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title Scorpion (set 3)
set name scrpionb
manufacturer Zaccaria
year 1982
genre Shooter (hof)
category Shooter / Flying Horizontal (hof)
driver status imperfect
driver source galdrvr.c
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rating

58.8% after 16 votes
 
parent Scorpion (set 1)
other clones Scorpion (Moon Cresta hardware)
Scorpion (set 2)
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display
colour emulation good
palette 32
display type raster
orientation vertical
resolution 224x768
frequency 60.606061Hz
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sound
sound emulation imperfect
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 @ 3.072MHz
cpu Z80 @ 1.78975MHz
audio AY-3-8910A @ 1.78975MHz
audio AY-3-8910A @ 1.78975MHz
audio Discrete
audio AY-3-8910A @ 1.78975MHz
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data
version added .118u6
last change(s) none
roms
name size crc set flags sha1
ic109.2d  4096  f54688c9  scrpionb    2881d5238733353b9c277a2829d157688a87601b 
ic110.2e  4096  91aaaa12  scrpionb    2a5e5eb5aeec5637ee4675930f67158a969e0d5d 
ic111.2g  4096  4c3720da  scrpionb    5b2758c8a91f9463bf98abf2b52af946c5e90cf0 
ic112.2h  4096  53e2a983  scrpionb    cfe272055a92793de76dd1cff617b13281815485 
ic113.2k  4096  e4ad299a  scrpionb    712cab86eadeba9e859f7bae98eb289f00d2e217 
32_a4.7c  4096  361b8a36  scorpion    550ac5f721aaa9fea5f6d63ba590d6b367525c23 
ic13.7d  4096  addecdd4  scorpion    ba28f1d9c7c6b5e8ecef56a4b3f64be13fc10d43 
ic72.5f  4096  1e5da9d6  scorpion    ca8b27e6dd40e4ca13e7e6b5f813bafca78b62f4 
ic73.5h  4096  a57adb0a  scorpion    d97c7dc4a6c5efb59cc0148e2498156c682c6714 
ic25.6e  4096  04abf178  scrpionb    2e7f231413d9ec461ca21840f31d1d6b8b17c4d5 
ic24.6d  4096  90352dd4  scorpion    62c261a2f2fbd8eff31d5c72cf532d5e43d86dd3 
ic23.6c  4096  3bf2452d  scorpion    7a163e0ef108dd40d3beab5e9805886e45be744b 
prom.6e  32  4e3caeab  scorpion    a25083c3e36d28afdefe4af6e6d4f3155e303625 
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cabinet art
flyer scorpion.png
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additional information
info 0.89u2 [Pierpaolo Prazzoli]

0.59 [Mike Coates, Stephane Humbert]

WIP:
  • 0.124u1: Added Discrete sound. Changed visible area to 224x768 and palettesize to 32 colors.
  • 0.122u5: Couriersud fixed Cocktail dipswitch settings in Scorpion.
  • 0.118u6: David Haywood added clone Scorpion (set 3).
  • 0.104u5: Aaron Giles fixed bug scorpion0104u4red (doesn't pass the ram/rom initializing).
  • 0.89u4: Changed description to 'Scorpion'. Chaneman added 'Difficulty' dipswitch. Swapped sound1 roms ($0, 2000).
  • 0.89u2: Pierpaolo Prazzoli added Scoprion (set 1) (Zaccaria 1982) and clone (set 2). Scorpion (Moon Cresta hardware) is now clone.
  • 0.63: Renamed (scorpng) to (scorpnmc) and description to 'Scorpion (Moon Cresta hardware)'.
  • 0.59: Mike Coates added Scorpion (bootleg on Galaxian hardware) (Dorneer 19??).
  • 9th February 2002: Stephane Humbert fixed the dipswitches, inputs and a few other problems in the Galaxian driver, and re-added the Scorpion bootleg running on the Galaxian hardware.
  • 18th October 2001: Mike Coates added a bootleg version of Scorpion running on Galaxian hardware, but the addition isn't complete yet.
LEVELS: 5

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Romset: 49 kb / 13 files / 33.6 zip
history Scorpion (c) 1982 Zaccaria.


- TECHNICAL -


Main CPU : Z80 (@ 3.072 Mhz)

Sound CPU : Z80 (@ 1.78975 Mhz)

Sound Chips : (3x) AY8910 (@ 1.78975 Mhz)


Screen orientation : Vertical

Video resolution : 224 x 256 pixels

Screen refresh : 60.61 Hz

Palette colors : 99


Players : 2

Control : 8-way joystick

Buttons : 2


- TRIVIA -


A bootleg of this game was released by 'Dorneer' on "Moon Cresta" Hardware.


- SOURCES -


Game's rom.



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code comments
00100000:41F5:00009999:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Credits
00000000:42A8:0000000A:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Lives
00100000:41A8:0000487D:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Fuel
00000000:40B3:00000000:00000004  Infinite Missiles
20800000:1BC1:00000018:FFFFFFFF  Invincibility
20810000:26B6:000000C9:FFFFFFFF  Invincibility (2/3):1st = Ground, 2nd = Scenery
20810000:2769:000000C9:FFFFFFFF  Invincibility (3/3):Object
00000000:41EB:00000002:00000002  Rapid Fire - Shot
00000000:41EB:00000008:00000008  Rapid Fire - Missile
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