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title Gekirindan (Ver 2.3J 1995/09/21)
set name gekirido
manufacturer Taito Corporation
year 1995
genre Shooter (hof)
category Shooter / Flying Vertical (hof)
driver status good
driver source taito_f3.c
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rating

70.8% after 20 votes
 
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display
colour emulation good
palette 8192
display type raster
orientation vertical
resolution 232x320
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) none since version .53
roms
name size crc set flags sha1
e11-12.bin  262144  6a7aaacf  gekirido    a8114c84e76c75c908a61d985d96aa4eb9a0ac5a 
e11-11.bin  262144  2284a08e  gekirido    3dcb91be0d3491ad5e77efd30bacd506dad0f848 
e11-10.bin  262144  8795e6ba  gekirido    9128c29fdce3276f55aad47451e4a507470c8b9f 
e11-09.bin  262144  b4e17ef4  gekirido    ab06ab68aaa487cc3046a15fef3dde8581197391 
e11-03.bin  2097152  f73877c5  gekirido    1f6b7c0b8a0aaab3e5427d21de7fad3d3cbf737a 
e11-02.bin  2097152  5722a83b  gekirido    823c20a33016a5506ca5415ec615c3d2546ca9ab 
e11-01.bin  2097152  c2cd1069  gekirido    9744dd3d8a6d9200cea4429dafce5620b60e2960 
e11-08.bin  2097152  907f69d3  gekirido    0899ed58edcae22144625c349c9d2fe4d46d11e3 
e11-07.bin  2097152  ef018607  gekirido    61b602b13754c3be21caf76acbfc10c87518ba47 
e11-06.bin  2097152  200ce305  gekirido    c80a0b96510913a6411e6763fb72bf413fb792da 
e11-13.bin  131072  51a11ff7  gekirido    c03042489d71423667f25856d15aa6a363ea6c92 
e11-14.bin  131072  dce2ba91  gekirido    00bc353c7747a7954365b587d7bc759ee5dc09c2 
e11-04.bin  2097152  e0ff4fb1  gekirido    81e186e3a692af1da316b8085a729c4f103d9a52 
e11-05.bin  2097152  a4d08cf1  gekirido    ae2cabef7b7bcb8a788988c73d7af6fa4bb2c444 
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cabinet art
flyer gekirido.png
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additional information
info 0.37b15 [Bryan McPhail]

0.37b11 [Bryan McPhail]

WIP:
  • 0.37b15: Bryan McPhail added Gekirindan (Japan) (Taito 1995).
  • 0.37b11: Bryan McPhail added Gekirindan (Testdriver).
LEVELS: 5

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Romset: 17664 kb / 14 files / 6.03 zip
history Gekirindan (c) 09/1995 Taito.


A vertically scrolling shoot-em-up from Taito.


- TECHNICAL -


Taito F3 System hardware

Prom Stickers : E11


Main CPU : 68EC020 (@ 16 Mhz)

Sound CPU : 68000 (@ 16 Mhz)

Sound Chips : ES5505 (@ 15.23805 Mhz)


Screen orientation : Vertical

Video resolution : 232 x 320 pixels

Screen refresh : 58.97 Hz

Palette colors : 8192


Players : 4

Control : 8-way joystick

Buttons : 4


- TRIVIA -


The title of this game translates from Japanese as 'Reverse Scale Bullet' and is an example of 'ateji' - fitting the kanji phonetics to the name of the game to give the name double (sometimes even triple) meaning.


The name of the twin characters, Orsa and Mayoru, is a play-on-words of the third largest constellation of our solar system, Orsa Major, which means Great Bear.


All stages in this game share the same music theme but remixed each time!


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 (Welcome to the Karu Land - PCCB-00196) on 17/11/1995.


- STAFF -
  • Producer : Lee Ota
  • Programmers : Mr. Lee, Toten, Takahito Naoi, Riki
  • System engineers : Masaki Yagi (Ymot), Nob
  • Character designers : Yasunobu Kousokabe, Saori Hiratsuka, Ryota Sasaki, Sakotan, Miyabi Tashiro, Debi., Kao
  • Designer : Hidetomo Ogino
  • CG designer : K. Kinoshita
  • Sound (Zuntata) : Kazuko Umino (Karu), Koji Sakurai
  • - PORTS -
  • * Consoles :
  • Sega Saturn (1997)
  • Sony PlayStation 2 (2005, "Taito Memories Vol. 2")
  • 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=gekirindan&page=detail&id=941&o=2
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cheats
cheats
code comments
00000000:400091:00000009:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Credits
60000000:000000:00000000:00000000 
00000000:408477:00000005:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Lives PL1
00000000:4151ED:00000009:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Bombs PL1
00000000:411BD9:00000000:00000004  Invincibility PL1
00010000:411BF1:00000090:FFFFFFFF  Invincibility PL1 (2/2)
00000000:4151E5:00000005:FFFFFFFF  Always Maximum Shot Power
00000100:4151E8:00000001:FFFFFFFF  Select Main Weapon PL1
62000000:000000:00000000:00000000  Select Sub Weapon PL1
00010000:4151EA:00000000:FFFFFFFF  No Sub Weapon
00010000:4151EA:00000001:FFFFFFFF  Homing
00010000:4151EA:00000002:FFFFFFFF  Napalm
00010000:4151EA:00000003:FFFFFFFF  Missile
00100000:4093EA:00000009:FFFFFFFF  Always Have Medals PL1
00100000:411BE8:00000000:FFFFFFFF  Rapid Fire PL1
60000000:000000:00000000:00000000 
00000000:408479:00000005:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Lives PL2
00000000:41882D:00000009:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Bombs PL2
00000000:415219:00000000:00000004  Invincibility PL2
00010000:415231:00000090:FFFFFFFF  Invincibility PL2 (2/2)
00000000:418825:00000005:FFFFFFFF  Always Maximum Shot Power PL2
00000100:418828:00000001:FFFFFFFF  Select Main Weapon PL2
62000000:000000:00000000:00000000  Select Sub Weapon PL2
00010000:41882A:00000000:FFFFFFFF  No Sub Weapon
00010000:41882A:00000001:FFFFFFFF  Homing
00010000:41882A:00000002:FFFFFFFF  Napalm
00010000:41882A:00000003:FFFFFFFF  Missile
00100000:4093EC:00000009:FFFFFFFF  Always Have Medals PL2
00100000:415228:00000000:FFFFFFFF  Rapid Fire PL2
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), reset again (F3), wait for Test Mode to appear then turn the Test Mode OF
20810000:0FFFFF:00000001:FFFFFFFF  Japan
20810000:0FFFFF:00000002:FFFFFFFF  US
20810000:0FFFFF:00000003:FFFFFFFF  World
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