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title Top Racer (set 1)
set name topracer
manufacturer bootleg
year 1982
genre Driving (hof)
category Driving / Race (chase view) (hof)
driver status good
driver source polepos.c
snapshots MW: in game | parent / CT: in game | title | parent / Mr. Do: parent / PS: in game | title | scores | parent
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rating

70% after 28 votes
 
parent Pole Position
other clones Pole Position (Atari version 1)
Pole Position (Atari version 2)
Top Racer (set 2)
Top Racer (set 3)
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display
colour emulation good
palette 3840
display type raster
orientation horizontal
resolution 256x224
frequency 60.606060Hz
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sound
sound emulation good
channels stereo
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controls
players 1
nplayers 1P
controls dial
buttons 1
coin slots 2
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hardware
cpu Z80 @ 3.072MHz
cpu Z8002 @ 3.072MHz
cpu Z8002 @ 3.072MHz
cpu MB8844 @ 0.256MHz
audio Namco @ 0.048MHz
audio Namco 52XX @ 1.536MHz
audio Discrete
audio Custom
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data
version added .036b11
last change(s) .090u3 .079u1
roms
name size crc set flags sha1
pp1_9b.6h  8192  94436b70  polepos    7495c2a8c3928c59146760d19e672afee01c5b17 
136014.116  4096  7174bcb7  polepos    460326a6cea201db2df813013c95562a222ea95d 
tr1b.bin  8192  127f0750  topracer    97ae6c6f8086187c7cdb8bff5fec94914791890b 
tr2b.bin  8192  6bd4ff6b  topracer    cf992de39a8cf7804961a8e6773fc4f7feb1878b 
tr5b.bin  8192  4e5f7b9c  topracer    d26b1f24dd9ef00388987890bc5b95d4db403815 
tr6b.bin  8192  9d038ada  topracer    7a9496c3fb93fd1945393656f8510a0c6421a9ab 
54xx.bin  1024  ee7357e0  polepos    01bdf984a49e8d0cc8761b2cc162fd6434d5afbe 
51xx.bin  1024  c2f57ef8  polepos    50de79e0d6a76bda95ffb02fcce369a79e6abfec 
52xx.bin  1024  3257d11e  polepos    4883b2fdbc99eb7b9906357fcc53915842c2c186 
53xx.bin  1024  b326fecb  polepos    758d8583d658e4f1df93184009d86c3eb8713899 
tr28.bin  4096  b8217c96  topracer    aba311bc3c4b118ba322a00e33e2d5cbe7bc6e4a 
tr29.bin  4096  c6e15c21  topracer    e2a70b3f7ce51a003068eb75d9fe82548f0206d7 
trus25.bin  8192  9e1a9c3b  topracer    deca026c39093119985d1486ed61abc3e6e5705c 
trus26.bin  8192  3b39a176  topracer    d04c9c2c9129c8dd7d7eab24c43502b67162407c 
pp17.bin  8192  613ab0df  topracer    88aa4500275aae010fc9783c1d8d843feab89afa 
tr19.bin  8192  f8e7f551  topracer    faa23c55bc43325e6f71936be970f2ca144697d8 
tr21.bin  8192  17c798b0  topracer    ae2047bc0e4e8c85e1de09c39c200ea8f7c6a72e 
pp18.bin  8192  5fd933e3  topracer    5b27a8519234c935308f943cd58abc1efc463726 
tr20.bin  8192  7053e219  topracer    97700fbe887e2d11c9f9a0937147725f6787f081 
tr22.bin  8192  f48917b2  topracer    2823cfc33ae97ef979d92e2eeeb94c95f1f3d9f3 
136014.158  8192  ee6b3315  polepos    9cc26c6d3604c0f60d716f86e67e9d9c0487f87d 
136014.159  8192  6d1e7042  polepos    90113ff0c93ed86d95067290088705bb5e6608d1 
136014.134  4096  4e97f101  polepos    f377d053821c74aee93ebcd30a4d43e6156f3cfe 
136014.231  4096  a61bff15  polepos    f7a59970831cdaaa7bf59c2221a38e4746c54244 
136014.137  256  f07ff2ad  polepos    e1f3cb10a03d23f8c1d422acf271dba4e7b98cb1 
136014.138  256  adbde7d7  polepos    956ac5117c1e310f554ac705aa2dc24a796c36a5 
136014.139  256  ddac786a  polepos    d1860105bf91297533ccc4aa6775987df198d0fa 
10p.bin  256  5af3f710  topracer    da13d17acf8abd0f6ebb4b51b23c3324c6197b7d 
7052-11.j15  256  8c90e36e  topracer    2646288d9e0f86300da7f06e1dc0595673205bb4 
136014.142  256  2d502464  polepos    682b7dd22e51d5db52c0804b7e27e47641dfa6bd 
136014.143  256  027aa62c  polepos    c7030d8b64b80e107c446f6fbdd63f560c0a91c0 
136014.144  256  1f8d0df3  polepos    b8f17758f114f5e247b65b3f2922ca2660757e66 
136014.145  1024  7afc7cfc  polepos    ba2407f6eff124e881b354f13205a4c058b7cf60 
pp1_6.bpr  1024  2f1079ee  polepos    18a27998a78deff13dd198f3668a7e92f084f467 
136014.135  32  4330a51b  polepos    9531d18ce2de4eda9913d47ef8c5cd8f05791716 
136014.136  32  4330a51b  polepos    9531d18ce2de4eda9913d47ef8c5cd8f05791716 
136014.118  256  8568decc  polepos    0aac1fa082858d4d201e21511c609a989f9a1535 
136014.110  8192  b5ad4d5f  polepos    c07e77a050200d6fe9952031f971ca35f4d15ff8 
136014.111  8192  8fdd2f6f  polepos    3818dc94c60cd78c4212ab7a4367cf3d98166ee6 
136014.106  8192  5b4cf05e  topracer    52342572940489175607bbf5b6cfd05ee9b0f004 
7052-4.c14  256  0e742cb1  topracer    3ae43270aab4848fdeece1648e7e040ab216b08e 
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cabinet art
cabinet polepos.png polepos.png
marquee polepos.png
control panel polepos.png
flyer polepos.png
PCB polepos.png
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additional information
info 0.79u1 [Nicola Salmoria]

0.36b14 [Aaron Giles]

0.36b11 [Aaron Giles, Ernesto Corvi, Juergen Buchmueller]

NOTE:
  • Pole Position was the first driving game to be based on a real circuit (Fuji).
Bugs:
  • When you start with full gas in the Namco version you can hear the tyres screeching, in the Atari version not. polepos2_0118u4gre Kold666
WIP:
  • 0.119u3: David Haywood added the rom loading for roms 51xx, 52xx and 53xx.bin, which are dumped but not yet hooked up.
  • 0.118u5: Changed palettesize to 3840 colors.
  • 0.118u2: Alex Jackson removed redundant hard-coded definitions for Pole Position pedals.
  • 0.112u2: Replaced 3x DAC sound with Discrete.
  • 0.112u1: Replaced implementation of Namco 54xx sound chip with new MB8844 CPU core running the original embedded ROM code. Removed old sound core. Pole Position and Bosconian no longer require samples as a result [Nicola Salmora, Ernesto Corvi, Guru]. Added MB88xx (256000 Hz) CPU4 with 1k rom and replaced Namco 54XX with 3x DAC sound.
  • 0.97u1: Mamesick removed LO/HI gearshift display in Pole Position (only enabled in a debug build).
  • 0.94u2: Derrick Renaud added proper watchdogs to Bosconian, Galaga, Pole Position and Xevious.
  • 0.90u3: Steve Ellenoff added clone Top Racer (set 3). Derrick Renaud added proper filters to the Namco52 sample player of Bosconian, Galaga, Pole Position and Xevious. Adjusted relative effect volumes per schematics.
  • 14th January 2005: Derrick Renaud - Added proper filters to engine sound. Also i am working on adding the proper filtering to the speech (Namco 52XX voice effects) of Pole Position. The final sound comes out of pin 14 of the LM324. R/C components and a op-amp affect the filtering.
  • 0.90u2: Derrick Renaud updated the Namco 54XX noise sound and added the R/C values to Bosconian, Galaga, Pole Position and Xevious.
  • 0.89u5: Jarek Burczynski improved the Namco 54XX Noise Generator (Type A and B emulated, type C algo still unknown). Removed pp2_17.wav sample.
  • 0.87u4: Pierpaolo Prazzoli added clone Top Racer (set 2) (bootleg 1982).
  • 0.79u1: Nicola Salmoria fixed various mistakes in the Pole Position ROM loading (missing one speech ROM and vertical scaling PROMs). Also sprite zooming should now be closer to the hardware. Added new cpu1 rom ($0 - Top Racer has same crc), missing gfx6 rom ($0) from Pole Position (Atari version 2), sound3 rom ($6000) from Pole Position II and 2x new prom ($1000, 1020). Changed Z80 CPU1 and Z8002 CPU1/2 clock speeds to 3072000 Hz and added Namco 52XX and Namco 54XX sound.
  • 15th September 2002: Stephane Humbert fixed a small issue in the Pole Position MCU coinage handling.
  • 0.37b12: Changed VSync to 60.606060Hz.
  • 0.36b14: Aaron Giles added Pole Position (Namco 1982). Renamed (polepos) to (poleposa).
  • 6th January 2000: Aaron Giles added the Japan Pole Position romset.
  • 0.36b11: Added Pole Position (version 2) (Namco 1982 (Atari license)) and clones (version 1) and Top Racer (bootleg).
  • 25th November 1999: Takahiro Nogi fixed some problems in the sample playing of Pole Position.
  • 24th November 1999: Ernesto Corvi hooked up the two missing samples to the Pole Position driver.
  • 23rd November 1999: Takahiro Nogi added partial stereo sound to Pole Position.
  • 22nd November 1999: Aaron Giles, Ernesto Corvi and Juergen Buchmueller have submitted a fully working Pole Position 1 / 2 driver, it only lacks explosion and screeching tires samples.
  • 0.36b6: Added clone Pole Position (set 2) (Testdriver).
  • 0.35b9: Added Pole Position I (Atari 1982) (Testdriver) and clones (alternate set) and (bootleg).
ARCADE RELEASE: Pole Position (Namco) - 1982/Sep/24

LEVELS: 2

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Final Lap R

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Grand Prix Star

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Romset: 197 kb / 44 files / 68.6 zip
history Top Racer (c) 1984.


- TECHNICAL -


Main CPU : Z80 (also drives the sound), Z8002 (x2)

Sound Chips : Namco 6-channel stereo WSG, DAC (engine sound), discrete circuitry (crash and skid sounds), custom DAC (speech)


Screen orientation : Horizontal

Video resolution : 256 x 224 pixels

Screen refresh : 60.61 Hz

Palette colors : 128


- TRIVIA -


This game is a bootleg of "Pole Position".


- SOURCES -


Game's rom.



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cheats
cheats
code comments
00000000:5401:00000078:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Time
01000000:A817:00000000:FFFFFFFF  Always be in Pole Position
00000000:4630:00000001:FFFFFFFF  Invincibility
00000000:4004:00000090:FFFFFFFF  Always have Accelerator Fully Down
60000000:0000:00000000:00000000  -----------------------------------------------------------
60000000:0000:00000000:00000000  If you don't touch the accelerator with the Maximum Speed
60000000:0000:00000000:00000000  cheat you will effectively be on train tracks! So if you
60000000:0000:00000000:00000000  want to play the game properly press the accelerator or
60000000:0000:00000000:00000000  use it with the Accelerator Fully Down cheat.
60000000:0000:00000000:00000000  -----------------------------------------------------------
00000000:40B8:000000FF:FFFFFFFF  Always drive at Maximum Speed:The speed display will be incorrect
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