Mermaid | 1982

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Developer: [Sanritsu] Rock-ola
Controls/Input Device: Control(joy8way), Buttons(1)
Number of Players: 2
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Mermaid VGMuseum Game Endings
Mermaid on CAESAR
Mermaid high score and replay at MARP
Mermaid 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)


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* 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:
Mermaid (c) 1982 Rock-ola.

A windsurfing sport game.

- TECHNICAL -

Main CPU: Zilog Z80 (@ 4 Mhz)
Sound Chips: (2x) General Instrument AY8910 (@ 1.5 Mhz)

Players: 2
Control: 8-way joystick
Buttons: 1

- TRIVIA -

Mermaid was released in April 1982.

This game is also known as "Yachtsman".

- STAFF -

Developed by: Sanritsu

- CONTRIBUTE -

Edit this entry: http://www.arcade-history.com/?&page=detail&id=1608&o=2


Licensed from Alexis Bousiges under a CC Attribution 3.0 License

cheat.dat entry:
00000000 C005 00000063 FFFFFFFF Infinite Credits
00000000 C261 00000009 FFFFFFFF Infinite Lives
20900000 400B 00004021 FFFFFFFF Invincibility
20910000 4011 00004021 FFFFFFFF Invincibility (2/7) 1st & 2nd = Avoid sudden death bug
20A10000 4183 0041AFC3 FFFFFFFF Invincibility (3/7) Flag
20910000 420B 0000435B FFFFFFFF Invincibility (4/7) Little Wave
20910000 4210 0000435B FFFFFFFF Invincibility (5/7) Big Wave
20A10000 4561 0041AFC3 FFFFFFFF Invincibility (6/7) Object 1
20A10000 48A2 0041AFC3 FFFFFFFF Invincibility (7/7) Object 2
20900000 400B 00004021 FFFFFFFF Avoid Sudden Death Bug Enables you to pass several points where sudden death can occur
20910000 4011 00004021 FFFFFFFF Avoid Sudden Death Bug (2/2)

Credit Pugsy's MAME Cheat file

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