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title Koukuu Kihei Monogatari - The Legend of Air Cavalry (Japan)
set name legofair
manufacturer SNK
year 1988
genre Shooter (hof)
category Shooter / Flying Vertical (hof)
driver status good
driver source snk.c
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rating

60.6% after 16 votes
 
parent Chopper I (US set 1)
other clones Chopper I (US set 2)
Chopper I (US set 3)
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display
colour emulation good
palette 1024
display type raster
orientation vertical
resolution 224x392
frequency 60.000000Hz
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sound
sound emulation good
channels mono
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controls
players 2
nplayers 2P alt
controls 8 way joystick
buttons 2
coin slots 2
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hardware
cpu Z80 @ 4MHz
cpu Z80 @ 4MHz
cpu Z80 @ 4MHz
audio YM3812 @ 4MHz
audio Y8950 @ 4MHz
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data
version added .035b08
last change(s) none since version .53
roms
name size crc set flags sha1
up03_m4.rom  65536  79a485c0  legofair    bbf51e7321656b6a04223909d4958ceb4892193a 
up03_m8.rom  65536  96d3a4d9  legofair    e23a06e6117eca14b24de2d6fd48f5aa2a26d3bb 
kk_03.rom  65536  dbaafb87  chopper    e7d7f68250bda217230560481ba51da335fc05d7 
up03_k1.rom  1024  7f07a45c  chopper    f751d01d9c25609195b19643395290dab8b8bc5c 
up03_l1.rom  1024  15359fc3  chopper    4ced674fb18b80ebe5fd6459e0fb9542461dbc74 
up03_k2.rom  1024  79b50f7d  chopper    41579e498046570a6a74309310b5341fcde9c7de 
kk_05.rom  32768  defc0987  chopper    ea8eca852aadce90857eb8e65d78631409faac01 
kk_10.rom  65536  5cf4d22b  chopper    b66864740898478becb188d7dd34d61187926e4d 
kk_11.rom  65536  9af4cad0  chopper    dd8c1a76e6a90661c5442c0a096cb9ffe496d12a 
kk_12.rom  65536  02fec778  chopper    477a3e22f913cc7783d6cbfce86f98fea9eaf3ec 
kk_13.rom  65536  2756817d  chopper    acde21454ddf843425deff3357c9e3a7e7a2baec 
kk_09.rom  32768  653c4342  chopper    aacb3a7772dcea4c88f0010b3654f4159cfb6a8b 
kk_08.rom  32768  2da45894  chopper    09f1ac544a119c9d3a9eeb0606f35585d35c2d1d 
kk_07.rom  32768  a0ebebdf  chopper    83d8a9ba7b7ffd42e50afb017e4d0d40fe3e2739 
kk_06.rom  32768  284fad9e  chopper    7bb572d7d5983a514e8381954ac89a720b86e9ba 
kk_18.rom  65536  6abbff36  chopper    8dde3163e454876a4b666b25c81c09b0740143b5 
kk_19.rom  65536  5283b4d3  chopper    980f74d3f468203cf9c1a5f3bc256139975035f3 
kk_20.rom  65536  6403ddf2  chopper    54a044d9a1ba89fec3bea0e771f75fcc532e7aad 
kk_21.rom  65536  9f411940  chopper    73b0bd360a76ab183f8c7b41f78e930e49e2600c 
kk_14.rom  65536  9bad9e25  chopper    0eb1e23dc7084172dd19927a1b084101d10b5137 
kk_15.rom  65536  89faf590  chopper    876fc6dac48fef396670522470c41fc9d9b6a0b2 
kk_16.rom  65536  efb1fb6c  chopper    12edd64e29472f3c6822f957b23547c64dab65d2 
kk_17.rom  65536  6b7fb0a5  chopper    805ee6f439d9e921e1ece27438ba9c00b870e305 
kk_02.rom  65536  06169ae0  chopper    2690ce7cb28cf5c6d37886ce5fbe444067c08403 
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cabinet art
cabinet chopper.png chopper.png
marquee chopper.png
control panel chopper.png
flyer legofair.png
PCB chopper.png
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additional information
info 0.35b8 [Carlos A. Lozano, Phil Stroffolino]

SERVICE MODE:
  • To enter service mode hold F2 during ROM test.
WIP:
  • 0.127u7: Stephane Humbert checked inputs and dipswitches via Z80 code analysis for Chopper I and clones.
  • 0.127u1: SNK rewrite [Nicola Salmoria]: Fixed sprite-sprite priorities. Converted to tilemaps, proper memory map, fixed input and added dip locations etc. Changed visible area to 224x392.
  • 0.126u5: Fixed gfx3 rom addresses to $8000/10000/18000.
  • 0.106u12: MASH added pld ($0 - pal16r6b.2c) to Chopper I and clones (US set 2) and (US set 3).
  • 0.69: Added clones Chopper I (US set 2) and (US set 3).
  • 17th September 2002: Robert Hunt added an alternate Chopper I version to the SNK driver.
  • 0.36b4: Changed description of clone to 'Koukuu Kihei Monogatari - The Legend of Air Cavalry'.
  • 0.35b11: Changed visible area to 224x384 and palettesize to 16 colors.
  • 0.35b9: Fixed rom loading.
  • 0.35b8: Carlos A. Lozano and Phil Stroffolino added Chopper I (SNK 1988) and clone 'The Legend of Air Cavalry'.
LEVELS: 6 (repeats once)

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Sky Army

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Tiger Heli

Vs. Raid on Bungeling Bay

Airwolf

Ajax

Battle Chopper

Thunder Blade

Super Thunder Blade (Mega-Tech)

Twin Cobra

Twin Cobra 2

Apache 3

Chopper I

Cobra-Command

Metal Hawk

Silk Worm

Twin Eagle

Twin Eagle II - The Rescue Mission

Viper

Ashura Blaster

Steel Talons

Thunder Strike

Air Rescue

S.S. Mission

Desert War

Zero Gunner

Romset: 1188 kb / 25 files / 396.6 zip
history Koukuu Kihei Monogatari - The Legend of Air Cavalry (c) 1988 SNK.


A vertically scrolling helicopter shoot'em up.


- TECHNICAL -


Game ID : A7003 'KK'


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

Sound CPU : Z80 (@ 4 Mhz)

Sound Chips : YM3812 (@ 4 Mhz), Y8950 (@ 4 Mhz)


Screen orientation : Vertical

Video resolution : 224 x 384 pixels

Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz

Palette colors : 1024


Players : 2

Control : 8-way joystick

Buttons : 2


- TRIVIA -


The title of this game translates from Japanese as 'Flying Cavalry Story'.


This game is known outside Japan as "Chopper I".


- STAFF -
  • Supervisor : Eikichi Kawasaki
  • Producer : Tamadachi
  • Programmer : SNK Jr.
  • Designers : Okitaka, Madaka, Warasan
  • Sound creater : Kanata
  • Adviser : Tosikita
  • - SOURCES -
  • Game's rom.
  • Edit this entry at Arcade-History.com: http://www.arcade-history.com/?n=koukuu-kihei-monogatari-the-legend-of-air-cavalry&page=detail&id=1324&o=2
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cheats
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code comments
00000000:E45E:00000099:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Credits
60000000:0000:00000000:00000000  See the Dip Switch Menu to enable Invincibility.
00000000:E3A0:00000005:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Lives PL1
62000000:0000:00000000:00000000  Select Bomb Type PL1
00010000:E3B9:00000000:FFFFFFFF  No Bombs
00010000:E3B9:00000055:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Plane Bombs
00010000:E3B9:000000AA:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Circle Bombs
00010000:E3B9:000000FF:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Atomic Bombs
00000000:E3F0:00000005:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Lives PL2
62000000:0000:00000000:00000000  Select Bomb Type PL2
00010000:E409:00000000:FFFFFFFF  No Bombs
00010000:E409:00000055:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Plane Bombs
00010000:E409:000000AA:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Circle Bombs
00010000:E409:000000FF:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Atomic Bombs
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