Kaiser Knuckle (Ver 2.1J 1994/07/29)
A one-on-one fighting game featuring nine selectable characters and three end bosses, controlled with a single joystick and six buttons. In addition to the usual kicks and punches, each character also has a number of special moves, that can be utilized via complex joystick and button combinations. In the one player game, players can chose their first opponent, with subsequent opponents chosen randomly by the game.
Unusually for a game of this type, Kaiser Knuckle features blood; something that had hitherto only been associated with Midway's "Mortal Kombat" series. The blood option can be switched off in the game's dip settings.
Kaiser Knuckle was Taito's answer to the Capcom and SNK fighting games that were dominating the arcade scene in the early 90's, and while playable enough in its own right, and featuring, as it does, colourful graphics and highly animated backdrops, Taito's offering couldn't compete with the "Street Fighters" of the world, either on commercial or gameplay terms.
Unusually for a game of this type, Kaiser Knuckle features blood; something that had hitherto only been associated with Midway's "Mortal Kombat" series. The blood option can be switched off in the game's dip settings.
Kaiser Knuckle was Taito's answer to the Capcom and SNK fighting games that were dominating the arcade scene in the early 90's, and while playable enough in its own right, and featuring, as it does, colourful graphics and highly animated backdrops, Taito's offering couldn't compete with the "Street Fighters" of the world, either on commercial or gameplay terms.
Kaiser Knuckle (Ver 2.1J 1994/07/29)
Télécharger Kaiser Knuckle (Ver 2.1J 1994/07/29)
Contents of the ROM :
Technical
CPU
- maincpu 68EC020 (@ 16 Mhz)
- audiocpu 68000 (@ 15 Mhz)
Chipset
- ES5505 (@ 15 Mhz)
Display
- Orientation Yoko
- Resolution 255 x 224
- Frequency 58.97 Hz
Controlers
- Number of players 2
- Number of buttons 6
- Kind of controler
- joy (8 ways)
- joy (8 ways)
Kaiser Knuckle (Ver 2.1J 1994/07/29) Screenshots
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Kaiser Knuckle (Ver 2.1J 1994/07/29) and M.A.M.E.
0.37b11 [Bryan McPhail]
Artwork available
Bugs:
- When the "Best Players" list is displayed in attract mode, there is nothing listed. Firebrand (ID 00899)
- Clone gblchmp: Music dont play in battle. Other sets are OK. Tiago (ID 00897)
- [possible] The color of characters' shadows are wrong (they are green). Smitdogg (ID 01172)
WIP:
- 0.133u1: Renamed (kaiserkj) to (kaiserknj).
- 0.126u1: Nicola Salmoria fixed P1/2 button 4 mapped twice. Fixed messed up character palette when thrown by Azteca's medium punch.
- 0.105u1: Changed description of 'Kaiser Knuckle (World)' to 'Kaiser Knuckle (Ver 2.1O 1994/07/29)' and clones 'Kaiser Knuckle (Japan)' to 'Kaiser Knuckle (Ver 2.1J 1994/07/29)', 'Global Champion (US)' to 'Global Champion (Ver 2.1A 1994/07/29)' and 'Dan-Ku-Ga (Prototype)' to 'Dan-Ku-Ga (Ver 0.0J 1994/12/13) (Prototype)'.
- 0.61: Fixed sound1 roms addresses.
- 0.57: Added gfx1 roms ($c00000, c00001, 1980000) and sound1 rom ($e00000). Changed description of clone 'Dan-Ku-Ga (Japan)' to '(Prototype)'.
- 0.37b16: Changed input to 2 players.
- 0.37b12: Added 3rd and 4th player.
- 0.37b11: Bryan McPhail added Kaiser Knuckle (World) (Taito 1994) and clones (Japan), Global Champion (US) and Dan-Ku-Ga (Japan).
- 16th January 2001: Bryan McPhail fixed some memory corrupting bugs in the Taito F3 driver and added clone Dan-Ku-Ga.
- 15th January 2001: Bryan McPhail finally submitted his Taito F3 driver, which is not graphically perfect and crashes hard sometimes but has complete ES5505 sound emulation thanks to Aaron Giles, Ian Schmidt and R. Belmont. Not all games are working due to 68020 core bugs, but these are: Ring Rage, Arabian Magic, Riding Fight, Grid Seeker: Project Stormhammer, Gunlock / Rayforce, Super Cup Finals / Hat Trick Hero '93, Top Ranking Stars, Light Bringer, Kaiser Knuckle / Global Champion, Bubble Bobble 2 / Bubble Symphony, Space Invaders DX, Taito Power Goal / Hat Trick Hero '95, Quiz Theater - 3tsu no Monogatari, Akkanvader, Moriguchi Hiroko no Quiz de Hyuu!Hyuu!, Puzzle Bobble 2 / Bust-A-Move Again, Puzzle Bobble 2X, Kyukyoku Tiger 2, Bubble Memories, Cleopatra Fortune, Puzzle Bobble 3, Arkanoid Returns, Kirameki Star Road, Puchi Carat and Pop 'N Pop.
LEVELS: 12
Other Emulators:
* Raine
Romset: 36864 kb / 27 files / 12.0 zip
Artwork available
Bugs:
- When the "Best Players" list is displayed in attract mode, there is nothing listed. Firebrand (ID 00899)
- Clone gblchmp: Music dont play in battle. Other sets are OK. Tiago (ID 00897)
- [possible] The color of characters' shadows are wrong (they are green). Smitdogg (ID 01172)
WIP:
- 0.133u1: Renamed (kaiserkj) to (kaiserknj).
- 0.126u1: Nicola Salmoria fixed P1/2 button 4 mapped twice. Fixed messed up character palette when thrown by Azteca's medium punch.
- 0.105u1: Changed description of 'Kaiser Knuckle (World)' to 'Kaiser Knuckle (Ver 2.1O 1994/07/29)' and clones 'Kaiser Knuckle (Japan)' to 'Kaiser Knuckle (Ver 2.1J 1994/07/29)', 'Global Champion (US)' to 'Global Champion (Ver 2.1A 1994/07/29)' and 'Dan-Ku-Ga (Prototype)' to 'Dan-Ku-Ga (Ver 0.0J 1994/12/13) (Prototype)'.
- 0.61: Fixed sound1 roms addresses.
- 0.57: Added gfx1 roms ($c00000, c00001, 1980000) and sound1 rom ($e00000). Changed description of clone 'Dan-Ku-Ga (Japan)' to '(Prototype)'.
- 0.37b16: Changed input to 2 players.
- 0.37b12: Added 3rd and 4th player.
- 0.37b11: Bryan McPhail added Kaiser Knuckle (World) (Taito 1994) and clones (Japan), Global Champion (US) and Dan-Ku-Ga (Japan).
- 16th January 2001: Bryan McPhail fixed some memory corrupting bugs in the Taito F3 driver and added clone Dan-Ku-Ga.
- 15th January 2001: Bryan McPhail finally submitted his Taito F3 driver, which is not graphically perfect and crashes hard sometimes but has complete ES5505 sound emulation thanks to Aaron Giles, Ian Schmidt and R. Belmont. Not all games are working due to 68020 core bugs, but these are: Ring Rage, Arabian Magic, Riding Fight, Grid Seeker: Project Stormhammer, Gunlock / Rayforce, Super Cup Finals / Hat Trick Hero '93, Top Ranking Stars, Light Bringer, Kaiser Knuckle / Global Champion, Bubble Bobble 2 / Bubble Symphony, Space Invaders DX, Taito Power Goal / Hat Trick Hero '95, Quiz Theater - 3tsu no Monogatari, Akkanvader, Moriguchi Hiroko no Quiz de Hyuu!Hyuu!, Puzzle Bobble 2 / Bust-A-Move Again, Puzzle Bobble 2X, Kyukyoku Tiger 2, Bubble Memories, Cleopatra Fortune, Puzzle Bobble 3, Arkanoid Returns, Kirameki Star Road, Puchi Carat and Pop 'N Pop.
LEVELS: 12
Other Emulators:
* Raine
Romset: 36864 kb / 27 files / 12.0 zip
