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title Skelagon
set name skelagon
manufacturer Nichibutsu USA
year 1983
genre Shooter (hof)
category Shooter / Flying (hof)
driver status preliminary
driver source galdrvr.c
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rating

61.8% after 15 votes
 
parent SF-X
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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 ???
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 .088
last change(s) none
roms
name size crc set flags sha1
31.bin  4096  ae6f8647  skelagon    801e88b91c204f2797e5ce45390ea6eec27a3f54 
32.bin  4096  a28c5838  skelagon    0a37de7986c494d1522ce76635dd1fa6d03f05c7 
33.bin  4096  32f7e99c  skelagon    2718063a77eeeb8067a9cad7ff3d9e0266b61566 
37.bin  4096  47f68a31  skelagon    6e15024f67c88a733ede8702d2a80ddb1892b27e 
24.bin  4096  e6d7dc74  sfx    c1e6d9598fb837775ee6550fea3cd4910572615e 
35.bin  4096  5b2a0158  skelagon    66d2fb05a8daaa86bb547b4860d5bf27b4359326 
36.bin  4096  f53ead29  skelagon  bad dump  f8957b0c0558acc005f418adbfeb66d1d562c9ac 
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.bin  4096  2c719de2  skelagon    0953e96f8be1cbab3f4a8e166457c74e986a87b1 
8.bin  4096  350379dd  skelagon    e979251b11d6702170dd60ffd28fc15ea737588b 
38.bin  4096  2fffa8b1  skelagon    6a6032f55b9fe1da209e4ed4423042efec773d4d 
39.bin  4096  a854b5de  skelagon    dd038f20ee366d439f09f0c82fd6432101b3781a 
6331.9g  32  ca1d9ccd  sfx    27124759a06497c1bc1a64b6d3faa6ba924a8447 
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cabinet art
flyer skelagon.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 Skelagon (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 in Japan as "SF-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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