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title Bloxeed (Japan, FD1094 317-0139)
set name bloxeed
manufacturer Sega
year 1990
genre Puzzle (hof)
category Puzzle / Drop (hof)
driver status good
driver source segas18.c
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rating

67% after 24 votes
 
clones Bloxeed (US, C System)
Bloxeed (World, C System)
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display
colour emulation good
palette 8192
display type raster
orientation horizontal
resolution 320x224
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 @ 10MHz
cpu Z80 @ 8MHz
audio YM3438 @ 8MHz
audio YM3438 @ 8MHz
audio RF5C68 @ 10MHz
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data
version added .037b09
last change(s) .089u1
roms
name size crc set flags sha1
epr12911.a6  131072  a481581a  bloxeed    5ce5a0a082622919d2fe0e7d52ec807b2e2c25a2 
epr12910.a5  131072  dd1bc3bf  bloxeed    c0d79862a349ea4dac103c17325633c5dd4a93d1 
317-0139.key  8192  9aae84cb  bloxeed    806515d61ecacb260b2b5e5fe023b494d35ce315 
opr12884.b1  65536  e024aa33  bloxeed    d734be240cd05031aaadf9735c0b1b00e8e6d4cb 
opr12885.b2  65536  8041b814  bloxeed    29fa49ba9a73eed07865a86ea774e2c6a60aed5b 
opr12886.b3  65536  de32285e  bloxeed    8994dc128d6a23763e5fcfca1868b336d4aa0a21 
opr12891.a11  65536  90d31a8c  bloxeed    1747652a5109ce65add197cf06535f2463a99fdc 
opr12887.b11  65536  f0c0f49d  bloxeed    7ecd591265165f3149241e2ceb5059faab88360f 
epr12888.a4  131072  6f2fc63c  bloxeed    3cce22c8f80013f05b5a2d36c42a61a81e4d6cbd 
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cabinet art
cabinet bloxeed.png
marquee bloxeed.png
control panel bloxeed.png
flyer bloxeed.png
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additional information
info 0.37b9 [David Haywood, Aaron Giles]

0.36b2 [Andrew Prime]

TODO:
  • Wanted: 317-0140 EPM5032
NOTE:
  • The Bloxeed (C System) clones uses different hardware and sound.
WIP:
  • 0.89u1: Thierry Lescot added 317-0139.key, dipswitches 'Price Type', 'Demo Sounds', 'Difficulty' and 'High Speed Mode' and fixed rom names - Game now playable.
  • 24th November 2004: Thierry Lescot - Dumped the cpus from D.D.Crew (Europe, 4 Player), Ryukyu and Bloxeed (system18, japan).
  • 0.84u5: Fabrice Arzeno added clone Bloxeed (US, C System).
  • 18th March 2004: Charles MacDonald fixed Z80 clock (8.192 Mhz -> 8.00 MHz).
  • 0.37b10: Changed Z80 CPU2 clock speed to 8192000 Hz and replaced YM2151 sound with 2x YM3438 (8MHz) and RF5C68 sound. Added dipswitches 'Coin A/B', '2 Credits to Start', 'Demo Sounds', 'Lives', 'Difficulty' and 'Time Adjust'.
  • 0.37b9: David Haywood and Aaron Giles added Bloxeed (Sega 1990) and clone Bloxeed (C System) (Sega / Elorg 1989).
  • 17th September 2000: David Haywood fixed some bugs in the Sega C2 driver so that Bloxeed, Borench, Poto Poto, Stack Columns and Zunzunkyou no Yabou now work.
  • 0.36b2: Andrew Prime added Bloxeed (Sega 1990) (Testdriver).
Other Emulators:
  • Sega System C2
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Romset: 712 kb / 9 files / 175.7 zip
history Bloxeed (c) 1989 Sega.


A puzzle game. Gameplay is quite similar to "Tetris" but with some added twists.


- TECHNICAL -


Sega System C hardware


Main CPU : 68000 (@ 8.948862 Mhz)

Sound Chips : YM3438 (@ 7.670453 Mhz), SN76496 (@ 3.579545 Mhz)


Screen orientation : Horizontal

Video resolution : 320 x 224 pixels

Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz

Palette colors : 2048


Players : 2

Control : 8-way joystick

Buttons : 1


Another version runs on the Sega System 18 hardware.


- TRIVIA -


Mark Speath holds the official record for this game with 104,370 points on June 2, 2002.


- UPDATES -


The US version is slightly different, it has the "Winners Don't Use Drugs" screen.


The Sega System 18 version (released in 1990) has :

* Special effects on the title screen.

* An extra button to rotate counter-clockwise.

* Bug fixes (Level 2's background).


- PORTS -


* Consoles :

Sony PlayStation 2 (2006, "Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol.28 : Tetris Collection")


- SOURCES -


Game's rom.

Machine's picture.



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cheats
cheats
code comments
00000000:FFF000:00000009:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Credits
00100000:FFF32C:000003E7:FFFFFFFF  Maximum Lines PL1
00000000:FFC00C:00000000:FFFFFFFF  Manual Bind Mode PL1
00100000:FFF3AC:000003E7:FFFFFFFF  Maximum Lines PL2
00000000:FFC40C:00000000:FFFFFFFF  Manual Bind Mode PL2
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