MAWS - showing resource: arkblock

title	Block (Game Corporation bootleg, set 1)
set name	arkblock
manufacturer	bootleg
year	1986
genre	Breakout (hof)
category	Breakout (hof)
driver status	good
driver source	arkanoid.c
snapshots	MW: in game \| parent / CT: in game \| title \| not working \| parent / Mr. Do: parent / EJ: parent / PS: in game \| title \| scores \| parent zoom
rating	69.1% after 18 votes
parent	Arkanoid (World)
other clones	Arkanoid (bootleg on Block hardware) Arkanoid (bootleg with MCU) Arkanoid (bootleg with MCU, harder) Arkanoid (Game Corporation bootleg, set 1) Arkanoid (Game Corporation bootleg, set 2) Arkanoid (Japan) Arkanoid (Tayto bootleg) Arkanoid (Tayto bootleg, harder) Arkanoid (US) Arkanoid (US, older) Block (Game Corporation bootleg, set 2) Paddle 2 (bootleg on Block hardware) Tournament Arkanoid (US)

colour emulation	good
palette	512
display type	raster
orientation	vertical
resolution	224x256
frequency	60.000000Hz

sound emulation	good
channels	mono

players	2
nplayers	2P alt
controls	dial
buttons	1
coin slots	2

cpu	Z80 @ 6MHz
audio	AY-3-8910A @ 1.5MHz

version added

.036b04

last change(s)

.108u3 .060

roms

name	size	crc	set	sha1
ark-6.bin	32768	0be015de	arkblock	f4209085b59d2c96a62ac9657c7bf097da55362b
arkgc.2	32768	9f0d4754	arkblock	731c9224616a338084edd6944c754d68eabba7f2
a75-03.rom	32768	038b74ba	arkanoid	ac053cc4908b4075f918748b89570e07a0ba5116
a75-04.rom	32768	71fae199	arkanoid	5d253c46ccf4cd2976a5fb8b8713f0f345443d06
a75-05.rom	32768	c76374e2	arkanoid	7520dd48de20db60a2038f134dcaa454988e7874
a75-07.bpr	512	0af8b289	arkanoid	6bc589e8a609b4cf450aebedc8ce02d5d45c970f
a75-08.bpr	512	abb002fb	arkanoid	c14f56b8ef103600862e7930709d293b0aa97a73
a75-09.bpr	512	a7c6c277	arkanoid	adaa003dcd981576ea1cc5f697d709b2d6b2ea29

cabinet	arkanoid.png arkanoid.png
marquee	arkanoid.png
control panel	arkanoid.png
flyer	arkanoid.png
PCB	arkanoid.png

info

0.34b8 [?]

0.30 [Brad Oliver]

WIP:

0.127u4: Dazzer added correct colour PROMS to clone Tournament Arkanoid (US) and fixed rom names.
30th July 2008: Guru - Arkanoid chips arrived to be decapped, thanks to Dox.
0.123u4: Corrado Tomaselli changed/verified clocks in Arkanoid.
0.123u1: Stephane Humbert fixed some Arkanoid clones INPUT_PORTS definitions that were curiously using PORT_START_TAG("DSW") instead of PORT_MODIFY("DSW").
0.122u6: Changed M68705 CPU2 clock speed to 3MHz.
0.122u4: Bryan McPhail fixed MCU emulation (arkanoid061gre). Bit 7 is suspected to be MCU reset, the evidence for this is that the games tilt mode reset sequence shows the main CPU must be able to directly control the reset line of the MCU, else the game will crash leaving the tilt screen (as the MCU is now out of sync with main CPU which resets itself). This bit is the likely candidate as it is flipped early in bootup just prior to accessing the MCU for the first time.
0.115: Aaron Giles updated 68705 clocks to take into account the internal divide by 4. Added constant so that it is clear why this is being done. Changed M68705 CPU4 clock speed to 750000 Hz.
0.114u4: Tormod Tjaberg updated clocks in Arkanoid based on measurements from a real PCB.
0.108u4: Stephane Humbert added many more notes/info to the Arkanoid driver and added clones Arkanoid (bootleg with MCU, harder), Arkanoid (Game Corporation bootleg, set 2) and Arkanoid (Tayto bootleg). Renamed (arkatayt) to (arktayt2).
0.108u3: Renamed (arkbl2) to (arkmcubl), (arkbl3) to (arkgcbl), (arkbloc2) to (arkblock) and (arkblock) to (arkbloc2). Big update to the Arkanoid driver which improves emulation of some bootlegs [Steph]: Interverted 'arkblock' and 'arkbloc2' sets for better comparaison. Renamed sets. Changed some games descriptions. Removed flags from the following sets: arkbloc2, arkgcbl and paddle2.
0.106u3: Fixed rom names in clone (Tayto bootleg, Japanese).
0.105u4: Fixed rom names in Arkanoid.
0.104u4: Adam Bousley added save states to the Arkanoid driver.
0.82u2: Curt Coder merged memory maps in the Arkanoid driver. Moved paddle2 trickery to machine/arkanoid.c.
17th June 2003: Angelo Salese added preliminary MCU simulation to Paddle 2, but it still has some issues.
0.69: Stephane Humbert added clone Arkanoid (US, older).
15th July 2002: Stephane Humbert added another version of Arkanoid.
7th July 2002: Smitdogg and Dave Widel fixed the sprite placement in Dig Dug and added a clone of Arkanoid.
0.60: Added clones Arkanoid (Japan bootleg Set 3), Block (bootleg, Japan) and Paddle 2 (bootleg 1986).
20th April 2001: Stefan Jokisch fixed a bug in the Arkanoid driver that caused instant deaths in the last level.
0.37b5: Added clone Tournament Arkanoid (US).
12th June 2000: Kieron Wilkinson added the Tournament Arkanoid romset to the Arkanoid driver.
1st April 2000: Guru - Dumped Tournament Arkanoid (Taito 1987, Romstar License).
0.36b4: Highwayman added clone Block (Game Corporation bootleg). Added TESTDRIVER Block (bootleg 1986, Japanese) and Block (Game Corporation bootleg 1986).
0.35: Nicola Salmoria fixed later levels in Arkanoid (US). Added clones Arkanoid (Japan) and Arkanoid (Game Corporation bootleg). Fixed cpu2 rom ($0) length from 1920 to 2048.
24th June 1999: Nicola added made-up 68705 roms to Arkanoid's US and Japan versions, which fixes the later levels.
24th April 1999: Roberto Fresca added an Arkanoid version with round selector.
0.35b6: Replaced M6805 CPU2 with M68705.
0.34b8: Changed description from 'Arkanoid (Taito)' to 'Arkanoid (World)' and 'Arkanoid (Romstar)' to 'Arkanoid (USA). Added clones Arkanoid (Japanese bootleg Set 3) (Testdriver) and Block (bootleg, Japanese) (Testdriver).
0.33b7: Removed Arkanoid (BETA bootleg) from MAME.
0.31: Thierry Lescot added clones Arkanoid (BETA bootleg) and (Tayto bootleg). Aaron Giles added clone Arkanoid (Bootleg). Due to a missing image for the 68705 microcontroller, the BETA bootleg doesn't work. Due to features of the 68705 not emulated yet, the "arkbl2" bootleg set doesn't work. Since it doesn't have to emulate the 68705, the Tayto bootleg is faster than the other versions. Dual paddle in cocktail mode is not supported.
0.30: Brad Oliver added Arkanoid (Taito 1986) and clone (U.S. Romstar). Not playable.

LEVELS: 33

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Romset: 164 kb / 9 files / 67.8 zip

history

Block (c) 1986 Game Corporation.

- TECHNICAL -

Main CPU : Z80 (@ 6 Mhz)

Sound Chips : AY8910 (@ 1.5 Mhz)

Screen orientation : Vertical

Video resolution : 224 x 256 pixels

Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz

Palette colors : 512

Players : 2

Control : dial

Buttons : 1

- TRIVIA -

This game is a bootleg of "Arkanoid".

Jason Dowling of Dublin, Ireland holds the official record for this game with 228,980 points on February 19, 1987.

- UPDATES -

In this bootleg, it is possible to choose the start level.

- SOURCES -

Game's rom.

Edit this entry at Arcade-History.com: http://www.arcade-history.com/?n=block&page=detail&id=281&o=2

resource links

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cheats

code	comments
00000000:C432:00000009:FFFFFFFF	Infinite Credits
00000000:ED72:00000020:FFFFFFFF	Go to Last Level
00000000:EF62:00000000:FFFFFFFF	Don't die when ball is out
00000010:C4A5:000000E2:000000E4	Always Keep One Ball in Play
00000000:C4CE:00000001:FFFFFFFF	Warp door always open
00000000:C4CE:00000000:FFFFFFFF	Warp door never open
00000001:C4CE:00000001:FFFFFFFF	Open Warp door Now!
00000001:C4CE:00000000:FFFFFFFF	Shut Warp door Now!
00000001:ED83:00000000:FFFFFFFF	Finish this Level Now!
00000001:EF62:00000001:FFFFFFFF	Lose a Life Now!
	L (Red) = Laser
	E (Blue) = Enlarged Bat
	C (Green) = Catcher Bat
	S (Orange) = Slower Ball
	B (Pink) = Warp Door
	D (Cyan) = Multiballs
	P (Grey) = Extra Life
00000000:C658:00000080:FFFFFFFF	No pills can fall
00000001:C658:00000001:FFFFFFFF	Drop Red Pill Now!
00000001:C658:00000002:FFFFFFFF	Drop Blue Pill Now!
00000001:C658:00000003:FFFFFFFF	Drop Green Pill Now!
00000001:C658:00000004:FFFFFFFF	Drop Orange Pill Now!
00000001:C658:00000005:FFFFFFFF	Drop Purple Pill Now!
00000001:C658:00000006:FFFFFFFF	Drop Cyan Pill Now!
00000001:C658:00000007:FFFFFFFF	Drop Black Pill Now!
000000A0:C658:00000001:FFFFFFFF	Drop Red Pill every 5 s
000000A0:C658:00000002:FFFFFFFF	Drop Blue Pill every 5 s
000000A0:C658:00000003:FFFFFFFF	Drop Green Pill every 5 s
000000A0:C658:00000004:FFFFFFFF	Drop Orange Pill every 5 s
000000A0:C658:00000005:FFFFFFFF	Drop Purple Pill every 5 s
000000A0:C658:00000006:FFFFFFFF	Drop Cyan Pill every 5 s
000000A0:C658:00000007:FFFFFFFF	Drop Black Pill every 5 s
00000001:C658:00000081:FFFFFFFF	Change Pill to Red Now!
00000001:C658:00000082:FFFFFFFF	Change Pill to Blue Now!
00000001:C658:00000083:FFFFFFFF	Change Pill to Green Now!
00000001:C658:00000084:FFFFFFFF	Change Pill to Orange Now!
00000001:C658:00000085:FFFFFFFF	Change Pill to Purple Now!
00000001:C658:00000086:FFFFFFFF	Change Pill to Cyan Now!
00000001:C658:00000087:FFFFFFFF	Change Pill to Black Now!
60000000:0000:00000000:00000000
00000000:ED76:00000006:FFFFFFFF	Infinite Lives PL1
00000000:ED7B:00000006:FFFFFFFF	Infinite Lives PL2