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title Sky Adventure (US)
set name skyadvnu
manufacturer Alpha Denshi Co. (SNK of America license)
year 1989
genre Shooter (hof)
category Shooter / Flying Vertical (hof)
driver status good
driver source alpha68k.c
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rating

59% after 16 votes
 
parent Sky Adventure (World)
other clones Sky Adventure (Japan)
display
colour emulation good
palette 4096
display type raster
orientation vertical
resolution 224x256
frequency 60.000000Hz
sound
sound emulation good
channels mono
controls
players 2
nplayers 2P sim
controls 8 way joystick
buttons 2
coin slots 2
hardware
cpu 68000 @ 10MHz
cpu Z80 @ 7.15909MHz
audio YM2203 @ 3MHz
audio YM2413 @ 8MHz
audio DAC
data
version added .036b01
last change(s) none since version .53
roms
name size crc set flags sha1
sa_v3.1  131072  862393b5  skyadvnu    6c9176a6ae286854f2fa7512c293984a3b952f10 
sa_v3.2  131072  fa7a14d1  skyadvnu    d941042cff726f02e1e645a158b6a2484869464b 
sa.3  65536  3d0b32e0  skyadvnt    b845dc7b887f16dd010b9d43860b6af334995199 
sa.4  65536  c2e3c30c  skyadvnt    43e1b489d879950bce3568433a4781377c3eebe7 
sa.5  65536  11cdb868  skyadvnt    6cd9c7952b4789e819272cbe0623f3e6f607b7eb 
sa.6  32768  237d93fd  skyadvnt    4c65169e4ce6a9be229410bbfd9b823060a829d7 
sa.7  32768  ea26e9c5  skyadvnt    13cb5a5955c813cd48f98f62f045a4cbc61806a1 
sachr3  524288  a986b8d5  skyadvnt    e8e2f3e0f85b9565243eab7dc8606168811f41e4 
sachr2  524288  504b07ae  skyadvnt    ba74f74c1cb04dd1ab4acf518099605ec9c71f94 
sachr1  524288  e734dccd  skyadvnt    24258dd5994f1b14600fc354b0ab36f870967afc 
sachr0  524288  e281b204  skyadvnt    50a041c701970013b84826d67c8002ccd291bfdd 
cabinet art
cabinet skyadvnt.png
marquee skyadvnt.png
control panel skyadvnt.png
flyer skyadvnt.png
PCB skyadvnt.png
additional information
info 0.37b8 [Bryan McPhail]

0.36b1 [Bryan McPhail]

WIP:
  • 0.59: Acho A. Tang fixed sprite position and priority.
  • 18th March 2002: Acho A. Tang submitted a massive update for the Alpha68k driver, fixing a few graphics problems in Sky Adventure and Time Soldiers, and making Paddle Mania, Super Stingray and Kyros playable.
  • 0.37b14: Added clone Sky Adventure (Japan).
  • 0.37b8: Bryan McPhail added Sky Adventure (Japan). Renamed (skyadvnt) to (skyadvnu).
  • 10th September 2000: Bryan McPhail added the original Sky Adventure romset to the Alpha68k driver.
  • 3rd September 2000: Guru - Dumped Sky Adventure (original version by Alpha Denshi).
  • 0.36b1: Bryan McPhail added Sky Adventure (SNK 1989).
  • 17th July 1999: Bryan McPhail sent in drivers for Time Soldiers, Sky Soldiers, Sky Adventure and Gang Wars.
  • 6th June 1999: Bryan McPhail has gotten a nice new shiny computer science degree, and for a nice celebration he almost finished some drivers. Here are some pics of Gang Wars, Gold Medalist, Sky Adventure, Sky Soldiers and Time Soldiers, but don't expect to see these before 0.36b1.
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Romset: 2560 kb / 11 files / 989 zip
history Sky Adventure (c) 1989 Alpha Denshi.


A vertically scrolling shoot-em-up.


- TECHNICAL -


Game ID : SA


Main CPU : 68000 (@ 10 Mhz)

Sound CPU : Z80 (@ 7.15909 Mhz)

Sound Chips : YM2203 (@ 3 Mhz), YM2413 (@ 8 Mhz), DAC (@ 8 Mhz)


Screen orientation : Vertical

Video resolution : 224 x 256 pixels

Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz

Palette colors : 4096


Players : 2

Control : 8-way joystick

Buttons : 2


- TRIVIA -


Released in November 1989.


Licensed to SNK for US manufacture and distribution.


- UPDATES -


The US version is slightly different, it has the "Winners Don't Use Drugs" screen.


- SERIES -
  1. Sky Adventure (1989)
  2. Ghost Pilots (1991)
  3. - STAFF -
    • System programmer : Eizi Fukathu
    • Main programmer : Hiroyuki Ryu
    • Programmer : Hideo Kamoda
    • Hardware : Shinichi Tamura
    • Designer : Kenichi Sakanishi
    • Music : Tambourine Yuka
    • Sound : Hiroaki Simizu
    • Producer : Akira Usizawa
    • - SOURCES -
    • Game's rom.
    • Machine's picture.
    • Edit this entry at Arcade-History.com: http://www.arcade-history.com/?n=sky-adventure&page=detail&id=2450&o=2
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code comments
00000000:40005:00000099:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Credits
60000000:00000:00000000:00000000 
00000000:4041F:00000099:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Lives PL1
00000000:40162:00000003:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Ammo PL1
00010000:40163:000000E7:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Ammo PL1 (2/2)
00000000:4041E:00000002:00000002  Max. fire power - Plane A PL1
00000000:4041E:00000008:00000008  Max. fire power - Plane B PL1
00000000:4041E:00000020:00000020  Max. fire power - Plane C PL1
00000000:4041E:00000080:00000080  Max. fire power - Plane D PL1
00000000:40419:00000002:FFFFFFFF  Invincibility PL1
00000000:40100:00000000:FFFFFFFF  Rapid Fire - Shot PL1
00000000:40102:00000000:FFFFFFFF  Rapid Fire - E.W. PL1
60000000:00000:00000000:00000000 
00000000:4043F:00000099:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Lives PL2
00000000:40164:00000003:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Ammo PL2
00010000:40165:000000E7:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Ammo PL2 (2/2)
00000000:4043E:00000002:00000002  Max. fire power - Plane A PL2
00000000:4043E:00000008:00000008  Max. fire power - Plane B PL2
00000000:4043E:00000020:00000020  Max. fire power - Plane C PL2
00000000:4043E:00000080:00000080  Max. fire power - Plane D PL2
00000000:40439:00000002:FFFFFFFF  Invincibility PL2
00000000:40101:00000000:FFFFFFFF  Rapid Fire - Shot PL2
00000000:40103:00000000:FFFFFFFF  Rapid Fire - E.W. PL2
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