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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
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rating

67.5% after 22 votes
 
display
colour emulation good
palette 512
display type raster
orientation vertical
resolution 240x384
frequency 60.000000Hz
sound
sound emulation good
channels stereo
controls
players 2
nplayers 2P sim
controls 8 way joystick
buttons 2
coin slots 2
hardware
cpu 68000 @ 8MHz
audio X1-010 @ 16MHz
data
version added .037b11
last change(s) none since version .53
roms
name size crc set flags 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 
cabinet art
art no cabinet, marquee, flyer, control panel or PCB images found
additional information
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 -
  1. 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
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
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