MAWS - showing resource: blkbustr

title	BlockBuster
set name	blkbustr
manufacturer	Kiwako (ECI license)
year	1983
genre	Puzzle (hof)
category	Puzzle / Maze (hof)
driver status	good
driver source	mrjong.c
snapshots	MW: in game \| parent / CT: in game \| title \| parent / PS: in game \| title \| parent zoom
rating	70.9% after 19 votes
parent	Mr. Jong (Japan)
other clones	Crazy Blocks

colour emulation	good
palette	128
display type	raster
orientation	vertical
resolution	224x240
frequency	60.000000Hz

sound emulation	good
channels	mono

players	2
nplayers	2P alt
controls	4 way joystick
buttons	1
coin slots	2

cpu	Z80 @ 2.578MHz
audio	SN76489 @ 2.578MHz
audio	SN76489 @ 2.578MHz

version added

.068

last change(s)

none

roms

name	size	crc	set	sha1
6a.bin	8192	9e4b426c	blkbustr	831360c473ab2452f4d0da12609c96c601e21c17
c2.a7	8192	75070978	blkbustr	7f59460c094e596a521014f956d76e5c714022a2
8a.bin	8192	0e803777	blkbustr	bccc182ccbd7312fc6545ffcef4d54637416dae7
c4.a8	8192	c7f5a247	blkbustr	de79341f9c6c7032f76cead46d614e13d4af50f9
4h.bin	4096	67dd6c19	blkbustr	d3dc0cb9b108c2584c4844fc0eb4c9ee170986fe
5h.bin	4096	50fba1d4	blkbustr	40ba480713284ae484c6687490f91bf62a7167e1
clr.j7	32	ee1cf1d5	blkbustr	4f4cfde1a896da92d8265889584dd0c5678de033
clr.g5	256	bcb1e2e3	blkbustr	c09731836a9d4e50316a84b86f61b599a1ef944d

art	no cabinet, marquee, flyer, control panel or PCB images found

info

0.37b1 [Takahiro Nogi]

< Japan >

WIP:

0.123u2: Changed palettesize to 128 colors.
0.115u4: Lord Nightmare fixed Mr. Jong to explicitly use the SN76489 now that it behaves differently from the SN76496.
0.68: David Haywood added clone BlockBuster (ECI license).
23rd April 2003: David Haywood added BlockBuster to the Mr. Jong driver.
14th April 2003: Guru - Blockbuster (Kiwako 1983) arrived from Taucher.
0.37b3: Added missing color prom ($20) to clone Crazy Blocks.
0.37b1: Added Mr. Jong (Japan) (Kiwako 1983) and clone Crazy Blocks (Kiwako (ECI license)). Mr.Jong was distributed by Sanritsu.
31st March 2000: Takahiro Nogi sent in a driver for Mr. Jong and Crazy Blocks.

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Dommy

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Three Wonders - Don't Pull Puzzle

Romset: 41 kb / 8 files / 24.0 zip

history

BlockBuster (c) 1983 Kiwako.

A puzzle game.

- TECHNICAL -

Main CPU : Z80 (@ 2.578 Mhz)

Sound Chips : (2x) SN76496 (@ 2.578 Mhz)

Screen orientation : Vertical

Video resolution : 224 x 240 pixels

Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz

Palette colors : 16

Players : 2

Control : 4-way joystick

Buttons : 1

- TRIVIA -

Licensed to ECI.

This game is also known as "Crazy Blocks" and is known in Japan as "Mr. Jong".

- SOURCES -

Game's rom.

Edit this entry at Arcade-History.com: http://www.arcade-history.com/?n=blockbuster&page=detail&id=288&o=2

resource links

view in MAWS
view in CAESAR
view high score and replay at MARP
view in Progetto EMMA (Italian)
view in arcade-history.com
view in arcade-history.com
view in GameFAQs
view in KLOV
view in The Arcade Flyer Archive
view in VGMuseum Gamepics

cheats

code	comments
00000000:A006:00000009:FFFFFFFF	Infinite Credits
00000000:A071:00000009:FFFFFFFF	Infinite Lives
20800000:233E:00000040:FFFFFFFF	Invincibility
00000000:A03F:000000FE:FFFFFFFF	Never have any Enemies
00010000:A05B:000000FF:FFFFFFFF	Never have any Enemies (2/4)
00010000:A05F:000000FF:FFFFFFFF	Never have any Enemies (3/4)
00010000:A064:000000FF:FFFFFFFF	Never have any Enemies (4/4)