MAWS - showing resource: cuebrick

title	Cue Brick (World version D)
set name	cuebrick
manufacturer	Konami
year	1989
genre	Puzzle (hof)
category	Puzzle / Sliding (hof)
driver status	good
driver source	tmnt.c
snapshots	MW: in game / CT: in game \| title / PS: in game \| title \| scores zoom
rating	69.8% after 20 votes
clones	Cue Brick (Japan)

colour emulation	good
palette	1024
display type	raster
orientation	horizontal
resolution	304x224
frequency	60.000000Hz

sound emulation	good
channels	mono

players	2
nplayers	2P alt
controls	8 way joystick
buttons	3
coin slots	2

cpu	68000 @ 8MHz
audio	YM2151 @ 3.579545MHz

version added

.071u2

last change(s)

.122u5 .056

roms

name	size	crc	set	sha1
903d25.g12	65536	8d575663	cuebrick	0e308e04936efa80351bf808ac304d3fcc82f19a
903d24.f12	65536	2973625d	cuebrick	e2496704390930761204624d4bf6b0b68d3133ab
903c29.k21	65536	fada986d	cuebrick	79d13dcee5433457c25a8cca0093bddd55165a72
903c27.k17	65536	5bd4b8e1	cuebrick	0bc5e508af20e479c7913fab1ef158165fe67079
903c28.k19	65536	80d2bfaf	cuebrick	3b38558d4f17309154457e9e7780a25577d1858d
903c26.k15	65536	f808fa3d	cuebrick	2b0fa1581acc5c4f7055e6faad97664ef16cc082
903d23.k12	65536	c39fc9fd	cuebrick	fe5a63e5d898f985f9ab9be5b701af4a8e2a9049
903d21.k8	65536	3c7bf8cd	cuebrick	c487e0109f56b3b0e2aa2c4db2dfb30ad74fb0ab
903d22.k10	65536	95ad8591	cuebrick	4e3c8c794be1cd78044eb0eebfa3c755e2aaf54f
903d20.k6	65536	2872a1bb	cuebrick	da7c7a41860283eac49facaa3beb712d3be7db56

flyer	cuebrick.png
PCB	cuebrick.png

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 Recommended Games (Puzzle): Loco-Motion Qwak CueBrick Pipe Dream Pipeline Puzzle Club Many Block Puzzle Star (Sang Ho Soft) Paint & Puzzle 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
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

cheats

code	comments
00000000:41110:00000063:FFFFFFFF	Infinite Credits
00100000:40008:00000384:FFFFFFFF	Infinite Play Time
00000000:40070:0000000A:FFFFFFFF	Infinite Stops
20B00000:09CEC:4E714E71:FFFFFFFF	Pause the Stop Timer:Assign this to an activation key for the best effect - ideally the same as the stop button, don't forget you have to turn this OFF to get the ball moving again
20810000:09CF0:00000060:FFFFFFFF	Pause the Stop Timer (2/2)
00000000:4000D:00000064:FFFFFFFF	Infinite Warp Time
00000001:4000D: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
00000000:40302:00000000:FFFFFFFF	Sound Test Timer Stop:[PL2 Start]Next Code