: 7

Recommended Games (Knights):

Warlords

Demons and Dragons

Cavelon

Dragon's Lair

Knightmare

Dragon Buster

Ghosts'n Goblins

Ghouls'n Ghosts

Ghouls'n Ghosts (Mega-Tech)

Vs. Castlevania

Castlevania (PlayChoice-10)

Cadash

Dragon Unit

Dark Seal

Crossed Swords (NeoGeo)

The King of Dragons

Knights of the Round

Exvania

Wizard Fire

Dungeon Magic

Dungeons & Dragons: Tower of Doom

Dungeons & Dragons: Shadow over Mystara

Knights of Valour

Knights of Valour 2

Romset: 3008 kb / 13 files / 1.13 zip
history Gate of Doom (c) 1990 Data East.


4 selectable heroes scour dungeons and castles to defeat the evil monsters who would dare threaten the good people of their kingdom. Avoid the traps!


- TECHNICAL -


Game ID : MAC


Main CPU : 68000 (@ 12 Mhz)

Sound CPU : HuC6280 (@ 8.055 Mhz)

Sound Chips : YM2203 (@ 4.0275 Mhz), YM2151 (@ 3.58 Mhz), (2x) OKI6295 (@ 15.255 Khz)


Screen orientation : Horizontal

Video resolution : 256 x 240 pixels

Screen refresh : 58.00 Hz

Palette colors : 2048


Players : 2

Control : 8-way joystick

Buttons : 2


- TRIVIA -


Released in July 1990.


This game is known outside Japan as "Dark Seal".


Pony Canyon / Scitron released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Dark Seal - PCCB-00048) on 15/12/1990.


- SERIES -
  1. Gate of Doom (1990)
  2. Wizard Fire (1992)
    3. - STAFF -
    • Game master : Yoshiyuki Urushibara
    • Main programmer : Naomi Susa
    • Main graphic designers : S. Noda, Jun Matsuda, Yohiyuki Ishibiki
    • Programmers : Mentaiko, Tac.H, K. Miyazawa
    • Graphic designers : Masanori Tokoro, Eiko Kurihara, M. Ooe, S. Nagao, Kazumi Minagawa, Kazunori Hashimoto, M. Inoshita, H. Fuziwara, T. Kitahara
    • Music composers : Hiroaki Yoshida (MARO), Tatsuya Kiuchi, Kenji Mori
    • Sound effects : Azusa Hara (AZUSA)
    • Hardware : Shingo Mitsui
    • Project leader : Mentaiko
    • - SOURCES -
    • Game's rom.
    • Machine's picture.
    • Edit this entry at Arcade-History.com: http://www.arcade-history.com/?n=gate-of-doom&page=detail&id=935&o=2
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code comments
00000001:100B3B:00000000:FFFFFFFF  Kill Dragon Now!!
60000000:000000:00000000:00000000 
00000000:100036:00000007:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Lives PL1
00000000:100037:0000000C:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Energy PL1
00000001:10003E:00000080:FFFFFFFF  Fill Magic Bar to Top PL1
00000000:10003E:00000080:FFFFFFFF  Stop Magic Bar decreasing PL1
00000000:10004B:000000C0:FFFFFFFF  Invincibility PL1:To be used when you blink
00000000:100086:0000000A:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Gloves PL1
00010000:100038:00000010:00000010  Infinite Gloves PL1 (2/3)
00010001:100017:00000040:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Gloves PL1 (3/3)
00000000:100084:0000000A:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Boots PL1
00010000:100038:00000020:00000020  Infinite Boots PL1 (2/3)
00010001:100048:00000002:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Boots PL1 (3/3)
60000000:000000:00000000:00000000 
00000000:1000B6:00000007:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Lives PL2
00000000:1000B7:0000000A:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Energy PL2
00000001:1000BE:00000080:FFFFFFFF  Fill Magic Bar to Top PL2
00000000:1000BE:00000080:FFFFFFFF  Stop Magic Bar decreasing PL2
00000000:1000CB:000000C0:FFFFFFFF  Invincibility PL2:To be used when you blink
00000000:100106:0000000A:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Gloves PL2
00010000:1000B8:00000010:00000010  Infinite Gloves PL2 (2/3)
00010001:100097:00000040:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Gloves PL2 (3/3)
00000000:100104:0000000A:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Boots PL2
00010000:1000B8:00000020:00000020  Infinite Boots PL2 (2/3)
00010001:1000C8:00000002:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Boots PL2 (3/3)
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