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V-Five (Japan)

Game Information
manufacturer Toaplan
year 1993
clone of grindstm
other clones grindstma vfive
genre N/A
downloads 9
Screenshots
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Download Details
split set vfive.zip 149.55k
parent set grindstm.zip 1.06m
standalone set vfive.7z 891.31k
Game Details
Arcade Video game published 32 years ago:

V-Five (c) 1993 Toaplan.

A vertically scrolling shoot 'em up from Toaplan.

- TECHNICAL -

Game ID : TP-027

Main CPU : Motorola 68000 (@ 10 Mhz)
Sound Chips : Yamaha YM2151 (@ 3.375 Mhz)

Players : 2
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 2

- TRIVIA -

Released in December 1992 in Japan.

This game is known outside Japan as "Grind Stormer".

This would be Ikeda Tsunemoto's first game at Toaplan. He went on to become a founding member of Cave, where he still works as a lead programmer. It is due to him that the phenomenon of the 'Danmaku'; the huge walls of bullets seen in "Donpachi" etc., came about.

- TIPS AND TRICKS -

* Hidden Functions: If the 'Invulnerability dip switch' is enabled, you are invulnerable but you may also 'Pause' the game with P2 Start and restart with P1 Start.

* Bomber Mode: Input code Right, Left, Button2, Left, Down, Button1, Up, Left on title screen after inserted a credit. Displayed 'BOMBER. Ver' and the game system is changed to "Grind Stormer"'s one.

- STAFF -

Director : Kenichi Takano
Programmers : Sigue Hayasato, Tsuneki Ikeda
Graphic designers : Y. Naora, Mikio Yamaguchi
Sound director : Masahiro Yuge
Presented by Toaplan.

- PORTS -

* CONSOLES:
[JP] Sega Mega Drive (1994) "V-Five [Model T-48173]"

- CONTRIBUTE -

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Driver Details
source toaplan/vfive.cpp
status good
emulation good
savestate supported
Screen Details
display screen
type raster
orientation horizontal
width 320px
height 240px
refresh 59.64mhz
Input Details
player 1
type joy
buttons 2
directions 8
player 2
type joy
buttons 2
directions 8
Chipset Details
name Motorola MC68000
clock 9.54mhz
name NEC V25
clock 9.54mhz
name Speaker
clock N/A
name YM2151 OPM
clock 3.22mhz
ROM Details
name size crc
tp027_01.bin 512.00k 731d50f4
tp027_02.bin 1.00m 877b45e8
tp027_03.bin 1.00m b1fc6362