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title Bloxeed (US, C System)
set name bloxeedu
manufacturer Sega / Elorg
year 1989
genre Puzzle (hof)
category Puzzle / Drop (hof)
driver status good
driver source segac2.c
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rating

64.3% after 18 votes
 
parent Bloxeed (Japan, FD1094 317-0139)
other clones Bloxeed (World, C System)
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display
colour emulation good
palette 2048
display type raster
orientation horizontal
resolution 256x224
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 1
coin slots 2
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hardware
cpu 68000 @ 8.948862MHz
audio YM3438 @ 7.670453MHz
audio SN76496 @ 3.579545MHz
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data
version added .084u5
last change(s) .084u6
roms
name size crc set flags sha1
epr12997a.32  131072  23655bc9  bloxeedu    32fc1f75a43aa49dc656d40d34ec10f3f0a2bdb3 
epr12996a.31  131072  83c83f0c  bloxeedu    ca8e2ad7cceabd8de7a91b91cb92eafb6dd3171f 
epr12993.34  131072  487bc8fc  bloxeedu    3fb205bf56f35443e993e08b39c1a08c13ca5e3b 
epr12992.33  131072  19b0084c  bloxeedu    b3ba0f3d8d39a19aa66edb24885ea21192e22704 
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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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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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