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title Mr. Jong (Japan)
set name mrjong
manufacturer Kiwako
year 1983
genre Puzzle (hof)
category Puzzle / Maze (hof)
driver status good
driver source mrjong.c
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rating

71.2% after 25 votes
 
clones BlockBuster
Crazy Blocks
display
colour emulation good
palette 128
display type raster
orientation vertical
resolution 224x240
frequency 60.000000Hz
sound
sound emulation good
channels mono
controls
players 2
nplayers 2P alt
controls 4 way joystick
buttons 1
coin slots 2
hardware
cpu Z80 @ 2.578MHz
audio SN76489 @ 2.578MHz
audio SN76489 @ 2.578MHz
data
version added .037b01
last change(s) none since version .53
roms
name size crc set flags sha1
mj00  8192  d211aed3  mrjong    01f252ca1d2399146fa3ed44cb2daa1d5925cae5 
mj01  8192  49a9ca7e  mrjong    fc5279ba782da2c8288042bd17282366fcd788cc 
mj02  8192  4b50ae6a  mrjong    6fa6bae926c5e4cc154f5f1a6dc7bb7ef5bb484a 
mj03  8192  2c375a17  mrjong    9719485cdca535771b498a37d57734463858f2cd 
mj21  4096  1ea99dab  mrjong    21a296d394e5cac0c7cb2ea8efaeeeee976ac4b5 
mj20  4096  7eb1d381  mrjong    fa13700f132c03d2d2cee65abf24024db656aff7 
mj61  32  a85e9b27  mrjong    55df208b771a98fcf6c2c19ffdf973891ebcabd1 
mj60  256  dd2b304f  mrjong    d7320521e83ddf269a9fc0c91f0e0e61428b187c 
cabinet art
art no cabinet, marquee, flyer, control panel or PCB images found
additional information
info 0.37b1 [Takahiro Nogi]

< Japan >

WIP:
  • 0.123u2: Changed palettesize to 128 colors.
  • 0.115u4: Lord Nightmare fixed Mr. Jong to explicitly use the SN76489 now that it behaves differently from the SN76496.
  • 0.68: David Haywood added clone BlockBuster (ECI license).
  • 23rd April 2003: David Haywood added BlockBuster to the Mr. Jong driver.
  • 14th April 2003: Guru - Blockbuster (Kiwako 1983) arrived from Taucher.
  • 0.37b3: Added missing color prom ($20) to clone Crazy Blocks.
  • 0.37b1: Added Mr. Jong (Japan) (Kiwako 1983) and clone Crazy Blocks (Kiwako (ECI license)). Mr.Jong was distributed by Sanritsu.
  • 31st March 2000: Takahiro Nogi sent in a driver for Mr. Jong and Crazy Blocks.
Other Emulators:
  • CottAGE
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Romset: 41 kb / 8 files / 24.0 zip
history Mr. Jong (c) 1983 Kiwako.


A puzzle game.


- TECHNICAL -


Main CPU : Z80 (@ 2.578 Mhz)

Sound Chips : (2x) SN76496 (@ 2.578 Mhz)


Screen orientation : Vertical

Video resolution : 224 x 240 pixels

Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz

Palette colors : 16


Players : 2

Control : 4-way joystick

Buttons : 1


- TRIVIA -


Mr. Jong was distributed by Sanritsu.


This game is known outside Japan as "BlockBuster" and as "Crazy Blocks".


- SOURCES -


Game's rom.



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code comments
00000000:A006:00000009:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Credits
00000000:A071:00000009:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Lives
20800000:233E:00000040:FFFFFFFF  Invincibility
00000000:A03F:000000FE:FFFFFFFF  Never have any Enemies
00010000:A05B:000000FF:FFFFFFFF  Never have any Enemies (2/4)
00010000:A05F:000000FF:FFFFFFFF  Never have any Enemies (3/4)
00010000:A064:000000FF:FFFFFFFF  Never have any Enemies (4/4)
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