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title Vanguard II
set name vangrd2
manufacturer SNK
year 1984
genre Shooter (hof)
category Shooter / Field (hof)
driver status good
driver source snk.c
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rating

67% after 22 votes
 
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display
colour emulation good
palette 1024
display type raster
orientation vertical
resolution 216x288
frequency 60.000000Hz
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sound
sound emulation good
channels mono
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controls
players 2
nplayers 2P alt
controls 8 way joystick
buttons 2
coin slots 1
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hardware
cpu Z80 @ 3.36MHz
cpu Z80 @ 3.36MHz
cpu Z80 @ 4MHz
audio AY-3-8910A @ 2MHz
audio AY-3-8910A @ 2MHz
audio SNK Wave @ 8MHz
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data
version added .036b02
last change(s) none since version .53
roms
name size crc set flags sha1
p1.9a  8192  bc9eeca5  vangrd2    5a737e0f0aa1a3a5296d1e1fec13b34aee970609 
p3.11a  8192  3970f69d  vangrd2    b0ef7494888804ab5b4002730fb0232a7fd6797b 
p2.12a  8192  58b08b58  vangrd2    eccc85191d678a0115a113002a43203afd857a5b 
p4.14a  8192  a95f11ea  vangrd2    8007efb4ad948c8768e474fc77134f3ce52da1d2 
p5.4a  8192  e4dfd0ba  vangrd2    12d45ff147f3ea9c9e898c3831874cd7c1a071b7 
p6.6a  8192  894ff00d  vangrd2    1c66f327d8e94dc6ac386e11fcc5eb17c9081434 
p7.7a  8192  40b4d069  vangrd2    56c464bd055125ffc2da02d70137aa5efe5cd8f6 
p8.6a  8192  a3daa438  vangrd2    4e659ac7e3ebaf85bc3ce5c9946fcf0af23083b4 
p9.8a  8192  9345101a  vangrd2    b99ad1c2a79df50b0a60fdd43ca466f6cb38445b 
p15.1e  8192  85718a41  vangrd2    4c9aa1f8b229410414cd67bac8cb10a14bea12f4 
p13.1a  8192  912f22c6  vangrd2    5042edc80b58f77b3576b5e6eb8c6460c8a35494 
p9  8192  7aa0b684  vangrd2    d52670ec50b1a07d6c2c537f67922063deacdeea 
p10.4kl  8192  5bfc04c0  vangrd2    4eb152fdf39cb0024f71d5bdf1bfc79c2b8c2329 
p11.3kl  8192  620cd4ec  vangrd2    a2fcc3d24d0d3c7cc601620ae7a709f46b613c0f 
p12.1kl  8192  8658ea6c  vangrd2    d5ea9be2c1776b11abc77c944a653eeb73b27fc8 
mb7054.3j  1024  506f659a  vangrd2    766f1a0dd462eba64546c514004e6542e200d7c3 
mb7054.4j  1024  222133ce  vangrd2    109a63c8c44608a8ad9183e7b5d269765cc5f067 
mb7054.5j  1024  2e21a79b  vangrd2    1956377c799e0bbd127bf4fae016adc148efe007 
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cabinet art
cabinet vangrd2.png
marquee vangrd2.png
control panel vangrd2.png
flyer vangrd2.png
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additional information
info 0.36b2 [Phil Stroffolino]

0.36b1 [Phil Stroffolino, Carlos A. Lozano]

WIP:
  • 0.127u2: Nicola Salmoria merged driver with SNK, with all resulting fixes (removed hacks, correct shadows, scroll offsets etc). Replaced Namco sound with SNK Wave (8MHz). Fixed emulation of the "SNK Wave" custom sound and made it into a proper sound core. Fixed also palette decoding of early SNK games (Vanguard II). The least significan bits were assigned incorrectly. Fixed sp16_tiles rom loading. Changed visible area to 216x288 and VSync to 60Hz.
  • 0.124u5: Robiza fixed score display in cocktail mode.
  • 0.93: Added clock parameter to Namco sound (31250 Hz).
  • 0.72: Acho A. Tang fixed Vanguard2 scroll offsets.
  • 0.59: Added dipswitches 'Bonus Life' and 'Bonus Life Occurence'.
  • 0.37b12: Changed VSync to 60.606060Hz.
  • 26th July 1999: Phil Stroffolino sent in an update to Marvin's Maze, Mad Crasher and Vanguard II with improved sound.
  • 23rd July 1999: Phil Stroffolino sent in a driver for Vanguard II.
  • 0.36b2: Phil Stroffolino added Vanguard II (SNK 1984).
  • 0.36b1: Added Vanguard II (Testdriver).
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Romset: 123 kb / 18 files / 54.1 zip
history Vanguard II (c) 1984 SNK.


- TECHNICAL -


Main CPU : (2x) Z80 (@ 3.36 Mhz)

Sound CPU : Z80 (@ 4 Mhz)

Sound Chips : (2x) AY8910 (@ 2 Mhz), Namco (@ 31.25 Khz)


Screen orientation : Vertical

Video resolution : 224 x 288 pixels

Screen refresh : 60.61 Hz

Palette colors : 288


Players : 2

Control : 8-way joystick

Buttons : 2


- TRIVIA -


Released in January 1984.


- SERIES -
  1. Vanguard (1981)
  2. Vanguard II (1984)
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code comments
00000000:F45D:00000009:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Lives PL1
00000000:F45E:00000009:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Lives PL2
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