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The Combatribes (Japan, rev 2)

Game Information
manufacturer Technos Japan
year 1990
Clone of ctribe
genre Beat-'Em-Up
downloads 45
Screenshots
ctribej title
ctribej snap
ctribej select
ctribej gameover
ctribej bosses
Download Details
split set ctribej.zip 213.85KiB
parent set ctribe.zip 1.71MiB
merged set ctribe.7z 1.55MiB
standalone set ctribej.7z 1.40MiB
Game Details

Arcade Video game published 34 years ago:

The Combatribes (c) 1990 Technos.

Three player simultaneous melee battle in which larger-than-life fighters battle against rival gang members. As well as being able to pick up objects such as motorcycles etc. and throw them at the enemies, players also have a number of interesting fighting moves that can be unleashed upon their opponents. These include picking up unconscious enemies and hitting OTHER enemies with them, as well as banging two enemies' heads together and smashing recumbent enemies' heads into the ground to finish them off.

- TECHNICAL -

Game ID : TA-0028

Main CPU : Motorola 68000 (@ 12 Mhz)
Sound CPU : Zilog Z80 (@ 3.579545 Mhz)
Sound Chips : Yamaha YM2151 (@ 3.579545 Mhz), OKI6295 (@ 8.5 Khz)

Players : 3
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 2
=> Attack, Jump

- TRIVIA -

Released in June 1990.

One of the clown thugs in level 2 were inspired by the Joker character from the 1989 Batman film.

In Act 3, an advertisement for "Block Out" appears on the two sets of TV screens.

Pony Canyon / Scitron released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Double Dragon 3, The Combatribes - PCCB-00065) on 21/06/1991.

- UPDATES -

The US version is slightly different, it has the 'Winners Don't Use Drugs' screen.

- STAFF -

Software : Naritaka Nishimura, T. Saito, I. Kanakubo
Hardware : Kenji Nishikawa
Character designers : Koji Ogata, H. Shibata, T. Ando, T. Ohshumi
BG designers : Shinichi Saito, Masamichi Katagiri, Takehisa Izumiyama, Hideaki Sakamoto
Musics : Kazunaka Yamane
Sound effects : K. Mori
Music software : Michiya Hirasawa
Directed by : A. Tanimoto, Noriyuki Tomiyama

- PORTS -

* CONSOLES:
[JP] Nintendo Super Famicom (dec.23, 1992) "The Combatribes [Model SHVC-CR]"
[US] Nintendo Super NES (mar.??, 1993) "The Combatribes [Model SNS-CR]"
Driver Details
source technos/ddragon3.cpp
driver status good
emulation status good
save states supported
channels 2
Screen Details
display screen
type raster
orientation horizontal
width 320
height 240
refresh rate 57.44hz
Input Details
player: 1
type joy
directions 8way
buttons 3way
player: 2
type joy
directions 8way
buttons 3way
player: 3
type joy
directions 8way
buttons 3way
Chipset Details
Motorola MC68000 10.00mhz
Zilog Z80 3.58mhz
Speaker present
Speaker present
YM2151 OPM 3.58mhz
OKI MSM6295 ADPCM 1.06mhz
ROM Details
name size crc
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28j10-0.89 32.00KiB 4346de13
28j7-0.ic11 256.00KiB a8b773f1
28j6-0.ic13 256.00KiB 617530fc
28j5-0.ic12 256.00KiB cef0a821
28j4-0.ic14 256.00KiB b84fda09
28j3-0.ic77 512.00KiB 1ac2a461
28j14-0.60 64.00KiB 6869050a
28j2-0.ic78 512.00KiB 8c796707
28j13-0.61 64.00KiB 8b8addea
28j1-0.ic97 512.00KiB 1c9badbd
28j12-0.85 64.00KiB 422b041c
28j0-0.ic98 512.00KiB ba73c49e
28j11-0.86 64.00KiB 4a391c5b
28j9-0.ic83 128.00KiB f92a7f4a
28j8-0.ic82 128.00KiB 1a3a0b39
28.ic44 256.00B 964329ef