game
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title Off the Wall (2/3-player upright)
set name offtwall
manufacturer Atari Games
year 1991
genre Breakout (hof)
category Breakout (hof)
driver status good
driver source offtwall.c
snapshots MW: in game / CT: in game | title | artwork / Mr. Do: artwork / Dany69: artwork / PS: in game | title | scores
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rating

66.2% after 22 votes
 
clones Off the Wall (2-player cocktail)
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display
colour emulation good
palette 2048
display type raster
orientation horizontal
resolution 336x240
frequency 59.922743Hz
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sound
sound emulation good
channels mono
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controls
players 3
nplayers 3P sim
controls 8 way joystick
buttons 4
coin slots 2
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hardware
cpu 68000 @ 7.15909MHz
cpu M6502 @ 1.789772MHz
audio YM2151 @ 3.579545MHz
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data
version added .036b03
last change(s) none since version .53
roms
name size crc set flags sha1
otw2012.bin  131072  d08d81eb  offtwall    5a72aa2e4fc6455b94aa59a7719d0ddc8bcc80f2 
otw2013.bin  131072  61c2553d  offtwall    343d39f9b75fd236e9769ec21ab65310f85e31ca 
otw1020.bin  65536  488112a5  offtwall    55e84855daacfa303d1031de8c9adb992a846e21 
otw1014.bin  131072  4d64507e  offtwall    cb2ac41aecd2702cd57c746a6f5986cd753bc29e 
otw1016.bin  131072  f5454f3a  offtwall    87d82bd227f7fcfd13b6f4ad88a573d1b96a4fc1 
otw1018.bin  131072  17864231  offtwall    22f93fcb5d413281157ab8545647f3713f98c135 
otw1015.bin  131072  271f7856  offtwall    928bc5e7dc589ceb5f55e536b5a05c3866116a24 
otw1017.bin  131072  7f7f8012  offtwall    1123ea3c6cd2c73617a87d6a5bbb26fca8941af3 
otw1019.bin  131072  9efe511b  offtwall    db1f1d8792bf497bc9ad652b0b7d78c3abf0e817 
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cabinet art
cabinet offtwall.png offtwall.png
marquee offtwall.png
control panel offtwall.png
flyer offtwall.png
PCB offtwall.png
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additional information
info 0.36b3 [Aaron Giles]

Bugs:
  • offtwall, offtwalc: In "service" mode, the menu has lost its color. This makes it so you cannot see what selection is highlighted. Previous versions of MAME do not exhibit this problem (see snapshot). offtwallc060gre Darkk (ID 00784)
WIP:
  • 0.122u4: Changed M6502 CPU2 clock speed to 1789772 Hz and YM2151 to 3579545 Hz.
  • 0.114u2: Aaron Giles and Couriersud added more accurate video timing to most of the Atari 68000-era games. The parameters are from published specs, not derived. The board uses a VAD chip to generate video signals. Changed VSync to 59.922743 Hz.
  • 0.114: Couriersud added general save state support to the atarijsa and atarigen modules.
  • 0.97u4: David Haywood fixed Atari Audio Board II (sndhrdwatarijsa.c) for games without OKI6295 sound.
  • 0.95u3: Removed OKI6295 sound (because of the 0.93 Sound System update).
  • 0.93: Added OKI6295 (9037Hz) sound.
  • 0.37b15: Changed M6502 CPU2 clock speed to 1789500 and YM2151 to 3579000 Hz.
  • 0.36RC1: Changed 68000 CPU1 clock speed to 7159090 Hz, M6502 CPU2 to 1789772 Hz and YM-2151 to 3579545 Hz.
  • 0.36b5: Changed input from trackball to dial and added 'Controls' dipswitch.
  • 6th September 1999: Aaron Giles sent in a huge Bally/Sente driver, with Chicken Shift, Gimme a Break, Goalie Hhost, Hat Trick, Mini Golf, Night Stocker, Off the Wall, Rescue Raider, Sente Diagnostics Cartridge, Snacks'n Jaxson, Stocker, Street Football, Toggle and Trivial Pursuit. There are still more games running on this hardware.
  • 0.36b3: Aaron Giles added Off the Wall (2/3-player upright) (Atari Games 1991) and clone (2-player cocktail).
  • 8th August 1999: Aaron Giles sent in a driver for Off the Wall.
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Romset: 1088 kb / 9 files / 427 zip
history Off The Wall (c) 10/1991 Atari Games.


Atari's superb variant on "Breakout" has up to 3 players bouncing balls, breaking bricks, and ultimately trying to get the ball into the exit. Also includes multiplayer 'bonus rounds' where players compete to be the last man standing in a "Pong" match.


- TECHNICAL -


Game ID : 136090


Main CPU : 68000 (@ 7.15909 Mhz), M6502 (@ 1.7895 Mhz)

Sound Chips : YM2151 (@ 3.579 Mhz)


Screen orientation : Horizontal

Video resolution : 336 x 240 pixels

Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz

Palette Colors : 2048


Players : 3

Control : dial

Buttons : 4


- TRIVIA -


If a ball is kept in play long enough, the speed meter will go up to 'Hyper Speed', 'Ludicrous Speed', and 'They've Gone Plaid!' - all references to Mel Brooks' Star Wars parody, 'Spaceballs'.


- STAFF -
  • Music : John Paul (JFP)
  • SFX : Brad Fuller (BAF)
  • Others from highscore table : (RI ), (GAM), (ES ), Kelly Turner (KFT), Norm Avellar (NLA), (JMM), Kris Moser (KEM), (GFM), Sam Comstock (SWC), (PAT), Tim Hubberstey (TJH), (JMR)
  • - SOURCES -
  • Game's rom.
  • Machine's picture.
  • Edit this entry at Arcade-History.com: http://www.arcade-history.com/?n=off-the-wall&page=detail&id=1866&o=2
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cheats
cheats
code comments
60000000:000000:00000000:00000000  When there are only 2 players then PL3 will be the 2nd player!
00000000:3FDF44:0000000A:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Lives PL1
00000000:3FDF84:00000003:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Lives PL2
00000000:3FDFC4:0000000A:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Lives PL3
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