The Tin Star

The Tin Star (The definite article is important; this game does not contain robots or any character by the name of Tiny Johnson) is yet another action game set in the Wild West. Shoot bandits, varmints, etc. Remember: Move with the joystick, aim with the knob.

Original Title#

Text and code for an older title screen, back when it was called "Gun Fighter", is still in the game but is dummied out by a JP opcode. Put the following code in MAME's tinstar.xml cheat file to see the early title screen:

  <cheat desc="Old Title">
    <script state="run">
      <action>maincpu.mb@13D3=CD</action>
      <action>maincpu.mb@1595=C9</action>
      <action>maincpu.mw@19E2=0000</action>
      <action>maincpu.mb@19E4=00</action>
    </script>
    <script state="off">
      <action>maincpu.mb@13D3=C3</action>
      <action>maincpu.mb@1595=C8</action>
      <action>maincpu.mw@19E2=2BCD</action>
      <action>maincpu.mb@19E4=13</action>
    </script>
  </cheat>

Developer Credits#

This string is at the very end of the main CPU at 0x7FCB:

1983 COMPUTER SERVICE
PROGRAMMED BY T.I & H.F