Finest Hour (Japan)| 1989 |
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Developer: Namco
Controls/Input Device: Control(joy8way), Buttons(3)
Number of Players: 2
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Developer: Namco
Controls/Input Device: Control(joy8way), Buttons(3)
Number of Players: 2
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SoundMix: Stereo
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Finest Hour (Japan) VGMuseum Game Endings
Finest Hour (Japan) on CAESAR
Finest Hour (Japan) high score and replay at MARP
Finest Hour (Japan) on datObase
URL: Rules:
URL: Hints:
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URL: Reviews:
Finest Hour (Japan) VGMuseum Game Endings
Finest Hour (Japan) on CAESAR
Finest Hour (Japan) high score and replay at MARP
Finest Hour (Japan) 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)
Other Emulators:
* FB Alpha
* JFF
* Raine
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Astro Warrior (Mega-Tech)
Mission 660
Rafflesia
S.R.D. Mission
Truxton / Tatsujin
Tatsujin (Tourvision PCE bootleg)
Truxton II / Tatsujin Oh
Blast Off
Blazing Lazers
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Omega Fighter
Super Star Soldier (Tourvision PCE bootleg)
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Vimana
Explosive Breaker
Final Star Force
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Fever SOS
Mars Matrix: Hyper Solid Shooting
Romset: 2016 kb / 8 files / 457.8 zip
Credits Mameinfo and Mametesters Project Robert J. Rabgno et al.
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)
Other Emulators:
* FB Alpha
* JFF
* Raine
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 / Tatsujin
Tatsujin (Tourvision PCE bootleg)
Truxton II / Tatsujin Oh
Blast Off
Blazing Lazers
GunHed (Tourvision PCE bootleg)
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: 2016 kb / 8 files / 457.8 zip
Credits Mameinfo and Mametesters Project Robert J. Rabgno et al.
History.dat entry:
Finest Hour (c) 1989 Namco.
Stomp through the enemy opposition in your very own assault mech! Equipped with a laser beam, Vernier jump-jets, auto-targeting, and automatic cooling system, this mech is a force to be reckoned with. Of course, the enemy doesn't know that yet, do they? Teach 'em a lesson in threat assessment!
- TECHNICAL -
Namco System 2 hardware
Game ID : FH
Main CPU : (2x) Motorola 68000 (@ 12.288 Mhz), M6809 (@ 3.072 Mhz), HD63705 (@ 2.048 Mhz)
Sound Chips : C140 (@ 21.39 Khz), YM2151 (@ 3.57958 Mhz)
Screen orientation : Horizontal
Video resolution : 288 x 224 pixels
Screen refresh : 60.61 Hz
Palette colors : 8192
Players : 2
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 3
- TRIVIA -
Released in September 1989.
Finest Hour is the first game from Namco where the hero is a robot.
Many of the stages' names seem to be named after songs by the rock band Rush - for example, 'Distant Early Warning' and 'Subdivisions'.
Victor Entertainment released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Finest Hour : Namco Game Sound Express Vol.3 - VICL-15004) on 21/09/1990.
- STAFF -
Produced by : S. Yokoyama
Development directed by : S. Okamoto
General agent : K. Matsuoka
Management by : S. Sakurai
Marketing investigated by : Toshio Natsui
Superviser of test play : Y. Seto
Directed & programmed by : K. Nikaido
Character designers : Y. Teshima, T. Kinoshita, K. Yanagihara, S. Sasaki
Graphic designers : N. Yanagisawa, H. Fukuda, Mitsuru Fukuoka (M. Fukuoka), Masato Nagashima
Development supported by : M. Kato
Music composed by : Katsurou Tajima
Logotype designed by : N. Abe
Lyrics translated by : R. Okamoto
Publicity poster arranged by : H. Kuwahara
Presidental advisor : E. Sato
Graphic utility distribution : A. Nagamatsu
Coordinate supported by : E. Saita, Y. Honda
- CONTRIBUTE -
Edit this entry: http://www.arcade-history.com/?&page=detail&id=848&o=2
Licensed from Alexis Bousiges under a CC Attribution 3.0 License
Finest Hour (c) 1989 Namco.
Stomp through the enemy opposition in your very own assault mech! Equipped with a laser beam, Vernier jump-jets, auto-targeting, and automatic cooling system, this mech is a force to be reckoned with. Of course, the enemy doesn't know that yet, do they? Teach 'em a lesson in threat assessment!
- TECHNICAL -
Namco System 2 hardware
Game ID : FH
Main CPU : (2x) Motorola 68000 (@ 12.288 Mhz), M6809 (@ 3.072 Mhz), HD63705 (@ 2.048 Mhz)
Sound Chips : C140 (@ 21.39 Khz), YM2151 (@ 3.57958 Mhz)
Screen orientation : Horizontal
Video resolution : 288 x 224 pixels
Screen refresh : 60.61 Hz
Palette colors : 8192
Players : 2
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 3
- TRIVIA -
Released in September 1989.
Finest Hour is the first game from Namco where the hero is a robot.
Many of the stages' names seem to be named after songs by the rock band Rush - for example, 'Distant Early Warning' and 'Subdivisions'.
Victor Entertainment released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Finest Hour : Namco Game Sound Express Vol.3 - VICL-15004) on 21/09/1990.
- STAFF -
Produced by : S. Yokoyama
Development directed by : S. Okamoto
General agent : K. Matsuoka
Management by : S. Sakurai
Marketing investigated by : Toshio Natsui
Superviser of test play : Y. Seto
Directed & programmed by : K. Nikaido
Character designers : Y. Teshima, T. Kinoshita, K. Yanagihara, S. Sasaki
Graphic designers : N. Yanagisawa, H. Fukuda, Mitsuru Fukuoka (M. Fukuoka), Masato Nagashima
Development supported by : M. Kato
Music composed by : Katsurou Tajima
Logotype designed by : N. Abe
Lyrics translated by : R. Okamoto
Publicity poster arranged by : H. Kuwahara
Presidental advisor : E. Sato
Graphic utility distribution : A. Nagamatsu
Coordinate supported by : E. Saita, Y. Honda
- CONTRIBUTE -
Edit this entry: http://www.arcade-history.com/?&page=detail&id=848&o=2
Licensed from Alexis Bousiges under a CC Attribution 3.0 License
cheat.dat entry:
00000000 10001F 00000099 FFFFFFFF Infinite Credits
00100000 40924A 00009999 FFFFFFFF Infinite Time
00100000 409480 00000000 FFFFFFFF Never Overheat
00000000 409482 000000FF FFFFFFFF Infinite Venier
00000020 107D25 000000EA FFFFFFFF Invincibility Character Flickers
00000000 1031A3 0000000F FFFFFFFF Display Time & Ladder Causes lots of sprite flicker
00010064 1031A3 00000000 FFFFFFFF Display Time & Ladder (2/3)
00010064 1031A1 00000000 FFFFFFFF Display Time & Ladder (3/3)
00001301 106AE1 00000007 FFFFFFFF Select Starting Round PL1
00010011 10001F 00000001 00000199 Select Starting Round PL1 (2/2) Force Range on credits to ensure a coin has been inserted to make cheat work cleanly
60000000 000000 00000000 00000000
00000000 10FE66 00000002 FFFFFFFF Sound Test Timer Stop Works for all Namco Sys 2
Credit Pugsy's MAME Cheat file
00000000 10001F 00000099 FFFFFFFF Infinite Credits
00100000 40924A 00009999 FFFFFFFF Infinite Time
00100000 409480 00000000 FFFFFFFF Never Overheat
00000000 409482 000000FF FFFFFFFF Infinite Venier
00000020 107D25 000000EA FFFFFFFF Invincibility Character Flickers
00000000 1031A3 0000000F FFFFFFFF Display Time & Ladder Causes lots of sprite flicker
00010064 1031A3 00000000 FFFFFFFF Display Time & Ladder (2/3)
00010064 1031A1 00000000 FFFFFFFF Display Time & Ladder (3/3)
00001301 106AE1 00000007 FFFFFFFF Select Starting Round PL1
00010011 10001F 00000001 00000199 Select Starting Round PL1 (2/2) Force Range on credits to ensure a coin has been inserted to make cheat work cleanly
60000000 000000 00000000 00000000
00000000 10FE66 00000002 FFFFFFFF Sound Test Timer Stop Works for all Namco Sys 2
Credit Pugsy's MAME Cheat file
