Superman | 1988

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Developer: Taito Corporation
Controls/Input Device: Control(joy8way), Buttons(2)
Number of Players: 2
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Superman VGMuseum Game Endings
Superman on CAESAR
Superman high score and replay at MARP
Superman on datObase

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:
Superman (c) 1988 Taito Corp.

Superman is a horizontal video game and may be played by one or two players interactively. The second player controlling a red Superman character, teams up with the first player in this battle against the evil Alien Powers.

Each players uses a joystick to move his Superman character while walking or in flight. Two buttons aside each joystick are used to throw punches, kick or emit Superman's Heat Vision, a high-intensity laser which destroys all in its path. As Suprman picks up various colored crystals, he is awarded with addtitional energy and weapons including a Super Blast Punch and Mass Terminator. Items such as cars, gasoline cans, etc. can also be picked up and hurled at approaching enemies.

The many stages in the game are located in different cities of the U.S. and provide the player with real variety:
1st round: New York
2nd round: San Francisco
3rd round: Las Vegas
4th round: Washington
5th round: Alien Space Ship

- TECHNICAL -

Taito X System hardware
Board Number : K1100390A
Prom Stickers : B61

Main CPU : Motorola 68000 (@ 8 Mhz), Zilog Z80 (@ 4 Mhz)
Sound Chips : Yamaha YM2610 (@ 8 Mhz)

Players : 2
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 2
[1] PUNCH, [2] KICK

- TRIVIA -

Even if titlescreen says 1988, Superman was released in February 1989 in Japan.

The game begins with the brilliant musical score composed by John Williams for 'Superman... The Movie'.

- STAFF -

Directed by : Toshiyuki Nishimura
Game designer : Hidehiro Fujiwara
Programmers : Tohru Sugawara, Hideaki Tomioka, Hideki Hashimoto, Mari Iwano, Tadakazu Aono
Character designer : Nenko Nishimura
Art designers : Yoshihiro Wakita, Junji Yarita, Taira Sanuki, Shinobu Iwabuchi, Akira Saito, Minori Ishino, Takako Kozima, Toshiyuki Nishimura
Hardware : Noboru Yasukawa
Music sfx : Masahiko Takaki, Kazuyuki Ohnui, Shizuo Aizawa (Splatter A.), Takami Asano
Graphic designer : Natsuki Hirosawa

- CONTRIBUTE -

Edit this entry: http://www.arcade-history.com/?&page=detail&id=2792&o=2


Licensed from Alexis Bousiges under a CC Attribution 3.0 License

cheat.dat entry:
00000000 F02C09 00000000 FFFFFFFF One hit for helicos
00010000 F03D0B 00000000 FFFFFFFF One hit for helicos (2/4)
00010000 F03E4B 00000000 FFFFFFFF One hit for helicos (3/4)
00010000 F03D8B 00000000 FFFFFFFF One hit for helicos (4/4)
00000001 F00A76 00000000 FFFFFFFF One hit for boss 1
00010001 F00A77 00000000 FFFFFFFF One hit for boss 1 (2/2)
00000001 F00A72 00000000 FFFFFFFF One hit for boss 2
00010001 F00A73 00000000 FFFFFFFF One hit for boss 2 (2/2)
00000001 F00A5A 00000000 FFFFFFFF One hit for boss 3
00010001 F00A5B 00000000 FFFFFFFF One hit for boss 3 (2/2)
00000001 F00A6A 00000000 FFFFFFFF One hit for boss 4
00010001 F00A6B 00000000 FFFFFFFF One hit for boss 4 (2/2)
00000001 F00A6A 00000000 FFFFFFFF One hit for boss 5a
00010001 F00A6B 00000000 FFFFFFFF One hit for boss 5a (2/2)
00000001 F00A5F 00000000 FFFFFFFF One hit for boss 5b
00010001 F00A67 00000000 FFFFFFFF One hit for boss 5b (2/2)
60000000 000000 00000000 00000000
00000000 F012B7 00000009 FFFFFFFF Infinite Lives PL1
00000000 F012B5 00000014 FFFFFFFF Infinite Energy PL1
00000000 F01291 00000078 FFFFFFFF Invincibility PL1
00000000 F012BB 0000000A FFFFFFFF Infinite Yellow Diamonds PL1
60000000 000000 00000000 00000000
00000000 F010B7 00000009 FFFFFFFF Infinite Lives PL2
00000000 F010B5 00000014 FFFFFFFF Infinite Energy PL2
00000000 F01091 00000078 FFFFFFFF Invincibility PL2
00000000 F010BB 0000000A FFFFFFFF Infinite Yellow Diamonds PL2

Credit Pugsy's MAME Cheat file

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