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title Mazinger Z (International/Japan)
set name mazinger
manufacturer Banpresto/Dynamic Pl. Toei Animation
year 1994
genre Shooter (hof)
category Shooter / Flying Vertical (hof)
driver status good
driver source cave.c
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rating

64.1% after 117 votes
 
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display
colour emulation good
palette 32768
display type raster
orientation vertical
resolution 240x384
frequency 57.550645Hz
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sound
sound emulation good
channels stereo
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controls
players 2
nplayers 2P sim
controls 8 way joystick
buttons 3
coin slots 2
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hardware
cpu 68000 @ 16MHz
cpu Z80 @ 4MHz
audio YM2203 @ 4MHz
audio OKI6295 @ 1.056MHz
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data
version added .053
last change(s) none since version .53
roms
name size crc set flags sha1
mzp-0.u24  524288  43a4279f  mazinger    2c17eb31040bb7f1554bc1c9a968eec5e72af097 
mzp-1.924  524288  db40acba  mazinger    797a3046b6ab33773c5c4d6bb6d045ea60c1eb45 
mzs.u21  131072  c5b4f7ed  mazinger    01f3cd1dd4045029260544e0e1c15dd08817012e 
bp943a-2.u56  2097152  97e13959  mazinger    c30b1093aacebafefcae701af767dd36fc55fac7 
bp943a-3.u55  524288  9c4957dd  mazinger    e775605a01b6cadc318855ac046dad03c4fc5bb4 
bp943a-1.u60  2097152  46327415  mazinger    679d26caefa975569198fac550105c370e2be00d 
bp943a-0.u63  2097152  c1fed98a  mazinger    c276505f80a49b129862966a19db507f97153e45 
bp943a-4.u64  524288  3fc7f29a  mazinger    feb21b918243c0a03dfa4a80cc80b86be4f62680 
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cabinet art
art no cabinet, marquee, flyer, control panel or PCB images found
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additional information
info 0.53 [Luca Elia, Nicola Salmoria]

0.37b8 [Nicola Salmoria]

WIP:
  • 0.123u6: Aaron Giles fixed reset caused by the watchedog message.
  • 0.105u1: Aaron Giles fixed watchdog/reset in Mazinger Z (game doesn't start).
  • 0.97u2: Sonikos updated the sound balancing in DonPachi, Mazinger Z, Metamoqester and Power Instinct 2.
  • 0.70u3: Added 'Region' dipswitch.
  • 0.57: Fixed gfx1/2/3 roms loading.
  • 12th October 2001: Luca Elia fixed missing sprites in the water level of Mazinger Z.
  • 0.53: Luca Elia and Nicola Salmoria added Mazinger Z (Banpresto 1994).
  • 13th July 2001: David Haywood added a default EEPROM for Mazinger Z.
  • 12th July 2001: Luca Elia sent in an update to the Cave driver, adding Mazinger Z and Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon.
- 0.37b8: Nicola Salmoria added Mazinger Z (Banpresto 1994) (Testdriver). TODO: EEPROM interface is slightly wrong, it's probably something minor but the game doesn't recover the data it writes.
  • 8 (restarts once)
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Romset: 8320 kb / 8 files / 2.78 zip
history Mazinger Z (c) 1994 Banpresto.


Vertical shoot'em up with 3 selectable characters : Mazinger Z, Great Mazinger and Grendizer.


- TECHNICAL -


Cave 1st Generation Hardware


Main CPU : MC68000 (@ 16 Mhz)

Sound CPU : Z80 [Optional]

Sound Chips : YMZ280B (@ 16.9344 Mhz) or OKIM6295 x (1 or 2) + YM2203 / YM2151 [Optional]

Other : 93C46 EEPROM


Screen orientation : Vertical

Video resolution : 240 x 384 pixels

Screen refresh : 57.55 Hz

Palette colors : 16384


Players : 2

Control : 8-way joystick

Buttons : 3


- TRIVIA -


Released in August 1994.


Based off the manga created by legendary artist Go Nagai in 1972.


Default highscore table (TODAY'S TOP 8) :

TOP 100000 SUG

2ND 90000 TAG

3RD 80000 TON

4TH 70000 FAW

5TH 60000 TOM

6TH 50000 FUJ

7TH 40000 SAT

8TH 30000 SIN


- UPDATES -


If you set the territorial dip switch to Japan, not only will the Japanese title screen be shown, you will also see the boss's name (before you start fighting, written in Japanese), and cutscenes are shown in-between levels. These are absent if you set the switch to World.


- SERIES -
  1. Mazinger Z (1994)
  2. Mazinger Z 2
    3. - STAFF -
    • Sound effect by : Hitoshi Sakimoto
    • - SOURCES -
    • Game's rom.
    • Edit this entry at Arcade-History.com: http://www.arcade-history.com/?n=mazinger-z&page=detail&id=1590&o=2
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cheats
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code comments
00000000:1000A0:00000009:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Credits
60000000:000000:00000000:00000000 
00000000:100ABB:00000088:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Energy PL1
00000000:100AB6:00000009:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Bombs PL1
00000000:100AB8:00000003:FFFFFFFF  Always have Full Power Weapon PL1
62000000:000000:00000000:00000000  Select Weapon PL1
00010000:100AB7:00000000:FFFFFFFF  Orange
00010000:100AB7:00000001:FFFFFFFF  Blue
00010000:100AB7:00000002:FFFFFFFF  Green
60000000:000000:00000000:00000000 
00000000:100AEB:00000088:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Energy PL2
00000000:100AE6:00000009:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Bombs PL2
00000000:100AE8:00000003:FFFFFFFF  Always have Full Power WeaponPL2
62000000:000000:00000000:00000000  Select Weapon PL2
00010000:100AE7:00000000:FFFFFFFF  Orange
00010000:100AE7:00000001:FFFFFFFF  Blue
00010000:100AE7:00000002:FFFFFFFF  Green
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