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Cosmo Gang the Video (US)

 
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Cosmo Gang the Video (US)

| 1991
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Developer: Namco
Controls/Input Device: Control(joy8way), Buttons(3)
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)


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* 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:
Cosmo Gang - The Video (c) 1991 Namco.

Defend against the Cosmo Gang baddies which enter in patterns and join an attack formation. Keep the baddies from stealing energy in the challenging stages.

- TECHNICAL -

Namco System 2 hardware
Game ID : CO

Main CPU : (2x) Motorola 68000 (@ 12.288 Mhz), M6809 (@ 3.072 Mhz), HD63705 (@ 2.048 Mhz)
Sound Chips : C140 (@ 21.39 Khz), YM2151 (@ 3.57958 Mhz)

Players : 2
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 3

- TRIVIA -

Released in March 1992 in Japan (even if the titlescreen says 1991).

This is the video version of a popular novelty redemption game of the same name.

Victor Entertainment released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Cosmo Gang - The Video : Namco Game Sound Express Vol.8 - VICL-15018) on 24/03/1993.

- UPDATES -

The US version is slightly different :
* 'Winners Don't Use Drugs' screen added.

- STAFF -

Game designer : Kohji Kenjoh
Programmer : Shiohigaler Itoh
Original character designer : Fanchan
Visual : Tatsuya
Sound : Yoshie Arakawa

- PORTS -

* Consoles :
Nintendo Super Famicom (1992) "Cosmo Gang - The Video [Model SHVC-CA]"

- CONTRIBUTE -

Edit this entry: http://www.arcade-history.com/?&page=detail&id=513&o=2


Licensed from Alexis Bousiges under a CC Attribution 3.0 License
cheat.dat entry:
00000000 409B29 00000003 FFFFFFFF Infinite Lives
60000000 000000 00000000 00000000
00000000 100715 00000000 00000020 Always have Single Shot PL1
00000000 100715 00000020 00000020 Always have Double Shot PL1
00000000 1008CD 0000000F FFFFFFFF Bonus Multiplier always=16 PL1
00000000 10100B 00000001 FFFFFFFF Invincibility PL1
60000000 000000 00000000 00000000
00000000 100717 00000000 00000020 Always have Single Shot PL2
00000000 100717 00000000 00000020 Always have Double Shot PL2
00000000 1008CF 0000000F FFFFFFFF Bonus Multiplier always=16 PL2
00000000 101089 00000001 FFFFFFFF Invincibility PL2
60000000 000000 00000000 00000000
00000000 10FE66 00000002 FFFFFFFF Sound Test Timer Stop Works for all Namco Sys 2

Credit Pugsy's MAME Cheat file
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