game
icon
title World Wars (World?)
set name worldwar
manufacturer SNK
year 1987
genre Shooter (hof)
category Shooter / Flying Vertical (hof)
driver status good
driver source snk.c
snapshots MW: in game / CT: in game | title
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rating

60.8% after 15 votes
 
clones Bermuda Triangle (World Wars) (US)
display
colour emulation good
palette 1024
display type raster
orientation vertical
resolution 224x368
frequency 60.000000Hz
sound
sound emulation good
channels mono
controls
players 2
nplayers 2P sim
controls 8 way joystick
buttons 2
coin slots 2
hardware
cpu Z80 @ 4MHz
cpu Z80 @ 4MHz
cpu Z80 @ 4MHz
audio YM3526 @ 4MHz
audio Y8950 @ 4MHz
data
version added .036b16
last change(s) .127u1 .068 .062
roms
name size crc set flags sha1
ww4.bin  65536  bc29d09f  worldwar    9bd5a47565934590347b7152457869331ae94375 
ww5.bin  65536  8dc15909  worldwar    dc0f0e969c36469cc91ecfb1a98cfdb1020972eb 
ww3.bin  65536  8b74c951  worldwar    f4560380f16bcd396d08f48541c65f7be5b290d0 
ww_r.bin  1024  b88e95f0  worldwar    621c4bf716134d758dae2b3bc519f0a890a11fdb 
ww_g.bin  1024  5e1616b2  worldwar    f2df8f06e717f16c689a941a3a1762dfeb377c83 
ww_b.bin  1024  e9770796  worldwar    2d3001650e781ba7c92a1b3ad0cb9d8c59166e5e 
btj_h.prm  1024  c20b197b  worldwar    504cb28d652029fe87a5411d6239e78d93c83e91 
btj_v.prm  1024  5d0c617f  worldwar    845e52173c33500227cabe1e21b34919d2856215 
ww6.bin  32768  d57570ab  worldwar    98997de12225d177be4916c7f2e6a7a2df24b8f2 
ww11.bin  65536  603ddcb5  worldwar    766d477672f7936a2b12d3aef435b59aaa77886d 
ww12.bin  65536  388093ff  worldwar    b449031c8225b10d7e27e3a2a0636cfd8cb4e03d 
ww13.bin  65536  83a7ef62  worldwar    692be1db8b0b0ff518ffe6e000fa8eb0ca7d8b06 
ww14.bin  65536  04c784be  worldwar    1a485eeb65dee295c791006d58e4e7305bdcf490 
ww10.bin  32768  f68a2d51  worldwar    bf3bfcb7fcb77f4605472775025dc69e979155c8 
ww9.bin  32768  d9d35911  worldwar    74c23f2967be76ced82522a67291de233528b099 
ww8.bin  32768  0ec15086  worldwar    6f5fb4a0f96b3ab745f402c04c2cdc2bacaf4844 
ww7.bin  32768  53c4b24e  worldwar    5f72848f585dcee857715d6ca0020237dd23abc3 
ww21.bin  65536  be974fbe  worldwar    bcfafb85ad858fc0a3dceb2d5fe319d812df50fc 
ww22.bin  65536  9914972a  worldwar    57a27173bc525b18f42699eab9300d4c8652a7c6 
ww19.bin  65536  c39ac1a7  worldwar    9f8048250306ee23c6c66c751b64f19168123ff3 
ww20.bin  65536  8504170f  worldwar    e9970d006dbc63640234bb4baa76a10d84f22bcd 
ww15.bin  65536  d55ce063  worldwar    c0845db7e928e735746822ab94e5f148f38e73cc 
ww16.bin  65536  a2d19ce5  worldwar    ec1e22c8aa1d24b24fa97015c43e651aebb5a3bb 
ww17.bin  65536  a9a6b128  worldwar    bd09fcf91211739a304771f633f04235d32b057d 
ww18.bin  65536  c712d24c  worldwar    59858d446491e63f8bd0fd1f8aa20262fa0522ef 
bt_p4.rom  65536  4bc83229  worldwar    b58d08ebed0b02279385a7ac2f385e62443e3de6 
bt_p5.rom  65536  817bd62c  worldwar    d3ee2ff01a4da8b928728b2fd4948fabd2b04420 
cabinet art
art no cabinet, marquee, flyer, control panel or PCB images found
additional information
info 0.36b16 [Bryan McPhail]

WIP:
  • 0.127u1: Changed World Wars from a clone of Bermuda Triangle to a parent set. Changed description to 'World Wars (World?)' and clone 'Bermuda Triangle (US older version)' to 'Bermuda Triangle (World Wars) (US)'. SNK rewrite [Nicola Salmoria]: Fixed sprite-sprite priorities. Removed ROM patches, simulated "turbo front" check, clarified the relationship between the sets, converted to tilemaps, proper memory maps and fixed inputs etc.
  • 0.62: Changed description of 'World Wars (Japan)' to 'World Wars (World)' and 'Bermuda Triangle (US early version)' to 'Bermuda Triangle (US older version)'.
  • 0.36b16: Added clones Bermuda Triangle (US early version) and World Wars (Japan).
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Romset: 1253 kb / 27 files / zip
history World Wars (c) 1987 SNK.

A vertically scrolling shoot'em up.

- TECHNICAL -

Game ID : A6003 'WW'

Main CPU : Z80 (@ 4 Mhz), Z80 (@ 5 Mhz)
Sound CPU : Z80 (@ 4 Mhz)
Sound Chips : YM3526 (@ 4 Mhz), Y8950 (@ 4 Mhz)

Screen orientation : Vertical
Video resolution : 224 x 384 pixels
Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz
Palette colors : 1024

Players : 2
Control : dial
Buttons : 2

- TRIVIA -

This game is also known as "Bermuda Triangle".

- UPDATES -

World Wars and an early "Bermuda Triangle" version have different gameplay and graphics from the other versions.

- STAFF -
  • Director : Eikichi Kawasaki
  • Software : SNK jr.
  • Designers : Rampty, Tetsuyaki
  • Assistants : Miss Yoko, Angel
  • Hardware : Akitadesi
  • Sound : Kenny
  • Producer : Mr. Oba
  • Printing : Tomotae
- SOURCES -

Game's rom.
resource links view in MAWS
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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 MamEnd
view in System16
cheats
cheats
code comments
00000000:E3CA:00000099:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Credits
60000000:0000:00000000:00000000 
00000000:E400:00000099:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Lives PL1
00000000:E417:00000012:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Energy PL1
00000000:E42B:0000009D:FFFFFFFF  Invincibility PL1
60000000:0000:00000000:00000000 
00000000:E450:00000099:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Lives PL2
00000000:E467:00000012:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Energy PL2
00000000:E47B:0000009D:FFFFFFFF  Invincibility PL2
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