Jackal (World) | 1986

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Developer: Konami
Controls/Input Device: Control(joy8way), Buttons(2)
Number of Players: 2
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Jackal (World) VGMuseum Game Endings
Jackal (World) on CAESAR
Jackal (World) high score and replay at MARP
Jackal (World) 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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Romset: 2016 kb / 8 files / 457.8 zip


Credits Mameinfo and Mametesters Project Robert J. Rabgno et al.

History.dat entry:
Jackal (c) 1986 Konami.

For more information about the game itself, please see the Japanese version entry, "Tokushu Butai Jackal [Model GX631]".

- TECHNICAL -

Main CPU: M6809 (@ 1.536000 Mhz), M6809 (@ 1.843200 Mhz)
Sound CPU: YM2151 (@ 3.479545 Mhz)

Players: 2
Control: 8-way Joystick, Rotary Joystick
Buttons: 2

Screen: 224 x 240 (V) @ 60 Hz
Colors: 768 Colors

- TRIVIA -

Jackal was released in October 1986.

This game is known in US as "Top Gunner" and in Japan as "Tokushu Butai Jackal" (translates from Japanese as 'Special Force Jackal').

- PORTS -

* Computers :
Commodore C64 [EU] (1987)
Sinclair ZX Spectrum [EU] (1987)
Amstrad CPC [EU] (1988)

- CONTRIBUTE -

Edit this entry: http://www.arcade-history.com/?&page=detail&id=1212&o=2


Licensed from Alexis Bousiges under a CC Attribution 3.0 License

cheat.dat entry:
00000000 1478 00000009 FFFFFFFF Infinite Lives PL1
00000000 0B06 00000001 FFFFFFFF Invincibility PL1
00000000 0AFD 00000004 FFFFFFFF Always Full Power Ups PL1
00000001 0AFC 00000008 FFFFFFFF Get 8 rescued prisoners PL1
60000000 0000 00000000 00000000
00000000 14B8 00000009 FFFFFFFF Infinite Lives PL2
00000000 0B7E 00000001 FFFFFFFF Invincibility PL2
00000000 0B75 00000004 FFFFFFFF Always Full Power Ups PL2
00000001 0B74 00000008 FFFFFFFF Get 8 rescued prisoners PL2

Credit Pugsy's MAME Cheat file

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