MAWS - showing resource: blockcar

title	Block Carnival / Thunder & Lightning 2
set name	blockcar
manufacturer	Visco
year	1992
genre	Breakout (hof)
category	Breakout (hof)
driver status	good
driver source	seta.c
snapshots	MW: in game / CT: in game \| title ( 1 ) / PS: in game \| title \| scores zoom
rating	67.5% after 22 votes

colour emulation	good
palette	512
display type	raster
orientation	vertical
resolution	240x384
frequency	60.000000Hz

sound emulation	good
channels	stereo

players	2
nplayers	2P sim
controls	8 way joystick
buttons	2
coin slots	2

cpu	68000 @ 8MHz
audio	X1-010 @ 16MHz

version added

.037b11

last change(s)

none since version .53

roms

name	size	crc	set	sha1
u1.a1	131072	4313fb00	blockcar	f5b9e212436282284fa344e1c4200bc38ca3c50a
u4.a3	131072	2237196d	blockcar	5a9d972fac94e62f026c36bca0c2f5fe8e0e1a1d
bl-chr-0.j3	524288	a33300ca	blockcar	b0a7ccb77c3e8e33c12b83e254924f30209a4c2c
bl-chr-1.l3	524288	563de808	blockcar	40b2f9f4a4cb1a019f6419572ee21d66dda7d4af
bl-snd-0.a13	524288	a92dabaf	blockcar	610c1dc0467753dfddaa4b27bc40cb118b0bc7a3

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

info

0.37b11 [Luca Elia]

NOTE:

The dipswitch setting controls name. The game can be Block Carnival or Thunder & Lightning 2, for either Japan or US.

WIP:

0.37b11: Luca Elia added Block Carnival / Thunder & Lightning 2 (Visco 1992).
4th January 2001: Luca Elia added Block Carnival to the Seta driver.

LEVELS: 20

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Romset: 1792 kb / 5 files / 782 zip

history

Block Carnival (c) 1992 Visco.

A funny ball and paddle game.

- TECHNICAL -

Main CPU : 68000 (@ 8 Mhz)

Sound Chips : X1-010 (@ 16 Mhz)

Screen orientation : Vertical

Video resolution : 240 x 384 pixels

Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz

Palette colors : 512

Players : 2

Control : 8-way joystick

Buttons : 2

- TRIVIA -

This game is also known as "Thunder & Lightning 2".

- SERIES -

Block Carnival (1992)

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 GameFAQs
view in KLOV
view in MamEnd
view in System16
view in VGMuseum Gamepics

cheats

code	comments
00000000:F0004A:00000009:FFFFFFFF	Infinite Credits
00000000:C00125:00000001:FFFFFFFF	Always have a Big Ball:Doesn't work on boss levels!
00010000:C02125:00000001:FFFFFFFF	Always have a Big Ball (2/2)
00000001:C00125:00000001:FFFFFFFF	Get a Big Ball Now!:Doesn't work on boss levels!
00010001:C02125:00000001:FFFFFFFF	Get a Big Ball Now! (2/2)
00000301:F00607:0000000F:FFFFFFFF	Select Starting level:Use on credit screen
00000000:F01361:00000001:FFFFFFFF	Infinite Time To Shoot
60000000:000000:00000000:00000000
00000000:F000B2:00000006:FFFFFFFF	Infinite Lives PL1
00000000:F000B3:00000006:FFFFFFFF	Infinite Lives PL2