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Reged: 11/25/11
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Posts: 54
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Loc: Tokyo, Japan, Asia, Earth, Solar System, Milky Way
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DU: Konami's Dive Bomber Squad Released & Emulated
06/08/16 07:23 AM
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I'm happy to announce the immediate release of Konami's Dive Bomber Squad (急降下爆撃隊 in Japan and planned to be GAIA in overseas regions) and the inclusion of it in the next release of MAME.
This is a monumental release of what is considered the most wanted prototype in Japan as it was featured in Gamest, displayed at various trade shows and includes a member of Treasure in its credits. The previous known prototype was actually confiscated by Konami mafia style from the last collector so this final remaining copy in our hands was the last chance to preserve this for posterity.
I personally put out $8300 USD to acquire this from a MAME unfriendly source and keep it from being hoarded. Thanks to the international effort from the community in donations, everyone can enjoy this piece of history.
I'd like to particular show gratitude to our truly international DU team who helped make this happen. Fellow DU member, Andy Welburn, of andys-arcade.com fame flew to Tokyo from the SF Bay Area to help with the extensive desolder work and the now retired Haze in the UK who figured out the uniquely convoluted hardware to make it playable. Crossing international borders, different people of different walks came together to make it happen. Looking forward to more international collaborations and I encourage Japanese collectors to work with us as these PCBs and their devices are at the end of life stage. There is no point to hoarding a game if it dies and there is no way to repair it.
That's it for this episode, I continue to fight the good fight in the land of the rising sun.
PS: The sound is really that primitive and HANGZO is coming soon.
Haze's Blog Post here:
http://mamedev.emulab.it/haze/2016/06/06/divebombersquad/
Video here:
https://youtu.be/lZjPIAXbM6I
Dumped: 3on3 DUNK MADNESS US, A.B. Cop JP, AIR INFERNO JP, AquaJack US, BATTLE SHARK Joystick, CRACKIN' DJ PART 2 JP, DOUBLE AXLE DX US, ENFORCE W, GP RIDER JP, GUN SURVIVOR 2 JP/W, GUNBUSTER US, GUNHARD, HANG PILOT US, Ikari III JP, JET WAVE JP, Last Survivor, MARS TV JP, MAZAN US, NINJA ASSAULT JP/W, OutRunners JP, Panic ROAD DE, PUNCH-OUT!! JP, Radirgy Ver. A, SPACE GUN JP/US, STARBLADE W, SUPER RANGER DE, SUZUKA 8 Hours 2 JP, TERRA FORCE JP, THUNDER ZONE JP, Western Express JP
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