MAWS - showing resource: kncljoe

title	Knuckle Joe (set 1)
set name	kncljoe
manufacturer	[Seibu Kaihatsu] (Taito license)
year	1985
genre	Platform (hof)
category	Platform / Fighter (hof)
driver status	good
driver source	kncljoe.c
snapshots	MW: in game / CT: in game \| title / EJ: in game zoom
rating	64.9% after 35 votes
clones	Bone Crusher Knuckle Joe (set 2)

colour emulation	good
palette	256
display type	raster
orientation	horizontal
resolution	240x256
frequency	60.000000Hz

sound emulation	good
channels	mono

players	2
nplayers	2P alt
controls	8 way joystick
buttons	2
coin slots	2

cpu	Z80 @ 6MHz
cpu	M6803 @ 3.579545MHz
audio	AY-3-8910A @ 0.894886MHz
audio	SN76489 @ 3.579545MHz
audio	SN76489 @ 3.579545MHz

version added

.037b07

last change(s)

none since version .53

roms

name	size	crc	set	sha1
kj-1.bin	16384	4e4f5ff2	kncljoe	7d889aa4f4138f01014c1dda391f82396074cfab
kj-2.bin	16384	cb11514b	kncljoe	c75d4019d1617493ff074ce8187a81ad70d9b60c
kj-3.bin	16384	0f50697b	kncljoe	412c6aba270824299ca2a74e9bea42b83e69797b
kj-13.bin	8192	0a0be3f5	kncljoe	00be47fc76500843b6f5de63622edb1748ef5f7d
kj-10.bin	16384	74d3ba33	kncljoe	c7887d690cb7f7a7b24d59d490ffc088fb6cc49c
kj-11.bin	16384	8ea01455	kncljoe	b4b42fe373a1019b4f2a4b763a8a7219a5c9987e
kj-12.bin	16384	33367c41	kncljoe	e6c56bcad008f3af4bc0f7d7afe8e23c8eb9d943
kj-4.bin	32768	a499ea10	kncljoe	cb671cc75b3c6029dd3529e62d83025f78b45271
kj-6.bin	32768	815f5c0a	kncljoe	ad0b59eeebb2e57035a3f643ac0ef575569bec0f
kj-5.bin	32768	11111759	kncljoe	504c62fc6778a4afa86cba69634652708535bef6
kj-7.bin	16384	121fcccb	kncljoe	77f3e7e49787d6a893c5d8c0c3ac612b1180e866
kj-9.bin	16384	affbe3eb	kncljoe	056111fc5b04ff14b114b5f724d02789c8e3ee10
kj-8.bin	16384	e057e72a	kncljoe	3a85750c72caaa027f302dc6ca4086bdbd49b5ff
kjclr1.bin	256	c3378ac2	kncljoe	264fdc0718b36e02fc1fc1064a9566e349f4bf25
kjclr2.bin	256	2126da97	kncljoe	6ca394a5977fab72200a00716a1f25f2a9447896
kjclr3.bin	256	fde62164	kncljoe	d0f6b8d0dce63ce592a5f0c9dc8e6260f69a9141
kjprom5.bin	32	5a81dd9f	kncljoe	090ec9135b12e85ed02ab71fca55cc8d1ea8215a
kjprom4.bin	256	48dc2066	kncljoe	b8007a5115d475b535284965681ae341f819d3db

marquee	kncljoe.png
PCB	kncljoe.png

info

0.37b7 [Ernesto Corvi]

Bugs:

kncljoe and clones: Knuckle Joe and clones have two graphics glitches just after the first boss battle. The first one is during the motorcycles ride, the second one is immediately after their passage. You can see them in the two attached snapshots. LastNinja2 (ID 01654)

WIP:

0.123u5: Tomasz Slanina fixed missing music in Knuckle Joe. Changed Z80 CPU1 clock speed to 6MHz. Replaced AY-3-8910A and 2x MSM5205 with 2x SN76489 (3579545 Hz).
0.123u2: Changed palettesize to 256 colors.
12th February 2008: Guru - More arrivals today! The box up contains Knuckle Joe (Taito 1985) bootleg. Thanks to GP-Lee.
0.122u8: Fixed cpu2 rom address to $6000.
0.122u7: Changed M6803 CPU2 clock speed to 3579545 Hz.
0.72u2: Acho A. Tang changed Z80 CPU clock speed to 5.5MHz and fixed the following problems: You can't play anymore after you die(clock speed too low, check XTAL), scrolling in bike levels(scroll register overflow), sprites disappearing at left screen edge(bad clipping) and artifacts in stage 3 and others(clear sprite mem at bank switch?).
0.60: Added clone Bone Crusher (bootleg 1985).
2nd April 2002: Smitdogg Jones added a bootleg of Knuckle Joe called Bone Crusher.
0.59: Fixed dipswitches and Z80 CPU1 clock speed to 6MHz - game works now. Added dipswitches 'Free Play', 'Unused SW B-0', 'Bonus Life' and 'Difficulty?'.
0.37b8: Changed VSync to 60Hz.

- 0.37b7: Ernesto Corvi added Knuckle Joe (set 1) (Seibu Kaihatsu 1985 (Taito license)) and clone (set 2). TODO: Lots of unknown dipswitches.

25th May 2000: Phil Stroffolino fixed a lot of bugs in Knuckle Joe, but colors are still wrong and there is no sound.
20th May 2000: Ernesto Corvi sent in a preliminary Knuckle Joe driver - sprites are garbled and there is no sound.

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Romset: 250 kb / 18 files / 126 zip

history

Knuckle Joe (c) 1985 Seibu Kaihatsu.

A side-scrolling fighting game.

- TECHNICAL -

Main CPU : Z80 (@ 5.5 Mhz)
Sound CPU : M6803 (@ 894.886 Khz)
Sound Chips : (2x) AY8910 (@ 894.886 Khz), (2x) MSM5205 (@ 384 Khz)

Screen orientation : Horizontal
Video resolution : 240 x 256 pixels
Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz
Palette colors : 144

Players : 2
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 2

- TRIVIA -

Licensed to Taito for manufacture and distribtion.

A bootleg of this game is known as "Bone Crusher".

- SOURCES -

Game's rom.

resource links

view in MAWS
view in CAESAR
view high score and replay at MARP
view in Progetto EMMA (Italian)
view in arcade-history.com
view in GameFAQs
view in KLOV
view in VGMuseum Gamepics

cheats

code	comments
00000000:F000:00000099:FFFFFFFF	Infinite Credits
00000040:F2BD:00000099:FFFFFFFF	Infinite Time
00000000:F0E4:00000007:FFFFFFFF	Infinite Lives
00000000:F505:0000000A:FFFFFFFF	Infinite Energy:See the Dip Switch Menu to enable an alternate Infinite Energy cheat.