game
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title Magician Lord (set 2)
set name maglordh
manufacturer Alpha Denshi Co.
year 1990
genre Platform (hof)
category Platform / Shooter Scrolling (hof)
driver status good
driver source neodrvr.c
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rating

58.1% after 17 votes
 
parent Magician Lord (set 1)
display
colour emulation good
palette 0
display type raster
orientation horizontal
resolution 320x224
frequency 59.185606Hz
sound
sound emulation good
channels stereo
controls
players 2
nplayers 2P alt
controls 8 way joystick
buttons 4
coin slots 2
hardware
cpu 68000 @ 12MHz
cpu Z80 @ 4MHz
audio YM2610 @ 8MHz
data
version added .035b02
last change(s) .059
roms
name size crc set flags sha1
sp-s2.sp1  131072  9036d879  neogeo    4f5ed7105b7128794654ce82b51723e16e389543 
sp-s.sp1  131072  c7f2fa45  neogeo    09576ff20b4d6b365e78e6a5698ea450262697cd 
usa_2slt.bin  131072  e72943de  neogeo    5c6bba07d2ec8ac95776aa3511109f5e1e2e92eb 
sp-e.sp1  131072  2723a5b5  neogeo    5dbff7531cf04886cde3ef022fb5ca687573dcb8 
asia-s3.rom  131072  91b64be3  neogeo    720a3e20d26818632aedf2c2fd16c54f213543e1 
vs-bios.rom  131072  f0e8f27d  neogeo    ecf01eda815909f1facec62abf3594eaa8d11075 
sp-j2.rom  131072  acede59c  neogeo    b6f97acd282fd7e94d9426078a90f059b5e9dd91 
sp1.jipan.1024  131072  9fb0abe4  neogeo    18a987ce2229df79a8cf6a84f968f0e42ce4e59d 
005-p1h.bin  524288  599043c5  maglordh    43f234b0f89b72b4c6050c40d9daa5c4e96b94ce 
005-s1.bin  131072  1c5369a2  maglord    db0dba0a7dced6c9ca929c5abda491b05d84199c 
sfix.sfix  131072  c2ea0cfd  neogeo    fd4a618cdcdbf849374f0a50dd8efe9dbab706c3 
000-lo.lo  131072  5a86cff2  neogeo    5992277debadeb64d1c1c64b0a92d9293eaf7e4a 
sm1.sm1  131072  94416d67  neogeo    42f9d7ddd6c0931fd64226a60dc73602b2819dcf 
005-m1.bin  262144  26259f0f  maglord    4f3e500093d61585048767dbd9fa09b3911a05d6 
005-v11.bin  524288  cc0455fd  maglord    a8ff4270e7705e263d25ff0b301f503bccea7e59 
005-v21.bin  524288  f94ab5b7  maglord    2c16985102e3585e08622d8c54ac5c60425b9ff8 
005-v22.bin  524288  232cfd04  maglord    61b66a9decbbd1f500a8c186615e7fd077c6861e 
005-c1.bin  524288  806aee34  maglord    3c32a0edbbddb694495b510c13979c44b83de8bc 
005-c2.bin  524288  34aa9a86  maglord    cec97e1ff7f91158040c629ba75742db82c4ae5e 
005-c3.bin  524288  c4c2b926  maglord    478bfafca21f5a1338808251a06ab405e6a9e65f 
005-c4.bin  524288  9c46dcf4  maglord    4c05f3dc25777a87578ce09a6cefb3a4cebf3266 
005-c5.bin  524288  69086dec  maglord    7fa47f4a765948813ebf366168275dcc3c42e951 
005-c6.bin  524288  ab7ac142  maglord    e6ad2843947d35d8e913d2666f87946c1ba7944f 
cabinet art
cabinet maglord.png
marquee maglord.png
control panel maglord.png
flyer maglordh.png
additional information
info 0.34b1 [Shin Emu Keikaku team]

Neo-Geo

WIP:
  • 0.124u1: Added new cpu2 rom.
  • 0.120: Johnboy fully redumped Magician Lord. Added correct 128k cpu2 m1 rom.
  • 0.69: Jarek Burczynski fixed FM bug causing bad sounds in Magician Lord and other games which was introduced in the last release.
  • 22nd May 2003: Jarek Burczynski fixed a bug in the YM2610 sound chip emulator that caused problems in the Magician Lord intro for example.
  • 0.35b2: Added clone Magician Lord (Home version).
  • 0.34b1: Added Magician Lord (Alpha Denshi 1990).
LEVELS: 8

Other Emulators:
  • Calice
  • Kawaks
  • Nebula
Romset: 5504 kb / 12 files / 2.68 zip
history Magician Lord (c) 1990 Alpha Denshi.


Step Into The Sorcerer's World!


Players help the wizard Elta save his homeworld in this platform game. The player controls the wizard Elta, the last magician lord, on his quest to save his homeland from the evil Gul-Agieze who plans to resurrect the god of destruction using 8 tomes of mystical power. As Elta the player must battle through 8 levels to find each of the tomes before he can reach the final battle and seal away the evil god once again.


- TECHNICAL -


SNK Neo-Geo MVS hardware

Game ID : 0005


Main CPU : 68000 (@ 12 Mhz)

Sound CPU : Z80 (@ 4 Mhz)

Sound Chips : YM2610 (@ 8 Mhz)


Screen orientation : Horizontal

Video resolution : 320 x 224 pixels

Screen refresh : 59.19 Hz

Palette colors : 4096


Players : 2

Control : 8-way joystick

Buttons : 2

=> [A] Shot, [B] Jump


- TRIVIA -


Released in May 1990. This is the first Alpha Denshi game for the SNK Neo-Geo MVS hardware and it was the first game which used the capabilities of the hardware (zooming, stretching).


At this time, this game was the Killer application for Neo-Geo, all reviews from magazines were very positive, many people wanted it and bought it.


Default highscore table :

1 50000

2 40000 RYU

3 30000

4 20000

5 10000


- PORTS -


* Consoles :

SNK Neo-Geo CD (1994)

Nintendo Wii (2007, "Virtual Console")

Sony PlayStation 2 (Apr.2008, "SNK Arcade Classics 1")

Sony PSP (Apr.2008, "SNK Arcade Classics 1")


- SOURCES -


Game's rom.

Machine's picture.



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code comments
00000000:10FD89:00000064:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Continues
00010000:100CB2:00000000:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Continues (2/3)
00010000:100CB3:00000000:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Continues (3/3)
00000000:103A0D:00000005:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Time
00010000:103A0E:000000DB:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Time (2/3)
00010000:103A0F:000000FF:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Time (3/3)
60000000:000000:00000000:00000000 
00000000:103C00:00000009:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Lives PL1
00000000:103C07:00000005:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Energy PL1
00000000:103C04:00000002:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Power PL1
00000000:103C09:0000009F:FFFFFFFF  Invincibility PL1
62000000:000000:00000000:00000000  Select Character PL1:With this Character Transformation cheat when you die this will be the character you become.
00010000:103C05:0000000D:FFFFFFFF  Ninja
00010000:103C05:00000009:FFFFFFFF  Triton
00010000:103C05:0000000E:FFFFFFFF  Samourai
00010000:103C05:00000005:FFFFFFFF  Dragon
00010000:103C05:0000000A:FFFFFFFF  Atlant
00010000:103C05:0000000F:FFFFFFFF  Mutant
60000000:000000:00000000:00000000 
00000000:103C80:00000009:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Lives PL2
00000000:103C87:00000005:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Energy PL2
00000000:103C84:00000002:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Power PL2
00000000:103C89:0000009F:FFFFFFFF  Invincibility PL2
62000000:000000:00000000:00000000  Select Character PL2:With this Character Transformation cheat when you die this will be the character you become.
00010000:103C85:0000000D:FFFFFFFF  Ninja
00010000:103C85:00000009:FFFFFFFF  Triton
00010000:103C85:0000000E:FFFFFFFF  Samourai
00010000:103C85:00000005:FFFFFFFF  Dragon
00010000:103C85:0000000A:FFFFFFFF  Atlant
00010000:103C85:0000000F:FFFFFFFF  Mutant
60000000:000000:00000000:00000000 
62000000:000000:00000000:00000000  Select Cartridge/NeoGeo Type:Enable it DURING the neogeo bios booting sequence. If you miss the boot sequence reset and THEN enable it. The Home (NEOGEO) setting may open up other aspects of the game or it may even make
00010000:10FD82:00000080:FFFFFFFF  Arcade (MVS)
00010000:10FD82:00000000:FFFFFFFF  Home (NEOGEO)
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