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title Karate Dou (Japan)
set name karatedo
manufacturer Data East Corporation
year 1984
genre Fighter (hof)
category Fighter / Versus (hof)
driver status good
driver source kchamp.c
snapshots PS: in game | title | scores | parent / MW: in game | parent / CT: in game | title | parent / Mr. Do: parent / EJ: parent
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rating

64% after 35 votes
 
parent Karate Champ (US)
other clones Karate Champ (US VS version)
Taisen Karate Dou (Japan VS version)
display
colour emulation good
palette 256
display type raster
orientation vertical
resolution 224x256
frequency 60.000000Hz
sound
sound emulation good
channels mono
controls
players 2
nplayers 2P alt
controls double 4 way joystick
buttons 0
coin slots 2
hardware
cpu Z80 @ 3MHz
cpu Z80 @ 3MHz
audio AY-3-8910A @ 1.5MHz
audio AY-3-8910A @ 1.5MHz
audio DAC
data
version added .036b09
last change(s) none since version .53
roms
name size crc set flags sha1
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be15  8192  a65e3793  karatedo    bf1e8fbc6755e85414eb7629e6fab3bf154f6546 
be16  8192  151d8872  karatedo    1bb27142fdb33e3aeaf95c7a0ad7e8c258bbcb66 
be17  8192  8f393b6a  karatedo    f246a6e069a2f562c5b7de05a2b8a6a09c1f4d1b 
be18  8192  a09046ad  karatedo    665973bffc38e36b8b0f6bc79e10db280be0613e 
be19  8192  0cdc4da9  karatedo    405454deda311abb8badd58a47529e42ddce5f6a 
be26  8192  999ab0a3  karatedo    6aa545cee7a261f3dc5774dea2066f1412f63f49 
be25  8192  253bf0da  karatedo    33bae6401003dc57deaa14bf7f6a7ebad5b7efe3 
be24  8192  e2c188af  karatedo    b7a0801a4c634694f1556873fd21f7e13441be17 
be23  8192  25262de1  karatedo    6264cd82756be9e1cdcd9ad3c3dfc6fef78dab8f 
be22  8192  38055c48  karatedo    8406a52aaa7e56093a8d8552e928988b6fdd6c95 
be21  8192  5f0efbe7  karatedo    f831efd02c917adac827fe6db8449ca8707b3d44 
be20  8192  cbe8a533  karatedo    04cb41c487c2f951417628ed2888e04d59a39d29 
be00  8192  cec020f2  karatedo    07c501cc24797000f369fd98a26efe13875107bb 
be01  8192  cd96271c  karatedo    bcc71010e5489b19ad1553141c7b2e366bbbc68f 
be13  8192  fb358707  karatedo    37124f1f545787723fecf466d8dcd31b88cdd75d 
be04  8192  48372bf8  karatedo    28231b3bdb1d7226d7856554ba667b6d61f4fe22 
b012.bin  8192  b4842ea9  kchamp    471475f65edbd292b9162ad50e5cb0c7144845b0 
b003.bin  8192  8cd166a5  kchamp    4b623c4c0025d75b3ed9746f8b6730bf3e65d85a 
b011.bin  8192  4cbd3aa3  kchamp    a9a683dcc4f52b18450659a20434a4d2a7b411d9 
b002.bin  8192  6be342a6  kchamp    0b8ac7ef7c6a6464fbc027a9fd17fa7ce1ffd962 
be07  8192  40f2b6fb  karatedo    8d9ee04d917a8e143bd00fa7582990213bfa42d3 
be10  8192  325c0a97  karatedo    0159536ff0ebac8ccf65aac1a524a30b3fca3418 
b006.bin  8192  7346db8a  kchamp    d2b2c1700ae0ff9c614a9981a3da3d69879e9f25 
b009.bin  8192  b78714fc  kchamp    4df7f15c37d56a9d66d0049aad65b32063e5c29a 
b005.bin  8192  b2557102  kchamp    ec4285029fc3ee1ad0adb05f363b234c67f8903d 
b008.bin  8192  c85aba0e  kchamp    4be21b38623c2a8ae7f1e7397fb002e4cb9e4614 
br27  256  f683c54a  kchamp    92893990456b92f04a2be98b8e9626e97b7a2562 
br26  256  3ddbb6c4  kchamp    0eca5594d6812bc79f8b78f83fe003877d20c973 
br25  256  ba4a5651  kchamp    77e81bd64ab59a7466d20eabdff4be241e963c52 
cabinet art
cabinet kchamp.png
marquee kchamp.png
control panel kchamp.png
flyer karatedo.png
PCB kchamp.png
additional information
info 0.34b4 [Ernesto Corvi]

0.34b2 [Ernesto Corvi]

Bugs:
  • karatevs, kchamp, kchampvs: Sound bug - no sound effect plays when first credit is input (works for subsequent credits). Tafoid: Clone set karatedo does give sound for the first credit as opposed to the other 3 sets that do not. Shifty (ID 01130)
  • kchampvs, karatevs: Tested with 0.115 and as far back as .37b15 (first windows release). Boot the game and let the demonstration progress to the screen where the two fighters trade kicks and punches but do not hit each other. You'll notice the BGM continues to play fine while there are regular sound effects, but there is a very noticable pause only when there is a speech effect used. You can hear more of the tune (longer into it) when you do not have speech effects in the demo (try kchamp and karatedo). Tafoid (ID 00129)
WIP:
  • 0.123u1: Zsolt Vasvari removed color tables from Karate Champ. Added resnet.c color computations where appropriate.
  • 0.36b12: Changed Z80 CPU2 clock speed to 3MHz and the 2x AY-8910 to 1.5MHz.
  • 0.36b9: Takahiro Nogi added clone Karate Dou (Japan). Karate Champ (US VS version) and Taisen Karate Dou (Japan VS version) are now clones of Karate Champ (US). Renamed (karatedo) to (karatevs). Changed Z80 CPU2 clock speed to 3.5MHz and the 2x AY-8910 to 1MHz. Added dipswitches 'Difficulty' and 'Cabinet'.
  • 11th November 1999: Takahiro Nogi added another Karate Champ romset.
  • 0.34b8: Changed description of clone 'Karate Champ (VS Version - Japanese)' to 'Taisen Karate Dou (VS version)'.
  • 0.34b4: Ernesto Corvi added Karate Champ (Data East 1984).
  • 0.34b3: Ernesto Corvi fixed speech in Karate Champ. Changed description of clone 'Taisen Karate Dou' to 'Karate Champ (JAP version)'.
  • 0.34b2: Ernesto Corvi added Karate Champ (VS version) (Data East 1984) and clone 'Taisen Karate Dou'.
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Romset: 217 kb / 30 files / 107 zip
history Karate Dou (c) 1984 Data East.


Classic classic classic karate tournament game.


- TECHNICAL -


Main CPU : Z80 (@ 3 Mhz)

Sound CPU : Z80 (@ 3 Mhz)

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


Screen orientation : Vertical

Video resolution : 224 x 256 pixels

Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz

Palette colors : 256


Players : 2

Control : Double 4-way joysticks


- TRIVIA -


Released in September 1984.


The title of this game translates from Japanese as 'The Way of Karate'.


This game is known outside Japan as "Karate Champ".


- UPDATES -


This version has some differences :

* It has a different storyline : you would fight your way through tournaments at various levels and finally end up at the nationals.

* Japanese voices are used.

* The bonus stages are different : kicking a vase, kicking apples out of another man's hands and off his head and jumping up and kicking a tall post.


- PORTS -


* Consoles :

Sony PlayStation 2 (2005 ,"Oretachi Geasen Zoku Sono 3 - Karate Michi")


- SOURCES -


Game's rom.



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000000A2:C167:00000099:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Time
60000000:0000:00000000:00000000 
00000000:C91A:00000000:FFFFFFFF  Stop White/PL1 Winning
00000001:C91A:00000001:FFFFFFFF  One hit to win Now! PL1
00010001:C91B:00000001:FFFFFFFF  One hit to win Now! PL1 (2/2)
00000001:C91A:00000000:FFFFFFFF  Set PL1 Points to 0 Now!
00010001:C91B:00000000:FFFFFFFF  Set PL1 Points to 0 Now! (2/2)
60000000:0000:00000000:00000000 
00000000:C91C:00000000:FFFFFFFF  Stop Red/PL2 Winning
00000001:C91C:00000001:FFFFFFFF  One hit to win Now! PL2
00010001:C91D:00000001:FFFFFFFF  One hit to win Now! PL2 (2/2)
00000001:C91C:00000000:FFFFFFFF  Set PL2 Points to 0 Now!
00010001:C91D:00000000:FFFFFFFF  Set PL2 Points to 0 Now! (2/2)
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