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Buster Bros. (US)

 
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Buster Bros. (US)

| 1989
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Developer: Capcom
Controls/Input Device: Control(joy8way), Buttons(2)
Number of Players: 2
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Mameinfo.dat entry:
0.37b10 [Yochizo]


WIP:

- 0.147u2: hap fixed clone Omega Fighter Special. The game fails to boot or finish post. After showing bad rom errors, the game resets.

- 0.147u1: Fixed maincpu rom loading.

- 0.122u7: Fixed gfx1/2/3/4/5 rom loading.

- 0.89u3: Changed Z80 CPU2 clock speed to 5MHz.

- 0.37b10: Yochizo added 'Omega Fighter' (UPL 1989) and clone Omega Fighter Special.

- 21st November 2000: Yochizo fixed some graphics bugs in the Omega Fighter / Atomic Robo-kid driver.

- 8th November 2000: Yochizo sent in a driver for Omega Fighter and Atomic Robo-kid.

- 25th April 1999: Dumped Omega Fighter Special.


LEVELS: 8 (restarts once)


Other Emulators:

* FB Alpha

* JFF

* Raine


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Romset: 2016 kb / 8 files / 457.8 zip


Credits Mameinfo and Mametesters Project Robert J. Rabgno et al.
History.dat entry:
Buster Bros. (c) 1989 Capcom USA.

1 or 2 players cooperatively destroy bouncing balls with a variety of weapons. The players may only fire up, but may move right and left, or up and down ladders. The large balls that have been shot split in two, creating smaller balls.

- TECHNICAL -

Main CPU : Zilog Z80 (@ 8 Mhz)
Sound Chips : OKI6295 (@ 7.5 Khz), YM2413 (@ 4 Mhz)

Players : 2
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 2

- TRIVIA -

Developed by Mitchell, Buster Bros was released in December 1989 in North America by Capcom USA.

This game is known outside North America as "Pang" and in Japan as "Pomping World".

Jarred Endres holds the official record for this game with 2403280 points on October 20, 2008.

A Buster Bros. unit appears in the 1995 movie 'Welcome to the Dollhouse'.

- SERIES -

1. Buster Bros. (1989)
2. Super Buster Bros. (1990)
3. Buster Buddies (1995)
4. Mighty! Pang (2000)

- STAFF -

Planning : NDA
Programmers : Hospitel Masa, Mamichan Otona
Music compose : Tamayo Kawamoto
Character designers : Hiramattyo, Oyuu
Direction : Yoshiki Okamoto (Kihaji Okamoto)

- PORTS -

* Consoles :
NES [Unreleased Prototype]
NEC TurboGrafx-CD [US] (1993) "Buster Bros. [Model TXCD1031]"
Sony PlayStation [US] (March 31, 1997) "Buster Bros. Collection [Model SLUS-00208]"

* Handhelds :
Nintendo Game Boy [US] (October 1993) "Buster Bros. [Model DMG-AG-USA]"
Sony PSP [US] (February 6, 2007) "Capcom Puzzle World [Model ULUS-10217]"

* Computers :
Commodore C64 [US] (1991) "Pang"

* Others :
iPhone/iPod [US] (March 4, 2010) "Pang [Model 359106962]"
Mobile Phones [US] (May 28, 2005) "Pang"

- CONTRIBUTE -

Edit this entry: http://www.arcade-history.com/?&page=detail&id=363&o=2


Licensed from Alexis Bousiges under a CC Attribution 3.0 License
cheat.dat entry:
00000000 E01A 00000099 FFFFFFFF Infinite Time Disable just before travelling to a different city otherwise the game will freeze!
00000001 E027 00000001 FFFFFFFF Stop the Bubbles Now!
00000001 E027 00000000 FFFFFFFF Restart the Bubbles Now!
00000001 E01C 00000000 FFFFFFFF Finish this Level Now!
00000001 E018 00000010 FFFFFFFF Goto Last level on comp.
00010001 E019 00000030 FFFFFFFF Goto Last level on comp.(2/2)
00000001 E018 00000010 FFFFFFFF Goto Last level on death
00010001 E019 00000031 FFFFFFFF Goto Last level on death(2/2)
60000000 0000 00000000 00000000
00000000 E230 0000000A FFFFFFFF Infinite Lives PL1
62000000 0000 00000000 00000000 Invincibility PL1 Disable this cheat just before ending a level or else the level will not end!
00010000 E200 00000004 00000004 Enabled
00010000 E200 00000000 00000004 Disabled
00000000 E228 00000001 FFFFFFFF Always Have Protection PL1
62000000 0000 00000000 00000000 Select Weapon PL1
00010000 E229 00000000 FFFFFFFF Normal
00018000 E22C 00000000 FFFFFFFF Normal (2/3)
00018000 E244 00000000 FFFFFFFF Normal (3/3)
00010000 E229 00000001 FFFFFFFF Double
00018000 E22C 00000000 FFFFFFFF Double (2/3)
00018000 E244 00000000 FFFFFFFF Double (3/3)
00010000 E229 00000000 FFFFFFFF Machine Gun
00018000 E22C 00000001 FFFFFFFF Machine Gun (2/3)
00018000 E244 00000000 FFFFFFFF Machine Gun (3/3)
00010000 E229 00000000 FFFFFFFF Blocker
00018000 E22C 00000000 FFFFFFFF Blocker (2/3)
00018000 E244 00000001 FFFFFFFF Blocker (3/3)
60000000 0000 00000000 00000000
00000000 E2B0 0000000A FFFFFFFF Infinite Lives PL2
62000000 0000 00000000 00000000 Invincibility PL2 Disable this cheat just before ending a level or else the level will not end!
00010000 E280 00000004 00000004 Enabled
00010000 E280 00000000 00000004 Disabled
00000000 E2A8 00000001 FFFFFFFF Always Have Protection PL2
62000000 0000 00000000 00000000 Select Weapon PL2
00010000 E2A9 00000000 FFFFFFFF Normal
00018000 E2AC 00000000 FFFFFFFF Normal (2/3)
00018000 E2C4 00000000 FFFFFFFF Normal (3/3)
00010000 E2A9 00000001 FFFFFFFF Double
00018000 E2AC 00000000 FFFFFFFF Double (2/3)
00018000 E2C4 00000000 FFFFFFFF Double (3/3)
00010000 E2A9 00000000 FFFFFFFF Machine Gun
00018000 E2AC 00000001 FFFFFFFF Machine Gun (2/3)
00018000 E2C4 00000000 FFFFFFFF Machine Gun (3/3)
00010000 E2A9 00000000 FFFFFFFF Blocker
00018000 E2AC 00000000 FFFFFFFF Blocker (2/3)
00018000 E2C4 00000001 FFFFFFFF Blocker (3/3)

Credit Pugsy's MAME Cheat file
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