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title Boulder Dash / Boulder Dash Part 2 (World)
set name bouldash
manufacturer Data East Corporation (licensed from First Star)
year 1990
genre Maze (hof)
category Maze / Digging (hof)
driver status good
driver source dec0.c
snapshots MW: in game / CT: in game | title ( 1 ) / EJ: in game / PS: in game | title | scores
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rating

66.2% after 45 votes
 
clones Boulder Dash / Boulder Dash Part 2 (Japan)
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display
colour emulation good
palette 1024
display type raster
orientation horizontal
resolution 256x240
frequency 57.410000Hz
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sound
sound emulation good
channels mono
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controls
players 2
nplayers 2P alt
controls 8 way joystick
buttons 3
coin slots 2
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hardware
cpu 68000 @ 10MHz
cpu HuC6280 @ 2MHz
audio YM2203 @ 1.5MHz
audio YM3812 @ 3MHz
audio OKI6295 @ 1MHz
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data
version added .035b05
last change(s) .095u4 .053
roms
name size crc set flags sha1
fw-15-2.17l  65536  ca19a967  bouldash    b9dc2b1323f19b6239e550ed020943bf13de8db0 
fw-12-2.9l  65536  242bdc2a  bouldash    9f2d7a5af94fae4ce4e61a2f3881a7aa10cdef3f 
fw-16-2.19l  65536  b7217265  bouldash    7ffc71fffb82b1299c6d5d0d1e9e1550977d258a 
fw-13-2.11l  65536  19209ef4  bouldash    36d7eb242f9558ee760b6cc69e7cf8f32d01070f 
fw-17-2.20l  65536  78a632a1  bouldash    6b7b82bf59cca10ac5a71b910a218a09c5014ff6 
fw-14-2.13l  65536  69b6112d  bouldash    3a8e34ae858946fc72b9ed4f932b9af64b081051 
fn-10  65536  c74106e7  bouldash    72213454c0ec78aa7d6843bd81d14b388ef7a48f 
fn-04  65536  40f5a760  bouldash    0d08b816714c08d0848dd25882a09d0a57fcc71b 
fn-05  65536  824f2168  bouldash    32272a35e5faeebe41ece91fb902251707c9114b 
fn-07  65536  eac6a3b3  bouldash    359df7335d11134ae149675080169cb53cafc19c 
fn-06  65536  3feee292  bouldash    d0dc75afffff268e0b3b817fbc060d52418a2ca7 
fn-09  131072  c2b27bd2  bouldash    8452d4442af476a35d3dfc4bd4df0a7d84a3dd7c 
fn-08  131072  5ac97178  bouldash    7d246cb17986033ae2c219f7409e3b91be0dd259 
fn-01  65536  9333121b  bouldash    826ed261b1af41dd5468b2244767593d48577618 
fn-03  65536  254ba60f  bouldash    71ab5cd48ee34da1d2dd951bb243a26d7a1171ae 
fn-00  65536  ec18d098  bouldash    3cd1a27de295a177e81c14b9e9bbfcf5793aade2 
fn-02  65536  4f060cba  bouldash    4063183e699bb8b6059d56f4e2fec5fa0b037c23 
fn-11  65536  990fd8d9  bouldash    a37bd96ecd75c610d98df3320f53ae4e2b7fdefd 
ta-16.21k  256  ad26e8d4  bouldash    827337aeb8904429a1c050279240ae38aa6ce064 
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cabinet art
marquee bouldash.png
control panel bouldash.png
flyer bouldash.png
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additional information
info 0.35b5 [Bryan McPhail]

Bugs:
  • bouldash, bouldshj: [possible] High Score Screen behavior. Tafoid (ID 02250)
  • Just before you start any board, there's a purple box of information that appears for a split second. It's not suppose to disappear like that. The opening tune also gets cut off. Sam Miller (ID 01214)
WIP:
  • 0.122u5: Corrado Tomaselli verified/corrected frequencies and OKI6295 pin 7 in Boulder Dash. Changed 68000 CPU1 clock speed to 10MHz, HuC6280 CPU2 to 2MHz and OKI6295 to 1MHz.
  • 21st April 2006: Roberto Fresca - Removed the default dec0 coinage (wrong) for Boulder Dash, figured out the real one and rewrote the complete coinage from the scratch. Fixed 'Difficulty' dipswitches. Removed 'Unused' (DSW0 0x10) and the former 'Demo Sounds' dipswitch (DSW0 0x20). Both are in fact part of the new coinage. Changed 'Game' dipswitch title to "Game Change Mode" (according to technical sources). Added 'Demo Sounds' dipswitch (DSW1 0x80).
  • 0.95u4: Fixed rom names.
  • 0.53: Added clone Boulder Dash / Boulder Dash Part 2 (Japan). Added priority prom ($0 - not used).
  • 27th May 2001: David Haywood fixed Boulder Dash from crashing.
  • 0.36b5: Changed HuC6280 clock speed to 3MHz.
  • 0.35b5: Bryan McPhail added Boulderdash / Boulderdash Part 2 (Data East 1990).
  • 1st March 1999: Bryan McPhail has sent in his dec0 driver, with Boulder Dash support added and Sly Spy and Midnight Resistance now have full sound and music. All this was possible to do because he also added support for the Hu6280 CPU into MAME.
LEVELS: 31

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Romset: 1281 kb / 19 files / 509 zip
history Boulder Dash (c) 1990 First Star Software.


An updated version of the classic rocks-and-gems game. Same gameplay applies, collects gems while pushing rocks and avoiding enemies.


- TECHNICAL -


Main CPU : 68000 (@ 12 Mhz)

Sound CPU : HuC6280 (@ 3 Mhz)

Sound Chips : YM2203 (@ 1.5 Mhz), YM3812 (@ 3 Mhz), OKI6295 (@ 7.757 Khz)


Screen orientation : Horizontal

Video resolution : 256 x 240 pixels

Screen refresh : 57.41 Hz

Palette colors : 1024


Players : 2

Control : 8-way joystick

Buttons : 2


- TRIVIA -


Released in May 1990.


Licensed to Data East.


This game is a port from an original game designed at First Star Software by Peter Liepa and Chris Gray for the Apple II computer.


- TIPS AND TRICKS -


* Escape Trick : There is an escape mode that allows you to go through the stones and any moving walls. To activate it, press the A and B buttons at the same time while moving. There is a cost involved, though - it deducts 20 seconds for each stone or wall passed through.


* Boulder Dash Part 2 : There is a way to access Boulder Dash Part 2 from the attract mode (Part 2 has the same levels, but increased difficulty). To access it, press the following key sequence while the player list is onscreen : A+Up, A+Down, Left, Right.


- STAFF -
  • Planner (First Star Software) : Peter Liepa, Chris Gray
  • Arrange : Mr. Inaba
  • Graphic designers : Miss Yamaguchi, Miss Shiraiwa, Mr. Yokoi
  • Sound : Miss Hara, Mr. Fuse
  • Hard : Mr. Mitsui
  • Programmers : Mr. Ishiguri, Mr. Sakai, Mr. Ohta
  • - SOURCES -
  • Game's rom.
  • Edit this entry at Arcade-History.com: http://www.arcade-history.com/?n=boulder-dash&page=detail&id=323&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
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cheats
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code comments
00000000:306113:00000099:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Credits
000000A2:306959:00000009:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Time:Display still changes
00000000:306E05:00000099:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Reserve Time
00000000:306AF7:00000005:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Lives
00000000:306991:00000000:FFFFFFFF  Exit always Open
00000001:306991:00000000:FFFFFFFF  Open Exit Now!
00000001:306959:00000001:FFFFFFFF  Zero Timer Now! (bonus level)
00000301:306931:00000005:FFFFFFFF  Select current World:You will advance to this world when you lose a life, or the stage after if you complete the stage without dieing after enabling the cheat
00000301:306933:00000004:FFFFFFFF  Select current Stage:You will advance to this stage when you lose a life, or the stage after if you complete the stage without dieing after enabling the cheat
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