game
icon
title Shoot the Bull
set name shootbul
manufacturer Bally Midway
year 1985
genre Sports (hof)
category Sports / Darts (hof)
driver status good
driver source pacman.c
snapshots MW: in game / CT: in game | title / PS: in game | title
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rating

68% after 18 votes
 
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display
colour emulation good
palette 512
display type raster
orientation vertical
resolution 224x288
frequency 60.606061Hz
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sound
sound emulation good
channels mono
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controls
players 1
nplayers 4P alt
controls trackball
buttons 1
coin slots 3
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hardware
cpu Z80 @ 3.072MHz
audio Namco @ 0.096MHz
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data
version added .037b12
last change(s) none since version .53
roms
name size crc set flags sha1
sb6e.cpu  4096  25daa5e9  shootbul    8257de5e0e62235d05d74b53e5fc716e85cb05b9 
sb6f.cpu  4096  92144044  shootbul    905a354a806da47ab40577171acdac7db635d102 
sb6h.cpu  4096  43b7f99d  shootbul    6372763fbbca3581376204c5e58ceedd3f47fc60 
sb6j.cpu  4096  bc4d3bbf  shootbul    2fa15b339166b9a5bf711b58a1705bc0b9e528e2 
sb5e.cpu  4096  07c6c5aa  shootbul    cbe99ece795f29fdeef374cbf9b1f45ff065e803 
sb5f.cpu  4096  eaec6837  shootbul    ff21b0fd5381afb1ba7f5920132006ee8e6d10eb 
7f.rom  32  ec578b98  shootbul    196da49cc260f967ec5f01bc3c75b11077c85998 
4a.rom  256  81a6b30f  shootbul    60c767fd536c325151a2b759fdbce4ba41e0c78f 
82s126.1m  256  a9cc86bf  shootbul    bbcec0570aeceb582ff8238a4bc8546a23430081 
82s126.3m  256  77245b66  shootbul    0c4d0bee858b97632411c440bea6948a74759746 
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cabinet art
cabinet shootbul.png
marquee shootbul.png
control panel shootbul.png
flyer shootbul.png
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additional information
info 0.37b12 [Dave Widel]

Bugs:
  • Shoot The Bull will lock up then reset itself if you spin the trackball backwards when it's your turn. This happens maybe 90% of the times you do it, if it doesn't do it try it a couple more times and it should reset. Error log states "reset caused by the watchdog". Did this happen on a real PCB? shootbul074gre BarnacleEd
WIP:
  • 0.37b12: Dave Widel added Shoot the Bull (Bally Midway 1985).
  • 30th January 2001: Dave Widel wrote a Shoot the Bull driver.
PLAY INSTRUCTIONS:
  • Black Out: Winner is first player to hit all 20 numbers. When a number is hit it is blacked out.
  • 301: Player starts with 301 points. First player to reach zero points wins. Exceeding zero is a bust that turn is disregarded. Tray again next round.
  • Poison 301: Like 301, but player can hit a number only one time per turn.
  • 301 Pro Style: Like 301, but player must hit bullseye. Double or triple on last dart to win.
  • Poison 301 Pro: Like 301, but player must hit bullseye. Double or triple on last dart to win. Player can hit a number only one time per turn.
Recommended Games (Darts):

Bulls Eye Darts

Shoot the Bull

Parlour Games (Mega-Tech) (Darts)

World Darts (Arcadia)

AmeriDarts

Romset: 25 kb / 10 files / 18.6 zip
history Shoot The Bull (c) 1985 Bally Midway.


A dart game for up to four players with four different games to choose from.


- TECHNICAL -


Main CPU : Z80 (@ 3.072 Mhz)

Sound Chips : Namco (@ 96 Khz)


Screen orientation : Vertical

Video resolution : 224 x 288 pixels

Screen refresh : 60.61 Hz

Palette Colors : 16


Players : 1

Control : trackball

Buttons : 1


- STAFF -
  • Game designer : Jeff Nauman
  • Game artist : Brian Colin
  • Cabient art : Greg Freres
  • Sounds : Mike Bartlow
  • Support : Jim Belt
  • Hardware : Cary Mednick, John Boydston
  • Mechanical : John Kubik
  • - SOURCES -
  • Game's rom.
  • Machine's picture.
  • Edit this entry at Arcade-History.com: http://www.arcade-history.com/?n=shoot-the-bull&page=detail&id=2426&o=2
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cheats
cheats
code comments
00000000:4D77:00000001:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Credits:Full Credits >4 (09) will activate a 4 player game
60000000:0000:00000000:00000000  These Cheats are for the 301 Games
60000000:0000:00000000:00000000  ------------------------------------
00000001:4D00:00000000:FFFFFFFF  Score = 0 Now! PL1: If you hit the board for points after you've used this cheat the player may go back to 301!
00010001:4D01:00000000:FFFFFFFF  Score = 0 Now! PL1 (2/3)
00010001:4D02:00000000:FFFFFFFF  Score = 0 Now! PL1 (3/3)
00000000:4D00:00000003:FFFFFFFF  Score always = 301 PL1
00010000:4D01:00000000:FFFFFFFF  Score always = 301 PL1 (2/3)
00010000:4D02:00000001:FFFFFFFF  Score always = 301 PL1 (3/3)
00000001:4D04:00000000:FFFFFFFF  Score = 0 Now! PL2: If you hit the board for points after you've used this cheat the player may go back to 301!
00010001:4D05:00000000:FFFFFFFF  Score = 0 Now! PL2 (2/3)
00010001:4D06:00000000:FFFFFFFF  Score = 0 Now! PL2 (3/3)
00000000:4D04:00000003:FFFFFFFF  Score always = 301 PL2
00010000:4D05:00000000:FFFFFFFF  Score always = 301 PL2 (2/3)
00010000:4D06:00000001:FFFFFFFF  Score always = 301 PL2 (3/3)
00000001:4D08:00000000:FFFFFFFF  Score = 0 Now! PL3: If you hit the board for points after you've used this cheat the player may go back to 301!
00010001:4D09:00000000:FFFFFFFF  Score = 0 Now! PL3 (2/3)
00010001:4D0A:00000000:FFFFFFFF  Score = 0 Now! PL3 (3/3)
00000000:4D08:00000003:FFFFFFFF  Score always = 301 PL3
00010000:4D09:00000000:FFFFFFFF  Score always = 301 PL3 (2/3)
00010000:4D0A:00000001:FFFFFFFF  Score always = 301 PL3 (3/3)
00000001:4D0C:00000000:FFFFFFFF  Score = 0 Now! PL4: If you hit the board for points after you've used this cheat the player may go back to 301!
00010001:4D0D:00000000:FFFFFFFF  Score = 0 Now! PL4 (2/3)
00010001:4D0E:00000000:FFFFFFFF  Score = 0 Now! PL4 (3/3)
00000000:4D0C:00000003:FFFFFFFF  Score always = 301 PL4
00010000:4D0D:00000000:FFFFFFFF  Score always = 301 PL4 (2/3)
00010000:4D0E:00000001:FFFFFFFF  Score always = 301 PL4 (3/3)
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