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title Swimmer (set 3)
set name swimmerb
manufacturer Tehkan
year 1982
genre Sports (hof)
category Sports / Swimming (hof)
driver status good
driver source cclimber.c
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rating

71.3% after 23 votes
 
parent Swimmer (set 1)
other clones Swimmer (set 2)
display
colour emulation good
palette 289
display type raster
orientation horizontal
resolution 256x224
frequency 60.000000Hz
sound
sound emulation good
channels mono
controls
players 2
nplayers 2P alt
controls 8 way joystick
buttons 1
coin slots 2
hardware
cpu Z80 @ 3.072MHz
cpu Z80 @ 2MHz
audio AY-3-8910A @ 2MHz
audio AY-3-8910A @ 2MHz
data
version added .053
last change(s) none since version .53
roms
name size crc set flags sha1
sw1.9l  4096  b045be08  swimmerb    52187e1daebec521a98157f22960637393e40e62 
sw2.9k  4096  163d65e5  swimmerb    b505f05af96f241285f0f7082ed03fa07bbde7de 
sw3.9j  4096  631d74e9  swimmerb    b6adba9445264de80f5daf33dad1c90b23617648 
sw4.9f  4096  d62634db  swimmerb    c6d0d2cf7a3a19fac1752a30189f31eb3df8fa42 
sw5.9e  4096  922d5d87  swimmerb    e5f111d82a072e59c00b759eaada195f1fc06532 
sw6.9d  4096  85478209  swimmerb    df3c79ca25229fef2fe0f48d3c173e389628a68d 
sw7.9c  4096  88266f2e  swimmerb    4ad15f9ba7b45a6c1c3637f8d0fd8be9c04b495f 
sw8.9a  4096  191a16e4  swimmerb    75d3f49e2f4ea04d3a7cc88662c023768bf48365 
sw12.4k  4096  2eee9bcb  swimmer    ceafdf750a8af0c1c9abbbf437c3e9d9ae09f72b 
sw15.18k  4096  4f3608cb  swimmer    cebcad69c4ad5dacc0bf597fdaed6f8950ffdfe1 
sw14.18l  4096  7181c8b4  swimmer    b22fa0ebac884002cf6f5651e4366f30d0ab09f5 
sw13.18m  4096  2eb1af5c  swimmer    0105d03adfc5ce9ca478e678a1e1d8bae7c516e0 
sw23.6c  2048  9ca67e24  swimmer    86f561abc1a1c6b0c29c6017246d805c5a48b999 
sw22.5c  2048  02c10992  swimmer    8c383fdcd83aa9997e5802a58419b9d993a9b38d 
sw21.4c  2048  7f4993c1  swimmer    a5884b3af707109e810cf1f38bee3cb642e619f6 
24s10.13b  256  8e35b97d  swimmer    2e2c254574660e01b9983f795a2adb5b9911d7f0 
24s10.13a  256  c5f24909  swimmer    27f2c967d440f6387841aa3f7b116c64bb812af1 
18s030.12c  32  3b2deb3a  swimmer    bb7b5c662454f5b355cc59cbdf8879e4664bed1d 
cabinet art
cabinet swimmer.png
marquee swimmer.png
control panel swimmer.png
flyer swimmerb.png
additional information
info 0.30 [Brad Oliver]

WIP:
  • 0.126u2: Fabio Priuli added DIP locations to Swimmer.
  • 0.123u3: Changed palettesize to 289 colors.
  • 0.122u8: Changed palettesize to 544 colors.
  • 0.53: Added clone Swimmer (set 3). Added color proms ($0, 100) from (set 3) to (set 1+2).
  • 25th July 2001: Guru added another version of Swimmer.
  • 0.36b10: Changed palettesize from 96 to 290 colors.
  • 6th November 1999: Nicola Salmoria fixed a Swimmer graphics bug.
  • 0.35b1: Gary Walton fixed the Swimmer side panel background color.
  • 0.33b2: Brad Oliver added hiscore save in Swimmer.
  • 0.31: Brad Oliver supported the complete Swimmer set (no more bad graphics) and added clone Swimmer (alternate). Gary Walton and Simon Walls made the acurate colors.
  • 0.30: Brad Oliver added Swimmer (Tehkan 1982), with some corrupt graphics due to the lack of one ROM.
LEVELS: 4

Recommended Games (Watersport):

Embargo

River Patrol

The Bounty

Mermaid

Swimmer

Tugboat

Tropical Angel

Water Ski

Water Match

Toobin'

Hydra

Jet Wave

Wave Runner

Romset: 55 kb / 18 files / 33.6 zip
history Swimmer (c) 1982 Tehkan.


- TECHNICAL -


Main CPU : Z80 (@ 3.072 Mhz)

Sound CPU : Z80 (@ 2 Mhz)

Sound Chips : (2x) AY8910 (@ 2 Mhz)


Screen orientation : Horizontal

Video resolution : 256 x 224 pixels

Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz

Palette Colors : 290


Players : 2

Control : 8-way joystick

Buttons : 1


- TRIVIA -


One of the first game created by the dynamic duo Nishizawa/Ishizuka, who later became the core of Westone (aka the developers of the "Wonder Boy/Monster World" saga).


The main enemies in the first three racks -- Turtles, Crabs and Waterbugs -- would show up in Mario Brothers in the next year.


- SCORING -


Strawberries : 100, 200, 300, or 400 points.

Bananas : 200, 400, 600, or 800 points.

Grapes : 300 600, 900, 1200, or points

Grapefruit(?) : 400, 800, 1200, or 1600 points.

Other Fruits : 50, 100, 150, or 200 points.

Enemies (after getting target) : 200 points.

Bonus, first three racks : 1000 points if all strawberries are picked up.

Bonus, fourth rack : 0-10,000 points, depending on whether you've picked up four of each of the fruits.


- TIPS AND TRICKS -


Try to eat as many fruits in a row as you can. Once you miss a fruit, you will start scoring again at the lowest point level.


- STAFF -
  • Programmed by : Michishito Ishizuka
  • Sound by : Michishito Ishizuka, R. Kawamoto
  • Hardware by : Y. Kotoyori, M. Yoneda
  • Debug by : Michitaka Tsuruta (Quoted as M.Tsujii)
  • Music by : Ryuichi Nishizawa
  • - PORTS -
  • * Consoles :
  • Microsoft XBOX (2005, "Tecmo Classic Arcade")
  • - SOURCES -
  • Game's rom.
  • Machine's picture.
  • Michitaka Tsuruta's web site; http://www.turu3.net
  • Edit this entry at Arcade-History.com: http://www.arcade-history.com/?n=swimmer&page=detail&id=2803&o=2
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code comments
20800000:3184:000000C9:FFFFFFFF  Invincibility
20810000:342E:000000C9:FFFFFFFF  Invincibility (2/4):1st = Enemy, 2nd = Crab
20810000:3546:000000C9:FFFFFFFF  Invincibility (3/4):Piranha
20810000:3725:000000C9:FFFFFFFF  Invincibility (4/4):Water Spider
00000000:82FE:00000006:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Lives PL1
00000000:82FF:00000006:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Lives PL2
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