M.A.M.E. - Robotron: 2084 - VidKidz 40-Wave Challenge (VK40) - 1,261,575 - Henning Gundersen

VidKidz 40-Wave Challenge (VK40)
WolfMame version	180
Score Track	https://www.twingalaxies.com/scores.php?scores=132291
Rules	Goal: Score at very end of wave 40, which marks the successful completion of all 40 hard-coded waves designed in the game. Settings: --Extra Man Every- 25,000 --Turns Per Player- 3 --Difficulty of Play- 5 or higher Romsets Allowed: --Any official release from VidKidz (Larry DeMar/Eugene Jarvis) --2015 Tie-Die --1987 Patched Blue --1982 Blue (at time of writing wolfMAME only supports blue, but it will change in future) --1982 Yellow/Orange Note- The gameplay, enemy dynamics, and wave layouts are 100% identical across the romsets. Illegal: --Using any form of pause to halt the game code, either hardware or software. Game code must be actively running for the whole scoring session.
Submission Message	Meanwhile, waiting for the Yolympics2017: Wow, this was hard. The MAME version of Robotron-2084 is so much more difficult than the Arcade version. Luckily, the TieDie romset makes it fun to play this game again. Greeting goes to BrainBug :)

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Excellent Play Henning a New World Record and Welcome to Twin Galaxy


Robotron: 2084 - VidKidz 40-Wave Challenge (VK40) Game Starts at :25 of the video

Robotron: 2084 - VidKidz 40-Wave Challenge (VK40) Game Settings Begin at :14-19 of the video ALL GOOD A OK

Rules

Goal: Score at very end of wave 40, which marks the successful completion of all 40 hard-coded waves designed in the game. Settings: --Extra Man Every- 25,000 --Turns Per Player- 3 --Difficulty of Play- 5 or higher Romsets Allowed: --Any official release from VidKidz (Larry DeMar/Eugene Jarvis) --2015 Tie-Die --1987 Patched Blue --1982 Blue (at time of writing wolfMAME only supports blue, but it will change in future) --1982 Yellow/Orange Note- The game play, enemy dynamics, and wave layouts are 100% identical across the rom sets. Illegal: --Using any form of pause to halt the game code, either hardware or software. Game code must be actively running for the whole scoring session.

M.A.M.E. - Robotron: 2084 - VidKidz 40-Wave Challenge (VK40) - 1,261,575 - Henning Gundersen Final Score After Finishing Wave 40 the Brain Wave at 16:49-50 of the video Game Initials GMU

Robotron: 2084[M.A.M.E.]
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Robotron: 2084 [VidKidz 40-Wave Challenge (VK40)]
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Founded by: Mark Hoff , David Gomez

• General Rules
  Additional Info:
  
  
• Game Specific Rules:Goal: Score at very end of wave 40, which marks the successful completion of all 40 hard-coded waves designed in the game.
  
  Settings:
  --Extra Man Every- 25,000
  --Turns Per Player- 3
  --Difficulty of Play- 5 or higher
  
  Romsets Allowed:
  --Any official release from VidKidz (Larry DeMar/Eugene Jarvis)
  --2015 Tie-Die
  --1987 Patched Blue
  --1982 Blue (at time of writing wolfMAME only supports blue, but it will change in future)
  --1982 Yellow/Orange
  Note- The gameplay, enemy dynamics, and wave layouts are 100% identical across the romsets.
  
  Illegal:
  --Using any form of pause to halt the game code, either hardware or software. Game code must be actively running for the whole scoring session.
  

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MAME Major Version 180

What MAME thinks:

Code:

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Input file: robotrontd.inp
INP version 3.5
Created Sat Jan 21 20:15:46 2017

Recorded using 0.180W (unknown)
Total playback frames: 64788
Average recorded speed: 99%
Average speed: 164.09% (1120 seconds)

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Source driver:
robotrontd williams.cpp
Generic Info for game:

Code:

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ROM set changed: no
First release: Mame 0.172 released on mar-30 2016
Last release: Mame 0.182 released on jan-25 2017

Resolution, 0.106-0.115: 292x240 @ 60.000000Hz
Resolution, 0.116-0.175: 292x240 @ 60.096154Hz

All configuration is done via soft-dips.  Use F2 repeatedly (cycles through settings) after the recording if they are not shown during the recording.

TG Game Entry: https://www.twingalaxies.com/scores.php?scores=132291


Romset                  robotrontd
Title                    Robotron: 2084 (2015 'tie-die V2' hack)
Manufacturer            hack
Source file              williams.cpp
Bios                    No
Clone                    robotron
Use rom                  robotron
Sample                  None
Sound channels          1
Service                  No
Tilt                    Yes
Players                  1
Coins                    3
Input controls          Double joystick
Driver                  good
Emulation                good
Colors                  good
Sounds                  good
Graphics                good
Savestate                No
Display                  292×[email protected] Hz
CPU chips                M6809, M6808
Audio chips              Speaker, DAC, MC1408


robotrontd entries in williams.cpp:-

ROM_START( robotrontd )
    ROM_REGION( 0x19000, "maincpu", 0 )
    ROM_LOAD( "tiedie.sba",  0x0d000, 0x1000, CRC(952bea55) SHA1(80f51d8e7ec62518afad7e56a47e0756f83f813c) ) //
    ROM_LOAD( "tiedie.sbb",  0x0e000, 0x1000, CRC(4c05fd3c) SHA1(0d727458454826fd8222e4022b755d686ccb065f) ) //
    ROM_LOAD( "robotron.sbc", 0x0f000, 0x1000, CRC(645d543e) SHA1(fad7cea868ebf17347c4bc5193d647bbd8f9517b) )
    ROM_LOAD( "robotron.sb1", 0x10000, 0x1000, CRC(66c7d3ef) SHA1(f6d60e26c209c1df2cc01ac07ad5559daa1b7118) )
    ROM_LOAD( "robotron.sb2", 0x11000, 0x1000, CRC(5bc6c614) SHA1(4d6e82bc29f49100f7751ccfc6a9ff35695b84b3) )
    ROM_LOAD( "robotron.sb3", 0x12000, 0x1000, CRC(e99a82be) SHA1(06a8c8dd0b4726eb7f0bb0e89c8533931d75fc1c) )
    ROM_LOAD( "tiedie.sb4",  0x13000, 0x1000, CRC(e8238019) SHA1(0ce29f4bf6bdee677c8e80c2d5e66fc556ba349f) ) //
    ROM_LOAD( "fixrobo.sb5",  0x14000, 0x1000, CRC(827cb5c9) SHA1(1732d16cd88e0662f1cffce1aeda5c8aa8c31338) ) //
    ROM_LOAD( "robotron.sb6", 0x15000, 0x1000, CRC(bd2c853d) SHA1(f76ec5432a7939b33a27be1c6855e2dbe6d9fdc8) )
    ROM_LOAD( "tiedie.sb7",  0x16000, 0x1000, CRC(3ecf4620) SHA1(3c670a1f8df35d18451c82f220a02448bf5ef5ac) ) //
    ROM_LOAD( "tiedie.sb8",  0x17000, 0x1000, CRC(752d7a46) SHA1(85dd58d14d527ca75d6c546d6271bf8ee5a82c8c) ) //
    ROM_LOAD( "robotron.sb9", 0x18000, 0x1000, CRC(b124367b) SHA1(fd9d75b866f0ebbb723f84889337e6814496a103) )

    ROM_REGION( 0x10000, "soundcpu", 0 )
    ROM_LOAD( "robotron.snd", 0xf000, 0x1000, CRC(c56c1d28) SHA1(15afefef11bfc3ab78f61ab046701db78d160ec3) )

    ROM_REGION( 0x0400, "proms", 0 )
    ROM_LOAD( "decoder.4",  0x0000, 0x0200, CRC(e6631c23) SHA1(9988723269367fb44ef83f627186a1c88cf7877e) )
    ROM_LOAD( "decoder.6",  0x0200, 0x0200, CRC(83faf25e) SHA1(30002643d08ed983a6701a7c4b5ee74a2f4a1adb) )
ROM_END


GAME( 2015, robotrontd, robotron, williams,      robotron, williams_state, robotron, ROT0,  "hack",                "Robotron: 2084 (2015 'tie-die V2' hack)", MACHINE_SUPPORTS_SAVE ) // inc. sitc fix, mods by some of the original developers, see backstory here http://www.robotron2084guidebook.com/gameplay/raceto100million/robo2k14_tie-die-romset/  (I guess there's a tie-die V1 before it was released to the public?)

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INP dump not relevant


MAME Info
robotrontd is clone of: robotron
MAMEInfo.dat entries: robotron and williams.cpp

Code:

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MAMEInfo.dat entries for:
robotron
williams.cpp
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0.23 [Steven Hugg]


Artwork available


SETUP and TEST MODE:

- When you see "FACTORY SETTINGS RESTORED", hit F2 (Service Mode) to proceed.

- Press F2 for Test-Mode

- Press F1 + F2 for Bookkeeping/Setup


WIP:

- 0.172: Added clones Robotron: 2084 (1987 'shot-in-the-corner' bugfix), (2012 'wave 201 start' hack) and (2015 'tie-die V2' hack). Added these Robotron hacks, they have an interesting backstory, and have been used on hardware and for competitive play etc [David Haywood].

- 0.158: Tafoid renamed joystick inputs for Robotron.

- 0.145u2: Williams blits with bit 2 set take approximately 2x as long because they are bus-shared with RAM. Should impact some timing behaviors such as later levels in Robotron, where approximately 10% of the blits are done with bit 2 set. Further refinements may be necessary but this addresses the most significant issue [Sean Riddle, Aaron Giles].

- 0.133u1: Renamed (robotryo) to (robotronyo).

-  9th July 2008: Mr. Do - Fixed some errors on the UK Robotron, and matched the colors from the UK and cabaret version to those of the US version, originally color matched by Ad_Enuff.

- 18th February 2007: Mr. Do - Fixed the colors and a couple missing elements on the Robotron Cabaret bezel.

- 26th November 2006: Mr. Do - The current US Robotron has been replaced, thanks to fine vectorizations by Zorg and to the loan by Vintage Arcade Superstore.

-  9th August 2006: Mr. Do - Thanks to Trigg, I realized that one game can have more than one view, including more than one type of artwork in the file. (Well, Aaron explained it, but I guess it went woosh over my head the first time). This will be good for a great deal of games. First one will be Robotron (three different bezels).

- 0.106u11: Aaron Giles added X and Y offset/scale controls for each screen. This allows you to control the actual position of the screen within its container. In order to see beyond the game-configured visible area, the game must have set up the screen size to be larger than the core visible area. The Williams drivers have been updated as an example. Eugene Jarvis mentioned that if you adjust your monitor, you can see the stack in Robotron off to the right, and now you can in MAME as well. The values configured in the OSD are saved in the config file for each game.

- 0.95u3: Changed cpu1 roms addresses from $0-8000 to $10000-18000.

- 0.92: Highwayman added proms ($0, 200 - video inversion for cocktail table).

- 0.57: Removed 3rd coin slot.

- 0.33b7: Changed description to 'Robotron (Solid Blue label)'.

- 0.30: Valerio Verrando added clone Robotron (Yellow/Orange label), where quarks are incorrectly called Cubeoids during the demo.

- 0.25: Valerio Verrando fixed the Williams driver to support joystick in Blaster, Defender, Joust, Robotron, Splat and Stargate. Control: 1+2 = Goes into game setup menu and 2+3 = Diagnostic menu.

- 0.24: Marc Lafontaine provided drivers for Robotron, Splat, Defender, Joust, Stargate, Bubbles, Blaster and Sinistar. Bubbles doesn't start, and Sinistar do weird things at startup. The other games work very well, though. For this version I provide a set of fonts that can be used to avoid jerkiness in williams games. If you use zipped roms remember to include them in the ZIP files. Fixed rom names. Changed description to 'robotron'.

- 0.23: Added 'Robotron' (Williams 1982). Steven Hugg provided a Williams games driver. Stargate, Robotron and Joust are currently supported and playable. Game is playable with accurate (?) colors and no sound. Control: Arrows = Move around and E,S,D,F = Fire. Known issues: Controls don't work right yet.


STORY:

- Inspired by his never ending quest for progress, in 2084 man perfects the robotrons: A robot species so advanced that man is inferior to his own creation. Guided by their infallible logic, the robotrons conclude: The human race is inefficient and therefore must be destroyed. You are the last hope of mankind, due to a genetic engineering error, you possess superhuman powers. Your Mission is to stop the robotrons, and SAVE THE LAST HUMAN FAMILY. The adventure continuous in 'Blaster'.


Other Emulators:

* HiVE

* Retrocade


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Berzerk

Frenzy

Wizard of Wor

Draco

Maze Invaders

Venture

Warp & Warp

Black Widow

Kram

Naughty Boy

QB-3

Robotron: 2084

Williams Multigame (Robotron)

Tazz-Mania

Tornado (DECO Cassette)

Tylz

Wacko

Gridlee

Guzzler

Marvin's Maze

New Sinbad 7

***** Loose

Inferno (Williams)

Do! Run Run

Vs. Clu Clu Land

Wiz Warz

Alien Arena

Doraemon Meikyuu Dai Sakusen (Tourvision PCE bootleg)

Smash T.V.

Trog

Sel Feena

Exvania

Nitro Ball

Ultraman Club

Tinkle Pit

Mad Donna

Shocking


Recommended Games (Robots):

Robot Bowl

Berzerk

Frenzy

Robotron: 2084

Williams Multigame (Robotron)

Hopper Robo

I, Robot

Major Havoc

Marvin's Maze

***** Loose

Vastar

Hole Land

Bygone

Galactic Warriors

Metal Clash

Metal Soldier Isaac II

Robo Wres 2001

Mutant Night

Star Guards

Xybots

Atomic Robo-kid

Bakutotsu Kijuutei

Enforce

Povar / Sobrat' Buran / Agroprom (Pssst)

Robocop

Robocop 2

Robocop 3 (Nintendo Super System)

Act-Fancer Cybernetick Hyper Weapon

Escape from the Planet of the Robot Monsters

Veigues - Tactical Gladiator (Tourvision PCE bootleg)

Fighting Run (Tourvision PCE bootleg)

Mesopotamia (Tourvision PCE bootleg)

Robo Army

Terminator 2 - Judgment Day

Turbo Force

Battle of the Solar System

X-Men

Schmeiser Robo

Mazinger Z

Rise of the Robots

Cyberbots: Fullmetal Madness


Romset: 53 kb / 15 files / 35.4 zip

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0.24 [Marc Lafontaine, Steven Hugg]

0.23 [Steven Hugg]


WIP:

- 0.179: Replaced DAC sound with MC1408.

- 0.155: Changed Williams diag AU/MD button to PORT_TOGGLE [joemagiera, hap].

- 0.154: Fixed generic_paletteram regression. Moved blaster-specific and williams2-specific stuff into subclass. Use bankdevs instead of dynamic address map modification. Reorganize code and driver state class [Alex Jackson]. Minor whitespace clean-up for alignment [Brian Troha].

- 0.149u1: Improved Williams blitter logic and timing to match tests run on real hardware [Sean Riddle].

- 0.145u8: Sean Riddle fixed video counter reporting on Williams games (should stay at maximum value until reset). Miodrag Milanovic fixed Williams driver regression.

- 0.145u2: Williams blits with bit 2 set take approximately 2x as long because they are bus-shared with RAM. Should impact some timing behaviors such as later levels in Robotron, where approximately 10% of the blits are done with bit 2 set. Further refinements may be necessary but this addresses the most significant issue [Sean Riddle, Aaron Giles].

- 0.143u4: Williams driver update [hap]: Fixed screen garbage when frameskipping. Fixed blaster background color (eg. screen flashes when hit). Changed M6808 CPU2 clock speed to 3579545 Hz.

- 0.129u3: Nathan Woods converted 6821new device to use the module DEVCB. Updated Williams driver to remove trampoline functions.

- 0.129u1: Nathan Woods introduced a parallel 6821 PIA implementation, as a MAME device (6821new.c). Ported the Williams driver over to use this new PIA implementation.

- 0.128u4: Derived clocks from crystals in Williams driver [Luigi30].

- 0.125u7: Couriersud fixed duplicated inputs.

- 0.122u8: Aaron Giles updated Williams driver to use VIDEO_UPDATE_SCANLINE (most bitmap-based drivers should). Converted to 32bpp to catch mid-screen palette tweaks. Removed some unnecessary read/write handlers.

- 0.122u7: Zsolt Vasvari fixed invalid memory_install_*_handler calls in drivers\williams.c. Emulated external OR circuit for all drivers using the PIA chip. This used to be internal to the PIA emulation, but, in fact, this is external logic. The PIA has two seperate INTA and INTB out lines. This fixes at least PlayBall. Changed M6808 CPU2 clock speed to 3579000 Hz in all games, except in Mystic Marathon, Turkey Shoot, Inferno and Joust 2 - 4MHz.

- 0.115u3: Zsolt Vasvari fixed subtle behavior in handling of PIA port A. This allows for the removal of hacks in the Qix driver and the Williams driver.

- 0.115u1: Aaron Giles added correct video timings for the Williams games. Fixed visible area and VSync to 60.096154 Hz.

- 0.106u11: Aaron Giles added X and Y offset/scale controls for each screen. This allows you to control the actual position of the screen within its container. In order to see beyond the game-configured visible area, the game must have set up the screen size to be larger than the core visible area. The Williams drivers have been updated as an example. Eugene Jarvis mentioned that if you adjust your monitor, you can see the stack in Robotron off to the right, and now you can in MAME as well. The values configured in the OSD are saved in the config file for each game.

- 0.101u1: Aaron Giles added save state support to the classic Williams drivers, marking them as GAME_SUPPORTS_SAVE.

- 0.95u3: Williams driver rewrite [Aaron Giles]: Rederived all addressing from schematics. Cleaned up banking mechanisms. Fixed sound CPU clock in later games. Simplified blitter code significantly. Added timing to the blitter (just a guess right now). Implemented clipping circuits correctly. Simplified palette handling significantly. Rewrote video system to use tilemaps for later games.

- 0.84u6: Arthur Peale fixed Williams coin inputs.

- 0.57: Added includes\williams.h.

-  8th December 2001: Aaron Giles fixed a bug in the Williams games' blitter, fixing Bubbles from crashing on startup.

- 0.37b10: Changed palettesize from 272 to 256 colors.

- 0.36b9: Added sndhrdw\williams.c/h.

-  7th October 1999: Aaron Giles added Mayday to the Williams driver and improved the blitter for the Williams games.

- 0.35b11: Changed M6802 CPU2 clock speed to 894750 Hz.

- 0.35b10: Changed M6802 CPU2 clock speed to 3579000 Hz.

- 0.35b6: Replaced M6803 CPU2 with M6808.

-  9th March 1999: Michael Soderstrom has finally sent in the newest Williams driver with added support for Mystic Marathon, Turkey Shoot, Inferno and Joust 2.

- 0.33b5: Added machine\ticket.h.

- 0.33b4: Slightly reduced the visible area of the Williams games, I'm not sure which would be the correct setting though [Nicola Salmoria].

- 0.31: Merged colony7.c with williams.c driver. Removed sndhrdw\williams.c. Added machine\ticket.c. Aaron Giles and Brad Oliver improved the blitter for the Williams games. Sinistar now works correctly. Major cleanup of the Williams drivers [Aaron Giles].

- 0.30: Added colony7.c driver and machine\colony7.c. Aaron Giles added dirty rectangles to all Williams games. Tatsuyuki Satoh added cpu_setbankhandler_r() / cpu_setbankhandler_w() for better bank switching support. The Williams drivers take advantage of it.

- 0.29: Added sound to all Williams games. Samples are no longer needed and may be deleted [Steven Hugg, Mirko Buffoni, Nicola Salmoria]. Several fixes and enhancements to the Williams driver [Aaron Giles].

- 0.28: John Butler added optimizations to some Williams games.

- 0.26a: Sound is back on Williams games.

- 0.24: Marc Lafontaine provided drivers for Robotron, Splat, Defender, Joust, Stargate, Bubbles, Blaster and Sinistar. Bubbles doesn't start, and Sinistar do weird things at startup. The other games work very well, though. For this version I provide a set of fonts that can be used to avoid jerkiness in williams games. If you use zipped roms remember to include them in the ZIP files.

- 0.23: Added williams.c driver, machine\williams.c, vidhrdw\williams.c and sndhrdw\williams.c. TODO: How does the blitter chip work? How often does the game generate interrupts? What is the value at 0xcb00? How do I display the fonts? Anybody have specs for the 6802/6808? Some sample sounds would be nice.

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Voting yes.
What a crazy game!