game
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title Snow Bros. 2 - With New Elves / Otenki Paradise
set name snowbro2
manufacturer [Toaplan] Hanafram
year 1994
genre Platform (hof)
category Platform / Run Jump (hof)
driver status good
driver source toaplan2.c
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rating

61.5% after 289 votes
 
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display
colour emulation good
palette 2048
display type raster
orientation horizontal
resolution 320x240
frequency 60.000000Hz
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sound
sound emulation good
channels mono
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controls
players 4
nplayers 4P sim
controls 8 way joystick
buttons 2
coin slots 2
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hardware
cpu 68000 @ 16MHz
audio YM2151 @ 3.375MHz
audio OKI6295 @ 2.7MHz
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data
version added .036rc1
last change(s) none since version .53
roms
name size crc set flags sha1
pro-4  524288  4c7ee341  snowbro2    ad46c605a38565d0148daac301be4e4b72302fe7 
rom2-l  1048576  e9d366a9  snowbro2    e87e3966fce3395324b90db6c134b3345104c04b 
rom2-h  524288  9aab7a62  snowbro2    611f6a15fdbac5d3063426a365538c1482e996bf 
rom3-l  1048576  eb06e332  snowbro2    7cd597bfffc153d178530c0f0903bebd751c9dd1 
rom3-h  524288  df4a952a  snowbro2    b76af61c8437caca573ff1312832898666a611aa 
rom4  524288  638f341e  snowbro2    aa3fca25f099339ece1878ea730c5e9f18ec4823 
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cabinet art
PCB snowbro2.png
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additional information
info 0.36RC1 [Quench]

Bugs:
  • After a certain number of games/continues, the game will no longer register coins. 39 coins apparently. Thenasty (ID 00943)
WIP:
  • 0.70: Changed description to 'Snow Bros. 2 - With New Elves / Otenki Paradise'.
  • 6th June 2003: Quench fixed the player 3 and 4 buttons in Snow Bros 2.
  • 0.67: Changed description from 'Snow Bros. 2 - With New Elves' to 'Snow Bros. 2 / Otenki Paradise'.
  • 0.37b10: Changed OKI6295 clock speed to 20454 Hz.
  • 0.37b9: Changed OKI6295 clock speed to 20000 Hz.
  • 0.37b6: Changed YM2151 clock speed to 3375000 Hz.
  • 0.36RC1: Quench added Snow Bros. 2 - With New Elves (Toaplan/Hanafram 1994).
  • 12th January 2000: Quench sent a driver for some later Toaplan games such as Teki Paki, Ghox, Dogyuun, Knuckle Bash, Pipi & Bibis / Whoopee!! and Snow Bros 2.
LEVELS: 50

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Romset: 4096 kb / 6 files / 1.72 zip
history Snow Bros. 2 - With New Elves (c) 04/1994 Hanafram.


A direct sequel to the 1990 original, Snow Bros. 2 plays identically to its predecessor; the only notable difference being the introduction of three new playable characters - the ''New Elves'' of the game's subtitle.


- TECHNICAL -


Main CPU : 68000 (@ 16 Mhz)

Sound Chips : YM2151 (@ 3.375 Mhz), OKI6295 (@ 20.454 Khz)


Screen orientation : Horizontal

Video resolution : 320 x 240 pixels

Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz

Palette Colors : 2048


Players : 4

Control : 8-way joystick

Buttons : 2


- TRIVIA -


This game is known in Japan as "Otenki Paradise - Snow Bros. 2" (translates from Japanese as 'Weather Paradise').


- UPDATES -


On Japanese dipswitch settings (Otenki Paradise), the portraits on the character select screen are different.


- SERIES -
  1. Snow Bros. - Nick & Tom (1990)
  2. Snow Bros. 2 - With New Elves (1994)
  3. Snow Brothers 3 - Magical Adventure (2002)
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cheats
cheats
code comments
00000000:1000E3:0000000A:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Lives PL1
00000000:10130C:00000084:FFFFFFFF  Invincibility PL1:See the Dip Switch Menu to enable an alternate Invincibility PL1 cheat. But the cheat is better as the dipswitch causes a game crash when another player is selected.
00000000:1012DD:00000020:00000020  Always have Speed Up PL1
00000000:1012DD:00000040:00000040  Always have Power Up PL1
00000000:1012DD:00000080:00000080  Always have Range Up PL1
60000000:000000:00000000:00000000 
00000000:1000FD:0000000A:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Lives PL2
00000000:101354:00000084:FFFFFFFF  Invincibility PL2
00000000:10132D:00000020:00000020  Always have Speed Up PL2
00000000:10132D:00000040:00000040  Always have Power Up PL2
00000000:10132D:00000080:00000080  Always have Range Up PL2
60000000:000000:00000000:00000000 
00000000:100117:0000000A:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Lives PL3
00000000:1013A4:00000084:FFFFFFFF  Invincibility PL3
00000000:10137D:00000020:00000020  Always have Speed Up PL3
00000000:10137D:00000040:00000040  Always have Power Up PL3
00000000:10137D:00000080:00000080  Always have Range Up PL3
60000000:000000:00000000:00000000 
00000000:100131:0000000A:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Lives PL4
00000000:1013F4:00000084:FFFFFFFF  Invincibility PL4
00000000:1013CD:00000020:00000020  Always have Speed Up PL4
00000000:1013CD:00000040:00000040  Always have Power Up PL4
00000000:1013CD:00000080:00000080  Always have Range Up PL4
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