Air Buster

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Air Buster | 1990

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Units produced: Kaneko (Namco license)
Controls/Input Device: Control(joy8way), Buttons(2)
Number of Players: 2
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Air Buster VGMuseum Game Endings
Air Buster on CAESAR
Air Buster high score and replay at MARP
Air Buster on datObase

MAME folder name: airbustr

Display: raster 256x224 @ 60.00Hz (60.00 pixclock)
Sound: 1 channels

Emulated in MAME via driver airbustr.c:
Roms:

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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Romset: 2016 kb / 8 files / 457.8 zip


Credits Mameinfo and Mametesters Project Robert J. Rabgno et al.

History.dat entry:
Air Buster - Trouble Specialty (c) 1990 Kaneko.

A horizontally scrolling shoot'em up game.

- TECHNICAL -

Main CPU : (3x) Z80 (@ 6 Mhz)
Sound Chips : YM2203 (@ 3 Mhz), OKI6295 (@ 3 Mhz)

Players : 2
Control : 8-Way Joystick
Buttons : 2
=> Shoot, Shoot

- TRIVIA -

Released in January 1990.
Licensed to Namco.

The second level of Air Buster was clearly the inspiration for the 3rd level of 'Turrican 2'.

Pony Canyon / Scitron released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Air Buster - PCCB-00025) on 21/04/1990.

- STAFF -

Software : S. Igarashi (To-y), H. Takeuchi (Tiny-Tomo)
Graphics : K. Matsuoka, N. Obana, T. Konakawa
Hardware : H. Mikami, H. Nagayoshi
Music composed by : Tatsuya Watanabe
Sound operate : S. Aizu
Test game : F. Komori, K. Niihara, T. Okamoto
Total coordinate : S. Igarashi (To-y)
General producer : Hiroshi Kaneko

- PORTS -

* Consoles :
Nec PC Engine [JP] (1990, "Aero Blasters")
Sega Mega Drive (1991, "Aero Blasters")

- CONTRIBUTE -

Edit this entry: http://www.arcade-history.com/?&page=detail&id=43&o=2


Licensed from Alexis Bousiges under a CC Attribution 3.0 License

cheat.dat entry:
00000000 F000 00000009 FFFFFFFF Infinite Credits
60000000 0000 00000000 00000000
00000000 F007 0000000A FFFFFFFF Infinite Lives PL1
00000000 C840 00000000 FFFFFFFF Invincibility PL1
00000000 E667 00000009 FFFFFFFF Maximum fire power PL1
00000000 E666 00000000 FFFFFFFF Always no extra weapons PL1
00000000 E666 00000001 FFFFFFFF Always have Side shot PL1
00000000 E666 00000002 FFFFFFFF Always have Rear shot PL1
00000000 E666 00000003 FFFFFFFF Always have 6-way PL1
00000000 E666 00000004 FFFFFFFF Always have Powerball PL1
00000000 E666 00000005 FFFFFFFF Always have B PL1
00000000 E666 00000006 FFFFFFFF Always have R Missiles PL1
00000000 E666 00000007 FFFFFFFF Always have G Missiles PL1
00000001 E666 00000000 FFFFFFFF No extra weapon Now! PL1
00000001 E666 00000001 FFFFFFFF Get Side shot Now! PL1
00000001 E666 00000002 FFFFFFFF Get Rear shot Now! PL1
00000001 E666 00000003 FFFFFFFF Get 6-way Now! PL1
00000001 E666 00000004 FFFFFFFF Get Powerball Now! PL1
00000001 E666 00000005 FFFFFFFF Get B Now! PL1
00000001 E666 00000006 FFFFFFFF Get R Missiles Now! PL1
00000001 E666 00000007 FFFFFFFF Get G Missiles Now! PL1
60000000 0000 00000000 00000000
00000000 F008 0000000A FFFFFFFF Infinite Lives PL2
00000000 C848 00000000 FFFFFFFF Invincibility PL2
00000000 E67B 00000009 FFFFFFFF Maximum fire power PL2
00000000 E67A 00000000 FFFFFFFF Always no extra weapons PL2
00000000 E67A 00000001 FFFFFFFF Always have Side shot PL2
00000000 E67A 00000002 FFFFFFFF Always have Rear shot PL2
00000000 E67A 00000003 FFFFFFFF Always have 6-way PL2
00000000 E67A 00000004 FFFFFFFF Always have Powerball PL2
00000000 E67A 00000005 FFFFFFFF Always have B PL2
00000000 E67A 00000006 FFFFFFFF Always have R Missiles PL2
00000000 E67A 00000007 FFFFFFFF Always have G Missiles PL2
00000001 E67A 00000000 FFFFFFFF No extra weapon Now! PL2
00000001 E67A 00000001 FFFFFFFF Get Side shot Now! PL2
00000001 E67A 00000002 FFFFFFFF Get Rear shot Now! PL2
00000001 E67A 00000003 FFFFFFFF Get 6-way Now! PL2
00000001 E67A 00000004 FFFFFFFF Get Powerball Now! PL2
00000001 E67A 00000005 FFFFFFFF Get B Now! PL2
00000001 E67A 00000006 FFFFFFFF Get R Missiles Now! PL2
00000001 E67A 00000007 FFFFFFFF Get G Missiles Now! PL2

Credit Pugsy's MAME Cheat file