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title Cue Brick (Japan)
set name cuebrckj
manufacturer Konami
year 1989
genre Puzzle (hof)
category Puzzle / Sliding (hof)
driver status good
driver source twin16.c
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rating

71.2% after 23 votes
 
parent Cue Brick (World version D)
display
colour emulation good
palette 1024
display type raster
orientation horizontal
resolution 304x224
frequency 60.606061Hz
sound
sound emulation good
channels stereo
controls
players 2
nplayers 2P alt
controls 8 way joystick
buttons 3
coin slots 2
hardware
cpu 68000 @ 9.216MHz
cpu 68000 @ 9.216MHz
cpu Z80 @ 3.579545MHz
audio YM2151 @ 3.57958MHz
audio K007232 @ 3.579545MHz
audio UPD7759 @ 0.64MHz
data
version added .036b08
last change(s) .122u5 .072
roms
name size crc set flags sha1
903_e05.6n  65536  8b556220  cuebrckj    dbe24133e74018c4fe9332519394cbb882c4ed5a 
903_e04.4n  65536  bf9c7927  cuebrckj    3a594b8846f7e6074ca54f8cd5fe2ba3b64ba740 
903_e09.6r  65536  2a77554d  cuebrckj    53eee99737333c8c4bbb9c757fd12488b6c4d3d8 
903_e08.4r  65536  c0a430c1  cuebrckj    bef737f12e9a79781a4cd795ffc108899757901d 
903_d07.10n  65536  fc0edce7  cuebrckj    57e969a42c48a9464ec370d4605eaecb690d58ab 
903_d06.8n  65536  b2cef6fe  cuebrckj    27d1d15f3a408e6166745cb6a159704a8cbb4584 
903_e13.10s  65536  4fb5fb80  cuebrckj    3a59dae3846341289c31aa106684ebc45488ca45 
903_e12.8s  65536  883e3097  cuebrckj    fe0fa1a2881a67223d741c400bb8c1a0c67946c1 
903_d03.10a  32768  455e855a  cuebrckj    cfdd54a5071862653ee94c0455301f4a7245fbd8 
903_e14.d8  16384  ddbebbd5  cuebrckj    df532f19a08cabb28d693e4cd445c47c9e35e5ff 
903_e11.10r  65536  5c41faf8  cuebrckj    f9eee6a7b92d3b3aa4320747da6390310522a2cf 
903_e10.8r  65536  417576d4  cuebrckj    e84762743e3a1117b6ef7ea0b304877e4a719f75 
cabinet art
additional information
info 0.71u2 [R. Belmont]

0.36b8 [Phil Stroffolino]

0.36b6 [Phil Stroffolino]

WIP:
  • 0.122u6: Zsolt Vasvari fixed video roms give bad checksums.
  • 0.122u5: Zsolt Vasvari reversed ROM set names of Cue Brick (World version D) and (Japan). Changed some function names to reflect parent set. Renamed (cuebrick) to (cuebrckj) and (cuebrckj) to (cuebrick).
  • 0.107u2: Canim fixed coin input in clone Cue Brick (World version D).
  • 0.77: Curt Coder fixed Cue Brick NVRAM handler and added watchdog reset, visible area in cuebrckj and changed cuebrckj to "Cue Brick (World version D)", since text is in English).
  • 0.76u2: Changed description from 'CueBrick' to 'Cue Brick'. Changed visible area to 304x224. Added dipswitches 'Lives', 'Machine Name', 'Difficulty', 'Upright Controls' and 'Mode'.
  • 0.71u2: R. Belmont added clone Cue Brick (Japan version D).
  • 9th July 2003: R. Belmont sent in a driver for the Japan version of Cue Brick which runs on different hardware than the world version. David Haywood fixed the text layer colors in it.
  • 0.67: Changed description from 'Cuebrick' to 'CueBrick'
  • 0.36b10: Changed Z80 CPU1 clock speed to 3579545 Hz.
  • 0.36b9.1: Added new cpu1 rom ($0).
  • 3rd November 1999: Phil Stroffolino fixed CueBrick sound.
  • 0.36b8: Phil Stroffolino added Cuebrick (Konami 1989).
  • 0.36b6: Phil Stroffolino added Cuebrick (Testdriver).
ARCADE RELEASE: CueBrick (Konami) - 1989/Aug/01

LEVELS: 21

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Romset: 640 kb / 10 files / 262 zip
history Cue Brick (c) 1989 Konami.


A puzzle game where you shift blocks so that a ball rolling along a path can roll across every block that has a path drawn on it.


- TECHNICAL -


Game ID : GX903


Main CPU : (2x) 68000 (@ 10 Mhz)

Sound CPU : Z80 (@ 3.579545 Mhz)

Sound Chips : YM2151 (@ 3.57958 Mhz), K007232 (@ 3.579545 Mhz), UPD7759 (@ 640 Khz)


Screen orientation : Horizontal

Video resolution : 304 x 224 pixels

Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz

Palette colors : 1024


Players : 2

Control : 8-way joystick

Buttons : 3


- TRIVIA -


Released in August 1989.


- UPDATES -


* In the Japanese version, Stop is a counter you can trigger anytime, starting at 200, so basically 20 seconds.

* In the World version, you start with 3 stop bonus, and each of them can stop the game 4 seconds. The World version has a practice mode too.


- STAFF -
  • Game planners : N. Toshiaki, K. Kunihiko
  • Game programmers : T. Tokusan, T. Koji
  • Sound programmer : K. Satoru
  • Graphic designers : M. Saruchan, Maruyakikun, Y. Oyajin, K. Caro
  • Sound designers : N. Kazuo, O. Masanori
  • - SOURCES -
  • Game's rom.
  • Edit this entry at Arcade-History.com: http://www.arcade-history.com/?n=cue-brick&page=detail&id=553&o=2
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code comments
02000000:61110:00000063:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Credits
02100000:60008:00000384:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Play Time
02100000:6002E:00000384:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Stop Time
02000000:6000D:00000064:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Warp Time
02000001:6000D:00000001:FFFFFFFF  Open Warp Tunnel Now!
62000000:00000:00000000:00000000  Select Starting Stage:Note to turn this cheat off you must select Stage 01-01
20810000:08221:00000003:FFFFFFFF  01-01
20810000:08221:00000008:FFFFFFFF  02-01
20810000:08221:0000000D:FFFFFFFF  03-01
20810000:08221:00000012:FFFFFFFF  04-01
20810000:08221:00000017:FFFFFFFF  05-01
20810000:08221:0000001C:FFFFFFFF  06-01
20810000:08221:00000021:FFFFFFFF  07-01
20810000:08221:00000026:FFFFFFFF  08-01
20810000:08221:0000002B:FFFFFFFF  09-01
20810000:08221:00000030:FFFFFFFF  10-01
20810000:08221:00000035:FFFFFFFF  11-01
20810000:08221:0000003A:FFFFFFFF  12-01
20810000:08221:0000003F:FFFFFFFF  13-01
20810000:08221:00000044:FFFFFFFF  14-01
20810000:08221:00000049:FFFFFFFF  15-01
20810000:08221:0000004E:FFFFFFFF  16-01
20810000:08221:00000053:FFFFFFFF  17-01
20810000:08221:00000058:FFFFFFFF  18-01
20810000:08221:0000005D:FFFFFFFF  19-01
20810000:08221:00000062:FFFFFFFF  20-01
20810000:08221:00000067:FFFFFFFF  END
60000000:00000:00000000:00000000 
02000000:60302:00000000:FFFFFFFF  Sound Test Timer Stop:[PL2 Start]Next Code
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