game
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title Traverse USA / Zippy Race
set name travrusa
manufacturer Irem
year 1983
genre Driving (hof)
category Driving / Race Bike (hof)
driver status good
driver source travrusa.c
snapshots MW: in game / CT: in game | title ( 1 )
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rating

69.6% after 46 votes
 
clones MotoRace USA
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display
colour emulation good
palette 256
display type raster
orientation vertical
resolution 256x240
frequency 56.750000Hz
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sound
sound emulation good
channels mono
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controls
players 2
nplayers 2P alt
controls 2 way joystick
buttons 2
coin slots 3
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hardware
cpu Z80 @ 4MHz
cpu M6803 @ 3.579545MHz
audio AY-3-8910A @ 0.894886MHz
audio AY-3-8910A @ 0.894886MHz
audio MSM5205 @ 0.384MHz
audio Discrete
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data
version added .030
last change(s) .106u12
roms
name size crc set flags sha1
zr1-0.m3  8192  be066c0a  travrusa    fed0ef114b08519b99d77485b73768a838d2f06e 
zr1-5.l3  8192  145d6b34  travrusa    c9e2bd1d3e62c496e4c5057c4012b069dfcf592d 
zr1-6a.k3  8192  e1b51383  travrusa    34f4476c1bcc28c53c8ffa7b614f443a329aae13 
zr1-7.j3  8192  85cd1a51  travrusa    7eb046514845cb9d2507ee24d1b2f7cc5402ac02 
mr10.1a  4096  a02ad8a0  travrusa    aff80b506dbecabed2a36eb743693940f6a22d16 
zippyrac.001  8192  aa8994dd  travrusa    9b326ce52a03d723e5c3c1b5fd4aa8fa7f70f904 
mr8.3c  8192  3a046dd1  travrusa    65c1dd1c0b5fb72ac5c04e11a577308245e4b312 
mr9.3a  8192  1cc3d3f4  travrusa    e7ee365d43d783cb6b7df37c6edeadbed35318d9 
zr1-8.n3  8192  3e2c7a6b  travrusa    abc9eeb656ab6ed5f14e10fc988f75f21ccf037a 
zr1-9.l3  8192  13be6a14  travrusa    47861910fe4c46cd72634cf7d834be2da2a0a4f9 
zr1-10.k3  8192  6fcc9fdb  travrusa    88f878b9ebf07c5a16f8cb742016cac971ed3f10 
mmi6349.ij  512  c9724350  travrusa    1fac20cdc0a53d94e8f67b49d7dd71d1b9f1f7ef 
tbp18s.2  32  a1130007  travrusa    9deb0eed75dd06e86f83c819a3393158be7c9dce 
tbp24s10.3  256  76062638  travrusa    7378a26cf455d9d3df90929dc665870514c34b54 
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cabinet art
cabinet travrusa.png
control panel travrusa.png
PCB travrusa.png
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additional information
info 0.30 [Lee Taylor, John Clegg]

WIP:
  • 0.123u2: Fixed proms addresses from ($100, 120) to ($200, 220). Changed palettesize to 256 colors.
  • 0.124u5: Couriersud added discrete mixing and filtering to IREM games using M52-sound-c boards: Moon Patrol and Traverse USA. Replaced 2nd MSM5205 sound with Discrete.
  • 0.122u8: Fixed cpu2 rom address to $7000.
  • 0.122u7: Changed M6803 CPU2 clock speed to 3579545 Hz.
  • 0.106u12: Fixed rom names.
  • 0.64: Changed VSync to 56.75 Hz and palettesize to 144 colors.
  • 0.37b6: Changed M6803 CPU2 and the 2x AY-8910 clock speeds to 894886 Hz.
  • 0.35b11: Changed M6803 CPU2 clock speed to 1.5MHz.
  • 0.35b10: Changed M6803 CPU2 clock speed to 6MHz.
  • 4th March 1999: Nicola Salmoria has converted Traverse USA to the tilemap system for testing purposes.
  • 0.35b5: Nicola Salmoria kludged in a fix for char/sprite priority in Traverse USA. The TileMap code is now mature enough to be used in new drivers. For examples, look into gng, gaiden and travrusa [Phil Stroffolino].
  • 0.35b3: Changed M6803 clock speed to 1MHz and fixed input.
  • 0.35b1: Changed description to 'Traverse USA / Zippy Race'.
  • 0.34RC1: Nicola fixed music in Moon Patrol, Traverse USA and the other Irem games.
  • 0.33b4: Nicola Salmoria added clone MotoRace USA.
  • 0.31: Gerald Vanderick accurate the colors in Traverse USA.
  • 0.30: Lee Taylor and John Clegg added Traverse USA (Irem 1983) and clone Motorace USA (Testdriver). Need color proms.
LEVELS: 5

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Romset: 85 kb / 14 files / 43.0 zip
history Traverse USA (c) 06/1983 Irem.

- TECHNICAL -

Irem M-52 hardware

Main CPU : Z80 (@ 4 Mhz)
Sound CPU : M6803 (@ 894.886 Khz)
Sound Chips : (2x) AY8910 (@ 894.886 Khz), (2x) MSM5205 (@ 384 Khz)

Screen orientation : Vertical
Video resolution : 256 x 240 pixels
Screen refresh : 56.75 Hz
Palette colors : 144

Players : 2
Control : 2-way joystick
Buttons : 2

- TRIVIA -

This game is also known as "MotoRace USA" and "Zippy Race".

- PORTS -

* Consoles :
Sega SG-1000 ("Zippy Race")
Nintendo Famicom ("Zippy Race")
Sega Saturn (1996, as "Zippy Race" in "Irem Arcade Classics")
Sony PlayStation (1996, as "Zippy Race" in "Irem Arcade Classics")

* Computers :
MSX ("Zippy Race")

- SOURCES -

Game's rom.
Machine's picture.
resource links view in MAWS
view in CAESAR
view high score and replay at MARP
view in Progetto EMMA (Italian)
view in arcade-history.com
view in GameFAQs
view in KLOV
view in MamEnd
view in System16
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cheats
cheats
code comments
00000000:E70D:00000001:FFFFFFFF  Rank always set to 1st
60000000:0000:00000000:00000000  -----------------------------------------------
60000000:0000:00000000:00000000  Infinite Fuel must be turned off at New York.
60000000:0000:00000000:00000000  -----------------------------------------------
00000000:E708:0000001E:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Fuel
00000000:E309:00000026:FFFFFFFF  Always Super Speed
00000001:E309:00000026:FFFFFFFF  Super Speed Now!:Use this with an Activation Key for best effect
60000000:0000:00000000:00000000  -------------------------------------------
60000000:0000:00000000:00000000  Invincibility must be turned OFF before
60000000:0000:00000000:00000000  entering the final straight of each city.
60000000:0000:00000000:00000000  -------------------------------------------
00000000:E300:00000003:FFFFFFFF  Invincibility:See the Dip Switch Menu to enable an alternate Invincibility cheat.
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