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title Vulcan Venture
set name vulcan
manufacturer Konami
year 1988
genre Shooter (hof)
category Shooter / Flying Horizontal (hof)
driver status good
driver source twin16.c
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rating

62.3% after 49 votes
 
clones Gradius II - GOFER no Yabou (Japan New Ver.)
Gradius II - GOFER no Yabou (Japan Old Ver.)
Gradius II - GOFER no Yabou (Japan Older Ver.)
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display
colour emulation good
palette 1024
display type raster
orientation horizontal
resolution 320x224
frequency 60.606061Hz
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sound
sound emulation good
channels stereo
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controls
players 2
nplayers 2P alt
controls 8 way joystick
buttons 3
coin slots 2
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hardware
cpu Z80 @ 3.579545MHz
cpu 68000 @ 9.216MHz
cpu 68000 @ 9.216MHz
audio YM2151 @ 3.57958MHz
audio K007232 @ 3.579545MHz
audio UPD7759 @ 0.64MHz
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data
version added .036b08
last change(s) .056
roms
name size crc set flags sha1
785_g03.10a  32768  67a3b50d  vulcan    3c83f3b0df73d9361ec3cda26a6c4c603a088419 
785_p07.10n  65536  686d549d  vulcan    9687be801c4fb963bf6b0199e2ae9f5051213f7a 
785_p06.8n  65536  70c94bee  vulcan    951e00ca4d3a47a21b4db05bcdc8ead45b42c3f1 
785_p13.10s  65536  478fdb0a  vulcan    2e285ad6dcfc67f3e24d231e0e1be19036ce64d2 
785_p12.8s  65536  38ea402a  vulcan    90ff2bd71435988cde967704ce3b1401de206683 
785_w05.6n  65536  6e0e99cd  vulcan    f9f4ef617aee83397b0ac98a5cc92f60d3a3d5ed 
785_w04.4n  65536  23ec74ca  vulcan    901c7c798b113232f20e24f61940ed6ef5148599 
785_w09.6r  65536  377e4f28  vulcan    d3af2e52c38b5d618cac2e66df99ab7950638fbc 
785_w08.4r  65536  813d41ea  vulcan    58ba0e4b1afec3e5674286c44da14244591f1312 
785_h14.d8  16384  02f4b16f  vulcan    45addc99f520770f38c6aa69aef9af59cfc410b5 
785f17.p16  524288  8fbec1a4  vulcan    71cbdb25470b5a2ca7e80c92f12fc47e28085793 
785f18.p18  524288  50d61e38  vulcan    051d332d93d435d19571e22d69ffc5395dbb16a4 
785f15.p13  524288  af96aef3  vulcan    a58e26a8b134ab6e7938cd4fa342c04c236efd99 
785f16.p15  524288  b858df1f  vulcan    c434da7ba54d59643fe6ca30bceccf16413904c3 
785_f01.5a  131072  a0d8d69e  vulcan    2994e5740b7c099d55fb162a363a26ef1995c756 
785_f02.7c  131072  c39f5ca4  vulcan    92ebea11b7d3a72d0f58c456f16a6ff36d6b3062 
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cabinet art
marquee vulcan.png
flyer vulcan.png
PCB vulcan.png
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additional information
info 0.36b8 [Phil Stroffolino, Nao, Dave Spicer]

0.36b5 [Phil Stroffolino]

WIP:
  • 0.124u2: Changed clock speed of the 2x 68000 to 9216000 Hz.
  • 0.110u2: Robiza and Mamesick fixed video hardware (draw_sprites, tilemap_draw etc.) in Vulcan Venture.
  • 0.102u5: Pierpaolo Prazzoli fixed sprite drawing in Vulcan Venture.
  • 0.99u4: Pierpaolo Prazzoli fixed background/sprites priority in the stage 7 of Vulcan Venture.
  • 0.76u2: Changed description of the clones to 'Gradius II - GOFER no Yabou'.
  • 0.56: Fixed rom names.
  • 6th October 2001: Chack'n fixed the dipswitch settings in clone Gradius 2.
  • 0.36b10: Changed Z80 CPU1 clock speed to 3579545 Hz.
  • 0.36b8: Added Vulcan Venture (Konami 1988) and clones 'Gradius II - Gofer no Yabou (Japan set 1)', (Japan set 2) and (Japan set 3).
  • 27th October 1999: Takahiro Nogi fixed UPD7759 problems in Vulcan Venture.
  • 26th October 1999: Phil Stroffolino got collision detection working in Vulcan Venture with help from Dave Spicer and Nao.
  • 21st October 1999: Phil Stroffolino sent in a Twin16 update, with Hard Puncher / Final Round being completely playable, but Vulcan Venture is still missing the collisions.
  • 0.36b6: Phil Stroffolino added clone Gradius II - Gofer no Yabou (Japan) (Testdriver).
  • 0.36b5: Phil Stroffolino added Vulcan Venture (Testdriver).
  • 9th October 1999: Phil Stroffolino sent in a Twin16 update with working sprites in Vulcan Venture (but collisions are missing), and Final Round is also playable now.
  • 8th September 1999: Phil Stroffolino sent in a very preliminary Konami Twin16 driver (Vulcan Venture for example), but nothing works yet.
ARCADE RELEASE: Gradius II (Konami) - 1988/Mar/24

LEVELS: 7 (gradius2)

Other Emulators:
  • Sparcade
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Romset: 2864 kb / 16 files / 908 zip
history Vulcan Venture (c) 03/1988 Konami.


The third game in Konami's renowned "Gradius" series; the prequel being "Gradius" (known as "Nemesis" in Europe) and a spinoff called "Salamander" (also known as "Life Force"). Vulcan Venture strictly adheres to the shoot-em-up template set out by its hugely successful predecessor, the game eschews the sideways/vertical scrolling alternate levels of "Salamander" and opts instead for "Gradius" sideways scrolling-only mechanic. Vulcan Venture is rightly considered to be one of the most demanding and difficult shoot-em-ups ever released.


- TECHNICAL -


Game ID : GX785


Main CPU : (2x) 68000 (@ 10 Mhz)

Sound CPU : Z80 (@ 3.579545 Mhz)

Sound Chips : YM2151 (@ 3.57958 Mhz), K007232 (@ 3.579545 Mhz), UPD7759 (@ 640 Khz)


Screen orientation : Horizontal

Video resolution : 320 x 224 pixels

Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz

Palette colors : 1024


Players : 2

Control : 8-way joystick

Buttons : 3


- TRIVIA -


This game is known in Japan as "Gradius II - GOFER no Yabou".


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


Apollon Music released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Space Odyssey, Gradius II - Gofer no yabou - BY30-5202) on 21/07/1988.


- UPDATES -


The main differences between Vulcan Venture and "Gradius II - GOFER no Yabou" are :

* Different title screen.

* Multiple is called Option in "Gradius II - GOFER no Yabou".

* No continue available in "Gradius II - GOFER no Yabou".

* Pulse Laser is called Ripple Laser in "Gradius II - GOFER no Yabou".


- SERIES -
  1. Nemesis (1985)
  2. Lifeforce (1986)
  3. Gradius 2 (1987, MSX)
  4. Vulcan Venture (1988)
  5. Nemesis 3 - The Eve of Destruction (1988, MSX)
  6. Gradius III (1989)
  7. Gradius - The Interstellar Assault (1991, Nintendo Game Boy)
  8. Nemesis '90 Kai (1993, Sharp X68000)
  10. Solar Assault - Gradius (1997)
  11. Solar Assault - Revisited (1997)
  12. Gradius Gaiden (1997, Sony PlayStation)
  13. Gradius IV - Fukkatsu (1999)
  14. Gradius Generation (2002, Nintendo Game Boy Advance)
  15. Gradius V (2003, Sony PlayStation 2)
    16. - STAFF -
    • Game programmers : Toshiaki Takatori, K. Tsutsui, T. Horimoto, A. Suzuki, Takehiko Fujii
    • Graphic designers : Miki Yoshikata, H. Ashida, Michiko Iwamoto, A. Nonami, Kuniaki Kakuwa
    • Sound editors : S. Tasaka, Motoaki Furukawa, K. Matsubara, S. Hukami
    • Engineer : K. Hashima
    • Title designers : F. Shinuya, J. Tanaka
    • - SOURCES -
    • Game's rom.
    • Edit this entry at Arcade-History.com: http://www.arcade-history.com/?n=vulcan-venture&page=detail&id=3126&o=2
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cheats
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code comments
02000000:60400:00000009:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Lives
22900000:1B300:00004E71:FFFFFFFF  Invincibility
22810000:1B33A:00000060:FFFFFFFF  Invincibility (2/2):1st = Object, 2nd = Scenery
02000000:6040F:0000000C:FFFFFFFF  Next Capsule Blue
62000000:00000:00000000:00000000  Select Current Speed
02010000:60428:00000000:00000007 
02010000:60428:00000001:00000001  1
02010000:60428:00000002:00000002  2
02010000:60428:00000003:00000003  3
02010000:60428:00000004:00000004  4
02010000:60428:00000005:00000005  5
62000000:00000:00000000:00000000  Select Current Shot
02010000:60429:00000000:00000007  Normal
02010000:60429:00000001:00000001  Double
02010000:60429:00000002:00000002  Tail Gun
02010000:60429:00000003:00000003  Ripple Laser
02010000:60429:00000004:00000004  Laser
62000000:00000:00000000:00000000  Select Current Missile
02010000:60428:00000000:00000038  No Missile
02010000:60428:00000008:00000008  Missile
02010000:60428:00000010:00000010  Spread
02010000:60428:00000018:00000018  Photon
02010000:60428:00000020:00000020  Twin
02000000:60068:00000000:00000020  Rapid Fire - Shot:Turn it OFF when you have Laser
02000000:60068:00000000:00000040  Rapid Fire - Missile
02000001:60420:00000001:FFFFFFFF  Gauge = SpeedUp Now!
02000001:60420:00000002:FFFFFFFF  Gauge = Missile Now!
02000001:60420:00000003:FFFFFFFF  Gauge = Double Now!
02000001:60420:00000004:FFFFFFFF  Gauge = Laser Now!
02000001:60420:00000005:FFFFFFFF  Gauge = Option Now!
02000001:60420:00000006:FFFFFFFF  Gauge = Shield Now!
02000301:60420:00000006:FFFFFFFF  Gauge = Bar Select Now!
60000000:00000:00000000:00000000  Enable these cheats on the weapon select mode screen
60000000:00000:00000000:00000000  Round 1 Area from 1 to 5
60000000:00000:00000000:00000000  Round 2 Area from 1 to 5
60000000:00000:00000000:00000000  Round 3 Area from 1 to 5
60000000:00000:00000000:00000000  Round 4 Area from 1 to 4
60000000:00000:00000000:00000000  Round 5 Area from 1 to 6
60000000:00000:00000000:00000000  Round 6 Area from 1 to 9
60000000:00000:00000000:00000000  Round 7 Area from 1 only
60000000:00000:00000000:00000000  Round 8 Area from 1 to 6
02000101:6041B:000000FF:FFFFFFFF  Select Starting Lap
02000101:60419:00000008:FFFFFFFF  Select Starting Round
02000001:60411:00000000:FFFFFFFF  Start in Area 1
02000001:60411:00000004:FFFFFFFF  Start in Area 2
02000001:60411:00000008:FFFFFFFF  Start in Area 3
02000001:60411:0000000C:FFFFFFFF  Start in Area 4
02000001:60411:00000010:FFFFFFFF  Start in Area 5
02000001:60411:00000014:FFFFFFFF  Start in Area 6
02000001:60411:00000018:FFFFFFFF  Start in Area 7
02000001:60411:0000001C:FFFFFFFF  Start in Area 8
02000001:60411:00000020:FFFFFFFF  Start in Area 9
60000000:00000:00000000:00000000 
22900000:01052:00001054:FFFFFFFF  Skip RAM/ROM Check
02000000:60002:00000000:FFFFFFFF  Sound Test Timer Stop:[PL1 Shot3]Next Code
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