Soul Calibur (SOC1/VER.A)| 1998 |
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Developer: Namco
Controls/Input Device: Control(joy8way), Buttons(3)
Number of Players: 4
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Developer: Namco
Controls/Input Device: Control(joy8way), Buttons(3)
Number of Players: 4
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Soul Calibur (SOC1/VER.A) VGMuseum Game Endings
Soul Calibur (SOC1/VER.A) on CAESAR
Soul Calibur (SOC1/VER.A) high score and replay at MARP
Soul Calibur (SOC1/VER.A) on datObase
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Soul Calibur (SOC1/VER.A) VGMuseum Game Endings
Soul Calibur (SOC1/VER.A) on CAESAR
Soul Calibur (SOC1/VER.A) high score and replay at MARP
Soul Calibur (SOC1/VER.A) 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
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.
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:
Soul Calibur (c) 1998 Namco, Limited.
The mystical sword of the legends, the "Soul Edge", ended up in the hands of the dreaded pirate Cervantes de Leon of Spain. For the next 25 years he stayed dormant on the remnants of a Spanish port town, taking the souls of those who reached him during their search of the sword. His reign of terror was soon to start, but through the joined efforts of Greek divine warrior Sophitia Alexandra and Japanese kunoichi Taki, he was stopped and killed, with one of the twin Soul Edge blades being shattered in the process. As it was about to tear itself apart, young Prussian knight Siegfried Schtauffen approached the port town and battled Cervantes, whose corpse had been momentarily reanimated through Soul Edge's will. After emerging victorious, Siegfried's attention turned unto the sword. The moment he took the hilt of the cursed blade, Soul Edge released a bright column of light into the sky. This was known as the "Evil Seed", bound to bring calamity and death in its wake.
Three years after those events, Soul Edge uses Siegfried as its host, and now Siegfried is Nightmare, a knight wearing azure armor and sporting a hideously deformed right arm. Europe plunges into a vortex of slaughters as he and his followers claim souls to strengthen the blade in its weakened state. Unknown to them, a group of warriors met on their journey to stop Soul Edge, and with them three sacred weapons join once again.
- TECHNICAL -
Namco System 12 Hardware
Game ID : SOC
Main CPU : PSX (@ 16.9344 Mhz), H8/3002 (@ 14.7456 Mhz)
Sound Chips : C352 (@ 14.7456 Mhz)
Players : 2
Control : 8-Way Joystick
Buttons : 4
=> Horizontal Slash, Vertical Slash, Kick, Guard
- TRIVIA -
Soul Calibur was released on July 30, 1998.
Soul Calibur adopted the 'Tekken-style' of character unlock, with a huge hidden roster that was unlocked by leaving the game on for months... It is common knowledge that you can tell the age of a modern Namco fighting game by counting characters, and this is one of only two arcade ones that you could measure still after a year (The other is "Tekken Tag Tournament").
The Soul Calibur of the title is used by Xianghua during her final battle. It replaces her sword right before the fight against Inferno.
Bandai Music Entertainment released Soul Calibur Original Soundtrack (APCG-9006) on October 21, 1999.
Michael Jackson (1958~2009) used to own this game. It was sold at the official Michael Jackson Auction on April 24th, 2009.
- UPDATES -
Unlike most games, the build date doesn't seem to be updated although the game was.
SOC11/VER.A1 :
* Japan release
* Build date : 18:59:50, July 30, 1998
SOC11/VER.A2
* Japan release
* Build date : 18:59:50, July 30, 1998
SOC11/VER.B
* Japan release
* Build date : 18:59:50, July 30 ,1998
SOC11/VER.C :
* Japan release
* Build date : 18:59:50, July 30, 1998
SOC13/VER.B
* US release
* Build date : 18:59:50, July 30, 1998
SOC13/VER.C :
* US release
* Build date : 18:59:50, July 30, 1998
SOC14/VER.B :
* World release
* Build date : 18:59:50, July 30, 1998
SOC14/VER.C :
* World release
* Build date : 18:59:50, July 30, 1998
* Mitsurugi was renamed and redesigned, becoming a character named Arthur.
- TIPS AND TRICKS -
* Play as Unknown Soul : With Edge Master unlocked, pick any character and press Start.
- SERIES -
1. Soul Edge (1995, Arcade)
2. Soul Edge Ver. II (1996, Arcade)
3. Soul Calibur (199, Arcade)
4. Soul Calibur II (2003, Arcade)
5. Soul Calibur III Arcade Edition (2005, Arcade)
6. Soul Calibur Legends (2007, Wii)
7. Soul Calibur IV (2008, PS3, X360)
8. Soul Calibur V (2012, PS3, X360)
- STAFF -
Composers : Junichi Nakatsuru, Yoshihito Yano, Akitaka Tohyama, Takanori Otsuka, Hideki Tobeta
Cabinet Graphic Design: Don Marshall
- PORTS -
* Consoles :
Sega Dreamcast (1999)
Microsoft XBOX 360 (2008, "Xbox Live Arcade")
* Others :
Google Play (2013)
- CONTRIBUTE -
Edit this entry: http://www.arcade-history.com/?&page=detail&id=2509&o=2
Licensed from Alexis Bousiges under a CC Attribution 3.0 License
Soul Calibur (c) 1998 Namco, Limited.
The mystical sword of the legends, the "Soul Edge", ended up in the hands of the dreaded pirate Cervantes de Leon of Spain. For the next 25 years he stayed dormant on the remnants of a Spanish port town, taking the souls of those who reached him during their search of the sword. His reign of terror was soon to start, but through the joined efforts of Greek divine warrior Sophitia Alexandra and Japanese kunoichi Taki, he was stopped and killed, with one of the twin Soul Edge blades being shattered in the process. As it was about to tear itself apart, young Prussian knight Siegfried Schtauffen approached the port town and battled Cervantes, whose corpse had been momentarily reanimated through Soul Edge's will. After emerging victorious, Siegfried's attention turned unto the sword. The moment he took the hilt of the cursed blade, Soul Edge released a bright column of light into the sky. This was known as the "Evil Seed", bound to bring calamity and death in its wake.
Three years after those events, Soul Edge uses Siegfried as its host, and now Siegfried is Nightmare, a knight wearing azure armor and sporting a hideously deformed right arm. Europe plunges into a vortex of slaughters as he and his followers claim souls to strengthen the blade in its weakened state. Unknown to them, a group of warriors met on their journey to stop Soul Edge, and with them three sacred weapons join once again.
- TECHNICAL -
Namco System 12 Hardware
Game ID : SOC
Main CPU : PSX (@ 16.9344 Mhz), H8/3002 (@ 14.7456 Mhz)
Sound Chips : C352 (@ 14.7456 Mhz)
Players : 2
Control : 8-Way Joystick
Buttons : 4
=> Horizontal Slash, Vertical Slash, Kick, Guard
- TRIVIA -
Soul Calibur was released on July 30, 1998.
Soul Calibur adopted the 'Tekken-style' of character unlock, with a huge hidden roster that was unlocked by leaving the game on for months... It is common knowledge that you can tell the age of a modern Namco fighting game by counting characters, and this is one of only two arcade ones that you could measure still after a year (The other is "Tekken Tag Tournament").
The Soul Calibur of the title is used by Xianghua during her final battle. It replaces her sword right before the fight against Inferno.
Bandai Music Entertainment released Soul Calibur Original Soundtrack (APCG-9006) on October 21, 1999.
Michael Jackson (1958~2009) used to own this game. It was sold at the official Michael Jackson Auction on April 24th, 2009.
- UPDATES -
Unlike most games, the build date doesn't seem to be updated although the game was.
SOC11/VER.A1 :
* Japan release
* Build date : 18:59:50, July 30, 1998
SOC11/VER.A2
* Japan release
* Build date : 18:59:50, July 30, 1998
SOC11/VER.B
* Japan release
* Build date : 18:59:50, July 30 ,1998
SOC11/VER.C :
* Japan release
* Build date : 18:59:50, July 30, 1998
SOC13/VER.B
* US release
* Build date : 18:59:50, July 30, 1998
SOC13/VER.C :
* US release
* Build date : 18:59:50, July 30, 1998
SOC14/VER.B :
* World release
* Build date : 18:59:50, July 30, 1998
SOC14/VER.C :
* World release
* Build date : 18:59:50, July 30, 1998
* Mitsurugi was renamed and redesigned, becoming a character named Arthur.
- TIPS AND TRICKS -
* Play as Unknown Soul : With Edge Master unlocked, pick any character and press Start.
- SERIES -
1. Soul Edge (1995, Arcade)
2. Soul Edge Ver. II (1996, Arcade)
3. Soul Calibur (199, Arcade)
4. Soul Calibur II (2003, Arcade)
5. Soul Calibur III Arcade Edition (2005, Arcade)
6. Soul Calibur Legends (2007, Wii)
7. Soul Calibur IV (2008, PS3, X360)
8. Soul Calibur V (2012, PS3, X360)
- STAFF -
Composers : Junichi Nakatsuru, Yoshihito Yano, Akitaka Tohyama, Takanori Otsuka, Hideki Tobeta
Cabinet Graphic Design: Don Marshall
- PORTS -
* Consoles :
Sega Dreamcast (1999)
Microsoft XBOX 360 (2008, "Xbox Live Arcade")
* Others :
Google Play (2013)
- CONTRIBUTE -
Edit this entry: http://www.arcade-history.com/?&page=detail&id=2509&o=2
Licensed from Alexis Bousiges under a CC Attribution 3.0 License
cheat.dat entry:
00300000 803D09A8 FFFFFFFF FFFFFFFF Unlock All Characters To make this permeneant, use the "All Clear" option in "Data Clear"
00310000 803D09AC FFFFFFFF FFFFFFFF Unlock All Characters (2/3)
00310000 803D09B0 FFFFFFFF FFFFFFFF Unlock All Characters (3/3)
Credit Pugsy's MAME Cheat file
00300000 803D09A8 FFFFFFFF FFFFFFFF Unlock All Characters To make this permeneant, use the "All Clear" option in "Data Clear"
00310000 803D09AC FFFFFFFF FFFFFFFF Unlock All Characters (2/3)
00310000 803D09B0 FFFFFFFF FFFFFFFF Unlock All Characters (3/3)
Credit Pugsy's MAME Cheat file
