MAWS - showing resource: puzlstar

title	Puzzle Star
set name	puzlstar
manufacturer	IGS
year	1999
genre	Puzzle (hof)
category	Puzzle / Match (hof)
driver status	preliminary
driver source	pgm.c
snapshots	MW: in game / CT: in game \| title \| BIOS / PS: in game \| title \| scores zoom
rating	61.1% after 15 votes
BIOS	pgm

colour emulation	good
palette	2304
display type	raster
orientation	horizontal
resolution	448x224
frequency	60.000000Hz

sound emulation	imperfect
channels	mono

players	4
nplayers	???
controls	8 way joystick
buttons	4
coin slots	4

cpu	68000 @ 20MHz
cpu	Z80 @ 8.468MHz
audio	ICS2115

version added

.084u5

last change(s)

.109 .084u6

roms

name	size	crc	set	sha1
pgm_p01s.rom	131072	e42b166e	pgm	2a9df9ec746b14b74fae48b1a438da14973702ea
v100mg.u1	524288	5788b77d	puzlstar	7770aae6e686da92b2623c977d1bc8f019f48267
v100mg.u2	524288	4c79d979	puzlstar	3b92052a35994f2b3dd164930154184c45d5e2d0
pgm_t01s.rom	2097152	1a7123a0	pgm	cc567f577bfbf45427b54d6695b11b74f2578af3
t0800.u5	2097152	f9d84e59	puzlstar	80ec77025ac5bf355b1a60f2a678dd4c56071f6b
a0800.u1	4194304	e1e6ec40	puzlstar	390432431f144ef63424a426582b311765a61771
b0800.u3	2097152	52e7bef5	puzlstar	a678251b7e46a1016d0afc1d8d5c9928008ad5b1
pgm_m01s.rom	2097152	45ae7159	pgm	d3ed3ff3464557fd0df6b069b2e431528b0ebfa8
m0800.u2	4194304	e1a46541	puzlstar	6fe9de5700d8638374734d80551dcedb62975140

PCB

pgm.png

info

0.84u5 [David Haywood]

WIP:

0.105u3: XingXing simulated the protection in Puzzle Star - Game now playable.
0.84u5: David Haywood added Puzzle Star (IGS 1999).
22nd April 2004: David Haywood - ElSemi passed along some code to me from a contributor in China known as 'XingXing'. The code was to simulate the protection in the PGM game 'Puzzle Star', another one of the Mysterious PGM games which never appeared on the IGS site when most of the other titles were up. It's a puzzle game, very similar to Mang-Chi which was emulated a few days ago but with some extra twists (involving the stars, combos, and 'promotions'). There may be one or two problems with the simulation, but for the most part it seems to work correctly.
25th July 2004: David Haywood added Puzzle Star to the PGM driver but it also does not work because of protection.
30th July 2004: A Puzzle Star PGM cart arrived, purchased by Randy on EBay. I've dumped it, but it will require trojaning to get the emulation working. We're working on it.

Other Emulators:

Nebula

Romset: 13312 kb / 6 files / 5.48 zip

history

Puzzle Star (c) 1999 IGS.

- TECHNICAL -

IGS PGM hardware

Main CPU : 68000 (@ 20 Mhz)

Sound CPU : Z80 (@ 8.468 Mhz)

Sound Chips : ICS2115 (@ 8.468 Mhz)

Screen orientation : Horizontal

Video resolution : 448 x 224 pixels

Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz

Palette colors : 2304

Players : 4

Control : 8-way joystick

Buttons : 4

- SOURCES -

Game's rom.

Edit this entry at Arcade-History.com: http://www.arcade-history.com/?n=puzzle-star&page=detail&id=3519&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 System16

cheats

code	comments
60000000:0000:00000000:00000000	------------------------------:REASON 05
60000000:0000:00000000:00000000	There are no cheats for this
60000000:0000:00000000:00000000	game as it was only recently
60000000:0000:00000000:00000000	fixed or added. Cheats may
60000000:0000:00000000:00000000	have been found since the
60000000:0000:00000000:00000000	last cheat file release so
60000000:0000:00000000:00000000	please search the cheat
60000000:0000:00000000:00000000	forums before posting ANY
60000000:0000:00000000:00000000	cheat requests.
60000000:0000:00000000:00000000	------------------------------:REASON 05