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title Thundercade / Twin Formation
set name tndrcade
manufacturer [Seta] (Taito license)
year 1987
genre Shooter (hof)
category Shooter / Driving Vertical (hof)
driver status good
driver source seta.c
snapshots MW: in game / CT: in game | title ( 1 ) / EJ: in game / PS: in game | title | scores
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rating

66.1% after 26 votes
 
clones Tokusyu Butai U.A.G. (Japan)
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display
colour emulation good
palette 512
display type raster
orientation vertical
resolution 224x384
frequency 60.000000Hz
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sound
sound emulation good
channels stereo
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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 M65C02 @ 2MHz
audio YM2203 @ 4MHz
audio YM3812 @ 4MHz
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data
version added .037b01
last change(s) .122u2
roms
name size crc set flags sha1
ua0-4.u19  131072  73bd63eb  tndrcade    5d410d2a77f1c3c4c37a9fe1e56019335891fe67 
ua0-2.u17  131072  e96194b1  tndrcade    c5084d06a2e4f7ba3112be1ccc314f7d712bb45e 
ua0-3.u18  131072  0a7b1c41  tndrcade    ede14ac08d7e63972c21fd2d0717276e73153f18 
ua0-1.u16  131072  fa906626  tndrcade    a1d28328afa8dda98dd20f3f5a19c0dbf2ebaf36 
ua10-5.u24  131072  8eff6122  tndrcade    1adc1643018e612df85643014b78525106478889 
ua0-10.u12  262144  aa7b6757  tndrcade    9157cc930760c846cce95e18bf38e7ea241f7a8e 
ua0-11.u13  262144  11eaf931  tndrcade    ba1dfc4b0f87b1bbdc6c2e36deaecda2b4655d57 
ua0-12.u14  262144  00b5381c  tndrcade    6fc3138dd0e2b3f99872b1f0d177094df5bed39d 
ua0-13.u15  262144  8f9a0ed3  tndrcade    61315312fdb2fe090cd8e99a1ce3ecba46b466e9 
ua0-6.u8  262144  14ecc7bb  tndrcade    920983f5086462f8f06dc9cf7bebffeeb7187977 
ua0-7.u9  262144  ff1a4e68  tndrcade    d732df7d139995814969a603c9c4e9f8b068b1a3 
ua0-8.u10  262144  936e1884  tndrcade    9ad495b88e124d08a7141611ed1897b6e2abd412 
ua0-9.u11  262144  e812371c  tndrcade    b0e1e0c143da743bf9f7b48d657594e76f4970ed 
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cabinet art
cabinet tndrcade.png
marquee tndrcade.png
control panel tndrcade.png
flyer tndrcade.png
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additional information
info 0.37b1 [Luca Elia]

NOTE:
  • YM2203 + YM3812 instead of X1-010
  • The dipswitch setting controls name. The game can be Thundercade or Twin Formation, for either Japan or US.
WIP:
  • 0.122u2: Brian Troha fixed rom names and added Guru's readme info for Thundercade. Changed YM2203 clock speed to 4MHz.
  • 29th December 2007: Guru - Thundercade... useless, it matches the existing US set exactly. I measured and corrected some clocks for MAME though.
  • 21st December 2007: Guru - A huge box arrived today. That 19.75kg box looks mighty impressive, although I'm not sure that all of it is going to be useful. Some could be alt. versions but most don't work so I'll need to dump all of these before I can tell exactly what they are. It contains Thundercade (Taito, Romstar USA License, original) and others. Thanks to Tingoes for sending these out.
  • 0.65: Fixed YM2203/YM3812 sound in Thundercade.
  • 0.37b9: Stereo support in Thundercade.
  • 0.37b5: Added clone 'Tokusyu Butai UAG (Japan)'. Changed description to 'Thundercade / Twin Formation'. Added missing gf1 roms and replaced the 2x AY-8910 with YM2203 (2MHz) and YM3812 (4MHz). Changed M65C02 CPU2 clock speed to 2MHz and visible area to 224x384.
  • 6th July 2000: Luca Elia added Thundercade, Caliber 50, Dragon Unit and Blandia to the Seta driver.
  • 0.37b1: Luca Elia added Thundercade (Seta 1988).
  • 1st April 2000: Guru - Dumped Thundercade (Seta).
  • 2nd May 1999: Ernesto Corvi sent in a very preliminary Thundercade driver (just to fix some quirks in the debugger).
LEVELS: 1

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Romset: 2688 kb / 13 files / 820 zip
history Thundercade (c) 1987 Seta.


- TECHNICAL -


Game ID : UA-0


Main CPU : 68000 (@ 8 Mhz), M65C02 (@ 2 Mhz)

Sound Chips : YM2203 (@ 2 Mhz), YM3812 (@ 4 Mhz)


Screen orientation : Vertical

Video resolution : 224 x 384 pixels

Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz

Palette colors : 512


Players : 2

Control : 8-way joystick

Buttons : 2 (FIRE, BOMB)


- TRIVIA -


Licensed to Taito for manufacture and distribution.


This game is also known as "Twin Formation" and in Japan as "Tokusyu Butai U.A.G.".


- TIPS AND TRICKS -


* Autoshot : repeatedly press the FIRING button for a couple of seconds, then, hold the button.


* If you defeat the giant tank boss with only the default single shot weapon, you will get the lazer powerup. Lose your existing weapons by, carefully, allowing them to be hit by enemies; you must do this before the tank boss enters the screen. Note : Bomb strikes must not be used to defeat the tank boss, or the lazer powerup will not appear.


* By using your Bomb attack when the score reads 777,000-odd, a 7UP powerup will appear, giving you seven extra lives.


- STAFF -
  • Producer : Jun Fujimoto
  • Character designers : T. Sunaga, M. Takeda, A. Kumura, K. Sato
  • Programmers : J. Narita, Kazuaki Nakanishi, K. Okuda, H. Kobayashi, K. Yoshii, M. Nonaka
  • Music & Sound : K. Hasegawa
  • Goblin sound : T. Suzuki, H. Yotsumoto
  • - PORTS -
  • * Consoles :
  • Nintendo Famicom
  • - SOURCES -
  • Game's rom.
  • Machine's picture.
  • Edit this entry at Arcade-History.com: http://www.arcade-history.com/?n=thundercade&page=detail&id=2897&o=2
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code comments
00000000:E00741:00000009:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Lives PL1
00000000:E00743:00000009:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Bombs PL1
00000000:E00751:00000002:FFFFFFFF  Invincibility PL1:Sprite Flickers
60000000:000000:00000000:00000000 
00000000:E007C1:00000009:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Lives PL2
00000000:E007C3:00000009:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Bombs PL2
00000000:E007D1:00000002:FFFFFFFF  Invincibility PL2:Sprite Flickers
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