game
icon
title SF-X
set name sfx
manufacturer Nichibutsu
year 1983
genre Shooter (hof)
category Shooter / Flying (hof)
driver status good
driver source galdrvr.c
snapshots MW: in game / CT: in game | title / EJ: in game / PS: in game | title | scores
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rating

70.4% after 17 votes
 
clones Skelagon
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display
colour emulation good
palette 32
display type raster
orientation horizontal
resolution 768x224
frequency 60.606061Hz
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sound
sound emulation good
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
cpu Z80 @ 1.78975MHz
audio AY-3-8910A @ 1.78975MHz
audio AY-3-8910A @ 1.78975MHz
audio Discrete
audio DAC
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data
version added .063
last change(s) none
roms
name size crc set flags sha1
sfx_b-0.1j  8192  e5bc6952  sfx    7bfb772418d738d3c49fd59c0bfc04590945977a 
1.1c  4096  1b3c48e7  sfx    2f245aaf9b4bb5d949aae18ee89a0be639e7b2df 
22.1d  4096  ed44950d  sfx    f8c54ff89ac461171df951d703d5571be1b8da38 
23.1e  4096  f44a3ca0  sfx    3917ea960329a06d3d0c447cb6a4ba710fb7ca92 
27.1a  4096  ed86839f  sfx    a0d8c941a6e01058eab66d5da9b49b6b5695b981 
24.1g  4096  e6d7dc74  sfx    c1e6d9598fb837775ee6550fea3cd4910572615e 
5.1h  4096  d1e8d390  sfx    f8fe9f69e6500fbcf25f8151c1070d9a1a20a38c 
5.5j  4096  59028fb6  sfx    94105b5b03c81a948a409f7ea20312bb9c79c150 
6.6j  4096  5427670f  sfx    ffc3f7186d0319f0fd7ed25eb97bb0db7bc107c6 
1.1j  4096  2f172c58  sfx    4706d55fcfad4d5a87d96a0a0187f59997ef9720 
2.2j  4096  a6ad2f6b  sfx    14d1a93e507c349b14a1b26408cce23f089fa33c 
3.3j  4096  fa1274fa  sfx    e98cb602b265b209eaa4a9b3972e47c869ff863b 
4.4j  4096  1cd33f3a  sfx    cf9248fd6cb56ec81d354afe032a2dea810e834b 
10.3h  4096  b833a15b  sfx    0d21aaa0ca5ccba89118b205a6b3b36b15663c47 
11.4h  4096  cbd76ec2  sfx    9434350ee93ca71efe78018b69913386353306ff 
28.5a  4096  d73a8252  sfx    59d14f41f1a806f98ee33596b84fe5aefe606944 
29.5c  4096  1401ccf2  sfx    5762eafd9f402330e1d4ac677f46595087716c47 
6331.9g  32  ca1d9ccd  sfx    27124759a06497c1bc1a64b6d3faa6ba924a8447 
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cabinet art
flyer sfx.png
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additional information
info 0.63 [Zsolt Vasvari]

TODO:
  • Dump rom 36.bin in clone Skelagon (first half is in a black secure block)
WIP:
  • 0.124u1: Added Discrete sound. Changed visible area to 224x768 and palettesize to 32 colors.
  • 0.88: MASH added clone Skelagon (Nichibutsu USA 1983).
  • 17th September 2003: MASH added Skelagon, the USA version of SF-X, to the Scramble driver.
  • 0.63: Zsolt Vasvari added SF-X (Nichibutsu 1983).
  • 13th December 2002: Zsolt Vasvari hooked up the background color and sample generating CPU in SF-X.
  • 30th September 2002: David Haywood added SF-X to the Scramble driver, but it's missing sound emulation. Stephane Humbert fixed the inputs and dipswitch settings in it.
  • 15th May 2001: Guru - Purchased Space Fighter X from a PCB shop in Japan with the help of Team Japump in February.
LEVELS: 99 (endless)

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Romset: 73 kb / 18 files / 43 zip
history SF-X (c) 1983 Nichibutsu.


- TECHNICAL -


Main CPU : Z80 (@ 3.072 Mhz)

Sound CPU : (2x) Z80 (@ 1.78975 Mhz)

Sound Chips : (2x) AY8910 (@ 1.78975 Mhz), and a DAC for speechs


Screen orientation : Horizontal

Video resolution : 224 x 224 pixels

Screen refresh : 60.61 Hz

Palette Colors : 106


Players : 2

Control : 8-way joystick

Buttons : 2


- TRIVIA -


This game is known outside Japan as "Skelagon".


SF-X stands for 'Space Fighter X'.


- SOURCES -


Game's rom.



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cheats
cheats
code comments
00000000:4108:0000000A:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Lives
20800000:1195:000000C3:FFFFFFFF  Invincibility
00000000:43A8:00000005:FFFFFFFF  Always Have Power Up
60000000:0000:00000000:00000000 
00000000:4012:00000000:00000002  Rapid Fire PL1
00010000:4012:00000000:00000008  Rapid Fire PL1 (2/2)
00000000:4015:00000000:00000004  Rapid Fire PL2
00010000:4015:00000000:00000008  Rapid Fire PL2 (2/2)
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