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title Hard Head
set name hardhead
manufacturer SunA
year 1988
genre Platform (hof)
category Platform / Run Jump Scrolling (hof)
driver status good
driver source suna8.c
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rating

66.8% after 45 votes
 
clones Hard Head (bootleg)
Popper (Hard Head bootleg)
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display
colour emulation good
palette 256
display type raster
orientation horizontal
resolution 256x224
frequency 60.000000Hz
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sound
sound emulation good
channels stereo
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controls
players 2
nplayers 2P sim
controls 8 way joystick
buttons 2
coin slots 2
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hardware
cpu Z80 @ 6MHz
cpu Z80 @ 6MHz
audio YM3812 @ 4MHz
audio AY-3-8910A @ 1.5MHz
audio Samples
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data
version added .037b14
last change(s) none since version .53
roms
name size crc set flags sha1
p1  32768  c6147926  hardhead    8d1609aaeac344c6aec102e92d34caab22a8ec64 
p2  32768  faa2cf9a  hardhead    5987f146b58fcbc3aaa9c010d86022b5172bcfb4 
p3  32768  3d24755e  hardhead    519a179594956f7c3ddfaca362c42b453c928e25 
p4  32768  0241ac79  hardhead    b3c3b98fb29836cbc9fd35ac49e02bfefd3b0c79 
p7  32768  beba8313  hardhead    20aa4e07ec560a89d07ec73cc93311ceaed899a3 
p8  32768  211a9342  hardhead    85bdafe1a2c683eea391cc663caabd958fdf5197 
p9  32768  2ad430c4  hardhead    286a5b1042e077c3ae741d01311d4c91f8f87054 
p10  32768  b6894517  hardhead    e114a5f92b83d98215aab6e2cd943a110d118f56 
p13  32768  493c0b41  hardhead    994a334253e905c39ec912765e8b0f4b1be900bc 
p5  32768  e9aa6fba  hardhead    f286727541f08b136a7d45e13975652bdc8fd663 
p6  32768  15d5f5dd  hardhead    4441344701fcdb2be55bdd76a8a5fd59f5de813c 
p11  32768  055f4c29  hardhead    0eee5db50504a3d37d9291ccd29863ba71da85e1 
p12  32768  9582e6db  hardhead    a2b34d740e07bd35a3184365e7f3ab7476075d70 
p14  32768  41314ac1  hardhead    1ac9213b0ac4ce9fe6256e93875672e128a5d069 
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cabinet art
art no cabinet, marquee, flyer, control panel or PCB images found
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additional information
info 0.37b14 [Luca Elia, Phil Stroffolino]

Bugs:
  • According to the pcb recording on the following webpage: http://arcadeboards.exterior-coatings.com/ab/index.php?act=viewProd &productId=13. MAME has the clock frequency of the YM3812 wrong, it should be 3mhz not 4mhz to match the recording. verifiedPCB hardhead0123u2gre Machone
WIP:
  • 0.101u3: Fixed cpu1 rom address ($48000) in clone (bootleg).
  • 0.93: Changed Custom sound to Samples.
  • 20th December 2004: Guru - Popper (Hard Head bootleg) arrived. These were purchased by Randy some time ago on eBay.
  • 0.87u2: Pierpaolo Prazzoli and Corrado Tomaselli improved sound in Hard Head / Popper. Changed Z80 CPU1/2 clock speeds to 6MHz and AY-3-8910 to 1.5MHz and added Custom sound. Added new 64k cpu1 rom ($50000) to clone Hard Head (bootleg).
  • 0.84u2: David Haywood added clone Popper (Hard Head bootleg).
  • 0.37b15: Renamed (hardheab) to (hardhedb). Changed AY-8910 clock speed to 4MHz.
  • 0.37b14: Luca Elia and Phil Stroffolino added Hard Head (SunA 1988) and clone (bootleg).
  • 14th March 2001: Luca Elia sent in his own driver for Hard Head and Rough Ranger, only some graphics are messed.
  • 13th March 2001: Phil Stroffolino sent in a preliminary driver for Hard Head, but it lacks correct graphics and is barely playable. Bryan McPhail added correct color palette emulation to Hard Head.
LEVELS: 16

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Romset: 448 kb / 14 files / 132 zip
history Hard Head (c) 1988 SunA.


A platform game from SunA


- TECHNICAL -


Game ID : KRB-14


Main CPU : Z80 (@ 6 Mhz)

Sound CPU : Z80 (@ 6 Mhz)

Sound Chips : YM3812 (@ 4 Mhz), AY8910 (@ 1.5 Mhz), Custom (@ 1.5 Mhz)


Screen orientation : Horizontal

Video resolution : 256 x 224 pixels

Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz

Palette colors : 256


Players : 2

Control : 8-way joystick

Buttons : 2


- TRIVIA -


Classical music is extensively used as the soundtrack for this game.


Edited extracts from Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake Op. 20 (1st movement), Mozart's 40th symphony K. 550 (1st movement) and Chopin's Fantaisie Impromptu Op. 66 can repeatedly be heared through the game.


A bootleg of this game is known as "Popper (Unknown)".


- SERIES -
  1. Hard Head (1988)
  2. Hard Head 2 (1991)
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cheats
cheats
code comments
00000000:C040:00000099:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Credits
00000000:C025:0000005A:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Time
00010000:C026:00000009:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Time (2/2)
20800000:4BB8:000000C9:FFFFFFFF  Invincibility against bosses:See the Dip Switch Menu to enable an alternate Invincibility cheat.
00001301:C108:0000000F:FFFFFFFF  Select starting stage:You should enable this cheat on the Press START button screen, ie. after credits have been inserted!
00000303:C108:0000000F:FFFFFFFF  Select next stage
60000000:0000:00000000:00000000 
00000000:C104:00000005:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Lives PL1
00000000:C135:00000004:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Energy PL1
00000000:C136:00000003:FFFFFFFF  Normal Invincibility PL1:See the Dip Switch Menu to enable an alternate Invincibility cheat.
60000000:0000:00000000:00000000 
00000000:C184:00000005:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Lives PL2
00000000:C1B5:00000004:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Energy PL2
00000000:C1B6:00000003:FFFFFFFF  Normal Invincibility PL2:See the Dip Switch Menu to enable an alternate Invincibility cheat.
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