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Solvalou (SV1, Japan)

Game Information
manufacturer Namco
year 1991
genre Flying
downloads 82
Screenshots
solvalou title
solvalou snap
solvalou scores
solvalou bosses
solvalou ending
Download Details
split set solvalou.zip 3.11MiB
merged set solvalou.7z 2.47MiB
standalone set solvalou.7z 2.48MiB
device namcoc68.zip 1.68K
device namcoc67.zip 6.40K
device namcoc67.zip 6.40K
device namcoc67.zip 6.40K
device namcoc67.zip 6.40K
device namcoc67.zip 6.40K
Game Details

Arcade Video game published 33 years ago:

Solvalou (c) 1991 Namco.

A great sequel, with a first-person 3-D viewpoint.

You be once again the pilot of mighty combat aircraft 'Solvalou' this time under a first-person view, through the perspective of the pilot and armed with the classic weaponry the forward-firing gun for aerial targets, and the bombs to destroying ground-based targets.

Your pilot skills will be tested! destroy's all the air and ground enemies and dodge all his attacks, to reach the end and destroy the giant mothership 'Andor Genesis' to restore peace in the planet.

- TECHNICAL -

Namco System 21 hardware
Game ID : SV

Main CPU : (2x) Motorola 68000 (@ 12.288 Mhz), M6809 (@ 3.072 Mhz), HD63705 (@ 2.048 Mhz), (2x) TMS32025 (@ 24 Mhz)
Sound Chips : C140 (@ 32 Khz), YM2151 (@ 3.57958 Mhz)

Players : 1
Control : stick
Buttons : 4

- TRIVIA -

Solvalou was released in December 1991 in Japan.

Victor Entertainment released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Namco Video Game Graffiti Vol.8 - VICL-8074) on April 21, 1993.

- SERIES -

1. Xevious (1982, Arcade)
2. Super Xevious (1984, Arcade)
3. Super Xevious - Gump no Nazo [Model SX-4900] (1986, Arcade)
4. Xevious - Fardraut Saga (1988, MSX2)
4. Solvalou (1991, Arcade)
5. Xevious 3D/G (1995, Arcade)
6. Xevious Arrangement (1995, Arcade): part of "Namco Classics Collection Vol.1"
7. Xevious Resurrection (2010, PS3/PSN): part of "Namco Museum.com"

- STAFF -

Music composition by : Hiroyuki Kawada

- PORTS -

* CONSOLES:
Driver Details
source namco/namcos21_c67.cpp
driver status preliminary
emulation status preliminary
save states unsupported
graphics imperfect
channels 2
Screen Details
display screen
type raster
orientation horizontal
width 496
height 480
refresh rate 60.61hz
Input Details
player: 1
type stick
directions N/A
buttons 4way
Chipset Details
Motorola MC68000 12.29mhz
Motorola MC68000 12.29mhz
Motorola MC6809E 2.05mhz
Mitsubishi M37450 8.00mhz
Namco C67 (TMS320C25) 24.00mhz
Namco C67 (TMS320C25) 96.00mhz
Namco C67 (TMS320C25) 24.00mhz
Namco C67 (TMS320C25) 24.00mhz
Namco C67 (TMS320C25) 24.00mhz
Speaker present
Speaker present
Namco C140 21.33khz
YM2151 OPM 3.58mhz
ROM Details
name size crc
sv1-mp-u.bin 128.00KiB b6f92762
sv1-mp-l.bin 128.00KiB 28c54c42
sv1-sp-u.bin 128.00KiB ebd4bf82
sv1-sp-l.bin 128.00KiB 7acab679
sv1-snd0.bin 128.00KiB 5e007864
sv1-obj0.bin 512.00KiB 773798bb
sv1-obj1.bin 512.00KiB a36d9e79
sv1-obj2.bin 512.00KiB c8672b8a
sv1-obj3.bin 512.00KiB 293ef1c5
sv1-obj4.bin 512.00KiB 33a008a7
sv1-obj5.bin 512.00KiB 31551245
sv1-obj6.bin 512.00KiB fe319530
sv1-obj7.bin 512.00KiB 95ed6dcb
sv1-data-u.bin 512.00KiB 2e561996
sv1-data-l.bin 512.00KiB 495fb8dd
sv1-pt0-h.bin 512.00KiB 3be21115
sv1-pt0-u.bin 512.00KiB 4aacfc42
sv1-pt0-l.bin 512.00KiB 6a4dddff
sv1-voi0.bin 512.00KiB 7f61bbcf
sv1-voi1.bin 512.00KiB c732e66c
sv1-voi2.bin 512.00KiB 51076298
sv1-voi3.bin 512.00KiB 33085ff3