game
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title Twin Cobra (World)
set name twincobr
manufacturer [Toaplan] Taito Corporation
year 1987
genre Shooter (hof)
category Shooter / Flying Vertical (hof)
driver status good
driver source twincobr.c
snapshots MW: in game / CT: in game | title / Mr. Do: artwork / EJ: in game
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rating

74.7% after 61 votes
 
clones Kyukyoku Tiger (Japan)
Twin Cobra (US)
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display
colour emulation good
palette 1792
display type raster
orientation vertical
resolution 240x320
frequency 54.877858Hz
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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 3
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hardware
cpu 68000 @ 7MHz
cpu Z80 @ 3.5MHz
cpu TMS32010 @ 14MHz
audio YM3812 @ 3.5MHz
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data
version added .034b01
last change(s) none since version .53
roms
name size crc set flags sha1
tc16  65536  07f64d13  twincobr    864ce0f9369c40c3ae792fc4ab2444a168214749 
tc14  65536  41be6978  twincobr    4784804b738a332c7f24a43bcbb7a1e607365735 
tc15  32768  3a646618  twincobr    fc1ed8f3c491f5cf16a17e5ce08c5d8f3ce03683 
tc13  32768  d7d1e317  twincobr    57b8433b1677a390a7c7e00a1464bb8ed9cbfc73 
tc12  32768  e37b3c44  twincobr    5fed10b29c14e27aee0cd92ecde5c5cb422273b1 
dsp_22.bin  2048  79389a71  twincobr    14ec4c1c9b06702319e89a7a250d0038393437f4 
dsp_21.bin  2048  2d135376  twincobr    67a2cc774d272ee1cd6e6bc1c5fc33fc6968837e 
tc11  16384  0a254133  twincobr    17e9cc5e36fb4696012d0f9229fa172034cd843a 
tc03  16384  e9e2d4b1  twincobr    e0a19dd46a9ba85d95bba7fbf81d8dc36dbfeabd 
tc04  16384  a599d845  twincobr    732001f2d378d890f148e6b616c287d71fae832a 
tc01  65536  15b3991d  twincobr    f5e7ed7a7721ed7e6dfd440634160390b7a294e4 
tc02  65536  d9e2e55d  twincobr    0409e6df836d1d5198b64b21b42192631aa6d096 
tc06  65536  13daeac8  twincobr    1cb103f434e2ecf193fa936ca7ea9194064c5b39 
tc05  65536  8cc79357  twincobr    31064df2b796ca85ad3caccf626b684dff1104a1 
tc07  32768  b5d48389  twincobr    a00c5b9c231d3d580fa20c7ad3f8b6fd990e6594 
tc08  32768  97f20fdc  twincobr    7cb3cd0637b0db889a3d552fd7c1a916eee5ca27 
tc09  32768  170c01db  twincobr    f4c5a1600f6cbb48abbace66c6f7514f79138e8b 
tc10  32768  44f5accd  twincobr    2f9bdebe71c8be195332356df68992fd38d86994 
tc20  65536  cb4092b8  twincobr    35b1d1e04af760fa106124bd5a94174d63ff9705 
tc19  65536  9cb8675e  twincobr    559c21d505c60401f7368d4ab2b686b15075c5c5 
tc18  65536  806fb374  twincobr    3eebefadcbdf713bf2a65b438092746b07edd3f0 
tc17  65536  4264bff8  twincobr    3271b8b23f51346d1928ae01f8b547fed49181e6 
82s129.d3  256  24e7d62f  twincobr    1c06a1ef1b6a722794ca1d5ee2c476ecaa5178a3 
82s129.d4  256  a50cef09  twincobr    55cafb5b2551b80ae708e9b966cf37c70a16d310 
82s123.d2  32  f72482db  twincobr    b0cb911f9c81f6088a5aa8760916ddae1f8534d7 
82s123.e18  32  bc88cced  twincobr    5055362710c0f58823c05fb4c0e0eec638b91e3d 
82s123.b24  32  4fb5df2a  twincobr    506ef2c8e4cf45c256d6831a0a5760732f2de422 
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cabinet art
cabinet twincobr.png
marquee twincobr.png
control panel twincobr.png
flyer twincobr.png
PCB twincobr.png
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additional information
info 0.34b1 [Quench]

0.31 [Nicola Salmoria]

NOTE:
  • twincobr and clone ktiger: At end of the level, the helicopter sometimes doesn't land on the pad. This is an original work. If you die near the end of a level then that will trigger it to skip the landing (sometimes?/always?). If you don't die at all in the level then you'll always land. Twisty
WIP:
  • 0.80: Quench converted Twin Cobra to tilemaps, corrected savestate setup, little cleanups to the machine code and adjustments for TMS32010 internal data map. Changed TMS32010 clock speed to 3.5MHz.
  • 5th February 2003: Guru - Kyukyoku Tiger (Taito 1987) arrived from Taucher for trojanizing the MCU.
  • 0.62: Changed TMS32010 CPU3 clock speed to 14MHz.
  • 0.61: Changed VSync to 54.877857Hz.
  • 30th June 2002: Quench fixed a few things in the Twin Cobra driver.
  • 0.37b6: Fixed cpu3 rom loading.
  • 0.36b11: Added cpu3 DSP roms and 5x proms (sprite priority/control/attribute).
  • 16th March 1999: Quench fixed Twin Cobra from crashing.
  • 0.35b3: Quench emulated the protection (TMS32010) in Twin Cobra, which is now fully playable. Added TMS32010 (3.5 MHz) and changed VSync to 56 Hz.
  • 8th February 1999: Quench fixed clone KyuKyoku Tiger.
  • 0.34b1: Quench added Twin Cobra (Taito) (preliminary) and clones Twin Cobra (Romstar) and Kyukyoku Tiger. Issues: Most enemies appear already destroyed. This is probably caused by the incomplete emulation of the protection microcontroller. Kyukyoku Tiger doesn't boot.
  • 0.31: Nicola Salmoria added Twin Cobra (Taito 1987) (Testdriver).
LEVELS: 10 (endless)

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Romset: 917 kb / 27 files / 378 zip
history Twin Cobra (c) 1987 Toaplan.

A vertically scrolling shooter.

- TECHNICAL -

Game ID : TP-011
Prom Sticker : B30

Main CPU : 68000 (@ 7 Mhz), Z80 (@ 3.5 Mhz), TMS32010 (@ 3.5 Mhz)
Sound Chips : YM3812 (@ 3.5 Mhz)

Screen orientation : Vertical
Video resolution : 240 x 320 pixels
Screen refresh : 54.88 Hz
Palette colors : 1792

Players : 2
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 2

- TRIVIA -

Released in October 1987.
Licensed to Taito.

Licensed to Romstar for US distribution (November 1988).

This game is known in Japan as "Kyukyoku Tiger".

Pony Canyon / Scitron released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Kyukyoku Tiger : G.S.M. Taito 2 - D28B0008) on 21/11/1988.

- UPDATES -

Difference between Twin Cobra and Kyukyoku Tiger :
* T.C. supports two simultaneous players.
* K.T. supports two players, but only one at a time. For this reason, it also supports Table Top cabinets.
* T.C. stores 3 characters for high scores.
* K.T. stores 6 characters for high scores.
* T.C. heros are Red and Blue for player 1 and 2 respectively.
* K.T. heros are grey for both players.
* T.C. dead remains of ground tanks are circular.
* K.T. dead remains of ground tanks always vary in shape.
* T.C. continues new hero and continued game at current position.
* K.T. continues new hero and continued game at predefined positions.
* After dying and your new hero appears, if you do not travel more than your helicopter length forward, you are penalised and moved back further when your next hero appears.
* K.T. Due to this difference in continue sequence, "Kyukyoku Tiger" is MUCH harder, challenging and nearly impossible to complete !

- SERIES -
  1. Twin Cobra (1987)
  2. Twin Cobra II (1995)
  3. Kyukyoku Tiger II Plus (1997, Sega Saturn)
- STAFF -
  • Music & sound created by : Tatsuya Uemura
- PORTS -

* Consoles :
Nintendo Famicom (1989)
Sega Mega Drive (1991)
FM Towns Marty (1994, "Kyukyoku Tiger")
Sony PlayStation (1996, "Toaplan Shooting Battle 1")

* Computers :
Commodore C64 (1988)

- 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 System16
view in The Arcade Flyer Archive
view in VGMuseum Game Endings
view in VGMuseum Gamepics
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cheats
cheats
code comments
00000000:31871:0000000A:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Lives PL1
00000000:3004D:00000009:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Bombs PL1
00000000:30023:0000002E:FFFFFFFF  Invincibility PL1
00010000:30038:00000080:FFFFFFFF  Invincibility PL1 (2/2)
00000000:3004B:00000028:FFFFFFFF  Always Max Fire Power PL1
62000000:00000:00000000:00000000  Select Weapon PL1:You must enable the 'Always Max Fire Power PL1' cheat for this cheat to work properly
00010000:3005B:00000000:FFFFFFFF  Normal Fire
00010000:3005B:0000002C:FFFFFFFF  Laser
00010000:3005B:00000058:FFFFFFFF  Multiway Fire
00010000:3005B:00000084:FFFFFFFF  4-Sides Fire
60000000:00000:00000000:00000000 
00000000:31873:0000000A:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Lives PL2
00000000:300AD:00000009:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Bombs PL2
00000000:30083:0000002F:FFFFFFFF  Invincibility PL2
00010000:30098:00000080:FFFFFFFF  Invincibility PL2 (2/2)
00000000:300AB:00000028:FFFFFFFF  Always Max Fire Power PL2
62000000:00000:00000000:00000000  Select Weapon PL2:You must enable the 'Always Max Fire Power PL2' cheat for this cheat to work properly
00010000:300BB:00000000:FFFFFFFF  Normal Fire
00010000:300BB:0000002C:FFFFFFFF  Laser
00010000:300BB:00000058:FFFFFFFF  Multiway Fire
00010000:300BB:00000084:FFFFFFFF  4-Sides Fire
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