MAWS - showing resource: borench

title	Borench
set name	borench
manufacturer	Sega
year	1990
genre	Maze (hof)
category	Maze (hof)
driver status	good
driver source	segac2.c
snapshots	MW: in game / CT: in game \| title / PS: in game \| title \| scores zoom
rating	72.5% after 24 votes

colour emulation	good
palette	2048
display type	raster
orientation	horizontal
resolution	256x224
frequency	60.000000Hz

sound emulation	good
channels	mono

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

cpu	68000 @ 8.948862MHz
audio	YM3438 @ 7.670453MHz
audio	SN76496 @ 3.579545MHz
audio	UPD7759 @ 0.64MHz

version added

.037b09

last change(s)

none since version .53

roms

name	size	crc	set	sha1
ic32.bin	262144	2c54457d	borench	adf3ea5393d2633ec6215e64f0cd89ad4567e765
ic31.bin	262144	b46445fc	borench	24e85ef5abbc5376a854b13ed90f08f0c30d7f25
ic4.bin	131072	62b85e56	borench	822ab733c87938bb70a9e32cc5dd36bbf6f21d11

flyer

borench.png

info

0.37b9 [David Haywood, Aaron Giles]

WIP:

0.37b9: David Haywood and Aaron Giles added Borench (Sega 1990).
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.

Other Emulators:

Sega System C2

Romset: 640 kb / 3 files / 202 zip

history

Borench (c) 1990 Sega.

A puzzle game similar to "Marble Madness". The player must guide a ball to the goal of a certain level. You must do this by adding blocks to the squares to influence the ball's movement. You must avoid the edges to prevent the ball falling off.

- TECHNICAL -

Sega System C2 hardware

Main CPU : 68000 (@ 8.948862 Mhz)

Sound Chips : YM3438 (@ 7.670453 Mhz), SN76496 (@ 3.579545 Mhz), UPD7759 (@ 640 Khz)

Screen orientation : Horizontal

Video resolution : 320 x 224 pixels

Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz

Palette colors : 2048

Players : 2

Control : 8-way joystick

Buttons : 2

- SOURCES -

Game's rom.

Edit this entry at Arcade-History.com: http://www.arcade-history.com/?n=borench&page=detail&id=319&o=2

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 System16
view in The Arcade Flyer Archive

cheats

code	comments
00000000:FFF02E:00000009:FFFFFFFF	Infinite Credits
00000000:FFF21B:00000005:FFFFFFFF	Infinite Lives
	Here are the shapes for ease of reference
	*** *** * * *
	* * * * *****
	* * *** *** *
	Top Top Bottom Bottom Cross
	Left Right Left Right Over
00000001:FFF12C:00000002:FFFFFFFF	Get Top Left Tile Now PL1
00000001:FFF12C:00000004:FFFFFFFF	Get Top Right Tile Now PL1
00000001:FFF12C:00000005:FFFFFFFF	Get Bottom Left Tile Now PL1
00000001:FFF12C:00000003:FFFFFFFF	Get Bottom Right Tile Now PL1
00000001:FFF12C:00000006:FFFFFFFF	Get Crossover Tile Now PL1
	Here are the shapes for ease of reference
	*** *** * * *
	* * * * *****
	* * *** *** *
	Top Top Bottom Bottom Cross
	Left Right Left Right Over
00000001:FFF1AC:00000002:FFFFFFFF	Get Top Left Tile Now PL2
00000001:FFF1AC:00000004:FFFFFFFF	Get Top Right Tile Now PL2
00000001:FFF1AC:00000005:FFFFFFFF	Get Bottom Left Tile Now PL2
00000001:FFF1AC:00000003:FFFFFFFF	Get Bottom Right Tile Now PL2
00000001:FFF1AC:00000006:FFFFFFFF	Get Crossover Tile Now PL2