Solar Wars (Sonic)

Partial
Completion6%

Sonic (Spain)1986sonic-spain.solar-wars-sonic.1986 Updated 2026-08-30

sonic-spain/solar-wars-sonic-1986.mdsonic-spain/solar-wars-sonic-1986.json

Wire it up

what an authoring tool needs first
Bind this ROM
solarwar

1 ROM set resolve to this machine. Clones share the definition unless a hardware difference is listed.

Controller platform
Not determined
Displays

No display inventory recorded yet.

Address space
Switches
1–37 (26)

Coverage

Partial

Real evidence exists, but authoring requirements are still missing or in conflict. Verify before shipping a table.

Completion6%

Progress is derived from the fixed author-readiness requirements. It helps rank unfinished work, but only a 100% author-ready definition passes the publication gate.

Catalog Identity
validated
Address Enumeration
unknown
Semantic Naming
unknown
Physical Wiring
unknown
Mechanisms
unknown
Variant Coverage
candidate
Recreation Knowledge
unknown
Still missing · 15
IdentityDriver MappingController PlatformInput EnumerationInput SemanticsOutput EnumerationOutput SemanticsDisplay InventoryMechanism InventoryMechanism BehaviorPolarityVariant DifferencesRecreation NotesProvenanceSpatial Placement

Switches

The addresses PinMAME reports as closed. Numbers are the public API values, not matrix hardware pins.

26 addresses

Switch map

Sequential addresses, grouped in columns of eight.

used unused
 
+0
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
+6
+7
1–8
9–16
17–24
25–32
33–40
Hover or tap an address to identify it.
26 shown
# Name Device ID Evidence
1
Left Sling Shot
switch.left-sling-shot candidate
2
Right Sling Shot
switch.right-sling-shot candidate
3
Bumper1
switch.bumper1 candidate
4
Bumper2
switch.bumper2 candidate
5
Bumper3
switch.bumper3 candidate
6
Sw6
switch.sw6 candidate
7
Sw7
switch.sw7 candidate
8
Sw8
switch.sw8 candidate
9
Sw9
switch.sw9 candidate
12
Sw12
switch.sw12 candidate
13
Sw13
switch.sw13 candidate
14
Sw14
switch.sw14 candidate
15
Sw15
switch.sw15 candidate
16
Rlband008
switch.rlband008 candidate
17
Sw17
switch.sw17 candidate
18
Rlband007
switch.rlband007 candidate
19
Sw19
switch.sw19 candidate
22
Sw22
switch.sw22 candidate
23
Rlband005
switch.rlband005 candidate
24
Rlband009
switch.rlband009 candidate
25
Sw25
switch.sw25 candidate
26
Sw26
switch.sw26 candidate
27
Sw27
switch.sw27 candidate
35
Rlband004
switch.rlband004 candidate
36
Sw36
switch.sw36 candidate
37
Sw37
switch.sw37 candidate

Recreation notes

Working knowledge that has no schema field yet — edition differences, tuning values, pitfalls.

Coverage: partial - machine identity plus candidate-only I/O attachments. Playfield devices, wiring, mechanisms, and behavior are evidenced only as unverified candidates.

This record was promoted from the generated catalog stub stub.pinmame.solarwar by the catalog-wide identity pass of 2026-08-29. The promotion resolves machine identity and carries the catalog's residual driver grouping over unchanged, the platform and device attachments below were added by the 2026-08-29/30 candidate passes and assert nothing beyond candidate provenance. Every requirement in the definition's coverage.missing is genuinely outstanding.

Identity

  • PinMAME catalog: root driver solarwar, description "Solar Wars (Sonic)", manufacturer "Sonic (Spain)", catalog year "1986".
  • No OPDB record is mapped for this driver in machines/opdb_id.csv, so the name above comes from the PinMAME catalog alone and is unverified.
  • The definition's driver list is exactly the clone tree PinMAME declares under solarwar; whether every listed driver really runs on this physical machine is unverified.

Drivers this record holds

  • solarwar (1986, Sonic (Spain)).

VPX script candidates (candidate)

  • 1 retained community table script(s) declare this machine's driver; their extracted switch/lamp/solenoid/GI candidates are carried as 26 candidate devices. When curator work weighs sources, a retained script outranks emulator-derived candidates for runtime semantics, but every device here is still a candidate until a known-working table is verified against this exact physical machine.

What a curator must establish next

Controller platform from the pinned PinMAME driver source; full input, output, and display enumeration with semantic names; physical wiring and polarity; mechanism inventory and behavior; variant differences across the clone tree; recreation knowledge from a manual, schematic, or known-working table; runtime provenance; and a normalized spatial placement for every physical device. No manual, schematic, or runtime-harness evidence is retained for this machine yet; the candidate sections above are the only retained I/O evidence so far.

ROM sets

Every driver that resolves to this physical machine.

ROM set Description Year Parent Hardware
solarwarSolar Wars (Sonic) 1986——

Parent set: solarwar — clones share this definition unless a hardware difference is noted.

Evidence

Every claim above traces to one of these. When they disagree: a known-working VPX script wins on controller addresses and causality, the manual wins on wiring and construction, pinned PinMAME wins on emulator routing and display layout.

  • PinMAME catalog

    BSD-3-Clause

    pinmame.catalog.8371478a7640

    PinmameGetGames

    8371478a7640
    by
    PinMAME contributors
    rev
    8371478a7640

  • VPX script

    vpx-script.6f737e83f681e65a

    vpxtable-scripts: Solar Wars (Sonic 1986) v600.vbs

    0c036bb61b4b
    by
    Authors credited in Solar Wars (Sonic 1986) v600.vbs and repository contributors
    rev
    0c036bb61b4b
    sha256
    6f737e83f681…

Something wrong or missing?

This definition still has 15 unmet requirements, listed under Missing data below. Fixes belong in the definition itself — editing on GitHub forks it for you and opens the pull request.

Cite a source for anything you change — a manual page, a line in a working VPX script, PinMAME source, or a reading from the machine's own service menu. Claims without provenance cannot be validated.

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Missing data

What this game definition still needs to reach 100% and become author-ready.

  • Machine identity

    Verify the physical title, manufacturer, year and edition against attributable sources.

  • ROM compatibility

    Verify which PinMAME drivers and firmware variants belong to this physical machine.

  • Controller hardware

    Identify the controller platform and validate its public address and routing rules.

  • Complete input inventory

    Account for every switch, service input and diagnostic address, including unused positions.

  • Input functions

    Validate which physical sensor or cabinet control each input represents and when it activates.

  • Complete output inventory

    Account for every coil, motor, lamp, flasher and general-illumination circuit, including unused addresses.

  • Output functions

    Validate the physical device, function and fitted quantity behind each output binding.

  • Displays

    Verify every display, its layout and its controller bindings.

  • Mechanism inventory

    Document every mechanism, its moving parts, actuators, sensors and connections.

  • Mechanism behavior

    Validate mechanism operation, ball paths, home positions, startup and reset behavior.

  • Switch construction and polarity

    Verify normally open or closed contacts and how PinMAME delivers their active states.

  • Edition and firmware differences

    Document supported hardware and firmware differences without combining incompatible editions.

  • Recreation knowledge

    Complete the source-backed behavior and assembly notes needed to recreate the machine.

  • Evidence and sources

    Back the remaining claims with attributable sources, exact locators, retained excerpts and verified hashes.

  • Physical device locations

    Establish validated playfield locations for every physical sensor, actuator and light emitter, including bulb counts and justified projections.

Missing locations · 26