MAWS - showing resource: theglobp

title	The Glob (Pac-Man hardware)
set name	theglobp
manufacturer	Epos Corporation
year	1983
genre	Platform (hof)
category	Platform / Run Jump (hof)
driver status	good
driver source	pacman.c
snapshots	MW: in game \| parent / CT: in game \| title \| parent / PS: in game \| title \| scores \| parent zoom
rating	72.8% after 31 votes
parent	Super Glob
other clones	Beastie Feastie Super Glob (Pac-Man hardware) Super Glob (Pac-Man hardware) German The Glob The Glob (earlier) The Glob (set 3)

colour emulation	good
palette	512
display type	raster
orientation	vertical
resolution	224x288
frequency	60.606061Hz

sound emulation	good
channels	mono

players	2
nplayers	2P alt
controls	4 way joystick
buttons	2
coin slots	1

cpu	Z80 @ 3.072MHz
audio	Namco @ 0.096MHz

version added

.033b07

last change(s)

none since version .53

roms

name	size	crc	set	sha1
glob.u2	8192	829d0bea	theglobp	89f52b459a03fb40b9bbd97ac8a292f7ead6faba
glob.u3	8192	31de6628	theglobp	35a47dcf34efd74b5b2fda137e06a3dcabd74854
glob.5e	4096	53688260	theglobp	9ce0d1d67d12743b69e8190bf7506b00b2f02955
glob.5f	4096	051f59c7	theglobp	e1e1322686997e5bcdac164704b328cce352ae42
glob.7f	32	1f617527	theglobp	448845cab63800a05fcb106897503d994377f78f
glob.4a	256	28faa769	theglobp	7588889f3102d4e0ca7918f536556209b2490ea1
82s126.1m	256	a9cc86bf	theglobp	bbcec0570aeceb582ff8238a4bc8546a23430081
82s126.3m	256	77245b66	theglobp	0c4d0bee858b97632411c440bea6948a74759746

marquee	suprglob.png
control panel	suprglob.png

info

0.37b14 [Zsolt Vasvari]

0.33b7 [Mike Balfour]

Bugs:

Clone theglobp: There is a significant speed increase per each new level. It gets to the point around level 4 or 5 that the game simply becomes unplayable at that speed. I'm not sure if this is the correct behavior or not. Bugfinder (ID 01194)

WIP:

0.104u2: Chaneman and David Widel added clone Super Glob (Pac-Man hardware) German bootleg - This set is from a modified Pengo board. Pengo and Pacman are functionally the same. The bad sound is probably correct as the sound data is part of the protection.
0.90u4: Dave Widel added clone Super Glob (Pac-Man hardware). Not sure if this is the official set, or an accidental merged set with 'The Glob'.
0.61: Added missing cpu1 rom ($1000) to clone (set 3).
26th June 2002: Zsolt Vasvari added a missing ROM to The Glob driver.

- 0.37b14: Zsolt Vasvari added Super Glob (Epos 1983) and clones The Glob, The Glob (earlier) and (set 3). Changed description to of 'The Glob' to 'The Glob (Pac-Man hardware)'. Renamed (theglob) to (theglobp). TODO: During the color test, Super Blob uses a busy loop to split the screen between the two palettes. This effect is not emulated. See $039c. The Glob has a different color test, not using the busy loop. Super Glob seems like a later revision of The Glob, the most obvious difference being an updated service mode.

7th April 2001: Zsolt Vasvari sent in an EPOS driver for The Glob, Super Glob and IGMO.
0.34b3: Juan Carlos Lorente added hiscore save in Beastie Feastie.
0.34b2: Clay Cowgill and Mike Balfour added clone Beastie Feastie (Pac Man hardware).
0.33b7: Mike Balfour added 'The Glob (Pac Man hardware)' (Epos 1983).

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Romset: 31 kb / 9 files / 18.4 zip

history

The Glob (c) 1983 Epos.

Guide the insatiable Toby through corridors, up and down the elevators and through the side tunnels in his never-ending search for snacks. An assortment of crafty animals relentlessly pursue Toby and fight him for control of the elevators. Stop them or avoid them and munch a dozen different snacks to clear the 24 unique levels.

- TECHNICAL -

Main CPU : Z80 (@ 2.75 Mhz)

Sound Chips : AY8910 (@ 2.75 Mhz)

Screen orientation : Vertical

Video resolution : 236 x 272 pixels

Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz

Palette colors : 32

Players : 2

Control : 8-way joystick

Buttons : 2

Another version of this game runs on the "Pac-Man" hardware.

- TRIVIA -

This game is also known as "Super Glob" and "Beastie Feastie".

- SOURCES -

Game's rom.

Machine's picture.

Edit this entry at Arcade-History.com: http://www.arcade-history.com/?n=the-glob&page=detail&id=3266&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 arcade-history.com
view in GameFAQs
view in KLOV
view in VGMuseum Gamepics

cheats

code	comments
00000000:04C36:00000099:FFFFFFFF	Infinite Credits
00000000:04CA6:000000A8:FFFFFFFF	Infinite Energy:Display isn't true!
20800000:19D89:00000018:FFFFFFFF	Invincibility
20810000:1A174:00000021:FFFFFFFF	Invincibility (2/2):1st = Enemy ($1D89). 2nd = Elevator ($2174)
00000000:04F35:00000005:FFFFFFFF	No Enemies!!:Turn ON the No Enemies!! cheat when there are no enemies on screen!
60000000:00000:00000000:00000000
00000000:04C9F:00000005:FFFFFFFF	Infinite Lives PL1
00000000:04CA1:00000005:FFFFFFFF	Infinite Lives PL2