Snow Bros Technical data

General Information

Full Name: Snow Bros - Nick & Tom
MAME ROM set name: snowbros
Manufacturer: Toaplan
Licensed to: Romstar
Year: 1990
ROM Size: 800KB (280k after compresion)
Category: Platform
Players: 2 (simultaneous)
Coins Slots: 2
Tilt: Yes

Processor

Main cpu: MC68000 (16-bit; 8.000000MHz; not for sound)

Display System

Display Type: Raster
Arcade cabinet: Upright
Screen orientation : Horizontal
Resolution: 256 x 224
Refresh frequency: 57.500000Hz
Palette : 256 colors
Aspect Ratio : 4/3

Controls

Type: 8 ways Joystick
Buttons: 2 (throw-snow and jump)

Sound System

Sound cpu: Z80 (8-bit, 6.000000MHz)
Sound Hardware: YM3812 (3.00000MHz)
Channels: 1
Type: Amplified Mono

MAME Driver Emulation Details

Status: ok
Emulation: ok
Graphic: ok
Color: ok
Sound: ok
ROMs required:

Name	Size	CRC	SHA1	Region
sn5.bin	131072	ad310d3f	f39295b38d99087dbb9c5b00bf9cb963337a50e2	cpu1
sn6.bin	131072	4899ddcf	47d750d3022a80e47ffabe47566bb2556cc8d477	cpu1
sbros-4.29	32768	e6eab4e4	d08187d03b21192e188784cb840a37a7bdb5ad32	cpu2
sbros-1.41	524288	16f06b3a	c64d3b2d32f0f0fcf1d8c5f02f8589d59ddfd428	gfx1

Ports

Console: Nintendo Famicom (1991)
Console: Sega Mega Drive (1993)
Console: Nintendo Game Boy (????) includes 10 extra new levels.
PC: Amstrad CPC (1991)

Two comments

If you are a Snow Bros Arcade owner and want to comment on it or correct something, you are very welcome to do so in my Snow Bros Forum.

The picture is not from my cabin, if you are the owner of that machine and want a link or a name to appear here please email me. (I don't know who you are!)