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title Blocken (Japan)
set name blocken
manufacturer KID / Visco
year 1994
genre Breakout (hof)
category Breakout (hof)
driver status good
driver source shangha3.c
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rating

67.3% after 26 votes
 
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display
colour emulation good
palette 2048
display type raster
orientation horizontal
resolution 384x224
frequency 60.000000Hz
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sound
sound emulation good
channels mono
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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 68000 @ 8MHz
cpu Z80 @ 6MHz
audio YM3438 @ 8MHz
audio OKI6295 @ 1.056MHz
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data
version added .037b05
last change(s) none since version .53
roms
name size crc set flags sha1
ic31j.bin  131072  ec8de2a3  blocken    09a6b8c1b656b17ab3d1fc057902487e4f94cf02 
ic32j.bin  131072  79b96240  blocken    c1246bd4b91fa45c581a8fdf90cc6beb85adf8ec 
ic34.bin  65536  23e446ff  blocken    82c03b45b337696b0f8293c446544d7ee080d415 
ic98j.bin  524288  35dda273  blocken    95850d12ca1557c14bc471ddf925aaf423313ff0 
ic99j.bin  524288  ce43762b  blocken    e1c51ea0b54b5febdee127619e15f1cda650cb4c 
ic100j.bin  524288  a34786fd  blocken    7d4879cbaa055c2ddbe6d20dd946bf0e3e069d4d 
ic53.bin  524288  86108c56  blocken    aa405fa2eec5cc178ef6226f229a12dac09504f0 
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cabinet art
PCB blocken.png
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additional information
info 0.37b5 [Nicola Salmoria]

< Japan >

Bugs:
  • When finishing game on the fourth course, you got a cell testing screen instead of credit. YMI (ID 00358)
  • The demo play screen freezes for a while. Kale (ID 00985)
  • Regardless of the course chosen, in the first intermission there's no road on the map. Kale (ID 00986)
  • Flip Screen graphics are messed up. Speedfreak (ID 00348)
WIP:
  • 0.128u1: Phil Bennett fixed wrong enemy voices in Blocken.
  • 0.108u4: Canim changed 68000 clock speed to 8MHz.
- 0.37b5: Nicola Salmoria added Blocken (Japan) (KID / Visco 1994). TODO: Incomplete zoom support and missing rotation support.
  • 7th July 2000: Nicola Salmoria added Blocken to the Shanghai 3 driver.
LEVELS: 5 - 7 - 10 - 12 (depends on difficulty level selected)

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Romset: 2368 kb / 7 files / 0.99 zip
history Blocken (c) 1994 KID / Visco.


A ball and paddle game.


- TECHNICAL -


Main CPU : 68000 (@ 8 Mhz), Z80 (@ 6 Mhz)

Sound Chips : YM3438 (@ 8 Mhz), OKI6295 (@ 8 Khz)


Screen orientation : Horizontal

Video resolution : 384 x 224 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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code comments
00000000:304317:00000009:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Credits
60000000:000000:00000000:00000000 
00000000:3047BB:00000000:FFFFFFFF  Always have 0 Lines PL1
00010000:304805:00000000:FFFFFFFF  Always have 0 Lines PL1 (2/3)
00010000:30877B:00000000:FFFFFFFF  Always have 0 Lines PL1 (3/3)
00000001:3047BB:00000007:FFFFFFFF  Get 7 Lines Now! PL1
00010001:304805:00000007:FFFFFFFF  Get 7 Lines Now! PL1 (2/3)
00010001:30877B:00000007:FFFFFFFF  Get 7 Lines Now! PL1 (3/3)
00000001:308783:00000000:FFFFFFFF  Win this Round Now! PL1
60000000:000000:00000000:00000000 
00000000:304AAF:00000000:FFFFFFFF  Always have 0 Lines PL2
00010000:304AF9:00000000:FFFFFFFF  Always have 0 Lines PL2 (2/3)
00010000:3087DF:00000000:FFFFFFFF  Always have 0 Lines PL2 (3/3)
00000001:304AAF:00000007:FFFFFFFF  Get 7 Lines Now! PL2
00010001:304AF9:00000007:FFFFFFFF  Get 7 Lines Now! PL2 (2/3)
00010001:3087DF:00000007:FFFFFFFF  Get 7 Lines Now! PL2 (3/3)
00000001:3087E7:00000000:FFFFFFFF  Win this Round Now! PL2
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