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title Air Duel (Japan)
set name airduel
manufacturer Irem
year 1990
genre Shooter (hof)
category Shooter / Flying Vertical (hof)
driver status good
driver source m72.c
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rating

71.3% after 67 votes
 
display
colour emulation good
palette 512
display type raster
orientation vertical
resolution 256x384
frequency 55.017606Hz
sound
sound emulation good
channels stereo
controls
players 2
nplayers 2P sim
controls 8 way joystick
buttons 4
coin slots 2
hardware
cpu V30 @ 8MHz
cpu Z80 @ 3.579545MHz
audio YM2151 @ 3.579545MHz
audio DAC
data
version added .037b01
last change(s) .119u3
roms
name size crc set flags sha1
ad-c-h0.bin  131072  12140276  airduel    f218c5f2e6795b6295dea064817d7d6b1a7762b6 
ad-c-l0.bin  131072  4ac0b91d  airduel    97e2f633181cd5c25927fd0e2988af2acdb3f388 
ad-c-h3.bin  131072  9f7cfca3  airduel    becf827aa7749c54f1c435ea224e1fd9c8b3f5f9 
ad-c-l3.bin  131072  9dd343f7  airduel    9f499936b6d3807aa5b5c18e9811c73c9a2c99f9 
airduel_i8751.mcu  65536    airduel  no dump   
ad-00.bin  131072  2f0d599b  airduel    a966f806b5e25bb98cc63c46c49e0e676a62afcf 
ad-10.bin  131072  9865856b  airduel    b18a06899ae29d45e2351594df544220f3f4485a 
ad-20.bin  131072  d392aef2  airduel    0f639a07066cadddc3884eb490885a8745571567 
ad-30.bin  131072  923240c3  airduel    f587a83329087a715a3e42110f74f104e8c8ef1f 
ad-a0.bin  131072  ce134b47  airduel    841358cc222c81b8a91edc262f355310d50b4dbb 
ad-a1.bin  131072  097fd853  airduel    8e08f4f4a747c899bb8e21b347635e26af9edc2d 
ad-a2.bin  131072  6a94c1b9  airduel    55174acbac54236e5fc1b80d120cd6da9fe5524c 
ad-a3.bin  131072  6637c349  airduel    27cb7c89ab73292b43f8ae3c0d803a01ef3d3936 
ad-b0.bin  131072  ce134b47  airduel    841358cc222c81b8a91edc262f355310d50b4dbb 
ad-b1.bin  131072  097fd853  airduel    8e08f4f4a747c899bb8e21b347635e26af9edc2d 
ad-b2.bin  131072  6a94c1b9  airduel    55174acbac54236e5fc1b80d120cd6da9fe5524c 
ad-b3.bin  131072  6637c349  airduel    27cb7c89ab73292b43f8ae3c0d803a01ef3d3936 
ad-v0.bin  131072  339f474d  airduel    a81bb52598a0e31b2ed6a538755237c5d14d1844 
additional information
info 0.37b1 [Nicola Salmoria]

Bugs:
  • MAME seems to be missing the startup with graphics garble and blinking colours, etc. Stefan Lindberg / Kold666 (ID 00184)
  • On the PCB ONLY if you insert coins during the disclaimer, the FM music and sounds miss like in MAME. Kold666 (ID 00236)
WIP:
  • 0.37b2: Added dipswitches 'Lives', 'Difficulty', 'Demo Sounds', 'Flip Screen', 'Coin Mode' and 'Coinage'.
  • 0.37b1: Nicola Salmoria added Air Duel (Japan) (Irem 1990).
  • 30th March 2000: Roberto Fresca fixed some Pound for Pound and Air Duel dipswitches.
  • 27th March 2000: Nicola Salmoria added Air Duel to the M72 driver.
  • 13th March 2000: Guru - Dumped finally (possibly) the last remaining M72 game called Airduel.
LEVELS: 7 (must be finished twice)

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Romset: 2240 kb / 18 files / 1.04 zip
history Air Duel (c) 1990 Irem.


A vertically scrolling shoot-em up game.


- TECHNICAL -


Irem M-72 system hardware


Main CPU : V30 (@ 8 Mhz)

Sound CPU : Z80 (@ 3.579545 Mhz)

Sound Chips : YM2151 (@ 3.579545 Mhz), DAC (@ 3.579545 Mhz)


Screen orientation : Vertical

Video resolution : 256 x 384 pixels

Screen refresh : 55.00 Hz

Palette colors : 512


Players : 2

Control : 8-way joystick

Buttons : 2

=> [A] Gun, [B] Guided bomb


- TRIVIA -


Released in June 1990.


Severals musics from this game was recycled for others games from the same musicians :

The mission 1 music was recycled and remixed in "Gun Force II" (Stage 2 part 1).

The mission 2 music contains a synth solo (after 32 seconds) which was performed with a sax in "Metal Slug 2 - Super Vehicle-001/II" (mission 3).

The mission 3 music was recycled and remixed with electric guitar in "Metal Slug 3" (mission 1, underwater way).

The mission 3 music was also recycled and remixed in "Gun Force II" (Stage 2 part 2).

The mission 4 music was recycled and remixed in "Gun Force II" (stage 1).


- SERIES -
  1. Air Duel (1990)
  2. Air Assault (1993)
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