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title Power Drive
set name powerdrv
manufacturer Bally Midway
year 1986
genre Driving (hof)
category Driving / Race (hof)
driver status good
driver source mcr3.c
snapshots MW: in game / CT: in game | title / PS: in game | title
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rating

67.3% after 22 votes
 
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display
colour emulation good
palette 64
display type raster
orientation horizontal
resolution 512x480
frequency 30.000000Hz
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sound
sound emulation good
channels mono
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controls
players 3
nplayers 3P sim
controls other
buttons 4
coin slots 3
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hardware
cpu Z80 @ 5MHz
cpu 68000 @ 8MHz
audio DAC
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data
version added .036b06
last change(s) none since version .53
roms
name size crc set flags sha1
pdrv3b.bin  32768  d870b704  powerdrv    300d6ff3c92a45f5c4f28c171280174924aecb6c 
pdrv5b.bin  32768  fa0544ad  powerdrv    55a9cf8c8648761443e4a5a3b214f4d6236cbaff 
pdsndu7.bin  32768  78713e78  powerdrv    11382c024536f743e051ba208ae02d0f5e07cf5e 
pdsndu17.bin  32768  c41de6e4  powerdrv    0391afd96ee80dd1d4a34e661e5df1e01fbbd57a 
pdsndu8.bin  32768  15714036  powerdrv    77ca5f703eb7f146e13d9c01f4427f6aaa31df39 
pdsndu18.bin  32768  cae14c70  powerdrv    04e92f1f144cc8ff13a09a3d38aa65ac05c41c0b 
pdrv15a.bin  16384  b858b5a8  powerdrv    da622bde13c7156a826d658e176feccf18f33a4b 
pdrv14b.bin  16384  12ee7fc2  powerdrv    aca7b20efa8b0e2217691fd8de6adf68a2048331 
pdrv8e.bin  65536  dd3a2adc  powerdrv    0792591eb55603c809d08ee622ecb2c9f5731038 
pdrv6e.bin  65536  1a1f7f81  powerdrv    d66ff3ef3855e086e665531aef0e079842c48fcb 
pdrv5e.bin  65536  4cb4780e  powerdrv    e1fad431257d9ec5e35175e4dc09d21e36ba1fa0 
pdrv4e.bin  65536  de400335  powerdrv    49438bc7c2ba236dcbd4ddc3c985460887dcf110 
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cabinet art
cabinet powerdrv.png powerdrv.png
marquee powerdrv.png
control panel powerdrv.png
flyer powerdrv.png
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additional information
info 0.36b6 [Aaron Giles]

0.34b8 [?]

Bugs:
  • The cars etc. sprites show up after the 2/4wd display, Sled pulling: In the beginning the sled shows up in the right side of the screen. Jumping: The ramp flickers. powerdrv0102gre RansAckeR (ID 00188)
WIP:
  • 0.98u1: Aaron Giles did some major cleanup on the MCR drivers: Implemented Super Sound I/O interrupts properly, filled out all memory maps according to schematics, fixed sound sync with various sound boards, allowing for kludges to be removed from Power Drive and Star Guards, re-verified all connections from wiring diagrams and documented various lamp and driver boards from the games.
  • 0.53: Changed palettesize from 128 to 64 colors.
  • 0.36b7: Changed 68000 CPU2 clock speed to 8MHz.
  • 0.36b6: Aaron Giles added Power Drive (Bally Midway 1986).
  • 23rd September 1999: Aaron Giles sent in an MCR update with support for Power Drive, Turbo Tag, Spy Hunter 2, Blasted, Arch Rivals, Tri-Sports and Pigskin 621AD and also tons of cleanup.
  • 0.34b8: Added Power Drive (Testdriver).
Other Emulators:
  • Retrocade
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Romset: 480 kb / 12 files / 191 zip
history Power Drive (c) 12/1986 Bally Midway.


- TECHNICAL -


Bally Midway MCR 3 hardware


Main CPU : Z80 (@ 5 Mhz)

Sound CPU : 68000 (@ 8 Mhz)

Sound Chips : DAC (@ 8 Mhz)


Screen orientation : Horizontal

Video resolution : 512 x 480 pixels

Screen refresh : 30.00 Hz

Palette Colors : 64


Players : 3

Buttons : 4


- TRIVIA -


Tim Uyeda holds the official record for this game with 170,900 points.


- STAFF -
  • Designed by : John Kubik
  • Programmed by : Jeff Nauman
  • - SOURCES -
  • Game's rom.
  • Machine's picture.
  • Edit this entry at Arcade-History.com: http://www.arcade-history.com/?n=power-drive&page=detail&id=2024&o=2
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cheats
cheats
code comments
00000000:E023:00000000:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Official Time
00010000:E024:00000000:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Official Time (2/2)
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