game
icon
title Gold Bug
set name goldbug
manufacturer Century Electronics
year 1982
genre Maze (hof)
category Maze / Digging (hof)
driver status good
driver source cvs.c
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rating

71.5% after 27 votes
 
display
colour emulation good
palette 2089
display type raster
orientation vertical
resolution 248x240
frequency 60.000000Hz
sound
sound emulation good
channels mono
controls
players 2
nplayers 2P alt
controls 8 way joystick
buttons 1
coin slots 2
hardware
cpu S2650 @ 0.894886MHz
cpu S2650 @ 0.894886MHz
cpu S2650 @ 0.894886MHz
audio DAC
audio DAC
audio TMS5100 @ 0.64MHz
data
version added .037b10
last change(s) .122u5 .109 .061 .060
roms
name size crc set flags sha1
gb-gp1.bin  4096  8deb7761  goldbug    35f27fb6b5e3f76ddaf2c074b3391931e679df6e 
gb-gp2.bin  4096  135036c1  goldbug    9868eae2486687772bf0bf71b82e461a882ae1ab 
gb-gp3.bin  4096  d48b1090  goldbug    b3cbfeb4fc2bf1bbe0befab793fcc5e7e6ff804c 
gb-gp4.bin  4096  c8053205  goldbug    7f814b059f6b9c62e8a83c1753da5e8780b09411 
gb-gp5.bin  4096  eca17472  goldbug    25c4ca59b4c96a22bc42b41adbf3cc33373cf85e 
gb-sdp1.bin  4096  c8a4b39d  goldbug    29fffaa12639f3b19db818ad374d09fbf9c7fb98 
gb-sp1.bin  2048  5d0205c3  goldbug    578937058d56e5c9fba8a2204ddbb59a6d23dec7 
gb-cp1.bin  2048  80e1ad5a  goldbug    0a577b0faffd9d6807c39175ce213f017a5cc7f8 
gb-cp2.bin  2048  0a288b29  goldbug    0c6471a3517805a5c873857ff21ca94dfe91c24e 
gb-cp3.bin  2048  e5bcf8cf  goldbug    7f53b8ee6f87e6c8761d2200e8194a7d16d8c7ac 
5b.bin  2048  f055a624  goldbug    5dfe89d7271092e665cdd5cd59d15a2b70f92f43 
82s185.10h  2048  c205bca6  goldbug    ec9bd220e75f7b067ede6139763ef8aca0fb7a29 
82s123.10k  32  b5221cec  goldbug    71d9830b33b1a8140b0fe1a2ba8024ba8e6e48e0 
cabinet art
art no cabinet, marquee, flyer, control panel or PCB images found
additional information
info 0.37b10 [Mike Coates, Malcolm Lear]

WIP:
  • 0.123u1: Stephane Humbert fixed duplicated coin 2 input and cocktail mode support.
  • 0.37b10: Mike Coates added Gold Bug (Century 1982).
  • 14th November 2000: Mike Coates submitted the Century Video System driver written by him and Malcolm Lear, supporting Hunchback, Hero, Hunchback Olympic, Cosmos, Dark Warrior, Video Eight Ball, Logger, Dazzler, Wall Street, Radar Zone, Gold Bug and Superbike.
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Romset: 37 kb / 13 files / 23 zip
history Gold Bug (c) 1982 Century Electronics.


A "Dig Dug"-style game.


- TECHNICAL -


Main CPU : S2650 (@ 894.886 Khz)

Sound CPU : S2650 (@ 894.886 Khz)

Sound Chips : (2x) DAC, TMS5110 (@ 640 Khz)


Screen orientation : Vertical

Video resolution : 248 x 240 pixels

Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz

Palette colors : 16


Players : 2

Control : 8-way joystick

Buttons : 2


- TRIVIA -


Steve Peterson holds the official record for this game with 173,740 points.


- SOURCES -


Game's rom.



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00000000:1D7D:00000099:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Credits
00000000:1D6D:00000005:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Lives PL1
00000000:1D6E:00000005:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Lives PL2
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