M.A.M.E. - Nova 2001 [Japan] - Points - 13,060,460

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M.A.M.E. - Nova 2001 [Japan] - Points - 13,060,460 - W. Dietrich

Points

WolfMame version
106
Score Track
https://www.twingalaxies.com/scores.php?scores=78791
Rules
ROMSet: Nova2001
Cabinet: Upright
Lives: 3
1st Bonus Life: 20K
Extra Bonus Life: 60K
Free Play: Off
Difficulty: Medium
High Score Names: 8 Letters
Service Mode: Off
Special Rules: None
Submission Message
not sure why it deducted 50 pts. on the Best5 page. I'm going by what the score was upon "Game Over".

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adding the snap pics
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Note junior member status... if I'm reading things right, the DIPs look OK - changes I can see from default are Difficulty: Medium (default Easy) & Demo Sounds: Off (default On)... how'd I do?

I concur that the claimed score was reached during gameplay, not sure why it's 50 less on the score-signing screen. However I only sprinted through the playback after I realized I'd initially misread the score as 1.3 million :stupid: (where are my glasses) so I haven't watched it closely from end to end... does anyone do that of games this long? What is it... about 7 hours?

But I did notice something very odd happening after 9.98 million - hard to tell at the pace it was happening, and it's tedious throttling through the .inp to double-check, but it looks like any point scoring event between 9.98 million & 10 million results in an extra life! (capped at 99 lives, i.e. life in play plus 98 left) Then it seems you get no extra lives until 12.22 million.
I have no idea what's going on there with the "next extra point" landmarks from this point on... 12.22 million isn't a "20k + every 60k" score, but 22.22 million is... I could over-analyze this. I think I already have.

Starting check.bat on 10/08/2015 at 10:58:14.19

Zip test

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Zip: 7-Zip 9.20 Copyright (c) 1999-2010 Igor Pavlov 2010-11-18 Processing archive: C:\MAME\inp\MARP\nova2001-DIE-13060460-wolf106.zip Testing nova2001-DIE-13060460-wolf106.inp Testing nova2001-DIE-13060460-wolf106.wlf Everything is Ok Files: 2 Size: 179013974 Compressed: 1541320 RAR: 7-Zip 9.20 Copyright (c) 1999-2010 Igor Pavlov 2010-11-18 Error: there is no such archive

Zip list

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7-Zip 9.20 Copyright (c) 1999-2010 Igor Pavlov 2010-11-18 Listing archive: C:\MAME\inp\MARP\nova2001-DIE-13060460-wolf106.zip -- Path = C:\MAME\inp\MARP\nova2001-DIE-13060460-wolf106.zip Type = zip Physical Size = 1541320 ---------- Path = nova2001-DIE-13060460-wolf106.inp Folder = - Size = 179013376 Packed Size = 1540810 Modified = 2015-08-09 19:33:20 Created = Accessed = Attributes = ....A Encrypted = - Comment = CRC = 435548A1 Method = Deflate Host OS = FAT Version = 20 Path = nova2001-DIE-13060460-wolf106.wlf Folder = - Size = 598 Packed Size = 204 Modified = 2015-08-09 19:33:26 Created = Accessed = Attributes = ....A Encrypted = - Comment = CRC = A7050110 Method = Deflate Host OS = FAT 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 = ~1996MHz (AMD) This recording was made with the C 68k core enabled Start date of recording: Sun Aug 09 18:52:16 2015 Checks out OK. [1d59] Playing back previously recorded game nova2001 (Nova 2001 (Japan)) [press return] loading 1.6c loading 2.6d loading 3.6f loading 4.6g loading 5.12s loading 6.12p loading 7.12n loading 8.12l loading nova2001.clr Average FPS: 1203.560469 (1799805 frames)

What wlfview thinks:

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WLFVIEW 0.3 - Apr 5 2006 Info loaded. WLF rev 9 Recorded for the game 'nova2001' MAME version string: 0.106 (May 16 2006) -- CPU info -- Vendor: AMD Processor Family: 15 Processor Model: 0 Approximate clock speed: 1996233388Hz -- OS info -- Operating System: Windows NT 6.2 -- INP info -- Number of frames: 1443656 Average record speed: 99.998200% System time at start of emulation: Sun Aug 09 18:52:16 2015 Sound: 48000Hz Samples: Enabled GUI: 0 Artwork: 0 68000 CPU Core: C NVRAM Usage: Disabled BIOS used (0=default): default -- Validity -- Check 1: INP header: OK Check 2: INP file: OK Check 3: WLF file: OK

Source driver:
nova2001 src/drivers/nova2001.c
DIP Info from source:

Code:

INPUT_PORTS_START( nova2001 ) PORT_START PORT_BIT( 0x01, IP_ACTIVE_LOW, IPT_JOYSTICK_UP ) PORT_8WAY PORT_BIT( 0x02, IP_ACTIVE_LOW, IPT_JOYSTICK_DOWN ) PORT_8WAY PORT_BIT( 0x04, IP_ACTIVE_LOW, IPT_JOYSTICK_LEFT ) PORT_8WAY PORT_BIT( 0x08, IP_ACTIVE_LOW, IPT_JOYSTICK_RIGHT ) PORT_8WAY PORT_BIT( 0x30, IP_ACTIVE_LOW, IPT_UNUSED ) PORT_BIT( 0x40, IP_ACTIVE_LOW, IPT_BUTTON2 ) // pause PORT_BIT( 0x80, IP_ACTIVE_LOW, IPT_BUTTON1 ) // fire PORT_START PORT_BIT( 0x01, IP_ACTIVE_LOW, IPT_JOYSTICK_UP ) PORT_8WAY PORT_COCKTAIL PORT_BIT( 0x02, IP_ACTIVE_LOW, IPT_JOYSTICK_DOWN ) PORT_8WAY PORT_COCKTAIL PORT_BIT( 0x04, IP_ACTIVE_LOW, IPT_JOYSTICK_LEFT ) PORT_8WAY PORT_COCKTAIL PORT_BIT( 0x08, IP_ACTIVE_LOW, IPT_JOYSTICK_RIGHT ) PORT_8WAY PORT_COCKTAIL PORT_BIT( 0x30, IP_ACTIVE_LOW, IPT_UNUSED ) PORT_BIT( 0x40, IP_ACTIVE_LOW, IPT_BUTTON2 ) PORT_COCKTAIL PORT_BIT( 0x80, IP_ACTIVE_LOW, IPT_BUTTON1 ) PORT_COCKTAIL PORT_START PORT_BIT( 0x01, IP_ACTIVE_LOW, IPT_COIN1 ) PORT_IMPULSE(4) PORT_BIT( 0x02, IP_ACTIVE_LOW, IPT_START1 ) PORT_BIT( 0x04, IP_ACTIVE_LOW, IPT_START2 ) PORT_BIT( 0x78, IP_ACTIVE_LOW, IPT_UNUSED ) PORT_BIT( 0x80, IP_ACTIVE_LOW, IPT_VBLANK ) PORT_START /* dsw0 */ PORT_DIPNAME( 0x01, 0x00, DEF_STR( Cabinet ) ) PORT_DIPSETTING( 0x00, DEF_STR( Upright ) ) PORT_DIPSETTING( 0x01, DEF_STR( Cocktail ) ) PORT_DIPNAME( 0x02, 0x02, DEF_STR( Lives ) ) PORT_DIPSETTING( 0x02, "3" ) PORT_DIPSETTING( 0x00, "4" ) PORT_DIPNAME( 0x04, 0x04, "1st Bonus Life" ) PORT_DIPSETTING( 0x04, "20K" ) PORT_DIPSETTING( 0x00, "30K" ) PORT_DIPNAME( 0x18, 0x18, "Extra Bonus Life" ) PORT_DIPSETTING( 0x18, "60K" ) PORT_DIPSETTING( 0x10, "70K" ) PORT_DIPSETTING( 0x08, "90K" ) PORT_DIPSETTING( 0x00, DEF_STR( None ) ) PORT_DIPNAME( 0x60, 0x60, DEF_STR( Coinage ) ) PORT_DIPSETTING( 0x40, DEF_STR( 2C_1C ) ) PORT_DIPSETTING( 0x00, DEF_STR( 2C_2C ) ) PORT_DIPSETTING( 0x60, DEF_STR( 1C_1C ) ) PORT_DIPSETTING( 0x20, DEF_STR( 1C_2C ) ) PORT_DIPNAME( 0x80, 0x80, DEF_STR( Free_Play ) ) PORT_DIPSETTING( 0x80, DEF_STR( Off ) ) PORT_DIPSETTING( 0x00, DEF_STR( On ) ) PORT_START /* dsw1 */ PORT_DIPNAME( 0x03, 0x00, DEF_STR( Difficulty ) ) PORT_DIPSETTING( 0x00, DEF_STR( Easy ) ) PORT_DIPSETTING( 0x03, DEF_STR( Medium ) ) PORT_DIPSETTING( 0x02, DEF_STR( Hard ) ) PORT_DIPSETTING( 0x01, DEF_STR( Hardest ) ) PORT_DIPNAME( 0x04, 0x00, DEF_STR( Demo_Sounds ) ) PORT_DIPSETTING( 0x04, DEF_STR( Off ) ) PORT_DIPSETTING( 0x00, DEF_STR( On ) ) PORT_DIPNAME( 0x08, 0x08, "High Score Names" ) PORT_DIPSETTING( 0x00, "3 Letters" ) PORT_DIPSETTING( 0x08, "8 Letters" ) PORT_BIT( 0x70, IP_ACTIVE_LOW, IPT_UNUSED ) PORT_SERVICE( 0x80, IP_ACTIVE_LOW ) INPUT_PORTS_END Resolution: 240x192 @60Hz Rules: https://www.twingalaxies.com/scores.php?scores=78791 ROMSet: Nova2001 Cabinet: Upright Lives: 3 1st Bonus Life: 20K Extra Bonus Life: 60K Free Play: Off Difficulty: Medium High Score Names: 8 Letters Service Mode: Off Sample correct TG: DSW0: offset 0x2f, repeat every 0x7C, typical value 0xFE - DSW0: 0x01 (Cabinet): 0x00 Upright) - DSW0: 0x02 (Lives): 0x02 (3) - DSW0: 0x04 (1st Bonus Life): 0x04 (20K) - DSW0: 0x18 (Extra Bonus Life): 0x18 (60K) - DSW0: 0x60 (Coinage): [not relevant] - DSW0: 0x80 (Free_Play): 0x80 (Off) DSW1: offset 0x33, repeat every 0x7C, typical value 0xFB but upper nibble can be ignored - DSW1: 0x03 (Difficulty): 0x03 (Medium) - DSW1: 0x04 (Demo_Sounds): [not relevant] - DSW1: 0x08 (High Score Names): 0x08 (8 Letters) - DSW1: 0x70 (unused): [not relevant] - DSW1: 0x80 (unused): [not relevant] 20: 00 00 00 FF 00 00 00 FF 00 00 00 FF 00 00 00 FE | ... ... ... ...¦ 30: 00 00 00 FB 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ...v............ A0: 00 00 00 FF 00 00 00 FF 00 00 00 FE 00 00 00 FB | ... ... ...¦...v 120: 00 00 00 7F 00 00 00 FE 00 00 00 FB 00 00 00 00 | .......¦...v....

INP Header:

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10: AC 1A FC 76 00 00 00 00 50 93 C7 55 4E F1 59 1D | ¬.üv....P.ÇUNñY. 20: 00 00 00 FF 00 00 00 FF 00 00 00 FF 00 00 00 FE | ...ÿ...ÿ...ÿ...þ 30: 00 00 00 FF 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ...ÿ............ 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 FE 00 00 00 FF | ...ÿ...ÿ...þ...ÿ B0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................ 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 7F 00 00 00 FE 00 00 00 FF 00 00 00 00 | .......þ...ÿ.... 130: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................ 140: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................

INP Mid-section:

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555C2E0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................ 555C2F0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................ 555C300: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................ 555C310: A2 82 43 E1 00 00 00 3E 00 00 00 FF 00 00 00 7F | ¢.Cá...>...ÿ.... 555C320: 00 00 00 FE 00 00 00 FF 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ...þ...ÿ........ 555C330: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................ 555C340: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................ 555C350: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................ 555C360: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................ 555C370: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................ 555C380: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 A2 82 43 E1 | ............¢.Cá 555C390: 00 00 00 3A 00 00 00 FF 00 00 00 7F 00 00 00 FE | ...:...ÿ.......þ 555C3A0: 00 00 00 FF 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ...ÿ............ 555C3B0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................ 555C3C0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................ 555C3D0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................ 555C3E0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................ 555C3F0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................ 555C400: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 A2 82 43 E1 00 00 00 3A | ........¢.Cá...: 555C410: 00 00 00 FF 00 00 00 7F 00 00 00 FE 00 00 00 FF | ...ÿ.......þ...ÿ

INP Tail-end:

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AAB85C0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................ AAB85D0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................ AAB85E0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................ AAB85F0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................ AAB8600: 00 00 00 00 A2 82 43 E1 00 00 00 FF 00 00 00 FF | ....¢.Cá...ÿ...ÿ AAB8610: 00 00 00 7F 00 00 00 FE 00 00 00 FF 00 00 00 00 | .......þ...ÿ.... AAB8620: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................ AAB8630: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................ AAB8640: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................ AAB8650: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................ AAB8660: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................ AAB8670: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................ AAB8680: A2 82 43 E1 00 00 00 FF 00 00 00 FF 00 00 00 7F | ¢.Cá...ÿ...ÿ.... AAB8690: 00 00 00 FE 00 00 00 FF 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ...þ...ÿ........ AAB86A0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................ AAB86B0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................ AAB86C0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................ AAB86D0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................ AAB86E0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................ AAB86F0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 A2 82 43 E1 | ............¢.Cá

MAME Info
nova2001 is the parent set.
MAMEInfo.dat entries: nova2001 and nova2001.c

Code:

MAMEInfo.dat entries for: nova2001 nova2001.c ---- 0.36b13 [Zsolt Vasvari] 0.33b6 [Howie Cohen, Frank Palazzolo, Alex Pasadyn] Bugs: - Sprite/FG pritority issues. Source (ID 02427) WIP: - 0.134u1: Fujix and Tafoid updated Nova 2001 driver to use DIP locations. Clarified and verified switch behavior, comparing to manuals where available. - 0.133u1: Renamed (nov2001u) to (nova2001u). - 0.123u1: Changed region gfx2 to gfx1. Fixed gfx1 rom loading. Changed visible area to 256x192 and palettesize to 512 colors. - 0.77u2: Removed all unknown dipswitches. - 16th November 2003: Curt Coder cleaned up the Nova 2001 and KO Punch drivers. - 0.71u2: Tomasz Slanina stopped Nova2001 from resetting when a coin is inserted (if you insert coins too quickly the game still resets, its probably just the way it was, the code for this part was changed in the clone). - 0.71u1: Curt Coder converted Nova 2001 to use tilemaps. Changed visible area to 240x192. - 0.36b13: Zsolt Vasvari added Nova 2001 (Japan) (UPL 1983). Changed 'Nova 2001' to clone '(US)'. Renamed (nov2001) to (nov2001u). - 23rd December 1999: Zsolt Vasvari added another Nova 2001 romset. - 0.36b9: Changed the 2x AY-8910 clock speed of to 2MHz. - 0.33RC1: Changed the 2x AY8910 the clock speed to 1.2MHz. - 0.33b6: Howie Cohen, Frank Palazzolo and Alex Pasadyn added Nova 2001 (Universal 1983). Known issues: Clock Frequencies on the Z80 and the 8910's. Are the colors exact? High Score Saving doesn't update the HISCORE display at the top, but it does update the high score table. - 21st April 1998: Dumped Nova 2001 (US). Other Emulators: * JFF Recommended Games (Star Force): Catacomb Vega Espial Night Star (DECO Cassette) Nova 2001 Star Jacker Stunt Air Zodiack Star Force Alpha Mission / ASO Alpha Mission II / ASO II Astro Warrior (Mega-Tech) Mission 660 Rafflesia S.R.D. Mission Truxton Truxton II Blast Off Blazing Lazers The Next Space Omega Fighter Super Star Soldier (Tourvision PCE bootleg) Lethal Thunder Pollux Strike Gunner S.T.G Vimana Explosive Breaker Final Star Force Galmedes Gunlock GunNail Nebulas Ray Super-X Gekirindan Viper Phase 1 Fever SOS Mars Matrix: Hyper Solid Shooting Romset: 61 kb / 9 files / 28.7 zip ---- 0.123u1 [Howie Cohen, Frank Palazzolo, Alex Pasadyn, Allard van der Bas, Uki, David Haywood, Steph, Phil Stroffolino] 0.37b11 [David Haywood, Steph, Phil Stroffolino] 0.37b16 [Uki] 0.34b3 [Allard van der Bas] 0.33b6 [Howie Cohen, Frank Palazzolo, Alex Pasadyn] TODO: - The Nova 2001 schematics show a FG priority bit, which should control priority over sprites. However that bit is set by the game only during the screen fade effect at the end of a level, so it would make the score area appear below the sprites, which definitely doesn't look right. For this reason, the priority bit is implemented in the video driver but it is ignored and the FG is always drawn above sprites. - In Ninjakun, some garbage is drawn behind the GAME OVER text at the end of a game. Correct behaviour? - The IRQ source of Ninjakun and Raiders5 CPU 2 is unknown. - Several unknown memory read accesses in Raiders5. NOTES: - The peculiar feature of this hardware is the palette layout. 16 colors are arranged in a 16x16 matrix, with all columns containing a single color, except for column 1, which is a copy of row 1. Essentially, the 4bpp graphics are drawn using a fixed palette except for one color that changes. Nova 2001 and Penguin Kun Wars have palette PROMs and the effect applies to both tilemaps and sprites. Ninjakun and Raiders5 have palette RAM and the effect applies only to sprites while tilemaps use a normal palette. - Another peculiar characteristic is that in the later scrolling games (that is Ninjakun and Raiders5, but not Nova 2001) the bg scroll registers are added to the videoram address not only when the video circuitry is accessing it, as usually happens, but also when the CPU is accessing it. - nova2001 is VERY sensitive to coin inputs, if the coin isn't held down long enough, or is held down too long the game will reset, likewise if coins are inserted too quickly. This only happens in nova2001 and not in nova2001u. - Nova 2001 draws black bars on the sides of the screen so the visible area becomes 240x192, however the physical resolution is still 256x192, the game probably does that to avoid wraparound glitches in the background without having to care about the sprite X MSB. - In Ninjakun, hold P1 Start after a reset to skip the startup memory tests. - The production year of Penguin Kun Wars is uncertain since it's not shown on screen. The console/home computer ports were made by ASCII in 1985, and the Ninjakun character appears in the audience (just on the left of the timer) so this game must have been produced after Ninjakun. This restricts the possibilities to 1985 or 1984. - Penguin Kun Wars has some tile/sprite priority issues that have been verified to happen on the real board (e.g. the blob thing that moves in the middle of the table is not obscured by the text box at the end of a set). WIP: - 0.160: Added save state support to Nova 2001 driver [Ivan Vangelista]. - 0.142u3: Angelo Salese removed deprecat.h dependancy and updated irqs accordingly for Nova 2001 driver. - 0.129u6: Phil Bennett fixed rom checks in Penguin-Kun Wars, Ninjakun Majou no Bouken and Raiders5. - 0.123u1: Merged ninjakun.c, pkunwar.c and raiders5.c with nova2001.c driver. - 0.122u7: Changed ninjakid.c to ninjakun.c driver. - 0.71u1: Curt Coder converted Nova 2001 driver to use tilemaps. - 0.37b16: Uki added raiders5.c driver and vidhrdw\raiders5.c. - 5th March 2001: David Haywood added state saving to Ninja Kid. - 25th February 2001: Uki fixed some graphics glitches in the Nova 2001 driver. - 0.37b11: Added ninjakid.c driver and vidhrdw\ninjakid.c. This driver was started after interest was shown in the game by a poster at various messageboards going under the name of 'ninjakun'. I decided to attempt a driver for this game to gain some experience with Z80 & Multi-processor games. - 7th January 2001: Phil Stroffolino fixed several bugs in the Ninja Kid driver, including the vertical scrolling graphics. Takahiro Nogi fixed some more Ninja Kid graphics glitches. - 4th January 2001: David Haywood and Phil Stroffolino have written an almost perfect Ninja Kid driver, though some graphical problems remain. - 0.34b3: Added pkunwar.c driver and vidhrdw\pkunwar.c (Allard van der Bas). - 0.33b6: Added nova2001.c driver and vidhrdw\nova2001.c. ----

Human interpretation:
Achievement accomplished: 13060460 (one rollover)
WolfMAME used: WolfMAME 0.106 + valid WLF
Recorded speed: 99.998200%
DIP-switches: good (demo sounds Off)
Time calc: 18:52:16 + 1443656 frames @ 60Hz (401.0155 min) ~= 01:33 vs. zip inp mod: 19:33:20 vs. zip wlf mod: 19:33:26
Dates: good with time offset.
Autofire used?: no
ROM set changed?: n/a - this is 0.106

Wow massive!
Looks to be the highest of any Nova score I can find. Theres one of the US ROMset over at MARP of just over 10m
Seems quite a few people can marathon this - wonder why no-one has chosen to go for 50 or even 100m

Interesting re: the extra lives before the rollover. Will definitely keep an eye out for that

I noticed that too. Seems to be a Defender type bug during the last 10,000 or so where every hit garners me an extra life ... BUT... they're all given in advance and I have to make up for it.
After the rollover I did have 99 lives but my next extra life wasn't until 2.2 million I believe.
It was uncharted territory for me. Honestly, O was hoping for a max-out at 9999990 but,..
I'm considering a higher run in future. Yes this did take 7 hrs. but I think I know a way to shorten that next time. Maybe kill myself instead of wasting my time with those boss battlestars.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Barra

Wow massive!
Looks to be the highest of any Nova score I can find. Theres one of the US ROMset over at MARP of just over 10m
Seems quite a few people can marathon this - wonder why no-one has chosen to go for 50 or even 100m

Interesting re: the extra lives before the rollover. Will definitely keep an eye out for that

I stopped when it was dinner time :P. I was thinking 20. This will have to do for now. Not sure if I'm gonna submit this to MARP or anyone else but I was kind of going for that "undisputed" thing ;).

Points
WolfMame version	106
Score Track	https://www.twingalaxies.com/scores.php?scores=78791
Rules	ROMSet: Nova2001 Cabinet: Upright Lives: 3 1st Bonus Life: 20K Extra Bonus Life: 60K Free Play: Off Difficulty: Medium High Score Names: 8 Letters Service Mode: Off Special Rules: None
Submission Message	not sure why it deducted 50 pts. on the Best5 page. I'm going by what the score was upon "Game Over". Attachment 6731 Attachment 6729 Attachment 6728