game
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title Gunbird 2
set name gunbird2
manufacturer Psikyo
year 1998
genre Shooter (hof)
category Shooter / Flying Vertical (hof)
driver status good
driver source psikyosh.c
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rating

69.4% after 81 votes
 
display
colour emulation good
palette 5120
display type raster
orientation vertical
resolution 224x320
frequency 60.000000Hz
sound
sound emulation good
channels stereo
controls
players 2
nplayers 2P sim
controls 8 way joystick
buttons 3
coin slots 2
hardware
cpu SH-2 @ 28.63635MHz
audio YMF278B @ 28.63635MHz
data
version added .059
last change(s) .063 .061
roms
name size crc set flags sha1
2_prog_l.u16  524288  76f934f0  gunbird2    cf197796d66f15639a6b3d5311c18da33cefd06b 
1_prog_h.u17  524288  7328d8bf  gunbird2    c640de1ab5b32400b2d77e0dc6e3ee0f78ab7803 
3_pdata.u1  524288  a5b697e6  gunbird2    947f124fa585c2cf77c6571af7559bd652897b89 
0l.u3  8388608  5c826bc8  gunbird2    74fb6b242b4c5fe5365cfcc3029ed6da4cf3a621 
0h.u10  8388608  3df0cb6c  gunbird2    271d276fa0f63d84e458223316a9517865fc2255 
1l.u4  8388608  1558358d  gunbird2    e3b9c3da4e9b29ffa9568b57d14fe2b600aead68 
1h.u11  8388608  4ee0103b  gunbird2    29bbe0162dda39919fcd188ea4a6b7b5f20366ff 
2l.u5  8388608  e1c7a7b8  gunbird2    b5f6e5d53e21928197773df7dde0e7c83f4082af 
2h.u12  8388608  bc8a41df  gunbird2    90460b11eea778f17cf8be67430e2ab149680686 
3l.u6  4194304  0229d37f  gunbird2    f9d98d1d2dda2d552b2a46c76b4c7fc84b1aa4c6 
3h.u13  4194304  f41bbf2b  gunbird2    b705274e392541e2f513a4ae4bae543c03be0913 
sound.u9  4194304  f19796ab  gunbird2    b978f0550ebd675e8ce9d9edcfcc3f6214e49e8b 
cabinet art
cabinet gunbird2.png
additional information
info 0.59 [David Haywood, Guru]

WIP:
  • 0.61: Fixed gfx1 roms ($3000000/2) length to 4MB.
  • 0.60: Added new gfx1 rom ($3000000) and 'Region' dipswitch.
  • 0.59: David Haywood added Gunbird 2 (ver. B?) (Psikyo 1998).
  • 4th January 2002: Guru - Dumped Gunbird 2.
  • 18th December 2001: Guru - Received Gunbird 2 (Psikyo 1998). Thanks to Smitdogg for sending the board.
LEVELS: 7 (must be finished twice)

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Romset: 62976 kb / 12 files / 22.1 zip
history Gunbird 2 (c) 1998 Psikyo.


In this vertical shoot'em up, you have five selectable characters who fight the big army of pirates but this time to collect elemental potions.


- TECHNICAL -


Main CPU : SH-2 (@ 28.63635 Mhz)

Sound Chips : YMF278B (@ 28.63635 Mhz)


Screen orientation : Vertical

Video resolution : 224 x 320 pixels

Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz

Palette colors : 5120


Players : 2

Control : 8-way joystick

Buttons : 3


- TRIVIA -


ALUCARD, a selectable character, backwards spells DRACULA.


Aine originally appeared in "Samurai Aces" and as a hidden character in "Tengai" as Ayin. Here in Gunbird 2, he has quite a 'different' type of bomb attack :).


Gunbird 2 shares some similarities with the 1975 anime series 'Time Bokan':

* The flag symbol in Time Bokan is a clear skull and in this game is a 2P like a skull.

* The thin guy has a very ugly nose also a moustache and teeth like a rabbit (he is the same in the game and the anime).

* The fat guy has a beard. In this game and in Time Bokan, he has a semi-shaved beard (so with the exception of the beard, the guy is almost the same).

* The chief is a luxuriant woman (in the anime, she always was topless in the end).

* In Time Bokan, the bad guys always show a stupid new-robot to defeat the good guys. In the game is the same.


Note : There are 27 different endings!


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


Pony Canyon / Scitron released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Gunbird 2, Gunbird - SGCD-0003) on 04/12/1998.


- TIPS AND TRICKS -


* Maintenance Code : In test mode, enter this code...

5-2-0-4-8 for Maintenace Mode [Stage Select (Loads of cool stuff here), Obj Test, BG TestPlay Status, Stage Status]

5-3-5-7-3 All Data Initialised.

5-3-7-6-5 Sit an AINE Flag1 (Displays 'AINE ?' at test, extra 'explicit' character on random box).

5-1-0-2-4 Sit an AINE Flag2 (Displays 'AINE OK' at test, use AINE by pressing 'Down' on random box).

5-3-1-5-7 AINE Flag Cancelled (Clears AINE from being playable, as default).


- SERIES -
  1. Gunbird (1994)
  2. Gunbird 2 (1998)
  3. - STAFF -
    • Shin.Nakamura, Shiori Saito, Hiroshi Yamada, Naozumi Yorichika, Yoko Tsukagoshi, Norikazu Takemori, Emi Taniguchi, Keizou Fujita, Yousuke Iwabuchi, Kenichi Fujita, Kunihiko Nogomi, Katsuya Shikanouchi, Katsuhiro Nishida, Shinji Nohara, Masato Natsumoto
    • Music composed by : Masaki Izutani
    • - PORTS -
    • * Consoles :
    • Sega Dreamcast (2000): Features Morrigan from "Darkstalkers" as a selectable character.
    • Sony PlayStation 2 (2004, "Gunbird 1&2")
    • - SOURCES -
    • Game's rom.
    • Machine's picture.
    • Edit this entry at Arcade-History.com: http://www.arcade-history.com/?n=gunbird-2&page=detail&id=1048&o=2
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code comments
00000000:6040004:00000001:FFFFFFFF  Language = English
61100001:000002E:00000020:FFFFFFFF  Unlock Aine in EEPROM:Press "Down" on ?. Same as [5-1-0-2-4] code, Reset afterwards
61110001:000001E:00000002:FFFFFFFF  Unlock Aine in EEPROM (2/3)
61110001:000001C:0000001E:FFFFFFFF  Unlock Aine in EEPROM (3/3)
00000001:605CB5E:00000001:FFFFFFFF  Enable Maintenance Mode:Use in test mode, see the history.dat file for what the codes are. If you have any other questions email Tourniquet ;-)
00010001:607FF89:0000000B:FFFFFFFF  Enable Maintenance Mode (2/2)
00000001:605CB5E:00000002:FFFFFFFF  Disable Maintenance Mode:Use in test mode
00010001:607FF89:00000006:FFFFFFFF  Disable Maintenance Mode (2/2)
00000301:604C8C0:00000007:FFFFFFFF  Select Starting Stage
62000000:0000000:00000000:00000000  First Stage always =
00010000:604C8B2:00000000:FFFFFFFF  Desert
00010000:604C8B2:00000001:FFFFFFFF  Water
00010000:604C8B2:00000002:FFFFFFFF  Forest
00010000:604C8B2:00000003:FFFFFFFF  Snow
62000000:0000000:00000000:00000000  Second Stage always =
00010000:604C8B3:00000000:FFFFFFFF  Desert
00010000:604C8B3:00000001:FFFFFFFF  Water
00010000:604C8B3:00000002:FFFFFFFF  Forest
00010000:604C8B3:00000003:FFFFFFFF  Snow
62000000:0000000:00000000:00000000  Third Stage always =
00010000:604C8B4:00000000:FFFFFFFF  Desert
00010000:604C8B4:00000001:FFFFFFFF  Water
00010000:604C8B4:00000002:FFFFFFFF  Forest
00010000:604C8B4:00000003:FFFFFFFF  Snow
60000000:0000000:00000000:00000000 
00000000:605502D:00000008:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Lives PL1
00000000:605502F:00000009:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Bombs PL1
00010020:6055063:00000040:FFFFFFFF  Invincibility PL1
00000000:605505B:00000003:FFFFFFFF  Maximum Fire Power PL1
00000000:6055074:00000056:FFFFFFFF  Maximum Extra Weapon Power PL1
00010000:6055075:000000AE:FFFFFFFF  Maximum Extra Weapon Power PL1 (2/2)
60000000:0000000:00000000:00000000 
00000000:60550DD:00000008:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Lives PL2
00000000:60550DF:00000009:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Bombs PL2
00010020:6055113:00000040:FFFFFFFF  Invincibility PL2
00000000:605510B:00000003:FFFFFFFF  Maximum Fire Power PL2
00000000:6055124:00000056:FFFFFFFF  Maximum Extra Weapon Power PL2
00010000:6055125:000000AE:FFFFFFFF  Maximum Extra Weapon Power PL2 (2/2)
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