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title World Grand Prix (Japan)
set name wgpj
manufacturer Taito Corporation
year 1989
genre Driving (hof)
category Driving / Race 1st P Bike (hof)
driver status imperfect
driver source wgp.c
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rating

58.8% after 16 votes
 
parent World Grand Prix (US)
other clones World Grand Prix (joystick version) (Japan, set 1)
World Grand Prix (joystick version) (Japan, set 2)
World Grand Prix 2 (Japan)
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display
colour emulation good
palette 4096
display type raster
orientation horizontal
resolution 320x240
frequency 60.000000Hz
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sound
sound emulation good
channels stereo
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controls
players 2
nplayers 1P
controls 4 way joystick
buttons 6
coin slots 2
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hardware
cpu 68000 @ 12MHz
cpu Z80 @ 4MHz
cpu 68000 @ 12MHz
audio YM2610 @ 8MHz
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data
version added .037b10
last change(s) none since version .53
roms
name size crc set flags sha1
c32-48.12  131072  819cc134  wgpj    501bb1038979117586f6d8202ca6e1e44191f421 
c32-49.13  131072  4a515f02  wgpj    d0be52bbb5cc8151b23363092ac04e27b2d20a50 
c32-10.9  524288  a44c66e9  wgp    b5fa978e43303003969033b8096fd68885cfc202 
c32-28.64  131072  38f3c7bf  wgp    bfcaa036e5ff23f2bbf74d738498eda7d6ccd554 
c32-27.63  131072  be2397fb  wgp    605a02d56ae6007b36299a2eceb7ca180cbf6df9 
c32-24.34  65536  e9adb447  wgp    8b7044b6ea864e4cfd60b87abd28c38caecb147d 
c32-09.16  524288  96495f35  wgp    ce99b4d8aeb98304e8ae3aa4966289c76ae4ff69 
c32-04.9  524288  473a19c9  wgp    4c632f4d5b725790a1be9d1143318d2f682fe9be 
c32-03.10  524288  9ec3e134  wgp    e82a50927e10e551124a3b81399b052974cfba12 
c32-02.11  524288  c5721f3a  wgp    4a8e9412de23001b09eb3425ba6006b4c09a907b 
c32-01.12  524288  d27d7d93  wgp    82ae5856bbdb49cb8c2ca20eef86f6b617ea2c45 
c32-05.71  524288  3698d47a  wgp    71978f9e1f58fa1259e67d8a7ea68e3ec1314c6b 
c32-06.70  524288  f0267203  wgp    7fd7b8d7a9efa405fc647c16fb99ffcb1fe985c5 
c32-07.69  524288  743d46bd  wgp    6b655b3fbfad8b52e38d7388aab564f5fa3e778c 
c32-08.68  524288  faab63b0  wgp    6e1aaf2642bee7d7bc9e21a7bf7f81d9ff766c50 
c32-11.8  524288  2b326ff0  wgp    3c442e3c97234e4514a7bed31644212586869bd0 
c32-12.7  524288  df48a37b  wgp    c0c191f4b8a5f55c0f1e52dac9cd3f7d15adace6 
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cabinet art
marquee wgp.png
control panel wgp.png
flyer wgpj.png
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additional information
info 0.37b10 [David Graves]

WIP:
  • 0.118u3: Stephane Humbert cleaned up several Taito drivers to use common input port macros. Fixed the dipwitches for all games (a few still remain unknown though) and added many notes.
  • 0.59: Added dipswitches 'Motor Test', 'Flip Screen', 'Coinage', 'Price to Continue', 'Slave / Master ???', 'Communication' and 'Machine ID'.
  • 0.57: Added clone World Grand Prix (joystick version set 2) (Japan). Added 'Steering type' dipswitch.
  • 10th November 2001: Guru - Dumped an alternative version of WGP.
  • 0.53: David Graves added clone World Grand Prix 2 (Japan).
  • 10th August 2001: David Graves added color raster effects to the World Grand Prix driver, and he fixed other graphics bugs in World Grand Prix 2 so it is now playable.
  • 21st May 2001: David Graves added state saving support to World Grand Prix and fixed some graphics problems.
  • 0.37b15: David Graves fixed sprites in World Grand Prix.
  • 30th December 2000: David Graves added World Grand Prix 2 to the World Grand Prix driver, but it has some graphics problems with zooming rotation layers.
  • 0.37b11: Added clone World Grand Prix (joystick version) (Japan) and World Grand Prix 2 (Japan) (Testdriver). Fixed rom names.
  • 0.37b10: Added World Grand Prix (US) and clone (Japan).
  • 15th November 2000: David Graves sent in a driver for World Grand Prix.
LEVELS: 8

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Romset: 6720 kb / 17 files / 2.57 zip
history WGP - Real Racing Feeling (c) 1989 Taito.


- TECHNICAL -


Board Number : K1100537A

Prom Stickers : C32


Main CPU : (2x) 68000 (@ 12 Mhz)

Sound CPU : Z80 (@ 4 Mhz)

Sound Chips : YM2610 (@ 8 Mhz)


Screen orientation : Horizontal

Video resolution : 320 x 240 pixels

Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz

Palette Colors : 4096


Players : 2

Control : stick

Buttons : 7


- STAFF -
  • Programmers : Yoshinori Kobayashi, Osaru Kinoshita, Yuji Hiroshige, Masahiro Okamoto, Tarabar Hori
  • Character designers : Seiji Kawakami, Tetsuya Shinoda, Yasuhiko Kikuchi, Tsuyoshi Satou, Atsumi Yoshino
  • Hardware : Yasuhiro Shibuya, Toshihiro Tanaka, Tsukasa Nakamura, Tadashi Kushiro, Yasushi Yamanouchi
  • Mechanic : Tohru Yamamoto, Nobuyuki Iwasaki, Shigeio Ueda
  • Sound by (Zuntata) : (Mar), Yasuhisa Watanabe (Yack)
  • Graphic designer : Rintarou Doi
  • Cabinet designer : Shinobu Sekiguchi
  • Direction & Game designer : Hiroyuki Sakou
  • - SOURCES -
  • Game's rom.
  • Edit this entry at Arcade-History.com: http://www.arcade-history.com/?n=wgp-real-racing-feeling&page=detail&id=3155&o=2
resource links view in MAWS
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view high score and replay at MARP
view in Progetto EMMA (Italian)
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view in arcade-history.com
view in MamEnd
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cheats
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code comments
00000000:108E55:00000009:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Credits
00000000:10B6DF:00000000:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Race Time
00100000:10BB2A:000000C8:FFFFFFFF  Always ride at 200km/h
00100000:10BB2A:00000119:FFFFFFFF  Always ride at 280km/h
00100001:10BB2A:00000119:FFFFFFFF  Get 280km/h speed boost Now!:Best used with an activation key for best effect (it's like a turbo option)
00000000:142311:00000075:FFFFFFFF  Hands free game completion:Just watch and don't enable the speed cheats with this enabled
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