M.A.M.E. - Vulcan Venture - Points - 439,100

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M.A.M.E. - Vulcan Venture - Points - 439,100 - Pete Hahn

Points

WolfMame version
106
Score Track
https://www.twingalaxies.com/scores.php?scores=120623
Rules
ROMSet: Vulcan
Lives: 3
Cabinet: Upright
Bonus Life: 20K 70K
Difficulty: Normal
Flip Screen: Off
Upright Controls: Dual
Service Mode: Off
Special Rules: You may freely choose the power-up order and shield type. Continues are NOT allowed!
Submission Message
Been playing Gradius II at GGA a bit lately and figured I'd get a submission on MAME as long as its fresh in my memory. I was able to complete the first loop without dying, but then my garbage mame pc crashed! I checked the INP and it plays back fine to the score I'm submitting, so hopefully this will be ok.

Recorded in WolfMAME .106 on my Blast City candy cab, inp/wlf zipped file:
Attachment 12999

Screen of final score/thumbs up:
Attachment 13000

Thanks for viewing and adjudicating my submission, I appreciate it!

Great game play Pete I Accept the score your submitting shame your pc crashed.

Interesting... got an invalid INP header, but the INP does actually play back to score. Investigating further.

Any updates, or other input on this one?

The fact that my PC crashed must be what giving the INP issues. Since I show my gameplay and inputs and the INP plays back the the claimed score, will this be enough evidence?

Thanks!

Quote:

Originally Posted by GGA HAN

Any updates, or other input on this one?

The fact that my PC crashed must be what giving the INP issues. Since I show my gameplay and inputs and the INP plays back the the claimed score, will this be enough evidence?

Thanks!

At this stage, I'm tentatively inclined to agree that this should be enough, but I must apologise, I'm struggling to keep up with TG of late - real life has been a little hectic, and in a flurry of bad timing, we've almost doubled the adjudication queue recently! So I've made no progress on this particular front. :(

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Starting check on 23/03/2016 at 15:47:17.03

Zip test

Code:

Zip: 7-Zip 9.20 Copyright (c) 1999-2010 Igor Pavlov 2010-11-18 Processing archive: C:\MAME\inp\MARP\vulcan_439100_wolf106.zip Testing vulcan.inp Testing vulcan.wlf Everything is Ok Files: 2 Size: 13618682 Compressed: 129451 RAR: 7-Zip 9.20 Copyright (c) 1999-2010 Igor Pavlov 2010-11-18 Error: there is no such archive

Zip list

Code:

7-Zip 9.20 Copyright (c) 1999-2010 Igor Pavlov 2010-11-18 Listing archive: C:\MAME\inp\MARP\vulcan_439100_wolf106.zip -- Path = C:\MAME\inp\MARP\vulcan_439100_wolf106.zip Type = zip Physical Size = 129451 ---------- Path = vulcan.inp Folder = - Size = 13618084 Packed Size = 129023 Modified = 2016-03-08 09:42:46 Created = Accessed = Attributes = ....A Encrypted = - Comment = CRC = 2C06CD69 Method = Deflate Host OS = NTFS Version = 20 Path = vulcan.wlf Folder = - Size = 598 Packed Size = 214 Modified = 2016-03-08 09:42:30 Created = Accessed = Attributes = ....A Encrypted = - Comment = CRC = 39E2FAC1 Method = Deflate Host OS = NTFS Version = 20 7-Zip 9.20 Copyright (c) 1999-2010 Igor Pavlov 2010-11-18 Error: there is no such archive

MAME Major Version 106

What MAME thinks:

Code:

Recorded in WolfMAME 0.106 Recorded system's speed = ~995MHz (AMD) This recording was made with the C 68k core enabled Start date of recording: Tue Mar 08 15:42:46 2016 Checks out OK. [7bf2] Playing back previously recorded game vulcan (Vulcan Venture) [press return] loading 785_g03.10a loading 785_p07.10n loading 785_p06.8n loading 785_p13.10s loading 785_p12.8s loading 785_w05.6n loading 785_w04.4n loading 785_w09.6r loading 785_w08.4r loading 785_h14.d8 loading 785f17.p16 loading 785f18.p18 loading 785f15.p13 loading 785f16.p15 loading 785_f01.5a loading 785_f02.7c Average FPS: 66.256188 (48140 frames)

What wlfview thinks:

Code:

WLFVIEW 0.3 - Apr 5 2006 Info loaded. WLF rev 9 Recorded for the game 'vulcan' MAME version string: 0.106 (May 16 2006) -- CPU info -- Vendor: AMD Processor Family: 15 Processor Model: 7 Approximate clock speed: 994882308Hz -- OS info -- Operating System: Windows NT 5.1 Service Pack 2 -- INP info -- Number of frames: 6218 Average record speed: 99.967835% System time at start of emulation: Tue Mar 08 15:40:46 2016 Sound: 44100Hz Samples: Enabled GUI: 0 Artwork: 0 68000 CPU Core: C NVRAM Usage: Disabled BIOS used (0=default): default -- Validity -- Check 1: INP header: Fail Check 2: INP file: Fail Check 3: WLF file: OK

Source driver:
vulcan src/drivers/twin16.c
DIP Info from source:

Code:

# MAME 0.106 source snippet GAME( 1988, vulcan, 0, twin16, vulcan, twin16, ROT0, "Konami", "Vulcan Venture", 0 ) INPUT_PORTS_START( vulcan ) PORT_START /* 0xa0001 */ PORT_BIT( 0x01, IP_ACTIVE_LOW, IPT_COIN1 ) PORT_BIT( 0x02, IP_ACTIVE_LOW, IPT_COIN2 ) PORT_BIT( 0x04, IP_ACTIVE_LOW, IPT_UNUSED ) PORT_BIT( 0x08, IP_ACTIVE_LOW, IPT_START1 ) // advance through tests PORT_BIT( 0x10, IP_ACTIVE_LOW, IPT_START2 ) PORT_BIT( 0x20, IP_ACTIVE_LOW, IPT_UNUSED ) PORT_BIT( 0x40, IP_ACTIVE_LOW, IPT_SERVICE1 ) PORT_BIT( 0x80, IP_ACTIVE_LOW, IPT_UNUSED ) PORT_START /* 0xa0003 */ PORT_BIT( 0x01, IP_ACTIVE_LOW, IPT_JOYSTICK_LEFT ) PORT_8WAY PORT_PLAYER(1) PORT_BIT( 0x02, IP_ACTIVE_LOW, IPT_JOYSTICK_RIGHT ) PORT_8WAY PORT_PLAYER(1) PORT_BIT( 0x04, IP_ACTIVE_LOW, IPT_JOYSTICK_UP ) PORT_8WAY PORT_PLAYER(1) PORT_BIT( 0x08, IP_ACTIVE_LOW, IPT_JOYSTICK_DOWN ) PORT_8WAY PORT_PLAYER(1) PORT_BIT( 0x10, IP_ACTIVE_LOW, IPT_BUTTON1 ) // powerup PORT_BIT( 0x20, IP_ACTIVE_LOW, IPT_BUTTON2 ) // shoot PORT_BIT( 0x40, IP_ACTIVE_LOW, IPT_BUTTON3 ) // missile PORT_BIT( 0x80, IP_ACTIVE_LOW, IPT_UNUSED ) PORT_START /* 0xa0005 */ PORT_BIT( 0x01, IP_ACTIVE_LOW, IPT_JOYSTICK_LEFT ) PORT_8WAY PORT_PLAYER(2) PORT_BIT( 0x02, IP_ACTIVE_LOW, IPT_JOYSTICK_RIGHT ) PORT_8WAY PORT_PLAYER(2) PORT_BIT( 0x04, IP_ACTIVE_LOW, IPT_JOYSTICK_UP ) PORT_8WAY PORT_PLAYER(2) PORT_BIT( 0x08, IP_ACTIVE_LOW, IPT_JOYSTICK_DOWN ) PORT_8WAY PORT_PLAYER(2) PORT_BIT( 0x10, IP_ACTIVE_LOW, IPT_BUTTON1 ) PORT_PLAYER(2) PORT_BIT( 0x20, IP_ACTIVE_LOW, IPT_BUTTON2 ) PORT_PLAYER(2) PORT_BIT( 0x40, IP_ACTIVE_LOW, IPT_BUTTON3 ) PORT_PLAYER(2) PORT_BIT( 0x80, IP_ACTIVE_LOW, IPT_UNUSED ) PORT_START /* 0xa0007 */ PORT_BIT( 0xff, IP_ACTIVE_LOW, IPT_UNUSED ) KONAMI_TWIN_COINAGE PORT_START /* DSW2 */ PORT_DIPNAME( 0x03, 0x02, DEF_STR( Lives ) ) PORT_DIPSETTING( 0x03, "2" ) PORT_DIPSETTING( 0x02, "3" ) PORT_DIPSETTING( 0x01, "4" ) PORT_DIPSETTING( 0x00, "7" ) PORT_DIPNAME( 0x04, 0x00, DEF_STR( Cabinet ) ) PORT_DIPSETTING( 0x00, DEF_STR( Upright ) ) PORT_DIPSETTING( 0x04, DEF_STR( Cocktail ) ) PORT_DIPNAME( 0x18, 0x18, DEF_STR( Bonus_Life ) ) PORT_DIPSETTING( 0x18, "20K 70K" ) PORT_DIPSETTING( 0x10, "30K 80K" ) PORT_DIPSETTING( 0x08, "20K" ) PORT_DIPSETTING( 0x00, "70K" ) PORT_DIPNAME( 0x60, 0x40, DEF_STR( Difficulty ) ) PORT_DIPSETTING( 0x60, DEF_STR( Easy ) ) PORT_DIPSETTING( 0x40, DEF_STR( Normal ) ) PORT_DIPSETTING( 0x20, "Difficult" ) PORT_DIPSETTING( 0x00, "Very Difficult" ) PORT_DIPNAME( 0x80, 0x00, DEF_STR( Demo_Sounds ) ) PORT_DIPSETTING( 0x80, DEF_STR( Off ) ) PORT_DIPSETTING( 0x00, DEF_STR( On ) ) PORT_START /* DSW3 0xa0018 */ PORT_DIPNAME( 0x01, 0x01, DEF_STR( Flip_Screen ) ) PORT_DIPSETTING( 0x01, DEF_STR( Off ) ) PORT_DIPSETTING( 0x00, DEF_STR( On ) ) PORT_DIPNAME( 0x02, 0x00, "Upright Controls" ) PORT_DIPSETTING( 0x02, DEF_STR( Single ) ) PORT_DIPSETTING( 0x00, DEF_STR( Dual ) ) PORT_SERVICE( 0x04, IP_ACTIVE_LOW ) PORT_BIT( 0x08, IP_ACTIVE_LOW, IPT_UNUSED) INPUT_PORTS_END #define KONAMI_TWIN_COINAGE PORT_START \ PORT_DIPNAME( 0x0f, 0x0f, DEF_STR( Coin_A ) ) \ PORT_DIPSETTING( 0x02, DEF_STR( 4C_1C ) ) \ PORT_DIPSETTING( 0x05, DEF_STR( 3C_1C ) ) \ PORT_DIPSETTING( 0x08, DEF_STR( 2C_1C ) ) \ PORT_DIPSETTING( 0x04, DEF_STR( 3C_2C ) ) \ PORT_DIPSETTING( 0x01, DEF_STR( 4C_3C ) ) \ PORT_DIPSETTING( 0x0f, DEF_STR( 1C_1C ) ) \ PORT_DIPSETTING( 0x03, DEF_STR( 3C_4C ) ) \ PORT_DIPSETTING( 0x07, DEF_STR( 2C_3C ) ) \ PORT_DIPSETTING( 0x0e, DEF_STR( 1C_2C ) ) \ PORT_DIPSETTING( 0x06, DEF_STR( 2C_5C ) ) \ PORT_DIPSETTING( 0x0d, DEF_STR( 1C_3C ) ) \ PORT_DIPSETTING( 0x0c, DEF_STR( 1C_4C ) ) \ PORT_DIPSETTING( 0x0b, DEF_STR( 1C_5C ) ) \ PORT_DIPSETTING( 0x0a, DEF_STR( 1C_6C ) ) \ PORT_DIPSETTING( 0x09, DEF_STR( 1C_7C ) ) \ PORT_DIPSETTING( 0x00, DEF_STR( Free_Play ) ) \ PORT_DIPNAME( 0xf0, 0xf0, DEF_STR( Coin_B ) ) \ PORT_DIPSETTING( 0x20, DEF_STR( 4C_1C ) ) \ PORT_DIPSETTING( 0x50, DEF_STR( 3C_1C ) ) \ PORT_DIPSETTING( 0x80, DEF_STR( 2C_1C ) ) \ PORT_DIPSETTING( 0x40, DEF_STR( 3C_2C ) ) \ PORT_DIPSETTING( 0x10, DEF_STR( 4C_3C ) ) \ PORT_DIPSETTING( 0xf0, DEF_STR( 1C_1C ) ) \ PORT_DIPSETTING( 0x30, DEF_STR( 3C_4C ) ) \ PORT_DIPSETTING( 0x70, DEF_STR( 2C_3C ) ) \ PORT_DIPSETTING( 0xe0, DEF_STR( 1C_2C ) ) \ PORT_DIPSETTING( 0x60, DEF_STR( 2C_5C ) ) \ PORT_DIPSETTING( 0xd0, DEF_STR( 1C_3C ) ) \ PORT_DIPSETTING( 0xc0, DEF_STR( 1C_4C ) ) \ PORT_DIPSETTING( 0xb0, DEF_STR( 1C_5C ) ) \ PORT_DIPSETTING( 0xa0, DEF_STR( 1C_6C ) ) \ PORT_DIPSETTING( 0x90, DEF_STR( 1C_7C ) ) \ PORT_DIPSETTING( 0x00, "Disabled" ) Resolution: 320x224 @ 60.000000Hz Rules, Points: https://www.twingalaxies.com/scores.php?scores=120623 ROMSet: Vulcan Lives: 3 Cabinet: Upright Bonus Life: 20K 70K Difficulty: Normal Flip Screen: Off Upright Controls: Dual Service Mode: Off Sample correct TG: DSW2: offset 0x37, repeat every 0x7C, typical value 0x5A - DSW2: 0x03 (Lives): 0x02 (3) - DSW2: 0x04 (Cabinet): 0x00 (Upright) - DSW2: 0x18 (Bonus_Life): 0x18 (20K 70K) - DSW2: 0x60 (Difficulty): 0x40 (Normal) - DSW2: 0x80 (Demo_Sounds): [not relevant] DSW3: offset 0x3B, repeat every 0x7C, typical value 0xFD - DSW3: 0x01 (Flip_Screen): 0x01 (Off) - DSW3: 0x02 (Upright Controls): 0x00 (Dual) - DSW3: 0x04 (unknown): [not relevant] - DSW3: 0x08 (unused): [not relevant] 30: 00 00 00 FF 00 00 00 5A 00 00 00 FD 00 00 00 00 | ... ...Z...².... B0: 00 00 00 5A 00 00 00 FD 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ...Z...²........ 120: 00 00 00 FF 00 00 00 FF 00 00 00 FF 00 00 00 5A | ... ... ... ...Z 130: 00 00 00 FD 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ...²............

Generic Info for game:

Code:

ROM set changed: no 0.106-0.134: vulcan - "Vulcan Venture" 0.135-0.170: vulcan - "Vulcan Venture (New)" Resolution, 0.106-0.123: 320x224 @ 60.000000Hz Resolution, 0.125-0.170: 320x224 @ 60.606061Hz Rules, Points: https://www.twingalaxies.com/scores.php?scores=120623

INP Header:

Code:

10: EC 9F 58 3B 00 00 00 00 F6 F2 DE 56 00 00 F2 7B | ì.X;....öòÞV..ò{ 20: 00 00 00 FF 00 00 00 FF 00 00 00 FF 00 00 00 FF | ...ÿ...ÿ...ÿ...ÿ 30: 00 00 00 FF 00 00 00 5A 00 00 00 FD 00 00 00 00 | ...ÿ...Z...ý.... 40: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................ 50: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................ 60: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................ 70: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................ 80: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................ 90: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 3E 82 43 E1 00 00 00 FF | ........>.Cá...ÿ A0: 00 00 00 FF 00 00 00 FF 00 00 00 FF 00 00 00 FF | ...ÿ...ÿ...ÿ...ÿ B0: 00 00 00 5A 00 00 00 FD 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ...Z...ý........ C0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................ D0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................ E0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................ F0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................ 100: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................ 110: 00 00 00 00 3E 82 43 E1 00 00 00 FF 00 00 00 FF | ....>.Cá...ÿ...ÿ 120: 00 00 00 FF 00 00 00 FF 00 00 00 FF 00 00 00 5A | ...ÿ...ÿ...ÿ...Z 130: 00 00 00 FD 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ...ý............ 140: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................

INP Mid-section:

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67E530: 00 00 00 FF 00 00 00 FF 00 00 00 FF 00 00 00 5A | ...ÿ...ÿ...ÿ...Z 67E540: 00 00 00 FD 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ...ý............ 67E550: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................ 67E560: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................ 67E570: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................ 67E580: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................ 67E590: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................ 67E5A0: A2 82 43 E1 00 00 00 FF 00 00 00 DF 00 00 00 FF | ¢.Cá...ÿ...ß...ÿ 67E5B0: 00 00 00 FF 00 00 00 FF 00 00 00 5A 00 00 00 FD | ...ÿ...ÿ...Z...ý 67E5C0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................ 67E5D0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................ 67E5E0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................ 67E5F0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................ 67E600: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................ 67E610: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 A2 82 43 E1 | ............¢.Cá 67E620: 00 00 00 FF 00 00 00 DF 00 00 00 FF 00 00 00 FF | ...ÿ...ß...ÿ...ÿ 67E630: 00 00 00 FF 00 00 00 5A 00 00 00 FD 00 00 00 00 | ...ÿ...Z...ý.... 67E640: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................ 67E650: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................ 67E660: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................

INP Tail-end:

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CFCA70: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................ CFCA80: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................ CFCA90: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................ CFCAA0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 A2 82 43 E1 00 00 00 FF | ........¢.Cá...ÿ CFCAB0: 00 00 00 FF 00 00 00 FF 00 00 00 FF 00 00 00 FF | ...ÿ...ÿ...ÿ...ÿ CFCAC0: 00 00 00 5A 00 00 00 FD 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ...Z...ý........ CFCAD0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................ CFCAE0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................ CFCAF0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................ CFCB00: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................ CFCB10: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................ CFCB20: 00 00 00 00 A2 82 43 E1 00 00 00 FF 00 00 00 FF | ....¢.Cá...ÿ...ÿ CFCB30: 00 00 00 FF 00 00 00 FF 00 00 00 FF 00 00 00 5A | ...ÿ...ÿ...ÿ...Z CFCB40: 00 00 00 FD 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ...ý............ CFCB50: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................ CFCB60: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................ CFCB70: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................ CFCB80: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................ CFCB90: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................ CFCBA0: A2 82 43 E1 | ¢.Cá

MAME Info
MAMEInfo.dat entries: vulcan and twin16.c

Code:

MAMEInfo.dat entries for: vulcan twin16.cpp ---- 0.36b8 [Phil Stroffolino, Nao, Dave Spicer] 0.36b5 [Testdriver] Artwork available Bugs: - gradius2, gradius2a, gradius2b, vulcan, vulcana, vulcanb: Title screen demo plays the stages in the wrong order. gamestone (ID 03759) WIP: - 0.156: According to schematics the twin16 video is priority related, not a flip bit. This fixed sprite-background priority is wrong in Vulcan Venture and clones [Alex Jackson]. - 0.152: Use the redumped gfx2 roms for all the Vulcan Venture/Gradius II sets, plus some cleanups [Alex Jackson]. - 28th May 2012: Mr. Do - Thanks to Gamestone at Gradius Home World, we have totally awesome cocktail artwork for clone Gradius II. - 0.143u8: Kanikani fixed DIPSW and added DIP locations to clones Gradius II. - 0.134u2: Irongiant added clone Vulcan Venture (Old). Changed description to 'Vulcan Venture (New)' and clone 'Vulcan Venture (Older Ver.)' to 'Vulcan Venture (Oldest)'. Renamed (vulcana) to (vulcanb). - 0.134u1: Brian Troha and Dumping Union added clone Vulcan Venture (Older Ver.). - 0.133u2: hap fixed sprite lag in clone Gradius II. Reverted Gradius II sprite-background priority hack, this fixes severe priority problems in Devil World, but reintroduces bugs on gradius2 level 7 and ending. Also lowered the K007232 volume, this fixed defective sound in Vulcan Venture. - 0.133u1: Renamed (grdius2a) to (gradius2a) and (grdius2b) to (gradius2b). - 0.128u6: Roberto Zandona updated clone Gradius II - GOFER no Yabou (Japan New Ver.) to use proper gfx2 roms (same values of vulcan but byteswapped). - 29th July 2008: Corrado Tomaselli dumped Gradius II - GOFER no Yabou (Japan New Ver.). - 0.124u2: Changed clock speed of the 2x 68000 to 9216000 Hz and VSync to 60.606061 Hz. - 0.110u2: Roberto Zandona and Mamesick fixed video hardware (draw_sprites, tilemap_draw etc.) in Vulcan Venture. - 3rd September 2006: Mr. Do - Added instruction cards for Gradius II. - 0.102u5: Pierpaolo Prazzoli fixed sprite drawing in Vulcan Venture. - 0.99u4: Pierpaolo Prazzoli fixed background/sprites priority in the stage 7 of Vulcan Venture. - 0.76u2: Changed description of the clones to 'Gradius II - GOFER no Yabou'. - 0.62: Bryan McPhail fixed priority problems in Vulcan Venture. - 0.56: Changed description of clones '(Japan set 1)' to '(Japan New Ver.)', '(Japan set 2)' to '(Japan Old Ver.)' and '(Japan set 3)' to '(Japan Older Ver.)'. Fixed rom names. - 6th October 2001: Chack'n fixed the dipswitch settings in clone Gradius 2. - 0.36b10: Changed Z80 CPU1 clock speed to 3579545 Hz. - 0.36b8: Phil Stroffolino, Nao and Dave Spicer added Vulcan Venture (Konami 1988) and clones 'Gradius II - Gofer no Yabou (Japan set 1)', (Japan set 2) and (Japan set 3). - 27th October 1999: Takahiro Nogi fixed UPD7759 problems in Vulcan Venture. - 26th October 1999: Phil Stroffolino got collision detection working in Vulcan Venture with help from Dave Spicer and Nao. - 21st October 1999: Phil Stroffolino sent in a Twin16 update, with Hard Puncher / Final Round being completely playable, but Vulcan Venture is still missing the collisions. - 0.36b6: Phil Stroffolino added clone Gradius II - Gofer no Yabou (Japan) (Testdriver). - 0.36b5: Phil Stroffolino added Vulcan Venture (Testdriver). - 9th October 1999: Phil Stroffolino sent in a Twin16 update with working sprites in Vulcan Venture (but collisions are missing), and Final Round is also playable now. - 8th September 1999: Phil Stroffolino sent in a very preliminary Konami Twin16 driver (Vulcan Venture for example), but nothing works yet. ARCADE RELEASE: Gradius II (Konami) - 1988/Mar/24 LEVELS: 7 (gradius2) Other Emulators: * FB Alpha * Sparcade Recommended Games (R-Type): Gradius / Nemesis Gradius (PlayChoice-10) Vs. Gradius Vulcan Venture / Gradius II Gradius III Gradius 4: Fukkatsu Salamander Salamander 2 R-Type R-Type II R-Type Leo Heavy Unit Turtle Ship Hellfire X Multiply Zero Wing Raiga - Strato Fighter Rezon Blaze On Hyper Duel Super Spacefortress Macross II Romset: 2864 kb / 16 files / 862.6 zip ---- 0.36b6 [Phil Stroffolino] 0.36b5 [Phil Stroffolino] TODO: - Repeated uPD7759C samples in fround, disconnecting reset helps but doesn't fix it. - See video\twin16.c for graphics related issues. Bugs: - fround, hpuncher: uPD7759C samples repeat or don't play. hap (ID 03383) WIP: - 0.156: Converted the scrolling layers to tilemaps (the fixed text layer was already one). Fixed savestate regression after tilemap conversion. Miscellaneous cleanups/modernizations. According to schematics the twin16 video is priority related, not a flip bit. This fixed sprite-background priority is wrong in Vulcan Venture and clones. Rewrited video mixing based on PAL equations [Alex Jackson]. - 0.152: Cleaned up Twin16 gfx2 rom loading. Fixed audio cpu RAM size [Alex Jackson]. Changed YM2151 sound clock speed to 3579545 Hz. - 0.151: Deprecated MCFG_SCREEN_VBLANK_TIME() / MCFG_SCREEN_REFRESH_RATE() in favor of MCFG_SCREEN_RAW_PARAMS() function for Twin16 driver [Angelo Salese]. - 0.144u7: Kanikani updated Twin16 driver dipswitches. - 0.133u5: hap tweaked the shadows in Twin16 to be slightly darker. - 0.133u2: Updated the Konami Twin16 driver & functional changes [hap]: Improved sprite status register, this fixed the rogue sprites problem in devilw. Added fround coin counters. Lowered K007232 volume. Added savestate support. Added shadows. Fixed devilw and gradius2 sprite lag. Added text layer x/y flipping. Reverted gradius2 sprite-background priority hack, this fixes severe priority problems in devilw, but reintroduces bugs on gradius2 level 7 and ending. This fixes some rogue sprites in devilw, darkadv and majuu. - 0.128u3: Added includes\twin16.h. - 0.128u2: Mamesick fixed wrong sprite-background priority (video\twin16.c). - 0.124u4: Andrew Gardner merged memory maps in the Twin16 driver. - 0.124u2: Derived clocks and refresh rate in Twin16 driver [MAMEPlus]. Changed VSync to 60.606061 Hz. - 0.122u5: Zsolt Vasvari unified memory maps in Twin16 drive. - 0.77: Twin16 fixes [Curt Coder]. - 0.76u2: Some twin16.c cleanups, fg layer converted to tilemaps [Curt Coder]. - 0.70u2: Some Twin16 dipswitch / input fixes [Curt Coder]. - 6th March 2003: Acho A. Tang fixed the wrong UPD7759 samples being played in the Twin16 driver, and he fixed a bug in the UPD7759 emulation that caused problems with playing the last sample. - 28th October 2002: Bryan McPhail fixed various graphical glitches in the Twin16 driver, especially in Gradius II / Vulcan Venture. - 8th March 2001: Marco Cassili fixed some dipswitch settings in the Konami Twin16 games. - 31st October 1999: Phil Stroffolino added a new Missing in Action romset to the Twin16 driver. - 0.36b8: Added vidhrdw\twin16.c. - 29th October 1999: Phil Stroffolino fixed some problems in the Twin16 driver. - 27th October 1999: Takahiro Nogi fixed UPD7759 problems in Vulcan Venture. - 26th October 1999: Phil Stroffolino got collision detection working in Vulcan Venture with help from Dave Spicer and Nao. - 21st October 1999: Phil Stroffolino sent in a Twin16 update, with Hard Puncher / Final Round being completely playable, but Vulcan Venture is still missing the collisions. - 9th October 1999: Phil Stroffolino sent in a Twin16 update with working sprites in Vulcan Venture (but collisions are missing), and Final Round is also playable now. - 1st October 1999: Phil Stroffolino sent in a Twin16 update with correct background graphics for all games, but sprites aren't yet implemented. - 0.36b6: Changed darkadv.c to twin16.c driver. TODO: Hook up sprites, scrolling and finish mapping DIPs. - 27th September 1999: Phil Stroffolino sent in a Twin16 update with much better colors, and graphics are much better also, but sprites are still missing. - 24th September 1999: Phil Stroffolino sent in an update to the Twin16 driver with CPU emulation almost fully working, but graphics need to be sorted out. - 0.36b5: Added darkadv.c driver. - 8th September 1999: Phil Stroffolino sent in a very preliminary Konami Twin16 driver (Vulcan Venture for example), but nothing works yet. ----

Attachment 13430

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-- Validity -- Check 1: INP header: Fail Check 2: INP file: Fail Check 3: WLF file: OK

Just to highlight this from the WLF View section. It is in keeping with the Pete's description of events.

This one has been in adjudication for 20 days now... Does anyone gave any questions or concerns before they feel confident in accepting this submission?

Full performance - accepted.

Points
WolfMame version	106
Score Track	https://www.twingalaxies.com/scores.php?scores=120623
Rules	ROMSet: Vulcan Lives: 3 Cabinet: Upright Bonus Life: 20K 70K Difficulty: Normal Flip Screen: Off Upright Controls: Dual Service Mode: Off Special Rules: You may freely choose the power-up order and shield type. Continues are NOT allowed!
Submission Message	Been playing Gradius II at GGA a bit lately and figured I'd get a submission on MAME as long as its fresh in my memory. I was able to complete the first loop without dying, but then my garbage mame pc crashed! I checked the INP and it plays back fine to the score I'm submitting, so hopefully this will be ok. Recorded in WolfMAME .106 on my Blast City candy cab, inp/wlf zipped file: Attachment 12999 Screen of final score/thumbs up: Attachment 13000 Thanks for viewing and adjudicating my submission, I appreciate it!