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title Rad Action / NinjaKun Ashura no Shou
set name rdaction
manufacturer UPL (World Games license)
year 1987
genre Platform (hof)
category Platform / Shooter Scrolling (hof)
driver status good
driver source ninjakd2.c
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64.4% after 27 votes
 
parent Ninja-Kid II / NinjaKun Ashura no Shou (set 1)
other clones Ninja-Kid II / NinjaKun Ashura no Shou (set 2, bootleg?)
Ninja-Kid II / NinjaKun Ashura no Shou (set 3, bootleg?)
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display
colour emulation good
palette 768
display type raster
orientation horizontal
resolution 256x192
frequency 59.610000Hz
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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 2
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hardware
cpu Z80 @ 6MHz
cpu Z80 @ 5MHz
audio YM2203 @ 1.5MHz
audio YM2203 @ 1.5MHz
audio Samples
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data
version added .035b13
last change(s) .089u6
roms
name size crc set flags sha1
1.3u  32768  5c475611  rdaction    2da88a95b5d68b259c8ae48af1438a82a1d601c1 
2.3s  32768  a1e23bd2  rdaction    c3b6574dc9fa66b4f41c37754a0d20a865f8bc28 
nk2_03.rom  32768  ad275654  ninjakd2    7d29a17132adb19aeee9b98be5b76bd6e91f308e 
nk2_04.rom  32768  e7692a77  ninjakd2    84beb8b02c564bffa9cc00313214e8f109bd40f9 
nk2_05.bin  32768  960725fb  rdaction    160c8bfaf089cbeeef2023f12379793079bff93b 
nk2_06.rom  65536  d3a18a79  ninjakd2    e4df713f89d8a8b43ef831b14864c50ec9b53f0b 
ninjakd2.key  8192  ec25318f  ninjakd2    619da3f69f9919e1457f79ee1d38e7ec80c4ebb0 
12.5n  32768  0936b365  rdaction    3705f42b76ab474357e77c1a9b8e3755c7ab2c0c 
nk2_08.rom  65536  1b79c50a  ninjakd2    8954bc51cb9fbbe16b09381f35c84ccc56a803f3 
nk2_07.rom  65536  0be5cd13  ninjakd2    8f94a8fef6668aaf13329715fee81302dbd6c685 
nk2_11.rom  65536  41a714b3  ninjakd2    b05f48d71a9837914c12c13e0b479c8a6dc8c25e 
nk2_10.rom  65536  c913c4ab  ninjakd2    f822c5621b3e32c1a284f6367bdcace81c1c74b3 
nk2_09.rom  65536  c1d2d170  ninjakd2    0f325815086fde90fd85360d3660042b0b68ba96 
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additional information
info 0.33b7 [Jarek Parchanski]

SETUP and SERVICE MODE:
  • Press P2 START to skip the dipswitch menu.
  • Keep service key 9 pressed during boot to enter service mode.
Bugs:
  • Actual behavior of the "Credit Service" DIP switch is unknown. Source (ID 02413)
WIP:
  • 0.133u2: Kanikani cleanup dipswitches in Ninja-Kid II.
  • 0.133u1: Renamed (ninjak2a) to (ninjakd2a) and (ninjak2b) to (ninjakd2b).
  • 0.131u2: Kanikani fixed Ninja-Kid II dipswitches and notes.
  • 0.130u4: Brian Troha documented the www.segaresurrection.com decrypted Ninja-Kid II sound rom so it doesn't show up as newly "found" bootleg version. Kanikani correctly implemented 'trail' function in Ninja-Kid II.
  • 0.128u4: Nicola Salmoria and David Haywood removed ROM banking kludges from Ninja-Kid II.
  • 0.123u6: Nicola Salmoria fixed Ninja-Kid II sound/voice problem.
  • 0.122u7: Changed description to 'Ninja-Kid II / NinjaKun Ashura no Shou (set 1)'. Nicola Salmoria lowered Ninja-Kid II PCM playback rate to 13020 (from 16000). This seems to sound better and is a round division from one of the master clocks. Fixed sprite overdraw mode, congratulations screen (e.g. stage 3) shows japanese characters which were previously missing and at the beginning of a level items are visible during the initial fade in. I'm not sure if this is correct but the other effects wouldn't work otherwise. Also fixed screen is not flipped for the player 2 in cocktail mode. Fixed gfx1/2/3 rom loading. Added 'Flip Screen' dipswitch.
  • 0.113u3: Nicola Salmoria added proper MC8123 decryption code and MC-8123B 317-5???.key to Ninja-Kid II.
  • 0.113: Ruben added DIP locations to Ninja-Kid II.
  • 0.107: Pierpaolo Prazzoli properly emulated the sprite overdraw effect in Ninja-Kid II. Now you can see the "opening" effect and the previously 2 bugged levels are fixed. Converted the driver to use tilemaps as well.
  • 0.93: Removed Custom sound.
  • 0.89u6: Nicola Salmoria expanded the MC8123 decryption tables. The tables for 317-0043 (wbml) and ninjakd2 derived by comparison of the original with the decrypted bootleg. They are incomplete but enough to fully decrypt the program. Added Z80 (5MHz) CPU2, Samples and Custom sound.
  • 0.89u3: Changed Z80 CPU2 clock speed to 5MHz in the clone sets.
  • 0.36b1: Jarek Parchanski fixed sound in Ninja Kid 2. Changed YM2203 clock speed to 1.5 MHz.
  • 0.35b13: Nicola Salmoria added clone Ninja-Kid II (set 3) and Jarek Parchanski the clone Rad Action. Changed description of 'Ninja Kid II (alternate)' to 'Ninja Kid II (set 2)'.
  • 13th May 1999: Nicola added another Ninja Kid 2 rom set.
  • 4th May 1999: Jarek Parchanski added clone Rad Action to the Ninja Kid 2 driver.
  • 0.35b1: Jarek Parchanski added PCM samples to Ninja-Kid II.
  • 0.33b7: Jarek Parchanski added Ninja Kid II (UPL 1987) and clone (alternate). Due to encryption, sound works only in the alternate version.
  • 21st June 1998: J-ROM dumped Ninja-Kid II / NinjaKun Ashura no Shou (set 2, bootleg?).
  • 26th March 1998: CaBBe dumped Ninja-Kid II / NinjaKun Ashura no Shou (set 1).
LEVELS: 31

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Romset: 584 kb / 13 files / 200.8 zip
history Rad Action (c) 07/1987 UPL.


- TECHNICAL -


Game ID : UPL-87003


Main CPU : Z80 (@ 6 Mhz)

Sound CPU : Z80 (@ 5 Mhz)

Sound Chips : (2x) YM2203 (@ 1.5 Mhz), Samples (@ 1.5 Mhz)


Screen orientation : Horizontal

Video resolution : 256 x 192 pixels

Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz

Palette Colors : 768


Players : 2

Control : 8-way joystick

Buttons : 2


- TRIVIA -


Licensed to World Games for US manufacture and distribution. This game is known outside US as "Ninja Kid-II".


- SERIES -
  1. Ninjakun Majou no Bouken (1984)
  2. Vs. Ninja Jajamaru-kun (1985)
  3. Rad Action (1987)
    4. - STAFF -
    • Game designer : Tsutomu Fuzisawa
    • Program designer : Satoru Kinjo
    • Character designers : Tsutomu Fizisawa, Akemi Tsunoda
    • Sound composer : Tsutomu Fuzisawa
    • BGM creator: Mecano Associates
    • Data maker : Takashi Hayashi
    • - SOURCES -
    • Game's rom.
    • Edit this entry at Arcade-History.com: http://www.arcade-history.com/?n=rad-action&page=detail&id=2152&o=2
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