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title Time Soldiers (US Rev 3)
set name timesold
manufacturer [Alpha Denshi Co.] (SNK/Romstar license)
year 1987
genre Shooter (hof)
category Shooter / Walking (hof)
driver status good
driver source alpha68k.c
snapshots MW: in game / CT: in game | title / EJ: in game / PS: in game | title | scores
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rating

62% after 22 votes
 
clones Battle Field (bootleg)
Battle Field (Japan)
Time Soldiers (US Rev 1)
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display
colour emulation good
palette 2048
display type raster
orientation vertical
resolution 224x256
frequency 60.000000Hz
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sound
sound emulation good
channels mono
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controls
players 2
nplayers 2P sim
controls 8 way joystick
buttons 2
coin slots 2
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hardware
cpu 68000 @ 8MHz
cpu Z80 @ 7.15909MHz
audio YM2203 @ 3MHz
audio YM2413 @ 8MHz
audio DAC
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data
version added .036b01
last change(s) none since version .53
roms
name size crc set flags sha1
bf.3  65536  a491e533  timesold    e7a2e866e574ea4eb23c1c4cbd312a87c9f81b5e 
bf.4  65536  34ebaccc  timesold    dda5350d01cffee51d070eb518beecbaec7e4b21 
bf.1  65536  158f4cb3  timesold    48335a1e68afda24e1cca8cce5f869f30c6bda9c 
bf.2  65536  af01a718  timesold    588fda345b5ebd75d03d78c431227f220932ee46 
bf.7  65536  f8b293b5  timesold    d326763628d7cbe864abc15d6db7fa7fe4381f31 
bf.8  65536  8a43497b  timesold    c64519b2aced8b072efdd1a6286f082094a50e61 
bf.9  65536  1408416f  timesold    d7a32de156791f923635d7fdddc8db97f66bfb2a 
bf.5  32768  3cec2f55  timesold    e4fca0c8193680385c7dd4d6c599492c9e0dd4af 
bf.6  32768  086a364d  timesold    b008d4b351ada4240dd6c82c45405a2489e36019 
bf.10  131072  613313ba  timesold    4940ddc5f7f4e3165a830dbfa6a65ddb23a33e12 
bf.14  131072  efda5c45  timesold    482d855bd0aa8cf28bb2e5ae096a7fa9491a26c8 
bf.18  131072  e886146a  timesold    cb4b1a002fe0c139d698fb9fd633cc9ff5daf017 
bf.11  131072  92b42eba  timesold    0f76d9fedaced65829a19105bb5cdfbf31c48427 
bf.15  131072  ba3b9f5a  timesold    2461f3a862889d31eee6c1572b1f47b987ac99bd 
bf.19  131072  8994bf10  timesold    424ed2c4009250bdf5cb1ad5015d0b62a2f2a990 
bf.12  131072  7ca8bb32  timesold    bb7747319bebb04965e536b729d76d4c7c5304e1 
bf.16  131072  2aa74125  timesold    8323669101ccd2c1b785e27c6a7ea43d6d61a622 
bf.20  131072  bab6a7c5  timesold    983f18d58cbb6852adad8723a815168c17a8c82a 
bf.13  131072  56a3a26a  timesold    d8485f629df98155c706ab0f725dd5fe475f1272 
bf.17  131072  6b37d048  timesold    bc7b7abd971313e50ac5f69d7dbec9de8a354537 
bf.21  131072  bc3b3944  timesold    6c99d2b093e5cb04dc3422c2f0f81a20f5a504b5 
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cabinet art
cabinet timesold.png
marquee timesold.png
control panel timesold.png
flyer timesold.png
PCB timesold.png
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additional information
info 0.36b1 [Bryan McPhail]

Bugs:
  • In attract mode, only for a frame, there's a sprite misplacement. timesold0123u1gre Robiza (ID 01428)
WIP:
  • 0.97u1: Pierpaolo Prazzoli added clone Battle Field (bootleg).
  • 0.59: Acho A. Tang fixed priority in Time Soldiers.
  • 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.
  • 0.36b16: Renamed (timesol2) to (timesol1).
  • 0.36b1: Bryan McPhail added Time Soldiers (Rev 3) (SNK / Romstar 1987) and clones (Rev 1) and Battlefield (Japan). The Time Soldiers title screen is corrupt when set to 'Japanese language', the real board does this too! Make the Time Soldiers ROM writable and the game will enter a 'debug' kind of mode, probably from the development system used.
  • 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.
LEVELS: 6

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Romset: 2048 kb / 21 files / 891 zip
history Time Soldiers (c) 1987 Alpha Denshi.


Travel throughout various time periods to save your fellow comrades in this vertically scrolling shoot'em up. Collect power-ups to help you defeat a variety of enemies and end-bosses.


- TECHNICAL -


Game ID : Alpha-68K96II 'BT'


Main CPU : 68000 (@ 8 Mhz)

Sound CPU : Z80 (@ 7.15909 Mhz)

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


Screen orientation : Vertical

Video resolution : 224 x 256 pixels

Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz

Palette colors : 2048


Players : 2

Control : 8-way joystick (rotary)

Buttons : 2


- TRIVIA -


Released in October 1987.

Licensed to SNK for US manufacture and to Romstar for US distribution (September 1987).


This game is known in Japan as "Battle Field".


The game contains a horrible original bug : when you select 'Japanese language' in the dipswitch settings, the title screen is totally broken.


Default high-score table (ranking) :

1 90000 M.I.

2 80800 OK .

3 70900 A.U.

4 60600 UCL.

5 50500 UCC.

6 40400 SOS.

7 30300 SUN.

8 20200 GO .

9 10100 SSS.

10 7700 YES.


A Time Soldiers machine was shown at the 2003 classic arcade games show 'California Extreme' in San Jose, California.


- UPDATES -


In "Battle Field", the highscore table contains different name entries than Time Soldiers.


- TIPS AND TRICKS -


To accomplish the missions here requires going through time warp machines that appear on all stages. But when you're on a stage where one of your fellow time soldiers who need to be rescued is located, you should avoid entering the time warp machines, otherwise, it'll take longer to complete the missions, as you'll need to access more time machines on other stages until you get back to the specific stage where you need to find the captive. For example, if one of the captive soldiers is located on the Age of Rome stage, remain on that stage until you've reached and defeated the main boss enemy. The captive soldier will then materialize and the game will tell you that 'you destroyed the boss monster and rescued one warrior'. Then, you'll proceed to the next mission to rescue another captive soldier.


- STAFF -
  • Director : Kyuko Ozutumi
  • A.D & design : Tomoharu Takahasi
  • Designers : Shinji Moriyama, Row Ushizawa, Kenichi Sakanishi, Kathue Konbe, Takashi Hatono
  • Music programmer : Satoshi Hagitani
  • Music : Yuka Watanabe
  • Programmers : Hideo Kamera, Hiroyuki Ryu
  • - PORTS -
  • * Consoles :
  • Sega Master System (1989)
  • * Computers :
  • Commodore C64 (1989)
  • Commodore Amiga (1989)
  • Atari ST (1989)
  • - SOURCES -
  • Game's rom.
  • Machine's picture.
  • Edit this entry at Arcade-History.com: http://www.arcade-history.com/?n=time-soldiers&page=detail&id=2909&o=2
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cheats
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code comments
00000000:40005:00000099:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Credits
60000000:00000:00000000:00000000 
00000000:4041F:00000099:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Lives PL1
00000000:4041E:00000080:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Ammo PL1:Get a weapon first
00000000:40163:00000064:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Bombs PL1
00000000:40419:00000002:FFFFFFFF  Invincibility PL1:See the Dip Switch Menu to enable an alternate Invincibility cheat.
00000000:40100:00000000:FFFFFFFF  Rapid Fire - Shot PL1
00000000:40102:00000000:FFFFFFFF  Rapid Fire - Extra Weapon PL1
60000000:00000:00000000:00000000 
00000000:4043F:00000099:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Lives PL2
00000000:4043E:00000080:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Ammo PL2:Get a weapon first
00000000:40165:00000064:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Bombs PL2
00000000:40439:00000002:FFFFFFFF  Invincibility PL2:See the Dip Switch Menu to enable an alternate Invincibility cheat.
00000000:40101:00000000:FFFFFFFF  Rapid Fire - Shot PL2
00000000:40103:00000000:FFFFFFFF  Rapid Fire - Extra Weapon PL2
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