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title Battle Balls (Germany)
set name batlball
manufacturer Seibu Kaihatsu (Tuning License)
year 1995
genre Puzzle (hof)
category Puzzle / Drop (hof)
driver status imperfect
driver source seibuspi.c
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rating

72.2% after 35 votes
 
parent Senkyu (Japan, set 1)
other clones Battle Balls (Asia)
Battle Balls (US)
Senkyu (Japan, set 2)
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display
colour emulation good
palette 6144
display type raster
orientation horizontal
resolution 320x240
frequency 54.000000Hz
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sound
sound emulation imperfect
channels stereo
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controls
players 2
nplayers 2P sim
controls 8 way joystick
buttons 3
coin slots 2
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hardware
cpu I386 @ 25MHz
cpu Z80 @ 7.15909MHz
audio YMF271 @ 16.9344MHz
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data
version added .081
last change(s) none
roms
name size crc set flags sha1
1.211  262144  d4e48f89  batlball    10e43a9ff3f6f169de6352280a8a06e7f482271a 
2.212  262144  3077720b  batlball    b65c3d02ac75eb56e0c5dc1bf6bb6a4e445a41cf 
3.210  262144  520d31e1  batlball    998ae968113ab5b2891044187d93793903c13452 
4.029  262144  22419b78  batlball    67475a654d4ad94e5dfda88cbe2f9c1b5ba6d2cc 
fb_6.413  131072  b57115c9  senkyu    eb95f416f522032ca949bfb6348f1ff824101f2d 
fb_5.48  65536  440a9ae3  senkyu    3f57e6da91f0dac2d816c873759f1e1d3259caf1 
fb_bg-1d.415  2097152  eae7a1fc  senkyu    26d8a9f4e554848977ec1f6a8aad8751b558a8d4 
fb_bg-1p.410  1048576  b46e774e  senkyu    00b6c1d0b0ea37f4354acab543b270c0bf45896d 
fb_obj-1.322  4194304  29f86f68  senkyu    1afe809ce00a25f8b27543e4188edc3e3e604951 
fb_obj-2.324  4194304  c9e3130b  senkyu    12b5d5363142e8efb3b7fc44289c0afffa5011c6 
fb_obj-3.323  4194304  f6c3bc49  senkyu    d0eb9c6aa3954d94e3a442a48e0fe6cc279f5513 
fb_pcm-1.215  1048576  1d83891c  senkyu    09502437562275c14c0f3a0e62b19e91bedb4693 
fb_7.216  524288  874d7b59  senkyu    0236753636c9a818780b23f5f506697b9f6d93c7 
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cabinet art
cabinet senkyu.png
control panel senkyu.png
flyer senkyu.png
PCB senkyu.png
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additional information
info 0.81 [Ville Linde]

WIP:
  • 0.111u1: Arzeno Fabrice added clone Battle Balls (US).
  • 0.93: Nicola Salmoria decrypted the graphics in all SPI games. Senkyu is now playable.
  • 0.88u1: Fabrice Arzeno added clone Senkyu (Japan, set 2).
  • 0.81u7: Added clone Battle Balls (Asia, Metrotainment License).
  • 20th April 2004: David Haywood added the Asian version of Battle Balls to the Seibu SPI driver.
  • 0.81u6: Ville Linde completely rewrote i386 REP/REPNE prefix handling. Fixes the following: Battle Balls attract mode runs correctly now, balls no longer all the same color in-game in Battle Balls, E-Jan now coins up and Viper Phase 1 is now playable (with encrypted gfx).
  • 0.81u3: Ville Linde fixed i386 core and improved the SPI system. Senkyu and E-Jan High School now do something.
  • 0.81: Ville Linde added Senkyu (Seibu Kaihatsu 1995) and clone Battle Balls. I386 CPU core [Ville Linde].
  • 3rd November 2003: Guru - Sen Kyu (Seibu SPI hardware) arrived from Pelle.
  • 24th June 2002: Guru - Got a Battle Balls (Seibu 1995) board from Naikrovek.
Romset: 18112 kb / 13 files / 7.83 zip
history Battle Balls (c) 1995 Seibu Kaihatsu.


In this puzzle game, 3 rotatable balls consisting of 4 basic colors, yellow, pink, green, blue, fall from the top to the lowest part of the screen.


When groups of like-colored spheres collect together, they disappear and the space is filled in with surrounding spheres.


Bonuses are awarded for completing combos and the game ends when the entire screen has been filled up.


The game has many modes of play : Single, Puzzle, Vs. Computer and Vs. Player. In Puzzle mode there is continuous, changing backgrounds and additional colors. In the Vs. play modes, the spheres only appear in the 4 basic colors.


- TECHNICAL -


Seibu SPI Hardware


Main CPU : I386 (@ 25 Mhz)

Sound CPU : Z80 (@ 7.15909 Mhz)

Sound Chips : YMF271 (@ 7.15909 Mhz)


Screen orientation : Horizontal

Video resolution : 320 x 240 pixels

Screen refresh : 54.00 Hz

Palette colors : 6144


Players : 2

Control : 8-way joystick

Buttons : 3


- TRIVIA -


Licensed to Tuning for German distribution and to Metrotainment for Asian distribution.


This game is known in Japan as "Senkyu".


- SOURCES -


Game's rom.

Machine's picture.



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code comments
00000000:1913C:00000009:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Credits
60000000:00000:00000000:00000000 
62000000:00000:00000000:00000000  Select Perm Ball 1 Colour PL1:Use with both activation keys for the best effect (ideally set the activation keys the same for Ball 2 and Ball 3 for the best effect)
00010000:0F020:00000001:FFFFFFFF  Green
00018000:0F048:00000000:FFFFFFFF  Green (2/2)
00010000:0F020:00000002:FFFFFFFF  Red
00018000:0F048:00000001:FFFFFFFF  Red (2/2)
00010000:0F020:00000003:FFFFFFFF  Yellow
00018000:0F048:00000002:FFFFFFFF  Yellow (2/2)
00010000:0F020:00000004:FFFFFFFF  Blue
00018000:0F048:00000003:FFFFFFFF  Blue (2/2)
00010000:0F020:00000005:FFFFFFFF  Pink
00018000:0F048:00000004:FFFFFFFF  Pink (2/2)
62000000:00000:00000000:00000000  Select Perm Ball 2 Colour PL1
00010000:0F09C:00000001:FFFFFFFF  Green
00018000:0F0C4:00000000:FFFFFFFF  Green (2/2)
00010000:0F09C:00000002:FFFFFFFF  Red
00018000:0F0C4:00000001:FFFFFFFF  Red (2/2)
00010000:0F09C:00000003:FFFFFFFF  Yellow
00018000:0F0C4:00000002:FFFFFFFF  Yellow (2/2)
00010000:0F09C:00000004:FFFFFFFF  Blue
00018000:0F0C4:00000003:FFFFFFFF  Blue (2/2)
00010000:0F09C:00000005:FFFFFFFF  Pink
00018000:0F0C4:00000004:FFFFFFFF  Pink (2/2)
62000000:00000:00000000:00000000  Select Perm Ball 3 Colour PL1
00010000:0F118:00000001:FFFFFFFF  Green
00018000:0F140:00000000:FFFFFFFF  Green (2/2)
00010000:0F118:00000002:FFFFFFFF  Red
00018000:0F140:00000001:FFFFFFFF  Red (2/2)
00010000:0F118:00000003:FFFFFFFF  Yellow
00018000:0F140:00000002:FFFFFFFF  Yellow (2/2)
00010000:0F118:00000004:FFFFFFFF  Blue
00018000:0F140:00000003:FFFFFFFF  Blue (2/2)
00010000:0F118:00000005:FFFFFFFF  Pink
00018000:0F140:00000004:FFFFFFFF  Pink (2/2)
60000000:00000:00000000:00000000 
62000000:00000:00000000:00000000  Select Perm Ball 1 Colour PL2:Use with both activation keys for the best effect (ideally set the activation keys the same for Ball 2 and Ball 3 for the best effect)
00010000:0F9D0:00000001:FFFFFFFF  Green
00018000:0F9F8:00000000:FFFFFFFF  Green (2/2)
00010000:0F9D0:00000002:FFFFFFFF  Red
00018000:0F9F8:00000001:FFFFFFFF  Red (2/2)
00010000:0F9D0:00000003:FFFFFFFF  Yellow
00018000:0F9F8:00000002:FFFFFFFF  Yellow (2/2)
00010000:0F9D0:00000004:FFFFFFFF  Blue
00018000:0F9F8:00000003:FFFFFFFF  Blue (2/2)
00010000:0F9D0:00000005:FFFFFFFF  Pink
00018000:0F9F8:00000004:FFFFFFFF  Pink (2/2)
62000000:00000:00000000:00000000  Select Perm Ball 2 Colour PL2
00010000:0FA4C:00000001:FFFFFFFF  Green
00018000:0FA74:00000000:FFFFFFFF  Green (2/2)
00010000:0FA4C:00000002:FFFFFFFF  Red
00018000:0FA74:00000001:FFFFFFFF  Red (2/2)
00010000:0FA4C:00000003:FFFFFFFF  Yellow
00018000:0FA74:00000002:FFFFFFFF  Yellow (2/2)
00010000:0FA4C:00000004:FFFFFFFF  Blue
00018000:0FA74:00000003:FFFFFFFF  Blue (2/2)
00010000:0FA4C:00000005:FFFFFFFF  Pink
00018000:0FA74:00000004:FFFFFFFF  Pink (2/2)
62000000:00000:00000000:00000000  Select Perm Ball 3 Colour PL2
00010000:0FAC8:00000001:FFFFFFFF  Green
00018000:0FAF0:00000000:FFFFFFFF  Green (2/2)
00010000:0FAC8:00000002:FFFFFFFF  Red
00018000:0FAF0:00000001:FFFFFFFF  Red (2/2)
00010000:0FAC8:00000003:FFFFFFFF  Yellow
00018000:0FAF0:00000002:FFFFFFFF  Yellow (2/2)
00010000:0FAC8:00000004:FFFFFFFF  Blue
00018000:0FAF0:00000003:FFFFFFFF  Blue (2/2)
00010000:0FAC8:00000005:FFFFFFFF  Pink
00018000:0FAF0:00000004:FFFFFFFF  Pink (2/2)
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