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title Karate Blazers (US)
set name karatblu
manufacturer Video System Co.
year 1991
genre Fighter (hof)
category Fighter / 2.5D (hof)
driver status good
driver source aerofgt.c
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rating

63.1% after 23 votes
 
parent Karate Blazers (World)
other clones Karate Blazers (Japan)
display
colour emulation good
palette 1024
display type raster
orientation horizontal
resolution 352x240
frequency 60.000000Hz
sound
sound emulation good
channels stereo
controls
players 4
nplayers 4P sim
controls 8 way joystick
buttons 4
coin slots 4
hardware
cpu 68000 @ 10MHz
cpu Z80 @ 4MHz
audio YM2610 @ 8MHz
data
version added .037b01
last change(s) none since version .53
roms
name size crc set flags sha1
2.u14  262144  202e6220  karatblu    2605511a0574cbc39fdf3d8ae27a0aa9b43345fb 
1.u15  262144  d16ee21b  karatblz    d454cdf22b72a537b9d7ae73deb8136a4f09da47 
5.u92  131072  97d67510  karatblz    1ffd419e3dec7de1099cd5819b0309f7dd0df80e 
gha.u55  524288  3e0cea91  karatblz    bab41715f106d364013b64649441d280bc6893cf 
gh9.u61  524288  5d1676bd  karatblz    6227d489c9c6259a0ac2bef62821fbf94efca8c6 
u42  1048576  65f0da84  karatblz    0bfbc6f4b87583703246704eb9fa13b1b3e6f90e 
3.u44  131072  34bdead2  karatblz    99f9a8cac807fcd599db55d2dc624ed92a3862ef 
u43  1048576  7b349e5d  karatblz    8590a328f403e2c697a8d698c08d4adaf01fff62 
4.u45  131072  be4d487d  karatblz    6d19c91d0498c43017219f0c10f4845a51ccfa7f 
u59.ghb  524288  158c9cde  karatblz    a2c1b404d40e6c2627691f5c7a3f63484bd5d2de 
ghd.u60  524288  73180ae3  karatblz    e4eaf6693826d9e72032d0a0e25938a23ab7d792 
u105.gh8  524288  7a68cb1b  karatblz    1bdd0000c2d68019b9e5bf8f7ad84a6ae1af8443 
u104  1048576  5795e884  karatblz    a4178497ad0a1e60ceb87612b218d77b36d2a11b 
cabinet art
additional information
info 0.37b1 [Nicola Salmoria]

Bugs:
  • Right at the beginning the heroes are introduced with a zoom effect. Several frames of the zoom effect are glitched. It looks as if the image was cut into rectangular jigsaw pieces and then re-arranged with all pieces slightly out of place (see snapshots). karatblz337b4gre Frotz / DCisTHEbest (ID 00261)
WIP:
  • 0.98u1: Pierpaolo Prazzoli fixed 2nd background priorities in Karate Blazers (see final 5th level).
  • 0.91u2: Gerald added clone Karate Blazers (Japan).
  • 0.81u7: Brian Troha fixed dipswitches in Karate Blazers. Added dipswitches 'Number of Enemies' and 'Strength of Enemies'.
  • 0.37b5: Added dipswitches 'Coinage', '2 Coins to Start, 1 to Continue', 'Lives', 'Cabinet', 'Difficulty' and 'Flip Screen'.
  • 0.37b1: Nicola Salmoria added Karate Blazers (World?) (Video System 1991) and clone (US).
  • 4th April 2000: Nicola Salmoria added Karate Blazers and Spinal Breakers to the Aero Fighters driver.
LEVELS: 5

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Romset: 6528 kb / 13 files / 2.66 zip
history Karate Blazers (c) 1991 Video System.


A horizontally scrolling fighting game for 1 to 4 players. Each playable character (chosen from Mark, Glen, Akira and Gil) kicks and punches their way through a number of enemy-packed levels. In addition to kicking and puching, each character also has their own unique 'special attack'; a move that injures multiple on-screen enemies at the cost of some of the player's health.


While in no way original (drawing most of its inspiration from Capcom's "Final Fight"), Karate Blazers is both hugely playable and very fast and frenetic, with the amount of on-screen enemies at times overwhelming. The graphics are also well drawn and nicely animated.


- TECHNICAL -


Main CPU : 68000 (@ 10 Mhz)

Sound CPU : Z80 (@ 4 Mhz)

Sound Chips : YM2610 (@ 8 Mhz)


Screen orientation : Horizontal

Video resolution : 352 x 240 pixels

Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz

Palette colors : 1024


Players : 4

Control : 8-way joystick

Buttons : 4


- STAFF -
  • Game designer : N. Yorichika
  • Programmers : Good Townsman, Moo Yagiyama2, Willful Rabbit
  • Visual designers : N. Yorichika, Shoko Ishimoto, Y. Funada, T. Nishigaki, Hikihara, T. Akamatsu, K. Yamamotoya, H. Motono, H. Hino, Hyoue Ogawa, Akira, Takashi Itoh
  • Sound designers : Kenji Okuda, Naoki Itamura, Suda Akira
  • - SOURCES -
  • Game's ROM.
  • Edit this entry at Arcade-History.com: http://www.arcade-history.com/?n=karate-blazers&page=detail&id=1259&o=2
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code comments
00000000:F8025:00000028:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Time:You must disable it at the start of each stage for a second or 2 or you'll wait for ever for another player
60000000:00000:00000000:00000000 
00000000:F80E1:00000003:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Lives PL1
00000000:F80B1:00000032:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Energy PL1
00000000:F80E7:000000B3:FFFFFFFF  Invincibility PL1
00000000:F80F9:00000003:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Scrolls PL1
60000000:00000:00000000:00000000 
00000000:F8161:00000003:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Lives PL2
00000000:F8131:00000032:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Energy PL2
00000000:F8167:000000B3:FFFFFFFF  Invincibility PL2
00000000:F8179:00000003:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Scrolls PL2
60000000:00000:00000000:00000000 
00000000:F81E1:00000003:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Lives PL3
00000000:F81B1:00000032:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Energy PL3
00000000:F81E7:000000B3:FFFFFFFF  Invincibility PL3
00000000:F81F9:00000003:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Scrolls PL3
60000000:00000:00000000:00000000 
00000000:F8261:00000003:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Lives PL4
00000000:F8231:00000032:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Energy PL4
00000000:F8267:000000B3:FFFFFFFF  Invincibility PL4
00000000:F8279:00000003:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Scrolls PL4
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