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title Gyrodine
set name gyrodinc
manufacturer Crux
year 1984
genre Shooter (hof)
category Shooter / Flying Vertical (hof)
driver status good
driver source kyugo.c
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rating

64.3% after 23 votes
 
parent Gyrodine (Taito Corporation license)
other clones Buzzard
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display
colour emulation good
palette 256
display type raster
orientation vertical
resolution 224x288
frequency 60.000000Hz
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sound
sound emulation good
channels mono
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controls
players 2
nplayers 2P alt
controls 8 way joystick
buttons 2
coin slots 2
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hardware
cpu Z80 @ 3.072MHz
cpu Z80 @ 3.072MHz
audio AY-3-8910A @ 1.536MHz
audio AY-3-8910A @ 1.536MHz
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data
version added .080u2
last change(s) none
roms
name size crc set flags sha1
rom2  8192  85ddea38  gyrodinc    fe7e8d7962850b17c39cac627994d78768b094f8 
a21.03  8192  4e9323bd  gyrodine    86ae4c6a29898fdb0e559ec2aac99fc874910fea 
a21.04  8192  57e659d4  gyrodine    4c0e73d0661360731691a32a6e94f41b69315f93 
a21.05  8192  1e7293f3  gyrodine    64695b80b409b02314334fb325f4d0c42a6d4d5b 
a21.01  8192  b2ce0aa2  gyrodine    576754105819aec64781a5c8e8540b21fcfd346b 
a21.15  4096  adba18d0  gyrodine    b1afd7d8f2a8545a00525a23e087d9ca975a6401 
a21.08  8192  a57df1c9  gyrodine    63505f63e978c52c43fe863dca056b52f7ebd501 
a21.07  8192  63623ba3  gyrodine    bcb80fc0edf7c4d1f82a2ff6d0bad9d2ccaf48c6 
a21.06  8192  4cc969a9  gyrodine    0b89f4142c2fcc0a882fbc3514d8d11027e78e01 
a21.14  8192  9c5c4d5b  gyrodine    0d0c9efb63b761acfaf51d17c525f94430ad703d 
a21.13  8192  d36b5aad  gyrodine    8fac23474ffd3a62e2283eadbc8d278cd9c70105 
a21.12  8192  f387aea2  gyrodine    de4aad7ad9ecc6a058b88c67bb18ee02605d9951 
a21.11  8192  87967d7d  gyrodine    d8026df749947a16f643d9b28640c9d293edd4a7 
a21.10  8192  59640ab4  gyrodine    747cb265f4504399837111c0dd48f07e05a57cc4 
a21.09  8192  22ad88d8  gyrodine    3bdf93ca582d7454fc9e70bd6ce3cd076e0762aa 
a21.16  256  cc25fb56  gyrodine    5f533c4b4f49ba147c83d6a20d1e795c71db3c41 
a21.17  256  ca054448  gyrodine    4bad8147905cbe9ec8bb5bcd8016e9950c5d95a9 
a21.18  256  23c0c449  gyrodine    4a37821a6a16ae0cfdcfb0fa64733c03ba9e4815 
a21.20  32  efc4985e  gyrodine    b2fa02e388fbbe1077e79699efccb2d47cb83ba5 
m1.2c  32  83a39201  gyrodine    4fdc722c9e20ee152c890342ef0dce18e35e2ef8 
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cabinet art
PCB gyrodine.png
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additional information
info 0.36b2 [Ernesto Corvi]

WIP:
  • 0.116: Zsolt Vasvari added clone Buzzard.
  • 0.80u2: f205v added clone Gyrodine (Crux 1984).
  • 15th March 2004: f205v added the Crux licensed version of Gyrodine to the Kyugo driver.
  • 13th March 2000: Takahiro Nogi fixed the stereo sound output problem.
  • 23rd February 2000: Guru - Buzzard (a bootleg of Gyrodine) is now running in MAME ! Took me all of about 30 seconds to get it going. Thanks to Thierry for the tips. Nicola decided its only a graphics hack and won't add it.
  • 0.36b2: Ernesto Corvi added Gyrodine (Taito 1984).
  • 21st July 1999: Nicola fixed all graphics bugs in Gyrodine, S.R.D. Mission and Son of Phoenix.
  • 11th July 1999: Ernesto Corvi sent in almost complete drivers for Gyrodine, S.R.D. Mission and Son of Phoenix.
  • 18th June 1999: Ernesto Corvi sent in a preliminary driver for Gyrodine / Son of Phoenix / S.R.D. Mission, but sprites are missing.
  • 4th March 1999: Ernesto Corvi submitted a preliminary driver for Gyrodine.
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Romset: 117 kb / 20 files / 64.1 zip
history Gyrodine (c) 1984 Crux.


A vertically scrolling shoot 'em up.


- TECHNICAL -


Main CPU : (2x) Z80

Sound Chips : (2x) AY8910


Screen orientation : Vertical

Video resolution : 224 x 288 pixels

Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz

Palette colors : 256


Players : 2

Control : 8-way joystick

Buttons : 2


- TRIVIA -


Gyrodine was made by Crux which was antecedent of ToaPlan and spin-off from Orca. It was later licensed to Taito for manufacture and distribution (Board Number : M6100023A, Prom Stickers : A21).


A bootleg of the game is known as "Buzzard".


- STAFF -
  • staff : Naomi.S, K.T, Miki Kun, Nice Y.N, Pop Kawa, M. Harada
  • - PORTS -
  • * Consoles :
  • Nintendo Famicom (1986)
  • Sony PlayStation 2 (2007, "Taito Memories II Vol. 2")
  • * Computers :
  • MSX (1986)
  • - SOURCES -
  • Game's rom.
  • Edit this entry at Arcade-History.com: http://www.arcade-history.com/?n=gyrodine&page=detail&id=1062&o=2
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00000000:F353:0000000F:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Lives
00000000:F3B0:00000000:FFFFFFFF  Invincibility
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