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DrumMania (GQ881 VER. JAD)

Game Information
manufacturer Konami
year 1999
Clone of pcnfrk
genre Rhythm
downloads 39
Screenshots
drmn title
drmn snap
drmn scores
Download Details
split set drmn.zip 183.00B
parent set pcnfrk.zip 4.53KiB
merged set pcnfrk.7z 1.10KiB
standalone set drmn.7z 82.61KiB
chd 881xxb02.chd 426.80M
Game Details

Arcade Video game published 25 years ago:

DrumMania (c) 1999 Konami Company, Limited.

DrumMania is a game where colored notes travel down the screen which correspond with color coded parts of an electronic drum set. The player must hit the drum parts when the notes reach the bottom of the screen in order to fill in missing drum parts from a song.

- TECHNICAL -

GAME ID: GQ881

Konami Bemani System 573 Digital Hardware

Main CPU : R3000A 32 bit RISC processor, Clock - 33.8688MHz, Operating performance - 30 MIPS, Instruction Cache - 4KB
BUS : 132 MB/sec.
OS ROM : 512 Kilobytes
Additional Sound Chips : Playstation SPU, 24 Channels, 44.1KHz sample rate, PCM audio source, Digital effects include: Envelope, Looping, Digital Reverb, Load up to 512K of sampled waveforms, Supports MIDI Instruments.
Main RAM: 2 Megabytes
Video RAM: 2 Megabyte
Sound RAM : 512 Kilobytes
Graphical Processor : 360,000 polygons/sec, Sprite/BG drawing, Adjustable frame buffer, No line restriction, 4,000 8x8 pixel sprites with individual scaling and rotation, Simultaneous backgrounds (Parallax scrolling)
Sprite Effects : Rotation, Scaling up/down, Warping, Transparency, Fading, Priority, Vertical and horizontal line scroll
Resolution : 256x224 - 740x480
Colours : 16.7 million colors, Unlimited CLUTs (Color Look-Up Tables)
Other Features : custom geometry engine, custom polygon engine, MJPEG decoder

- TRIVIA -

Released in July 1999 in Japan.

Export releases: "Percussion Freaks".

Konami Music Entertainment released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (DrumMania Original Soundtracks - KMCA-18) on 06/08/1999.

- TIPS AND TRICKS -

* Speed mode : hit |High Hat| |Snare| |High Hat| |High Hat| |Snare| |High Hat| |Bass| at the mode selection screen.

* Hidden mode : hit |High Tom| |Low Tom| |High Tom| |Low Tom| |High Tom| |Bass| at the mode selection screen.

* Mirror mode : hit |Snare| |Snare| |High Tom| |Low Tom| |High Tom| |Bass| at the mode selection screen.

* Expert Real difficulty : hit |High Hat| |High Hat| |Snare| |Snare| |High Tom| |Low Tom| |High Tom| |Low Tom| |Bass| |Bass| at the mode selection screen. Press Right at the Real difficulty setting.

- SERIES -

1. DrumMania (1999)
2. DrumMania 2ndMIX (2000)
3. DrumMania 3rdMIX (2000)
4. DrumMania 4thMIX (2001)
5. DrumMania 5thMIX (2001)
6. DrumMania 6thMIX (2002)
7. DrumMania 7thMIX (2002)
8. DrumMania 8thMIX (2003)
9. DrumMania 9thMIX (2003)
10. DrumMania 10thMIX (2004)
11. DrumMania Kids Planet (2004)
12. DrumMania V (2005)
13. DrumMania V2 (2005)
14. DrumMania V3 (2006)
15. DrumMania V4 Rock×Rock (2007)
16. DrumMania V5 Rock to Infinity (2008)
17. DrumMania V6 Blazing!!!! (2009)
18. DrumMania XG (2010)
19. DrumMania V7 (2010)
20. DrumMania XG2 Groove to Live (2011)
21. DrumMania V8 (2011)
22. DrumMania XG3 (2012)
Driver Details
source konami/ksys573.cpp
driver status preliminary
emulation status preliminary
save states unsupported
graphics imperfect
sound imperfect
channels 2
Screen Details
display screen
type raster
orientation horizontal
width 640
height 480
refresh rate 60.00hz
Input Details
player: 1
type joy
directions 2way
buttons 6way
Chipset Details
Sony CXD8530CQ 67.74mhz
CD/DA 44.10khz
Speaker present
Speaker present
PlayStation SPU 33.87mhz
ROM Details
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700b01.22g 512.00KiB 6cf852af
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h8a01.bin 64.00B 131e0359
h8b01.bin 64.00B 508b057d
hd6473644h.18e 32.00KiB nodump
gq881ja.u1 548.00B ff3a2868
gq881ja.31h 2.00MiB a5b86ece
gq881ja.27h 2.00MiB fc0b94c1
gq881ja.22h 8.00KiB e834d5ec