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title	Flipull (Japan)
set name	flipull
manufacturer	Taito Corporation
year	1989
genre	Puzzle (hof)
category	Puzzle / Toss (hof)
driver status	good
driver source	taito_l.c
snapshots	MW: parent / CT: \| parent / Mr. Do: parent / PS: in game \| title \| parent zoom
rating	59.8% after 16 votes
parent	Plotting (World set 1)
other clones	Plotting (US) Plotting (World set 2, Protected) Plotting (World set 3, Earliest Version)

colour emulation	good
palette	256
display type	raster
orientation	horizontal
resolution	320x224
frequency	60.000000Hz

sound emulation	good
channels	mono

players	2
nplayers	2P sim
controls	8 way joystick
buttons	1
coin slots	2

cpu	Z80 @ 6.66528MHz
audio	YM2203 @ 3.33MHz

version added

.113

last change(s)

none

roms

name	size	crc	set	sha1
b96-01.ic10	65536	65993978	flipull	d14dc70f1b5e72b96ccc3fab61d7740f627bfea2
b96-07.ic9	65536	0713a387	plotting	0fc1242ce02a56279fa1d5270c905bba7cdcd072
b96-08.ic8	65536	55b8e294	plotting	14405638f751adfadb022bf7a0123a3972d4a617
gal16v8-b86-04.bin	279	bf8c0ea0	plotting	e0a00f1f6363fb79650202f90a56329990876d49

cabinet	plotting.png
marquee	plotting.png
control panel	plotting.png
flyer	plotting.png
PCB	plotting.png

info

0.36b4 [Olivier Galibert]

WIP:

0.126u5: Brian Troha added the Plotting PAL to clone Flipull (Japan). Also corrected the PAL ROM name.
0.126u2: Added pld ($0 - gal16v8-b6-04.bin).
0.122u2: Changed Z80 CPU1 clock speed to 6665280 Hz and YM2203 to 3330000 MHz.
0.113: Stefan Lindberg added clones Plotting (World set 3, Earliest Version) and Flipull (Japan). Plotting (World set 1) is now original.
0.99u4: David Haywood added clone Plotting (US). Fixed rom names in (World set 1).
0.93u3: Nicola Salmoria changed interrupt handling, this fixes test mode in Plotting.
0.88u5: Pierpaolo Prazzoli added clone Plotting (World set 2).
0.81u8: Changed dipswitch name 'Misses' to 'Wild Blocks' (number of allowed misses).
0.37b6: Changed Z80 CPU clock speed to 6MHz.
0.37b3: Added dipswitches 'Max Players, 'Flip Screen, 'Demo Sounds, 'Difficulty, 'Misses' and 'Allow Continue'.
0.36RC2: Added 'Coin B' dipswitch.
0.36b4: Olivier Galibert added Plotting (World) (Taito 1989).
26th August 1999: Olivier Galibert sent in a Taito system L driver with support for American Horseshoes, Cachat, Champion Wrestler, Fighting Hawk, Palamedes, Plotting, Puzznic and Raimais. None of them have sound though, and some have graphic bugs.

LEVELS: 60

Other Emulators:

Raine

Romset: 193 kb / 4 files / 73.4 zip

history

Plotting (c) 1989 Taito.

A puzzle game where you match a set number of blocks with the same pattern to clear each level.

- TECHNICAL -

Taito L System hardware

Board Number : K1100440A

Prom Stickers : B96

Main CPU : Z80 (@ 6 Mhz)

Sound Chips : YM2203 (@ 3 Mhz)

Screen orientation : Horizontal

Video resolution : 320 x 224 pixels

Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz

Palette colors : 256

Players : 2

Control : 8-way joystick

Buttons : 1

- TRIVIA -

Released in July 1989.

This game is known in Japan as "Flipull".

- UPDATES -

The US version is slightly different, it has the "Winners Don't Use Drugs" screen.

- TIPS AND TRICKS -

* The longer the remaining time when a level is cleared the more points you get.

* The fewer the remaining blocks when a level is cleared the more points you get.

* You can destroy more than one block at a time if they are positioned next to each other. You score more points for this.

- PORTS -

* Consoles :

Amstrad GX4000 (1990)

Nintendo Famicom (19??, "Flipull")

Nintendo Game Boy (1990, "Flipull - An Exciting Cube Game")

Sony PlayStation 2 (2005, "Taito Memories Vol. 1" : as "Flipull")

Sony PlayStation2 (2005, "Taito Legends")

Microsoft XBOX (2005, "Taito Legends")

* Computers :

Sinclair ZX Spectrum (1990)

Commodore C64 (1990)

Commodore Amiga (1990)

Atari ST (1990)

Amstrad CPC+ (1990)

PC [MS Windows] (2005, "Taito Legends")

- SOURCES -

Game's rom.

Machine's picture.

Edit this entry at Arcade-History.com: http://www.arcade-history.com/?n=plotting&page=detail&id=1989&o=2

resource links

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view high score and replay at MARP
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view in GameFAQs
view in KLOV
view in MamEnd
view in System16
view in System16
view in The Arcade Flyer Archive
view in The Arcade Flyer Archive
view in VGMuseum Game Endings

cheats

code	comments
00000000:860C:0000003B:FFFFFFFF	Infinite Time PL1
00000000:860F:00000004:FFFFFFFF	Infinite Wild Blocks PL1
00000000:8B0C:0000003B:FFFFFFFF	Infinite Time PL2
00000000:8B0F:00000004:FFFFFFFF	Infinite Wild Blocks PL2