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title HAL21
set name hal21
manufacturer SNK
year 1985
genre Shooter (hof)
category Shooter / Flying Vertical (hof)
driver status good
driver source snk.c
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rating

70.5% after 24 votes
 
clones HAL21 (Japan)
display
colour emulation good
palette 1024
display type raster
orientation vertical
resolution 216x288
frequency 60.000000Hz
sound
sound emulation good
channels mono
controls
players 2
nplayers 2P sim
controls 8 way joystick
buttons 2
coin slots 1
hardware
cpu Z80 @ 3.35MHz
cpu Z80 @ 3.35MHz
cpu Z80 @ 4MHz
audio AY-3-8910A @ 2MHz
audio AY-3-8910A @ 2MHz
data
version added .036b12
last change(s) none since version .53
roms
name size crc set flags sha1
hal21p1.bin  8192  9d193830  hal21    8e4e9c8bc774d7c7c0b68a5fa5cabdc6b5cfa41b 
hal21p2.bin  8192  c1f00350  hal21    8709455a980931565ccca60162a04c6c3133099b 
hal21p3.bin  8192  881d22a6  hal21    4b2a65dc18620f7f77532f791212fccfe1f0b245 
hal21p4.bin  8192  ce692534  hal21    e1d8e6948578ec9d0b6dc2aff17ad23b8ce46d6a 
hal21p5.bin  8192  3ce0684a  hal21    5e76770a3252d5565a8f11a79ac3a9a6c31a43e2 
hal21p6.bin  8192  878ef798  hal21    0aae152947c9c6733b77dd1ac14f2f6d6bfabeaa 
hal21p7.bin  8192  72ebbe95  hal21    b1f7dc535e7670647500391d21dfa971d5e342a2 
hal21p8.bin  8192  17e22ad3  hal21    0e10a3c0f2e2ec284f4e0f1055397a8ccd1ff0f7 
hal21p9.bin  8192  b146f891  hal21    0b2db3e14b0401a7914002c6f7c26933a1cba162 
hal21p10.bin  16384  916f7ba0  hal21    7b8bcd59d768c4cd226de96895d3b9755bb3ba79 
hal21p12.bin  8192  9839a7cd  hal21    d3f9d964263a64aa3648faf5eb2e4fa532ae7852 
hal21p11.bin  16384  24abc57e  hal21    1d7557a62adc059fb3fe20a09be18c2f40441581 
hal21p13.bin  16384  052b4f4f  hal21    032eb5771d33defce86e222f3e7aa22bc37db6db 
hal21p14.bin  16384  da0cb670  hal21    1083bdd3488dfaa5094a2ef52cfc4206f35c9612 
hal21p15.bin  16384  5c5ea945  hal21    f9ce206cab4fad1f6478d731d4b096ec33e7b99f 
hal21_3.prm  1024  605afff8  hal21    94e80ebd574b1580dac4a2aebd57e3e767890c0d 
hal21_2.prm  1024  c5d84225  hal21    cc2cd32f81ed7c1bcdd68e91d00f8081cb706ce7 
hal21_1.prm  1024  195768fc  hal21    c88bc9552d57d52fb4b030d118f48fedccf563f4 
cabinet art
art no cabinet, marquee, flyer, control panel or PCB images found
additional information
info 0.36b12 [Phil Stroffolino]

0.36b1 [Phil Stroffolino, Carlos A. Lozano]

WIP:
  • 0.127u2: Nicola Salmoria merged HAL21 with SNK driver and fixed palette decoding of early SNK games (HAL21). The least significan bits were assigned incorrectly. Stephane Humbert fixed dipswitches and inputs for HAL21 and clone (Japan). Changed Z80 CPU1/2 clock speed to 3350000 Hz and the 2x AY-3-8912A to 2MHz. Fixed sp16_tiles rom loading.
  • 0.72: Acho A. Tang installed a NMI scheduler to prevent music trashing.
  • 0.61: Changed Z80 CPU1/2 clock speeds to 4MHz and the 2x AY-8910 to 1.5MHz. Fixed prom loading.
  • 23rd June 2002: Acho A. Tang added sound and improved the colors in HAL21.
  • 0.36b12: Phil Stroffolino added HAL21 (SNK 1985) and clone (Japan).
  • 8th December 1999: Phil Stroffolino sent in a preliminary HAL21 driver, with wrong colors.
  • 0.36b1: Phil Stroffolino and Carlos A. Lozano added HAL21 (SNK 1985) (Testdriver).
LEVELS: 1 (endless)

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Romset: 163 kb / 18 files / 77.2 zip
history HAL 21 (c) 1985 SNK.


A vertically scrolling shoot 'em up from SNK.


- TECHNICAL -


Main CPU : (2x) Z80 (@ 4 Mhz)

Sound CPU : Z80 (@ 4 Mhz)

Sound Chips : (2x) AY8910 (@ 1.5 Mhz)


Screen orientation : Vertical

Video resolution : 216 x 288 pixels

Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz

Palette Colors : 1024


Players : 2

Control : 8-way joystick

Buttons : 2


- SOURCES -


Game's rom.



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00000000:FC7C:00000008:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Lives PL1
00000000:FC71:00000000:FFFFFFFF  Invincibility PL1
00000000:FCB8:00000008:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Lives PL2
00000000:FCAD:00000000:FFFFFFFF  Invincibility PL2
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