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title	Flash Point (set 2, Japan, FD1094 317-0127A)
set name	fpoint
manufacturer	Sega
year	1989
genre	Puzzle (hof)
category	Puzzle / Drop (hof)
driver status	good
driver source	segas16b.c
snapshots	MW: in game / CT: in game \| title / EJ: in game / PS: in game \| title \| scores zoom
rating	68.5% after 19 votes
clones	Flash Point (Japan, bootleg) Flash Point (set 1, Japan, FD1094 317-0127A) Flash Point (World, bootleg)

colour emulation	good
palette	6144
display type	raster
orientation	horizontal
resolution	320x224
frequency	60.054389Hz

sound emulation	good
channels	mono

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

cpu	68000 @ 10MHz
cpu	Z80 @ 5MHz
audio	YM2151 @ 4MHz
audio	UPD7759 @ 0.64MHz

version added

.098u2

last change(s)

.088u3 .088u2 .088

roms

name	size	crc	set	sha1
epr12599b.a4	65536	26e3f354	fpoint	5be263a7d66f09508651c661f90cd4f55ac9631c
epr12598b.a1	65536	c0f2c97d	fpoint	0f59e0a848ce8bd2de33a831e09fa5b712553d5d
317-0127a.key	8192	5adb0042	fpoint	07c565cd741df3de2923921b1009dac4021acd41
opr12593.a14	65536	cc0582d8	fpoint	92c7d125a6dcb9c5e6e7bd92a5bf3008385ed487
opr12594.a15	65536	8bfc4815	fpoint	08d28b65e5024c592a9a289b270774ef5c553cbf
opr12595.a16	65536	5b18d60b	fpoint	8e9c81635dcefa52d1cf53c2937ae560191b5202
opr12596.b1	65536	4a4041f3	fpoint	4c52b30223d8aa80ccdbb196098cb17e64ad6583
opr12597.b5	65536	6961e676	fpoint	7639d2da086b57a9a8d6100fdacf40d97d7c4772
epr12592.a10	32768	9a8c11bb	fpoint	399f8e9bdd7aaa4d25817fa9cd4bbf413e5baebe

flyer	fpoint.png
PCB	fpoint.png

info

0.98u2 [Aaron Giles]

0.36b2 [Andrew Prime]

0.34b4 [Phil Stroffolino]

WIP:

0.123u1: Brian Troha added PCB and/or chip docs updates for Flash Point.
0.107u3: Added plds ($0, 200 - fpointbj_gal16v8_1.bin and fpointbj_gal16v8_3.bin) to clone (Japan, bootleg).
0.98u2: Aaron Giles added Flash Point (set 2, Japan, FD1094 317-0127A). Renamed (fpoint) to (fpoint1).
0.89u2: Added uPD7759 sound.
0.89u1: Added '2 Cell Move' dipswitch.
0.88u6: Changed Z80 CPU2 clock speed to 5MHz and palettesize to 6144 colors.
0.88u3: Added new 317-0127a.key
0.88u2: Added FD1094 317-0127a.key to Flash Point (Japan, 317-0127A).
0.88u1: Charles MacDonald and Nicola Salmoria improved the FD1094 emulation. More sets now run (eswatu, fpoint, goldnaxc and cltchitr). Fixed gfx1 rom loading in Flash Point.
0.88: Fixed rom names.
9th October 2004: Charles MacDonald - Here's Flash Point (System 16B) decrypted and running. Thanks to Thierry (aka ShinobiZ) for donating the Flash Point CPU and ROM board. An enhanced Tetris clone, with familiar Sega elements like Fantasy Zone themed backgrounds and Flicky making a brief appearance. No label on this FD1094, the EPROMs used are EPR-12590B and EPR-12591B (note the 'B' suffix); can anyone verify which FD1094 corresponds to this set?
18th March 2004: Charles MacDonald added sound support for tturf, tturfu, tturfbl (no samples), fpointbl and fpointbj.
0.69: Added clone Flash Point (Japan, bootleg). Added cpu2 rom ($0).
0.36b2: Andrew Prime added Flash Point (Sega 1989). Removed uPD7759 sound.
0.36b1: Added dipswitches 'Demo Sounds' and 'Difficulty'.
0.34b4: Phil Stroffolino added Flash Point (bootleg) (not working).

Other Emulators:

Calice
System 16

Romset: 488 kb / 9 files / 130.4 zip

history

Flash Point (c) 1989 Sega.

A "tetris"-like game.

- TECHNICAL -

Sega System 16B hardware

Game ID : 317-0127A

Main CPU : 68000 (@ 10 Mhz)

Sound CPU : Z80 (@ 5 Mhz)

Sound Chips : YM2151 (@ 4 Mhz), UPD7759 (@ 640 Khz)

Screen orientation : Horizontal

Video resolution : 320 x 224 pixels

Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz

Palette colors : 6144

Players : 2

Control : 8-way joystick

Buttons : 1

- TRIVIA -

A bootleg of this game was released by Datsu the same year under the same name.

Flicky makes a cameo appearance as he introduces each round to you!

- PORTS -

* Consoles :

Sony PlayStation 2 (2006, "Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol.28 : Tetris Collection")

* Computers :

MSX

- SOURCES -

Game's rom.

Edit this entry at Arcade-History.com: http://www.arcade-history.com/?n=flash-point&page=detail&id=861&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
view in GameFAQs
view in KLOV
view in MamEnd
view in System16
view in The Arcade Flyer Archive

cheats

code	comments
00000000:FFE373:000000E7:FFFFFFFF	Infinite Bonus Time PL1
00010000:FFE372:00000003:FFFFFFFF	Infinite Bonus Time PL1 (2/2)
62000000:000000:00000000:00000000	Select Perm. Next Shape PL1
00010000:FFE309:00000000:FFFFFFFF	Red
00010000:FFE309:00000001:FFFFFFFF	Green
00010000:FFE309:00000002:FFFFFFFF	Purple
00010000:FFE309:00000003:FFFFFFFF	Yellow
00010000:FFE309:00000004:FFFFFFFF	Cyan
00010000:FFE309:00000005:FFFFFFFF	Orange
00010000:FFE309:00000006:FFFFFFFF	Blue
62000001:000000:00000000:00000000	Select Temp. Next Shape PL1
00010001:FFE309:00000000:FFFFFFFF	Red
00010001:FFE309:00000001:FFFFFFFF	Green
00010001:FFE309:00000002:FFFFFFFF	Purple
00010001:FFE309:00000003:FFFFFFFF	Yellow
00010001:FFE309:00000004:FFFFFFFF	Cyan
00010001:FFE309:00000005:FFFFFFFF	Orange
00010001:FFE309:00000006:FFFFFFFF	Blue
60000000:000000:00000000:00000000
00000000:FFE3F3:000000E7:FFFFFFFF	Infinite Bonus Time PL2
00010000:FFE3F2:00000003:FFFFFFFF	Infinite Bonus Time PL2 (2/2)
62000000:000000:00000000:00000000	Select Perm. Next Shape PL2
00010000:FFE389:00000000:FFFFFFFF	Red
00010000:FFE389:00000001:FFFFFFFF	Green
00010000:FFE389:00000002:FFFFFFFF	Purple
00010000:FFE389:00000003:FFFFFFFF	Yellow
00010000:FFE389:00000004:FFFFFFFF	Cyan
00010000:FFE389:00000005:FFFFFFFF	Orange
00010000:FFE389:00000006:FFFFFFFF	Blue
62000001:000000:00000000:00000000	Select Temp. Next Shape PL2
00010001:FFE389:00000000:FFFFFFFF	Red
00010001:FFE389:00000001:FFFFFFFF	Green
00010001:FFE389:00000002:FFFFFFFF	Purple
00010001:FFE389:00000003:FFFFFFFF	Yellow
00010001:FFE389:00000004:FFFFFFFF	Cyan
00010001:FFE389:00000005:FFFFFFFF	Orange
00010001:FFE389:00000006:FFFFFFFF	Blue