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title Boulder Dash (Cassette)
set name cbdash
manufacturer Data East Corporation
year 1985
genre Maze (hof)
category Maze / Digging (hof)
driver status good
driver source decocass.c
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rating

63.7% after 36 votes
 
BIOS decocass
display
colour emulation good
palette 56
display type raster
orientation vertical
resolution 240x240
frequency 57.444853Hz
sound
sound emulation good
channels mono
controls
players 2
nplayers 2P alt
controls 8 way joystick
buttons 2
coin slots 2
hardware
cpu M6502 @ 0.75MHz
cpu M6502 @ 0.5MHz
cpu I8041 @ 6MHz
audio AY-3-8910A @ 1.5MHz
audio AY-3-8910A @ 1.5MHz
data
version added .037b13
last change(s) .109
roms
name size crc set flags sha1
rms8.cpu  4096  23d929b7  decocass    063f83020ba3d6f43ab8471f95ca919767b93aa4 
dsp3.p0b  2048  b67a91d9  decocass    681c040be0f0ed1ba0a50161b36d0ad8e1c8c5cb 
dsp3.p1b  2048  3bfff5f3  decocass    4e9437cb1b76d64da6b37f01bd6e879fb399e8ce 
rms8.snd  2048  b66b2c2a  decocass    0097f38beb4872e735e560148052e258a26b08fd 
cass8041.bin  1024  a6df18fd  decocass    1f9ea47e372d31767c936c15852b43df2b0ee8ff 
dsp8.3m  32  238fdb40  decocass    b88e8fabb82092105c3828154608ea067acbf2e5 
dsp8.10d  32  3b5836b4  decocass    b630bb277d9ec09d46ef26b944014dd6165b35d8 
rms8.j3  32  51eef657  decocass    eaedce5caf55624ad6ae706aedf82c5717c60f1f 
cbdash.cas  32768  cba4c1af  cbdash    5d163d8e31c58b20679c6be06b1aa02df621822b 
cabinet art
control panel cbdash.png
additional information
info 0.37b13 [Juergen Buchmueller]

WIP:
  • 0.37b13: Juergen Buchmueller added Boulder Dash (Cassette) (Data East 1985).
LEVELS: 16 (endless)

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Romset: 32 kb / 1 files / 13.5 zip
history Boulder Dash (c) 1985 Data East.


Rockford digs feverishly, as boulders crash down all around him, throughout 16 mystical caves and five levels of difficulty.


- TECHNICAL -


DECO Cassette System hardware

Game ID : 44


Main CPU : M6502 (@ 750 Khz), M6502 (@ 500 Khz), I8X41 (@ 500 Khz)

Sound Chips : (2x) AY8910 (@ 1.5 Mhz)


Screen orientation : Vertical

Video resolution : 240 x 240 pixels

Screen refresh : 57.00 Hz

Palette colors : 32


Players : 2

Control : stick

Buttons : 2


- TRIVIA -


Released in August 1985.


- STAFF -
  • Designed and programmed by : Peter Liepa, Chris Gray
  • - SOURCES -
  • Game's rom.
  • Edit this entry at Arcade-History.com: http://www.arcade-history.com/?n=boulder-dash&page=detail&id=397&o=2
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cheats
cheats
code comments
00000000:0040:00000099:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Time:Turn OFF at end of level!
00000001:0040:00000000:FFFFFFFF  No Time Left Now!:Commit Suicide!
00010001:0041:00000000:FFFFFFFF  No Time Left Now! (2/2)
00900000:156B:000003D0:FFFFFFFF  Invincibility:Don't enable this cheat during the loading of the game from cassette tape to prevent any problems
00810000:18E1:00000060:FFFFFFFF  Invincibility (2/2):1st = Explosion, 2nd = Enemy/Rock
00000901:003E:00000099:FFFFFFFF  Select number of diamonds
00000001:0042:00000082:FFFFFFFF  Open level door Now!
60000000:0000:00000000:00000000 
00000000:002A:0000001E:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Lives PL1
00000000:002F:0000001E:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Lives PL2
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