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title Puchi Carat (Ver 2.02O 1997/10/29)
set name puchicar
manufacturer Taito Corporation
year 1997
genre Breakout (hof)
category Breakout (hof)
driver status good
driver source taito_f3.c
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67.2% after 18 votes
 
clones Puchi Carat (Ver 2.02J 1997/10/29)
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display
colour emulation good
palette 8192
display type raster
orientation horizontal
resolution 320x232
frequency 58.970000Hz
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sound
sound emulation good
channels stereo
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controls
players 4
nplayers 2P sim
controls 8 way joystick
buttons 4
coin slots 4
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hardware
cpu 68EC020 @ 16MHz
cpu 68000 @ 16MHz
audio ES5505 @ 15.23805MHz
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data
version added .084
last change(s) .106u12 .103u1
roms
name size crc set flags sha1
e46-16  524288  cf2accdf  puchicar    b1e9808299a3c68c939009275108ee76cd7f5749 
e46-15  524288  c32c6ed8  puchicar    b0c4cca836e6957ecabdaddff23439f9d038a161 
e46-14  524288  a154c300  puchicar    177d9f3514f1e59a1036b979d2ab969249f519ca 
e46-18  524288  396e3122  puchicar    1000bfe22f783f7121a261d37551bde5687fff8b 
e46-06  2097152  b74336f2  puchicar    f5039a4d2117c78e905e2ef6dec43e143a91915e 
e46-04  2097152  463ecc4c  puchicar    e1649e68acc1637a5dc596b1b29c735e286056af 
e46-05  2097152  83a32eee  puchicar    1a1059b0a5ba1542c866072ffe1874daba982387 
e46-03  2097152  eb768193  puchicar    1d48334c0dfb9f72484717c267ac9b9b8d887fc8 
e46-02  2097152  fb046018  puchicar    48d9c582ec9ef59dcc7538598fbd7ea2117896af 
e46-01  2097152  34fc2103  puchicar    dca199bbd0ad28a11960101cda8d110943b10822 
e46-12  1048576  1f3a9851  puchicar    c8711e2ef0096b41cc9b4c41e521d44b824f7181 
e46-11  1048576  e9f10bf1  puchicar    4ee9be3846b262dc0992c904c40580353b164d46 
e46-10  1048576  1999b76a  puchicar    83d6d2efe250bf3b119982bbf701f9b9d856af2d 
e46-21  262144  b466cff6  puchicar    0757984f15a6ac9939c1e8625d5b9bfcbc788acc 
e46-22  262144  c67b767e  puchicar    19f3db6615d7a6ed4d2636b6beabe2f3ed6d0c38 
e46-07  2097152  f20af91e  puchicar    86040ff7ce591418b32c06c3a02fabcbe76281f5 
e46-08  2097152  f7f96e1d  puchicar    8a83ea9036e8647b8dec6b5e144288ed9c025779 
e46-09  2097152  824135f8  puchicar    13e9edeac38e63fa27d9fd7892d51c216f36ec30 
pal16l8a-d77-09a.bin  260  b371532b  puchicar    7f875f380e69d14326a036a09d2fda7554b73664 
pal16l8a-d77-10a.bin  260  42f59227  puchicar    1f0db7489b49c00603ea51d130c9dfc237545390 
palce16v8q-d77-11a.bin  279  eacc294e  puchicar    90679d523d90c1f8d2ecbd7b6fac2861f94cf107 
palce16v8q-d77-12a.bin  279  e9920cfe  puchicar    58b73fe65f118d57fdce56d781593fc70c797f1b 
palce16v8q-d77-15a.bin  279  0edf820a  puchicar    6bfcc711a15a31dd57e863c46537df9de1a66c2f 
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cabinet art
flyer puchicar.png
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additional information
info 0.84 [Brian Troha]

0.37b11 [Bryan McPhail]

WIP:
  • 0.106u12: MASH added plds ($0, 200, 400, 600, 800 - pal16l8a-d77-09a.bin, pal16l8a-d77-10a.bin, palce16v8q-d77-11a.bin, palce16v8q-d77-12a.bin and palce16v8q-d77-15a.bin) to Puchi Carat and clone.
  • 0.84: Brian Troha added Puchi Carat (World). Renamed (puchicar) to (puchicrj).
  • 0.69: Fixed sound1 roms addresses.
  • 13th March 2003: Paul Priest and MooglyGuy fixed the sound ROM loading in Puzzle Bobble 3, Puzzle Bobble 4 and Puchi Carat.
  • 0.37b12: Fixed all sound1 rom addresses.
  • 16th January 2001: Bryan McPhail fixed some memory corrupting bugs in the Taito F3 driver.
  • 0.37b11: Bryan McPhail added Puchi Carat (Japan) (Taito 1997). Issues: Bats can fly off one side of the screen and appear on the other - analogue input problem. Input bit to switch between analogue/digital control panels for Puchi Carat is not found.
  • 15th January 2001: Bryan McPhail finally submitted his Taito F3 driver, which is not graphically perfect and crashes hard sometimes but has complete ES5505 sound emulation thanks to Aaron Giles, Ian Schmidt and R. Belmont. Not all games are working due to 68020 core bugs, but these are: Ring Rage, Arabian Magic, Riding Fight, Grid Seeker: Project Stormhammer, Gunlock / Rayforce, Super Cup Finals / Hat Trick Hero '93, Top Ranking Stars, Light Bringer, Kaiser Knuckle / Global Champion, Bubble Bobble 2 / Bubble Symphony, Space Invaders DX, Taito Power Goal / Hat Trick Hero '95, Quiz Theater - 3tsu no Monogatari, Akkanvader, Moriguchi Hiroko no Quiz de Hyuu!Hyuu!, Puzzle Bobble 2 / Bust-A-Move Again, Puzzle Bobble 2X, Kyukyoku Tiger 2, Bubble Memories, Cleopatra Fortune, Puzzle Bobble 3, Arkanoid Returns, Kirameki Star Road, Puchi Carat and Pop 'N Pop.
LEVELS: 1 - 11 (single mode - vs. mode)

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Romset: 24066 kb / 23 files / 8.17 zip
history Puchi Carat - Gemstone Ohkoku no Sekai (c) 1997 Taito.


Hit the ball with your paddle to destroy jewels in this simple but addictive puzzle game.


- TECHNICAL -


Taito F3 System hardware

Prom Stickers : E46


Main CPU : 68EC020 (@ 16 Mhz)

Sound CPU : 68000 (@ 16 Mhz)

Sound Chips : ES5505 (@ 15.23805 Mhz)


Screen orientation : Horizontal

Video resolution : 320 x 232 pixels

Screen refresh : 58.97 Hz

Palette colors : 8192


Players : 4

Control : 8-way joystick

Buttons : 4


- TRIVIA -


Released in October 1997.


The title of this game translates from Japanese as 'Small Karat - Gemstone Kingdom World'.


The game forbids the initials 'SEX' on the high score table. If you try, it gets changed to 'AAA'.


- TIPS AND TRICKS -


* Choose 3rd Costume : Press A button and Start at the same time when selecting your character.


* Play As Patoraco : After inserting a coin, when C-Mond is teaching how to play, press A(x3) and Start. She will be available between Garnet and Shyst.


- STAFF -
  • Producer : Atsuchi Taniguchi
  • Director : Takahiro Fujito
  • Game designers : Atsuchi Taniguchi, Takahiro Fujito, Chiho Maeda, Ken Ninomiya, Mari Fukusaki, Yoko Kaneko, Kazuhiro Fujimoto, Nabuhiro Hosomi, Yasuhisa Watanabe (Zuntata)
  • Character graphics : Chino Maeda, Ken Ninomiya, Mari Fukusaki, Yoko Kaneko, Kazuhiro Fujimoto, Nobuhiro Hosomi
  • Sound : Yasuhisa Watanabe (Zuntata)
  • Programmers : Nichiaki Kaneko (I.T.L), Tomoaki Kasuyagi (I.T.L), Yasuhito Nagumo (I.T.L)
  • Character designer : Yasunobu Kousokabe
  • - PORTS -
  • * Consoles :
  • Sony PlayStation (1998)
  • Nintendo Game Boy Color (1999)
  • Sony PlayStation 2 (2005, "Taito Memories Vol. 1")
  • Microsoft XBOX (2006, "Taito Legends 2")
  • Sony PlayStation 2 (2006, "Taito Legends 2")
  • * Computers :
  • PC [CD-ROM] (2006, "Taito Legends 2")
  • - SOURCES -
  • Game's rom.
  • Edit this entry at Arcade-History.com: http://www.arcade-history.com/?n=puchi-carat-gemstone-ohkoku-no-sekai&page=detail&id=2062&o=2
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cheats
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code comments
00000000:40026B:00000009:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Credits
00000000:402186:000000FF:FFFFFFFF  Unlock Secret Character:Enable to select Patoraco via the character selection screen
00000010:403139:000000A0:000000B8  Always Keep Ball in Play PL1
00000000:400F39:0000000C:FFFFFFFF  Always play as Patoraco PL1:Enable this Secret Character cheat on or before the character selection screen
00000010:4038DD:000000A0:000000B8  Always Keep Ball in Play PL2
00000000:400F99:0000000C:FFFFFFFF  Always play as Patoraco PL2:Enable this Secret Character cheat on or before the character selection screen
60000000:000000:00000000:00000000 
62000000:000000:00000000:00000000  Select Region:After you enable this cheat to see any effect you will have to reset the game (with F3). Then you may have to turn the Test Mode ON (with F2).
20810000:0FFFFF:00000001:FFFFFFFF  Japan
20810000:0FFFFF:00000002:FFFFFFFF  US
20810000:0FFFFF:00000003:FFFFFFFF  World
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