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title Twin Qix (Ver 1.0A 1995/01/17) (Prototype)
set name twinqix
manufacturer Taito America Corporation
year 1995
genre Puzzle (hof)
category Puzzle / Outline (hof)
driver status good
driver source taito_f3.c
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rating

61.2% after 23 votes
 
display
colour emulation good
palette 8192
display type raster
orientation horizontal
resolution 320x224
frequency 58.970000Hz
sound
sound emulation good
channels stereo
controls
players 4
nplayers 2P sim
controls 8 way joystick
buttons 4
coin slots 4
hardware
cpu 68EC020 @ 16MHz
cpu 68000 @ 16MHz
audio ES5505 @ 15.23805MHz
data
version added .037b15
last change(s) .106u12
roms
name size crc set flags sha1
mpr0-3.b60  262144  1a63d0de  twinqix    7d8d8a6c9c7f9dfc0a8a528a905e33388b8fe13d 
mpr0-2.b61  262144  45a70987  twinqix    8cca6845064d943fd28416143e60399188b023cd 
mpr0-1.b62  262144  531f9447  twinqix    4d18efaad9c3dd2b14d3125c0f9e18cfcde3a1f2 
mpr0-0.b63  262144  a4c44c11  twinqix    b928134028bb8cddd6e34a501a4aad56173e2ae2 
obj0-0.a08  524288  c6ea845c  twinqix    9df710637e8f64f7fec232b5ebbede588e07c2db 
obj0-1.a20  524288  8c12b7fb  twinqix    8a52870fb9f508148619763fb6f37dd74b5386ca 
scr0-0.b07  524288  9a1b9b34  twinqix    ddf9c6ba0f9c340b580573e1d96ac76b1cd35beb 
scr0-1.b06  524288  e9bef879  twinqix    7e720f5054a1ef3a28353f1c221f4cf15d3b7428 
scr0-2.b05  524288  cac6854b  twinqix    c97fb7de48e1644695bbe431587d6c1be01ea62d 
scr0-3.b04  524288  ce063034  twinqix    2ecff74427d7d2fa8d1db4ac87481d123d7ce003 
scr0-4.b03  524288  d32280fe  twinqix    56b120128c5e4b8c6598a1de51269e6702a63175 
scr0-5.b02  524288  fdd1a85b  twinqix    1d94a4858baef3e78c456049dc58249a574205fe 
spr0-1.b66  262144  4b20e99d  twinqix    faf184daea0f1131bafa50edb48bd470d4c0b141 
spr0-0.b65  262144  2569eb30  twinqix    ec804131025e600198cd8342925823340e7ef458 
snd-0.b43  524288  ad5405a9  twinqix    67ee42498d2c3c00015237b3b5cd020f9a7c4a18 
snd-1.b44  524288  274864af  twinqix    47fefee23038bb751bdf6b6f48312ba0b6e38b90 
snd-14.b10  524288  26312451  twinqix    9f947a11592fd8420fc581914bf16e7ade75390c 
snd-15.b11  524288  2edaa9dc  twinqix    72fead505c4f44e5736ff7d545d72dfa37d613e2 
pal20l10a.a12  204    twinqix  no dump   
pal20l10a.a24  204    twinqix  no dump   
pal16l8b.b24  260  0b73a7d1  twinqix    953234ce95a8c2dfb9ba276742411cb2ca4d4bf8 
pal16l8b.b57  260  74b4d8be  twinqix    23ba316bc5550dd69f07f9a0f697927656a35e5a 
pal16l8b.b58  260  17e2c9b8  twinqix    841b290ee3a3089a975456b20018c04e6afb2257 
pal16l8b.b59  260  dc0db200  twinqix    9f46e7edf053ad9ee3a4a6dd00f9f6996203fc60 
pal16l8b.b64  260  3aed3d98  twinqix    8f0b02baad87aeda1767f0e95aa1a84545376076 
cabinet art
art no cabinet, marquee, flyer, control panel or PCB images found
additional information
info 0.37b15 [Bryan McPhail]

0.37b11 [Bryan McPhail]

WIP:
  • 0.106u12: MASH added plds ($200, 400, 600, 800, a00 - pal16l8b.b24, pal16l8b.b57, pal16l8b.b58, pal16l8b.b59 and pal16l8b.b64) to Twin Qix.
  • 0.57: Fixed sound1 roms loading.
  • 14th August 2001: Uki fixed the sound problems in Twin Qix.
  • 4th March 2001: Bryan McPhail and David Haywood added some more NMK games to the Bombjack Twin driver but they all suffer from unemulated protection and don't work very well.
  • 0.37b15: Bryan McPhail added Twin Qix (US Prototype) (Taito 1995).
  • 0.37b11: Bryan McPhail added Twin Qix (Testdriver).
LEVELS: 19

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Romset: 7682 kb / 25 files / 2.79 zip
history Twin Qix (c) 01/1995 Taito.


- TECHNICAL -


Taito F3 System hardware


Main CPU : 68EC020 (@ 16 Mhz)

Sound CPU : 68000 (@ 16 Mhz)

Sound Chips : ES5505 (@ 15.23805 Mhz)


Screen orientation : Horizontal

Video resolution : 320 x 224 pixels

Screen refresh : 58.97 Hz

Palette colors : 8192


Players : 4

Control : 8-way joystick

Buttons : 4


- TRIVIA -


The game forbids the initials 'SEX' on the high score table. If you try, it gets changed to 'H !'.


- SERIES -
  1. Qix (1981)
  2. Qix II - Tournament (1982)
  3. Super Qix (1987)
  4. Twin Qix (1995)
  5. - STAFF -
    • Project leader : Keppel Maekawa
    • Software designer : Harumi. K
    • Game designers : Tukasa Oshima, Takafumi Kaneko
    • Character designer : Izumi Takemoto
    • Graphic designer : Akiyoshi Takada, Lin Chinkai (Indy Chinkai), Takashi Yamada, Takeshi Ninomiya, Shigeki Yamamoto, Masato Shinchi, Kawamoyan
    • Sound : Nakayama Jotohei (Zuntata)
    • Printing designer : Kumi Mizobe
    • Hardware works : Takeshi Kinugasa
    • - SOURCES -
    • Game's rom.
    • Edit this entry at Arcade-History.com: http://www.arcade-history.com/?n=twin-qix&page=detail&id=3006&o=2
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cheats
cheats
code comments
00000000:400223:00000009:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Credits
00000000:406B1A:000000FF:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Time:Doesn't work against Warnings!
00000000:40916D:00000005:FFFFFFFF  Enemies always Frozen
60000000:000000:00000000:00000000 
00000000:406B50:00000003:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Lives PL1
00000000:409365:00000005:FFFFFFFF  Always have Maximum Speed PL1
00000001:4093B0:0000006F:FFFFFFFF  Finish this Round with 99.99% Now! PL1
00010001:4093B1:00000063:FFFFFFFF  Finish this Round with 99.99% Now! PL1 (2/2)
60000000:000000:00000000:00000000 
00000000:406B51:00000003:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Lives PL2
00000000:40996F:00000005:FFFFFFFF  Always have Maximum Speed PL2
00000001:4099BA:0000006F:FFFFFFFF  Finish this Round with 99.99% Now! PL2
00010001:4099BB:00000063:FFFFFFFF  Finish this Round with 99.99% Now! PL2 (2/2)
60000000:000000:00000000:00000000 
62000000:000000:00000000:00000000  Select Region:After you enable this cheat to see any effect you will have to reset the game (F3). Then you may have to turn the Test Mode ON (F2), wait for Test Mode to appear and reset again(F3).
20810000:0FFFFF:00000001:FFFFFFFF  Japan
20810000:0FFFFF:00000002:FFFFFFFF  US
20810000:0FFFFF:00000003:FFFFFFFF  World
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