game
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title Balloon Brothers
set name ballbros
manufacturer East Technology
year 1992
genre Puzzle (hof)
category Puzzle / Drop (hof)
driver status good
driver source taito_x.c
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rating

70.4% after 21 votes
 
display
colour emulation good
palette 2048
display type raster
orientation horizontal
resolution 384x240
frequency 60.000000Hz
sound
sound emulation good
channels stereo
controls
players 2
nplayers 2P sim
controls 8 way joystick
buttons 1
coin slots 2
hardware
cpu 68000 @ 8MHz
cpu Z80 @ 4MHz
audio YM2610 @ 8MHz
data
version added .037b09
last change(s) none since version .53
roms
name size crc set flags sha1
10a  131072  4af0e858  ballbros    817817169aee075d52411bdbe568514511760386 
5a  131072  0b983a69  ballbros    7be06761a19e1dc5d1404d1920797b406421e365 
8d  65536  d1c515af  ballbros    00451991b4c793487b156f9be2b2e4688325ff24 
131072  ec3e0537  ballbros    51fe5c6ef007c188b2f51ad2225753d2b403e35a 
131072  bb441717  ballbros    205ae0aa3ded11766ae8f6fe7d08fefff17a9b73 
131072  8196d624  ballbros    c859e3b1d3b481f38cfe47576efc1dcdbe6cde28 
  131072  1cc584e5  ballbros    18cf607fa06c095d088b80cea2a1e507d19c7126 
east-11  524288  92111f96  ballbros    e781f24761b7a923388f4cda64c7b31388fd64c5 
east-10  524288  ca0ac419  ballbros    b29f30a8ff1286c65b741353b6551918a45bcafe 
cabinet art
art no cabinet, marquee, flyer, control panel or PCB images found
additional information
info 0.37b9 [Yochizo]

WIP:
  • 0.118u4: Added 'Color Change' dipswitch.
  • 0.110u1: Aaron Giles fixed flipscreen in Balloon Brothers.
  • 0.106u1: Changed all 'Unused' dipswitches to 'Unknown'.
  • 0.37b9: Yochizo added Balloon Brothers (East Technology 1992).
  • 16th September 2000: Yochizo added Balloon Brothers, Gigandes and Daisenpu to the Superman a.k.a. Taito X driver.
Other Emulators:
  • Raine
Romset: 1856 kb / 9 files / 1.08 zip
history Balloon Brothers (c) 1992 East Technology.


A puzzle game similar to "Tetris" but with different colored balloons in different shapes. Instead of falling blocks, the balloons float to the top. Completing a full row across will make that row disappear.


- TECHNICAL -


Taito X System hardware


Main CPU : 68000 (@ 8 Mhz), Z80 (@ 4 Mhz)

Sound Chips : YM2610 (@ 8 Mhz)


Screen orientation : Horizontal

Video resolution : 384 x 240 pixels

Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz

Palette colors : 2048


Players : 2

Control : 8-way joystick

Buttons : 3


- SOURCES -


Game's rom.



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00000000:F0201B:00000009:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Credits
00100000:F00624:00009999:FFFFFFFF  Maximum Lines PL1
00100000:F00626:00009999:FFFFFFFF  Maximum Lines PL22)
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