game
icon
title Vs. Platoon
set name platoon
manufacturer Ocean Software Limited
year 1987
genre Platform (hof)
category Platform / Shooter Scrolling (hof)
driver status preliminary
driver source vsnes.c
snapshots MW: in game / CT: in game | title / EJ: in game / PS: in game | title | scores
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rating

68.3% after 20 votes
 
display
colour emulation preliminary
palette 512
display type raster
orientation horizontal
resolution 256x240
frequency 60.000000Hz
sound
sound emulation good
channels mono
controls
players 2
nplayers 1P
controls 8 way joystick
buttons 2
coin slots 2
hardware
cpu N2A03 @ 1.789772MHz
audio N2A03 @ 1.789772MHz
audio DAC
data
version added .037b11
last change(s) none since version .53
roms
name size crc set flags sha1
prgver0.ic4  131072  e2c0a2be  platoon    1f8e33d6da8402be6a376668a424bfde38471021 
chrver0.ic6  131072  689df57d  platoon    854aaa9feb16e3f239fba6069fbf65e69858fe73 
cabinet art
control panel platoon.png
flyer platoon.png
PCB platoon.png
additional information
info 0.37b11 [Howie Cohen]

WIP:
  • 0.60: Changed description to 'Vs. Platoon'.
  • 16th January 2001: Howie Cohen sent in an update to the VSNES driver, adding Platoon.
  • 0.37b11: Howie Cohen added Platoon (Ocean Software Limited 1987).
  • 6th January 2001: Howie Cohen fixed several bugs in the VSNES driver and added RBI Baseball, VS Baseball and VS Mahjong.
  • 1st January 2001: Howie Cohen finally submitted the long awaited VSNES driver, with most of the games having correct colors and sound.
Movie: Platoon

Genre: Drama, War

Year: USA 1986

Director: Oliver Stone

Studio: Hemdale Film

Cast: Charlie Sheen, Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe, Francesco Quinn, Forest Whitaker, Kevin Dillon

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Romset: 256 kb / 2 files / 94.1 zip
history Vs. Platoon (c) 1988 Sunsoft.


- TECHNICAL -


Main CPU : N2A03 (@ 1.789772 Mhz)

Sound Chips : N2A03 (@ 1.789772 Mhz), DAC (@ 1.789772 Mhz)


Screen orientation : Horizontal

Video resolution : 256 x 240 pixels

Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz

Palette colors : 64


Players : 2

Control : 8-way joystick

Buttons : 2


- TRIVIA -


Licensed to Nintendo.


- PORTS -


* Computers :

Amstrad CPC (1988)


- SOURCES -


Game's rom.



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