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title	Thunder Strike (Older)
set name	tstrikea
manufacturer	East Coast Coin Company (Melbourne)
year	1991
genre	Shooter (hof)
category	Shooter / Flying Horizontal (hof)
driver status	good
driver source	ddragon.c
snapshots	MW: in game \| parent / CT: \| parent / PS: in game \| title \| parent zoom
rating	61.1% after 16 votes
parent	Thunder Strike (Newer)

colour emulation	good
palette	384
display type	raster
orientation	horizontal
resolution	256x240
frequency	57.444853Hz

sound emulation	good
channels	mono

players	2
nplayers	2P alt
controls	8 way joystick
buttons	3
coin slots	2

cpu	HD6309 @ 12MHz
cpu	HD63701 @ 6MHz
cpu	M6809 @ 6MHz
cpu	M68705 @ 4MHz
audio	YM2151 @ 3.579545MHz
audio	MSM5205 @ 0.375MHz
audio	MSM5205 @ 0.375MHz

version added

.074u2

last change(s)

.103u1

roms

name	size	crc	set	sha1
tstrike.26	32768	871b10bc	tstrikea	c824775cf72c039612fda76c4a518cd89e4c8657
tstrike.25	32768	b6a0c2f3	tstrike	3434689ca217f5af268058ad34c277db672d389c
tstrike.24	32768	363816fa	tstrike	65c1ccbb950e09230196b49dc7312a13a34f3f79
63701.bin	16384	f5232d03	tstrike	e2a194e38633592fd6587690b3cb2669d93985c7
tstrike.30	32768	3f3f04a1	tstrike	45d2b4542ec783c1c4122616606be6c160f76c06
68705prt.mcu	2048	34cbb2d3	tstrike	8e0c3b13c636012d88753d547c639b1a8af85680
tstrike.20	32768	b6b8bfa0	tstrikea	ce50f8eb1a84873ef3df621d971a6b087473d6c2
tstrike.117	65536	f7122c0d	tstrike	2b6b359585d9df966c1fc0041fb972aac9b1ab93
21j-b	65536	40507a76	tstrike	74581a4b6f48100bddf20f319903af2fe36f39fa
tstrike.115	65536	a13c7b62	tstrike	d929d8db7eb2b949cd3bd77238611ecc54b2e885
21j-d	65536	cb4f231b	tstrike	9f2270f9ceedfe51c5e9a9bbb00d6f43dbc4a3ea
tstrike.113	65536	5ad60938	tstrike	a0af9b227157d87fa6d4ea88b34227a97baff20e
21j-f	65536	6ba152f6	tstrike	a301ff809be0e1471f4ff8305b30c2fa4aa57fae
tstrike.111	65536	7b9c87ad	tstrike	429049f84b2084bb074e380dca63b75150e7e69f
21j-h	65536	65c7517d	tstrike	f177ba9c1c7cc75ff04d5591b9865ee364788f94
tstrike.78	65536	88284aec	tstrike	f07bc5f84f2b2f976c911541c8f1ff2558f569ca
21j-9	65536	c6640aed	tstrike	f156c337f48dfe4f7e9caee9a72c7ea3d53e3098
tstrike.109	65536	8c2cd0bb	tstrike	364a708484c7750f38162d463104216bbd555b86
21j-j	65536	5fb42e7c	tstrike	7953316712c56c6f8ca6bba127319e24b618b646
tstrike.94	65536	8a2c09fc	tstrike	f59a43c3fa814b169a51744f9604d36ae63c190f
tstrike.95	32768	1812eecb	tstrike	9b7d526f30a86682cdf088600b25ea5a56b112ef
21j-k-0	256	fdb130a9	tstrike	4c4f214229b9fab2b5d69c745ec5428787b89e1f
21j-l-0	512	46339529	tstrike	64f4c42a826d67b7cbaa8a23a45ebc4eb6248891

art	no cabinet, marquee, flyer, control panel or PCB images found

info

0.103u1 [Bryan McPhail]

0.74u2 [?]

0.68 [?]

NOTE:

Thunder Strike is a Double Dragon conversion. IC23 is replaced with a daughterboard containing a 68705 MCU.

Bugs:

Simply, start both sets in new version chopper moves in older it stands still only counter is working. Just run the game and look on the screen one minute, to compare run with the same method newer set. haynor (ID 01589)

WIP:

0.122u7: Replaced HD6309 CPU3 with M6809. Changed HD6309 CPU1 clock speed to 12MHz, HD63701 CPU2 to 6MHz and the 2x MSM5205 to 375000 Hz.
0.122u6: Changed M68705 CPU4 clock speed to 4MHz.
0.115: Aaron Giles updated 68705 clocks to take into account the internal divide by 4. Added constant so that it is clear why this is being done. Changed M68705 CPU4 clock speed to 1MHz.
0.105u4: Added dipswitches 'Difficulty', 'Lives' and 'Bonus Life'.
0.103u1: Bryan McPhail added Thunder Strike (Newer). Fixed also interrupts, raster updates and changed visible area to 256x240. Added 'Cabinet' and 'Flip Screen' dipswitches - Game now playable. Renamed (tstrike) to (tstrikea).
1st January 2006: Bryan McPhail - Some small fixes to the Double Dragon driver to finish off Thunderstrike.
0.77: Changed HD63701 MCU clock speed to 1193181 Hz, VSync to 57.444855 Hz, palettesize to 512 colors and set sound to mono.
3rd November 2003: Bryan McPhail fixed the video and interrupt timing in the Double Dragon driver, made Thunder Strike boot (but it doesn't show sprites).
0.74u2: Added Thunder Strike (Newer) (East Coast Coin Company (Melbourne) 1991).
0.68: Added Thunder Strike (Testdriver).

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Desert War

Zero Gunner

Romset: 1043 kb / 23 files / 292.53 zip

history

Thunder Strike (c) 1991 The Game Room.

- TECHNICAL -

Main CPU : HD6309 (@ 3.579545 Mhz), HD63701 (@ 1.193181 Mhz), M68705 (@ 4 Mhz)

Sound CPU : HD6309 (@ 3.579545 Mhz)

Sound Chips : YM2151 (@ 3.579545 Mhz), (2x) MSM5205 (@ 384 Khz)

Screen orientation : Horizontal

Video resolution : 256 x 240 pixels

Screen refresh : 57.44 Hz

Palette colors : 512

Players : 2

Control : 8-way Joystick

Buttons : 3

- SOURCES -

Game's rom.

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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 arcade-history.com
view in MamEnd
view in VGMuseum Game Endings

cheats

code	comments
00000000:0C02:00000009:FFFFFFFF	Infinite Credits
00000000:0B02:00000099:FFFFFFFF	Infinite Time:Turn it OFF at the end of the stage
00001301:0D64:00000020:FFFFFFFF	Select Starting Stage:Enable after you've have inserted a credit
00000000:0BBF:00000007:FFFFFFFF	Infinite Lives
00000000:0B54:00000002:FFFFFFFF	Invincibility
00000000:0B04:00000006:FFFFFFFF	Infinite Missiles
00100000:0B05:00000200:FFFFFFFF	Always Have Maximum Shot Power
00010000:0B08:000000FF:FFFFFFFF	Always Have Maximum Shot Power (2/3)
00110000:0B0A:0000D601:FFFFFFFF	Always Have Maximum Shot Power (3/3)
00000000:0D91:00000000:FFFFFFFF	Rapid Fire - Shot
00000000:0B16:00000000:FFFFFFFF	Rapid Fire - Missile