Waku Waku Anpanman (c) 1991 Banpresto.

- TRIVIA -

Released in July 1991 in Japan.

- SOURCES -

Machine's picture.

Tokyo Mie Sinryohjyo 2 (Tokyo MIE Clinic 2) was released in 1985. It's Number was UX-8.

Tokyo MIE Shinryoujo (Tokyo MIE Clinic) got relased in 1985. It's Cartridge Number is UX-7.

Tekken 3 (c) 1997 Namco.

The world's 19 toughest fighters enter The King of Iron Fist Tournament 3, in order to defeat Heihachi, and Ogre, who has taken the souls of many of the world's greatest fighters to adopt its own fighting style. Every character has his own ambition of winning the tournament. A fully 3-D game with one on one concept of fighting.

- TECHNICAL -

Namco System 12 hardware
Game ID : TET

Main CPU : Sony CXD8661R (@ 100 MHz), Hitachi H8/3002 (@ 16.9344 MHz)
Sound Chips : Namco C352 (@ 25.4016 MHz)

Players : 2
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 6

- TRIVIA -

Tekken 3 was released in March 1997 (even if the title screen says 1996).

The title of this game translates from Japanese as 'Iron Fist 3'.

This is the first Tekken game which has 3-D backgrounds. Namco's Tekken 3 production team used one of the most advanced motion capture apparatus and facilities at its time for the highly life-like movements, moves, actions and reactions of the 3-D characters. They also used some of the very famous and active personalities of different martial arts styles from all over the world, like, for Eddy Gordo's Capoeira style of fight they got the services of Master Marcelo Pereira of 'Capoeira Mandinga'. And for Hwoarang's Taekwondo style of fight they got the services of Hwang Su-Il of 'Japan International Taekwondo Federation', and several other martial arts institutes.

Namco's production team motion captured each and every move to create such an in depth game, that was also one of the most highly anticipated fighting game for the last few years. After Tekken 3, its followers like Tekken Tag, Tekken 4 and Tekken 5 got more and more depth, life-like impression, and the element of giving more fun (and addictiveness to its players).

The word Tournament on the 'You are the Champion!' background is misspelled in the Japanese version as 'Tounament'.

Most of the characters like Jin, Law, Julia are the children of the characters from the first Tekken games.

The Lei Wulong music theme was certainly inspired by East 17's song: Steam (1994).

In the Sound FX there is the announcer voice for Jun Kazama, Kazuya Mishima and Sake meaning these characters could have been in the game but weren't added to the final version.

There are 21 different characters, but Anna, Tiger and Panda play identical to Nina, Eddy and Kuma respectively. In total, excluding Anna, Tiger, Panda and Mokujin, there are 17 characters with different moves.

With a cheat enabled sometimes you can face Jun and a new character, Sake (pronounced Shaa-Ke). In fact Jun has a graphic for the VS. screen and a name tag for the energy bar, and even her sound effects from Tekken 2. Jun uses Nina's body and Jin's moves. Sake uses Yoshimitsu's body and Jin's moves, a blank VS. picture and a name tag for the energy bar. You can play with them with the code enabled. After you've played with Jun or Sake in the game you can see Jun and Sake in the Percentage Screens which appear in the game randomly when nobody is playing. Jun has got her Percentage Page's thumbnail but Sake uses Paul's thumbnail. In the same way, after you've played with Jun and/or Sake you can see them in the ADS screen from the Dip-Switch menu. It looks like Namco was putting Jun and Sake but then stopped working on them for some purposes (explained below) :
1) According to the story Jun gets killed by Ogre (the god of fighting). So if they would've put her they couldn't put Jin in the game as he probably looks of the same age of his mother. That doesn't apply to Tekken Tag Tournament which has both Jin and his mother Jun, because Tekken Tag Tournament does not have any storyline and the idea is to put all the characters from previous games (some of them were even dead).
2) Sake was rather populating the game as the game had already got 20 characters at that time. Namco's production team probably didn't have much time to re-do the whole code for character selection so they buried the two raw characters in an as-is condition forever...

A cameo of this game seen is in the 2000 movie 'Dude, Where's My Car?'. A "Tekken 3" cabinet can be briefly shown in the arcade scene.

Wonder Spirits released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Tekken 3 arcade soundtrack 001 ex - WSCAX-10001) on 18/07/1997.

- UPDATES -

Note : Test Mode build dates are displayed in the game's internal memory but not shown on screen.

TET1/VER.A (Japan)
TET2/VER.A (World)
TET3/VER.A (US)
* Build date : 17:47:51, MAR 9 1997
* Build date : 07:56:12, MAR 10 1997 (Test Mode)

TET2/VER.B (World)
* Build date : 16:36:09, MAR 12 1997
* Build date : 01:58:34, MAR 25 1997 (Test Mode)

TET2/VER.C (World)
* Build date : 12:17:43, APR 4 1997
* Build date : 13:14:13, APR 4 1997 (Test Mode)

TET2/VER.D (World)
TET3/VER.D (US)
* Build date : 15:19:09, APR 17 1997
* Build date : 19:27:52, APR 24 1997 (Test Mode)

TET1/VER.E1 (Japan)
TET2/VER.E1 (World)
* Build date : 12:18:11, MAY 15 1997
* Build date : 18:00:10, JUN 4 1997 (Test Mode)

- TIPS AND TRICKS -

On a newly-installed machine, only the ten default characters are selectable. Once a month, a new character will become available through Time Release until all eighteen characters are selectable. When a hidden character is about to become selectable the vs. screen before a demo fight will say "Coming Soon" and display a picture of the hidden character.

Unlike its predecessors, Tekken 3 does not have a system where a character will fight their rival as a semi-boss on Stage 8. The rival system would return in Tekken Tag Tournament. Once unlocked from Time Release, hidden characters may also be randomly selected as CPU opponents from Stage 4 to Stage 8.

* Play as Anna Williams : Highlight Nina on the character selection screen and press Start. Anna plays identical to Nina. Anna is only available after Bryan is unlocked from Time Release.

* Play as Tiger Jackson : Highlight Eddy at the character selection screen and press the Start button. Tiger plays identical to Eddy. This option is only available after Ogre 2 (aka True Ogre) is unlocked from Time Release.

* Special Outfits : There are three characters that can have an additional outfit by pressing Start to select them instead of a punch or kick button, these are: Jin, Law and Xiaoyu. Law's third outfit is selectable from the start but Jin and Xiaoyu's school outfits can only be selected after Mokujin is unlocked from Time Release.

* Fight Jin on Stage 9 : If you start a game with Heihachi you will fight Jin on Stage 9 instead, regardless if you continue and choose another character.

- SERIES -

1. Tekken (1994, ARC)
2. Tekken 2 (1995, ARC)
3. Tekken 3 (1997, ARC)
4. Tekken Tag Tournament (1999, ARC)
5. Tekken Tag Tournament Turbo (1999, ARC)
6. Tekken 4 (2001, ARC)
7. Tekken Advance [Model AGB-ATKJ-JPN] (2001, GBA)
8. Tekken 5 (2004, ARC)
9. Tekken 5 Dark Resurrection (2005, ARC)
10. Tekken 6 (2007, ARC)
11. Tekken 6 - Bloodline Rebellion (2008, ARC)
12. Tekken Tag Tournament 2 (2011, ARC)
13. Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Unlimited (2012, ARC)
14. Tekken 7 (2015, ARC)

- STAFF -

Directors : Masamichi Abe, Yutaka Kounoe
Game directors : Masahiro Komoto, Katsuhiro Harada
Motion director : Hiroaki Yotoriyama
Motion manager : Masataka Ishiguro
Visual director : Yoshinari Mizushima
Main programmer : Masanori Yamada
Game programmer : Naoki Ito
System programmer : Yoshihito Saito
I/O programmer : Tetsuya Funatsu
Led programmer : Toshiharu Hijiya
Stage & Effect programmers : Yoshiyuki onda, Hajime Furusawa, Hajime Harima
Enemy & Camera programmer : Junichi Sakai
Test mode programmer : Kiyoshi Minami
Tool support : Koji Yamaguchi
Motion designers : Yukie Misaki, Yoshihisa Yaguchi, Nobuko Nimura, Fuminori Tsuchiya, Tomoe Yamashita, Ryouchi Ban, Tomoko Tomita, Sachiko Inoue, Isamu Sawada, Kazuo Takahashi, Jin Okubo, Naotake Hirata
Character model designers : Takuji Kawano, Kazuaki Fujimoto, Akira Nakajima, Daisuke Tsushima
Led designer : Taro Okamoto
Stage designers : Masashi Kubo, Tatsuya Matsue, Yasunori Yanagawa, Miki Maemori, Hitomi Yotoriyama, Yuko Mizoguchi
Visual designer : Yukiko Yokoo
Logo designer : Hideaki ito
Music composers : Nobuyoshi Sano (Sanodg), Keiichi Okabe (B.K.O)
Sound effect & Voice editor : Etsuo Ishii
Opening movie director : Hiroshi Kuwabara
Opening movie staff : Takeya Inokuchi, Eishu Takamura, Yukiharu Taniguchi
Coordinate support : Ryouzi Ichikari, Satoshi Masukawa, Tetsuya Akatsuka, Ryo Sakamoto, Akiya Ikeda, Tatkuzi Kanayama, Tsuyoshi Kiuchi, Kazuhisa Takahashi, Norikatsu Yoshikawa, Makoto Kusano, Yusuke Morita, Atsushi Koyama, Miho Anaka, Naoyuki Kondou
Motion capture tech. team : Takayasu Yanagihara, Hiroshi Numakami, Satoshi Yamaguchi, Yasumichi Oonishi
Motion actors : Minoru Suzuki and Osami Shibuya of 'World Pancrase Create Inc.', Master.Marcelo Pereira of 'Capoeira Mandinga, Barkeley-California-USA', Hwang Su-Il of 'Japan International Taekon-do Federation', Yoshinori Aoki, Kenichiro Tamayori, Toshiyuki Miyajima
Opening movie effects : Image
Camera motion director : Koh Onda
Camera motion designers : Kanako Doi, Kazuki Aizawa, Takashi Iwaizumi
Hardware support : Tohru Ogawa, Hideto Yamazaki, Nobuhiro Tanaka, Fumihiko Hasegawa, Oshihiro Shimizu
Technical support : Tetsuji Baba, Naohiro Saito, Akiko Saito, Yasuo Ohba
Program supervisor : Katsuo Nakamura
Visual supervisors : Junichi Kawamura, Satoru Yamada
Producer : Hajime Nakatani

Cabinet Graphic Design: Don Marshall

- PORTS -

Note : On the home version, Anna was given an updated moveset based on her moves from the two previous games plus some all-new moves to differentiate her from Nina.

The transformed main boss, known more commonly as 'Ogre 2' (named simply as Ogre in the game itself), was renamed True Ogre in the PlayStation release.

* CONSOLES:
Sony PlayStation (1998)
Sony PlayStation 2 (2005, "Tekken 5 Ultimate Collectors Edition")
Sony PlayStation 2 (2005, "Tekken 5") : available in the Arcade History mode, with all fighters in the arcade version unlocked.

- SOURCES -

Game's manual.
Game's picture.
Game's ROMs.
Game's screenshots.
Official website; http://www.bandainamcogames.co.jp/am/vg/tekken3/

- TRIVIA -

Released on March 16, 2023.

- SOURCES -

https://www.arcadebelgium.net/t6596-shanghai-iv-dragon-gate-leap

- TRIVIA -

Released on March 22, 2023.

- SOURCES -

https://www.arcadebelgium.net/t6582-mahjong-fight-girl

- SOURCES -

https://www.arcadebelgium.net/t6531-dead-heat-unleashed

- SOURCES -

https://www.arcadebelgium.net/t6584-mobile-suit-gundam-arsenal-base-linxtage

- SOURCES -

https://www.arcadebelgium.net/t6530-nfs-heat-takedown

Enter the Gungeon - House of the Gundead (c) 2023 Griffin Aerotech, LLC.

Arcade adventure based on the PC and console game Enter the Gungeon.

- SOURCES -

Game's picture.

Akazukin (c) 1983 Sigma Enterprises, Incorporated.

- TRIVIA -

Released in February 1984 in Japan.

Translates from Japanese as 'Red Riding Hood'.

APB - All Points Bulletin (c) 1987 Atari Games Corporation.

Players take on the role of policeman 'Officer Bob' as he takes to his patrol car and drives the streets in pursuit of lawbreakers. The object of the game is to meet (or preferably exceed) the daily quota of 'busts', as he tries to catch a variety of law-breakers.

Along the way, players must refuel their patrol car (by driving through filling stations) as well as meeting targets within a set time limit. Any accidental collisions or running over of pedestrians will result in the player earning 'de-merits', while a 'perfect day' will earn bonuses, with further bonuses awarded for each arrest made that exceeds the daily quota. Picking up donuts extends the time limit for a day.

- TECHNICAL -

The cabinet looks like a police patrol car and the top marquee is a red/blue light bar that flashes when you push the siren button. A simple platform seat can be attached to the cabinet to make a sit-down type game.

Cabinet dimensions : 73.75" (187cm) High x 25.5" (65cm) Wide x 34" (86cm) Deep.
Cabinet with seat dimensions : 73.75" (187cm) High x 25.5" (65cm) Wide x 56" (142cm) Deep.

Game ID : 136051

Runs on the "Atari System 2" hardware.

Players: 1
Control: steering wheel, accelerator pedal
Buttons: 2

- TRIVIA -

APB was released in July 1987. The game enjoyed moderate success in the marketplace, as most Atari games did. Its high-resolution graphics and novel cabinet design, with the flashing lights atop, added to its initial appeal.

2,000 units were produced in the USA. The selling price was $2,995.

APB was Dave Theurer's last game at Atari Games. He went on to work on the 'DeBabelizer' for Macromedia with other Atari alumni. Other games by Dave include "Missile Command", "Tempest" and "I, Robot".

Greg Gibson holds the record for this game with 1,002,324 points on January 23, 1988.

- TIPS AND TRICKS -

* Warp : When you start a new game, you may press the Siren button and start to get a Level 1-8 warp, or press Gun+Siren and start to get a Level 1-16 warp.

* High scores scrolling : Right on the joystick to scroll down and Left to scroll up.

* During the preliminary level where you have to 'arrest' cones, to beat the timer and get the bonus after you arrest enough cones you can do a 180 and return to the start the way you came.

* 'SPOILER' All criminals :
Day 03, FREDDY FREAK, Small town USA bar ($1,000)
Day 05, CANDY GOODBODY, Dead man Corner bar ($2,000)
Day 07, BERNIE GASMAN, Highway 20 Forest Bar ($3,000)
Day 09, PHILLIP FUSE, Highway 30 overpass ($4,000)
Day 11, COOL HAND DUKE, Highway 00 in drinkerstown ($5,000)
Day 13, BUZZ GEIGER, Highway 40 past GasnGrub ($6,000)
Day 15, JOE KORNCOB, Highway 44 near GasnGrub ($7,000)
Day 17, LUIGI DE MUCCIO, Highway 50 at Milk Toast ($8,000)
Day 19, DICK SLOB, Highway 70 near aquaduct ($9,000)
Day 21, IGGY DINGDONG, Highway 70 ($10,000)
Day 23, JUAN FINGERS, Highway 70 Alpine Flats ($11,000)
Day 25, HANS OOP, Highway 99 Cactus Falls ($12,000)
Day 27, FAKE FRANK, Highway 10 Police Station ($13,000)
Day 29, SID SNIPER, Highway 70 overpass ($14,000)
Day 31, BILLY BOB JACK, Highway 50 near bar ($15,000)

- STAFF -

Designer : Mike Hally (MLH)
Programmers : Dave Theurer (DFT)
Graphic Designers : Alan Murphy (AJM), Mark West (MLW)
Sound Designers : Brad Fuller (BAF), Hal Canon (HLC), Earl Vickers (EAR)
Support: Russel Dawe (RBD)

- PORTS -

* CONSOLES:
Sony PlayStation 2 [AU] (2004) "Midway Arcade Treasures 2"
[US] Microsoft XBOX (oct.11, 2004) "Midway Arcade Treasures 2 [Model MWO-3201W]"
Nintendo GameCube [US] (oct.11, 2004) "Midway Arcade Treasures 2 [Model DOL-GAYE-USA]"
[US] Sony PS2 (oct.11, 2004) "Midway Arcade Treasures 2 [Model SLUS-20997]"
[EU] Microsoft XBOX (oct.29, 2004) "Midway Arcade Treasures 2"
[EU] Sony PS2 (oct.29, 2004) "Midway Arcade Treasures 2 [Model SLES-52844]"
Microsoft XBOX 360 [US] (nov.6, 2012) "Midway Arcade Origins"
Sony PlayStation 3 [US] (nov.6, 2012) "Midway Arcade Origins [Model BLUS-31083]"
[EU] Microsoft XBOX 360 (nov.15, 2012) "Midway Arcade Origins"
Sony PlayStation 3 [EU] (nov.15, 2012) "Midway Arcade Origins [Model BLES-01768]"

* HANDHELDS:
Atari Lynx [EU] (1991)
Atari Lynx [US] (1991) "A.P.B. [Model PA2042]"

* COMPUTERS:
[EU] Commodore C64 (1989)
[EU] Sinclair ZX Spectrum (1989)
[EU] Atari ST (1989)
[EU] Amstrad CPC (1989)
[EU] Commodore Amiga (1989)
PC [MS-DOS] [US] (1989)
[US] PC [MS Windows, CD-ROM] (feb.17, 2006) "Midway Arcade Treasures Deluxe Edition"
[EU] PC [MS Windows, CD-ROM] (mar.17, 2006) "Midway Arcade Treasures Deluxe Edition" by Zoo Digital Publishing

- SOURCES -

Game's manual.
Game's picture.
Game's ROM.
Game's screenshots.
See goodies section.

Pinball (c) 1983 Nintendo co ltd.

Export release. Game developed in Japan. See the original entry: "Pinball [Model HVC-PN]" for more information about the game itself.

Description from the back cover:

Be a pinball wizard, right in your own home! Bank off bumpers, flip double-flippers - even win a bonus round - in Nintendo's lightning fast PINBALL! You'll have the time of your life as you flip from upper to lower game screens, rack up points to beat your opponent, and, if you're lucky, progress to the bonus round where you'll save the falling maiden in this video version of the real thing!

- TECHNICAL -

Cartridge ID: NES-PN-USA
Box ID: NES-P-PN

- TRIVIA -

Released on October 18, 1985 in USA despite copyright year 1983.

It was one of the 18 launch titles for the NES in the USA.

- SOURCES -

Game's ROM.

Circus Charlie (c) 1986 Konami and Soft Pro International

Portage of the arcade game of the same name.

Like the MSX version, trampoline, water trampoline stage, stage choice, animation after trapeze round, coin from burning pot, bonus scores given by a hawk for flawless completion and bonus life doll have been removed due to space limitations.

- TECHNICAL -

Game ID: SFC-CC
Barcode: 4988603000206

Players: up to 2 (alternate)
Controls: d-pad 2 ways (left and right)
Buttons: 1
==> [A] = jump

- TRIVIA -

Circus Charlie for Famicom was released by Soft pro on March 4, 1986 in Japan.
Fiery loops (lion ride) and pony ride stages play 'American patrol' by Glenn Miller.

- TIPS AND TRICKS -
* You can choose on the title screen whether you want to play A or B difficulty loop. The B loop is harder and will repeat itself.

- SOURCES -

Game's ROM.

Ashura Blaster (c) 1990 Taito Corp.

A vertically scrolling shoot'em up game, an enhanced knock-off of Toaplan's "Twin Cobra".

- TECHNICAL -

Taito B System Hardware
Prom Stickers: C43

Main CPU: Motorola 68000 (@ 12 Mhz), Zilog Z80 (@ 4 Mhz)
Sound Chips: Yamaha YM2610 (@ 8 Mhz)

Screen orientation: vertical
Screen resolution in pixels: 224 x 320
Screen refresh rate: 60 hz

Players: up to 2 (simultaneous)
Control: 8-Way Joystick
Buttons: 2
=> [1] Fire, [2] Bomb

- TRIVIA -

Ashura Blaster was released in March 1990.

Developed by Visco (on the 2nd stage you can see tiny 'Visco' on a large battleship).

The kanji characters on the titlescreen read 'Ashura'. Ashura is a demon related to fighting.

The game forbids the initials 'SEX' on the high score table. If you try, it gets changed to 'REX'. 'GKS' initials are also broken and are changed into 'GKR'.

- UPDATES -

The US version has the "Winners Don't Use Drugs" screen and has a warning telling the game can be played only in Canada, Mexico and USA.

The Japanese rom can be operated only in Japan (as territorial notice suggests). The intermission screens feature non-English instructions there.

- TIPS AND TRICKS -

* In this game there is no backfire from enemies, unlike in other similar shoot'em ups. So you do not have to worry to be hit after you pass certain enemies.

* Steal a continue: even if dip switch 'Allow continue' is set to off, you can still continue when you have spare credits: simply press start after you lose the last life before you encounter 'Game over' - you have roughly 3 seconds to do so.

- SOURCES -

Game's picture.
Game's ROMs.
Game's screenshots.

Circus Charlie (c) 1984 Konami Industry Company, Limited.

Circus Charlie is a horizontally-scrolling run 'n' jump game in which Charlie the clown must be guided through six different circus events. Bonus points can be won by finishing a level as quickly as possible, with further points awarded for collecting any of the money bags that occasionally appear.

Additional bonus points are awarded for completing a level without losing a life, with yet more bonuses available when specific actions are completed on a given level (see 'TIPS AND TRICKS' for details).

There are 3 different versions of "Circus Charlie"; one with linear stage progression, one in which players can choose which of the game's six stages to play next and the one published by Centuri. In the selectable stage version, each stage can be played up to 5 times.

The six different events are:
1. Ride a lion, jump through fiery hoops and over blazing pots.
2. Jump over monkeys while walking a tightrope.
3. Bounce on trampolines, avoid fire breathers and sword jugglers.
4. Jump on giant, rolling beach balls.
5. Ride a pony while avoiding obstacles and jumping on mini trampolines.
6. Trapeze.

The game is over when all lives are lost.

- TECHNICAL -

Game ID: GX380

Main CPU: Motorola M6809 (@ 2.048 Mhz)
Sound CPU: Zilog Z80 (@ 3.579545 Mhz)
Sound Chips: (2x) Texas Instruments SN76496 (@ 1.789772 Mhz), DAC, (3x) RC (@ 1.789772 Mhz)
Screen orientation: vertical
Screen resolution in pixels: 224 x 256

Players: up to 2 (alternate)
Control: 2-way joystick (horizontal)
Buttons: 1 (JUMP, not used in trampoline competition)

- TRIVIA -

Circus Charlie was released in April 1984 in Japan.

Alessandro Laini, Giuseppe Strangio, Lorenzo Grande, Maurilio Pintus, and Neil Chapman all hold the record for this game with 999990 points on December 4, 1984; April 12, 1985; March 25, 1985; November 6, 1984; and June 5, 2000, respectively.

Alfa Records released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Konami Game Music Vol.2 - ALC-22904) on September 25, 1986.

You may encounter a different stage layout in trampoline jump event: the dolphins will replace fire breathers and sword jugglers, the floor will be altered into a drastically huge pool and the surroundings next to it will be black with red lines.

Fiery hoops and pony ride stages play Frank D. Cofield's 'Trombonanza', trapeze stage features 'The Blue Danube' by J. Strauss II (jr).

All rom sets measure distance in a meter.

- TIPS AND TRICKS -

* Master the jump: Learning how Charlie can jump is the first step to mastering this game.

* Move forward and backward to adjust your position: If you just keep moving forward, there could be an obstacle at where you land after your jump. In such cases, move back a bit to adjust your position.

* Tons of secrets: There are a bunch of secrets bonuses hidden in this game.

1) Fire rings: Jump through a ring from your back first or jump 3 times at the starting point. Then a Charlie doll will appear from the front hanging. Catch it and get an extra player!

2) Fire rings: Jump over a pot from your back first and a coin may appear from the pot. Catch it to obtain bonus points. However, it happens only once per level. From which pot the coin may appear is determined randomly.

3) Fire rings: If you get to the goal after getting all dollar bags, a hawk brings a dollar bag and you obtain bonus points. This happens only if you have made no misses in that level.

4) Tightrope: If you jump over the brown and purple monkeys at once, you get a 1000-point bonus.

5) Tightrope: If you perform perpendicular jumps over all monkeys and complete the level, a hawk will bring a Charlie doll and you get an extra player.

6) Tightrope: Jump over the purple monkey from your back first and you get a 5000-point bonus.

7) Tightrope: Touch the hook beyond the goal and a dollar back appears. Reach the goal and you get a 5000-points bonus.

8) Trampoline: Get all dollar bags and reach the goal. A hawk will bring a dollar bag and you earn bonus points. This is risky conduct: time your jumps; the 4th bounce will send Charlie up to the plastic roof causing a hole in the tent, therefore a life is lost.

9) Acrobatic jump: Use the spring only once after jumping off the horse and get to the goal. A hawk will bring a Charlie doll and you get an extra player. Don't speed; you may not see a trampoline when you ride a pony too fast, but you'll let the timer run out when you're riding too slow.

10) Trapeze: Grab onto a trapeze by skipping one and get bonus points.

11) Trapeze: Bounce off a trampoline and then grab onto a trapeze to get bonus points.

* Enter service mode: hold both start buttons just after you power the game on. Press 1p start to proceed to next steps of game test. Note: the game has no separate dip switch reserved for test mode. Unplug the machine to exit test mode and insert the plug again into the output to run the game mode.

* Hurry up when bonus meter shows 500 or less: you'll lose a life when the timer reaches 0.

- UPDATES -
[circusc4] rom initially has no level select. You'll be able to select a stage when you complete the trapeze round. Note the difficulty of the stage isn't shown in this rom.
Rom licensed to Centuri shows the Centuri logo next to 'Konami' text.

- PORTS -

* CONSOLES:
[JP] Nintendo Famicom (Mar.4, 1986) "Circus Charlie [Model SFC-CC]"
Sega SG-1000 [KO] (198?)
[JP] Sony PlayStation (May 13, 1999) "Konami 80's Arcade Gallery [Model SLPM-86228]"

* HANDHELDS:
[JP] Nintendo DS (Mar.15, 2007) "Konami Arcade Collection [Model NTR-A5KJ-JPN]"
[EU] Nintendo DS (Oct.26, 2007) "Konami Arcade Classics [Model NTR-ACXP-EUR]"
[AU] Nintendo DS (Oct.29, 2007) "Konami Arcade Classics"

* COMPUTERS:
MSX [EU] [JP] (1984) "Circus Charlie [Model RC712]"
[EU] Commodore C64 (1987)

* OTHERS:
Arcade [EU] [AU] [KO] (Nov.1998) "Konami 80's AC Special"
Arcade [JP] (Nov.1998) "Konami 80's Arcade Gallery"

- SOURCES -

Game's ROM.
Game's picture.

Final Star Force (c) 1992 Tecmo ltd.

A sequel to Tehkan's 1984 shoot-em-up classic, "Star Force", featuring improved graphics and sound and a new weapons power-up system.
The player's ship is equipped with three smart bombs and the fire button can be held down for rapid fire. At regular intervals, a red ship will appear which will release a power-up capsule; the three power-ups available are as follows:
* A-Pulsator:
Fire: Thunder + Homing
Bomb: S-Bomb
* B-Pulsator:
Fire: Wide Shot + Missile
Bomb: M-Bomb
* C-Pulsator:
Fire: Spraygun + Synch-Fire
Bomb: T-Bomb.

Stages in this game are as follows:
01 = Encounter;
02 = Emergency;
03 = Orbit lift;
04 = Above all;
05 = On the moon;
06 = Counterattack;
07 = Wind pipe;
08 = Decision;
09 = Home! Home!
10 = Final force.

- TECHNICAL -

Main CPU: Motorola 68000 (@ 12 Mhz)
Sound CPU: Zilog Z80 (@ 4 Mhz)
Sound Chips: Yamaha YM2151 (@ 4 Mhz), OKI6295 (@ 7.575 Khz)

Screen orientation: Vertical
Video resolution: 224 x 256 pixels
Screen refresh: 60.00 Hz
Palette colors: 4096

Players: up to 2 (simultaneous)
Control: 8-way joystick
Buttons: 2
==> A = shoot guns, B = fire bomb.

- TRIVIA -

Released in September 1992.
Stage 06 is misspelled as 'Countrattack'.
A warning siren is played before each stage.
Both players can enter their initials into the high score table when their scores are eligible (unlike many other games).
Unlike Star Force, the demo mode is played after a few seconds of inactivity from insertion of a coin.

- UPDATES -

The US versions have the 'Winners Don't Use Drugs' and the 'Recycle It, Don't Trash It!' screens.

- TIPS AND TRICKS -

* Pulsator capsules and fire power will automatically be increased after a period of time, so do not hesitate use the smart bomb if you are in a dangerous situation. Always choose the Thunder Cannon as this is the most powerful of the three primary weapons available. Try to position your ship to the right of the screen as enemy craft tend to appear on this side.
* Never get the A-powerup. The gun is extremely ineffective and it will force you to throw unnecessary bombs, which aren't effective either. Use B or C capsules instead.
* Enter service mode: hold P1 start and P2 start when you power the machine on. One of the buttons goes to next steps there. You can even steal a credit when you touch the coin acceptor; this will show up after you exit service mode and go to game. Note: the entrance to service mode works only you power the machine on; the game doesn't have a separate dip switch reserved for service mode.
* Fire a bomb when you have 5 of them because you can't hold more. Collection of any powerup when you already have 5 bombs will increase your score by 2000 points.
* Steal a continue: even if dip switch 'Allow continue' is set to off, you can still continue when you have spare credits: simply press start after you lose the last life before you encounter 'Game over' - you have roughly 3 seconds to do so.

- SERIES -

1. Star Force (1984, Arcade)
2. Super Star Force [Model TCF-ST] (1986, Famicom)
3. Final Star Force (1992, Arcade)

- STAFF -

Program, SP action: Mae-Yan
Program, scroll: LaPlace
Program, others: (Jun)
Graphic, mechanical design: Kazu Tomita, Bon, Hamaii Tel, Sato Dou!, Kotoe Murasaki
Graphic, background design: Nawa Lin, Nami, Satoru, A. Haruno, Bon, Hamaii Tel, Sato Dou!, Kazu Tomita, B.F.R
Sound, BGM composer: Wakasugi Matsuri, Yamasan, Kaorin, Rikarin BZ, Rio
Sound, sound effect: Wakasugi Matsuri
Design, artwork: Maru-Kata

- SOURCES -

Game's ROM.
Machine's picture.

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https://undumped.miraheze.org/wiki/Super_Go_2002

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https://undumped.miraheze.org/wiki/Hamgeim

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https://undumped.miraheze.org/wiki/Hansel_And_Gretel_-_Halloween_Day_In_Forest

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https://undumped.miraheze.org/wiki/Catch_the_Mouse

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https://undumped.miraheze.org/wiki/Musica

Pirate

Panix (c) 198? Kitronix [Kitset Electronics, Limited.].

Bootleg of Universal's "Space Panic"

Pirate

Galactic Invaders (c) 198? Kitronix [Kitset Electronics, Limited.].

Bootleg of Taito's "Space Invaders"

Video slot machine; re-release

The Double (c) 198? Karateco.

French release of Bonanza Enterprise's "Golden Poker - Double Up [Counter Top model]"

Pirate

DCA (c) 1980 Karateco.

Bootleg of Atari's "Missile Command"

- TRIVIA -

The name of the game is actually DCA (wrongly known as Oca).

DCA is a French acronym for "Défense Contre Avions" (Anti Aircraft Defence).

- SOURCES -

Machine's picture.

Pirate

Scandal Man (c) 1981 Kamiya.

Hack of Namco's "Puckman [Upright model]"

- SOURCES -

https://undumped.miraheze.org/wiki/Kongshiri

Medal video game

Burger Hunter (c) 2009 Joymax Technology, Incorporated.

- SOURCES -

See goodies section.

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https://undumped.miraheze.org/wiki/Soft_Paradise

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https://undumped.miraheze.org/wiki/Rolling_Fix

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https://undumped.miraheze.org/wiki/Excaliba_(Cavelon_II)

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https://undumped.miraheze.org/wiki/Global_Touch_Special

bonuses slolt machine

Rad Mobile (c) 1990 Sega.

Another in the long line of ground-breaking racing games from Sega, Rad Mobile is a twenty-stage race across America; starting in Los Angeles and finishing in New York. With the game's release, Sega yet again introduced new gameplay elements to the genre, primarily in the form of dynamic weather effects. Sega's 1989 racer, "Turbo Out Run", also included limited weather effects, but they were far less prominent as a gameplay feature and a good deal less impressive than they are here.

Another Sega innovation is that many of Rad Mobile's stages have banked corners; with the car's cockpit view tilting to match the driving surface. Some stages also have police patrols, and players must either avoid or outrun the police cars or risk being pulled over. Being pulled over will result in a loss of valuable seconds.

In addition to the tight time limit, rival drivers (represented as red cars) and heavy traffic (two-way on some stages - see the list), players now had to contend with heavy rain, thick fog and darkness. Windscreen wipers and headlights had to be manually switched on by the player which, together with the first-person in-car view, gave a more realistic and interactive feel to standard but undeniably superb racing action.

Rad Mobile's stages and relative driving conditions are as follows:
1. Los Angeles - Day;
2. Mojave Desert - Day (2-way drive);
3. Las Vegas - Night;
4. Provo - Rain (features police patrol cars);
5. Salt Lake City - Day;
6. Rocky Mountains - Day (2-way drive);
7. Cheyenne - Thunder Storm (features police patrol cars);
8. Lincoln - Night;
9. Omaha - Day;
10. Kansas City - Fog (features police patrol cars);
11. St. Louis - Night;
12. Springfield - Rain (2-way drive);
13. Chicago - Day;
14. Indianapolis - Night;
15. Cincinnati - Day (features police patrol cars);
16. Columbus - Dusk;
17. Pittsburgh - Night;
18. Washington - Fog (features police patrol cars);
19. Philadelphia - Day;
20. New York - Day;

- TECHNICAL -

Deluxe model

Runs on the Sega "System 32" hardware.

Players: 1
Control: limited-range steering wheel + 2 analog pedals (brake and gas)
Buttons: 3 (green = turn the light on; blue = use wipers, orange = start game)

- TRIVIA -

Even if the title screen says 1990, the game was released in February 1991 in Japan.

Also released as "Rad Mobile [Upright model]".

Rad Mobile was Sega's first 32bit arcade game.

Sega's legendary game mascot, Sonic The Hedgehog, is shown in this game dangling from the player's rear view mirror. This is actually the first time Sonic ever appeared in a video game.

Round 17 (Pittsburgh) is driven after dark, but the game doesn't display a notification obliging you to turn the light on, unlike on previous rounds.

The game has no scoring system.

Pony Canyon / Scitron released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Formula : G.S.M. Sega 5 - PCCB-00059) on April 21, 1991.

A Rad Mobile unit appears in the 1992 movie 'Encino Man'.

- UPDATES -

The US version is slightly different, it has the "Winners Don't Use Drugs" screen. Moreover, the speed is shown in a mile per hour.

- TIPS AND TRICKS -

* The two-lane, oncoming traffic levels, such as the Rocky Mountains, are easier than they appear. Rather than trying to pass cars on the left and risk a head-on collision, pass them on the right. This is particularly good advice for the Rocky Mountains stage as it's possible to fall over the unsecured cliff edge that is situated on the left-hand side of the course.

* A truck is blocking the route on round 12. You have to drive onto the rail tracks to avoid collision with it. Stay on these tracks until you see "DANGER" sign just before the "Round 12 end" banner. Then go back onto the road. Don't slow down on this round; the train's speed is more or less the same as the player's car.

* There are at least two endings to this game depending on what place the player finishes in and whether or not he or she used any shortcuts. The best ending is achieved by finishing in first place without using any shortcuts.

* Watch out after you reach 152 km/h: the number changes into orange, which indicates you'll lose time after you crash into slow moving traffic (thus you'll have to accelerate from 0 km/h). When you're driving slower than 152 km/h and hit any traffic, you'll just slow down after a hit, with no risk of time loss, but cop will pull you over.

* The time is running out only after crossing the 'R[x] start' line (where 'x' indicates round number).

- SERIES -

1. Rad Mobile (1990)
2. Rad Rally (1991)

- STAFF -

Developed by Sega-AM2.

- PORTS -

* CONSOLES:
[JP] Sega Saturn (1994) "Gale Racer [Model GS-9003]"

- SOURCES -

Game's ROM.
Machine's picture.

Pinball (c) 1983 Nintendo co ltd.

Hit various targets and rack up points in this classic pinball game. Featuring a bonus mode starring Nintendo's legendary character, Mario, you control the hero as he holds a platform used to keep the ball in the air. You also have to save Pauline. If she falls and hits the ground, you lose a ball, but if you save her and lead her to the exit, you'll get a nice surprise! Fun and easy to learn, it includes bonus balls for high scorers. On top of that, it features a two-player alternating mode.

- TECHNICAL -

CART ID: HVC-PN
Players: up to 2 (alternate)
Controls: B or A (right flipper and plunge the ball; not used in Bonus stage), d-pad any direction (left flipper).
Bonus stage uses d-pad left and right to control paddle.

- TRIVIA -

Pinball was released on February 02, 1984 in Japan despite copyright year 1983 from title screen. Retail price: 4500 Yen.

Re-released as a Famicom Disk version in 1989.

The cards show royal flush when they're rolled over.
The top half of the table has 3 reels (inspired by slot machines) with 3 symbols: penguin, digit 3 and digit 7.

- TIPS AND TRICKS -
* You'll get a temporary center post between top flippers (and the walls will turn pink for the same period of time) when you get either 333 or 777 from the quasi slot machine located on the top half of the table. Try to get 3 penguins: the effect will last until you drop the ball onto the bottom half; when the ball returns to the top or after commencement of another reel spin, the center post disappears.
* Discover all 5 cards revealing royal flush to raise the center post between bottom flippers. This will also change the walls' color to yellow. Unlike the 333; 777 or 3-penguin result from the top half, this bonus lasts until you lose a ball (it's still possible to lose the ball when the center post is raised, though).
* Don't let Pauline fall onto the ground. Every fall is like a ball loss. And when you have no balls left, the game is over.
* When the exit gate is open, but the ball rolls over either of 2 inlanes, you'll need to drop targets 1~7 back.
* Watch out after you reach 100 000 points: the flippers disappear until you score 150 000 points.
* Collection of all 8 beads will initiate a short seal show, but will reset the bank target to 100 points.

- SCORING -
Top lanes = 500 points (left and right) or 1000 (middle lane);
Slingshots = 10 points;
Lane initiating slot spin = 500 points;
Bead = 100 points;
Pop bumpers = 100 points;
Bank target = 100; every 100 up to 1 000 points;
Drop targets (both halves) = 100 points;
Moving decoration (above slot reels) = 100 points;
Card lane = 500 points (both when the card is covered and revealed);
Buttons: 1; 2 and 3 (bonus stage) = 10 points;
Pauline saved (bonus stage) = 10 000 points;
Outlanes = 1000 points;
Inlanes = 0 points.
- STAFF -

Executive Producer: Hiroshi Yamauchi
Producer: Masayuki Uemura
Director: Kenji Miki
Design: Tadashi Sugiyama
Program: Satoru Iwata, Satoshi Matsuoka
Sound: Yukio Kaneoka

- SOURCES -

Game's ROM.

Pengo (c) 1982 Sega.

Pengo is an action game set in an overhead maze constructed of ice blocks. The player controls Pengo, a red penguin that lives in the Antarctic and fights the blob-like Sno-Bees. The objective of the game is for Pengo to survive a series of rounds by eliminating all Sno-Bees, while amassing bonuses by bringing together the three diamonds dispersed in the maze.

The Maze itself is an interactive environment. Each section of wall is a block of ice that can be pushed onto the Sno-bees to destroy them. Pressing the button while pushing the joystick will cause Pengo to push the ice block in the direction he is facing. The block will slide until it hits either a wall or another ice block, crushing any Sno-Bees in its path. Crushing more than one Sno-Bee at once will increase the number of points awarded.

As the player crushes the Sno-Bees, new ones hatch from eggs located within ice blocks. Each time a new one hatches, blocks containing eggs that have still not hatched yet are briefly identified by flashing the color of that round's Sno-Bees. A certain number of eggs will hatch immediately at the start of each round - this is also the maximum number of active Sno-Bees at any one time in the round. Eggs can be eliminated by crushing the ice blocks that contain them. If Pengo pushes a side wall at the edge of the screen, the water vibrates, any adjacent Sno-Bees will be briefly stunned and are eliminated if Pengo walks over them in this state.

The Sno-bees themselves will destroy the ice blocks as they move around each level, so speed is of the essence. Some of the blocks are 'Diamond blocks' which cannot be destroyed but can be re-used by Pengo.

After 60 seconds elapse in a round without a player or enemy death, the game enters into sudden death mode; the music tempo and movement of the Sno-Bees accelerates. If a single Sno-Bee remains in the round, a jingle plays and the Sno-Bee accelerates in an attempt to reach a corner, where it safely fades away.

There are a total of 16 rounds in the game. After round 16 is cleared, the game loops back to round 1.

- TECHNICAL -

Game ID: 834-0386

Main CPU: Zilog Z80 (@ 3.02 Mhz)
Sound Chips: Namco 3-channel WSG (@ 96 Khz)

Players: 2
Control: 4-way joystick
Buttons: 1 (PUSH)

Pengo is known to have two different marquees. One marquee depicts Pengo standing next to the game's logo, with one leg up on an ice block, and one hand pushing against the O in the logo; the Sega logo appears in small print directly underneath the O. The other marquee depicts Pengo pushing an ice block, with the Sega logo appearing on the lower right corner of the marquee in a larger print.

- TRIVIA -

Pengo was released in September 1982 in Japan, in October 1982 in North America, and in December 1982 in Europe.

Pengo makes a cameo appearance in "Up'n Down". If a player manages to pass the first 4 rounds in under a minute each, he will appear in the water of round 5 riding a surfboard.

The color for the Sno-Bees is different in each round and follows an eight-round pattern: green, red, yellow, pink, orange, yellow, light blue, yellow.

Demonstration gameplay in the attract mode always plays Round 5, with the orange Sno-Bees.

The song that is played during the brief intermissions that appear after every even-numbered round is cleared is "Ode to Joy" from the fourth movement of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.

Rodney Day holds the official record for this game with 1110370 points.

A bootleg of this game is known as "Penta".

- UPDATES -

In Japanese versions:
- The maze is visibly drawn at the start of each round.
- The default top 5 high scores are all 20,000, and the default names are AAA, KKK, III, RRR, and AAA.
- The in-game theme music is an 8-bit interpretation of the 1969 Gershon Kingsly composition known as "Popcorn", made most famous in 1972 by the instrumental band Hot Butter.
- The total number of enemies in each round is as follows: 6 in rounds 1 and 2, 8 in rounds 3-7, 10 in rounds 8-11, and 12 in rounds 12-16.

In export versions:
- The maze is loaded instantly at the start of each round
- The default top 5 high scores are all 0, and the default names are MMM, MMM, III, ZZZ, and UUU.
- Snappy original music is used as the in-game theme instead of the "Popcorn" song.
- The total number of enemies in each round is as follows: 6 in round 1, 8 in rounds 2-5, 9 in rounds 6 and 7, 10 in rounds 8 and 9, 11 in rounds 10 and 11, and 12 in rounds 12-16.

In all Japanese versions except the non-encrypted one, rounds are referred to in-game as "Acts".

Later versions correct a Test Menu Bug that is present in version Japan, 315-5010 type, Rev C.

In Export versions except version World, 315-5007 type, rev A (formerly set 4 in mame):
- The curtain speed is fastest.
- The demo mode is different.
- Delay before player can move at the start of a stage changed from 64 frames to 16 frames.
- Delay before the next level loads after an intermission changed from 64 frames to 16 frames.
- Delay before the sky rapidly changes colors in the intro changed from 64 frames to 48 frames.

Version World, 315-5007 type rev A introduced a number of changes to make the game flow faster than in other sets:
- Number of frames before the level completion time is shown changed from 32 to 8.
- Number of frames after a time bonus is calculated changed from 128 to 64.
- Number of frames before the screen wipes after the player has died changed from 128 to a single frame.

- SCORING -

Smashing an ice block : 30 points.
Smashing an ice block with a Sno-Bee inside : 500 points.
Walking over a stunned Snow-Bee : 100 points.
Killing a Snow-Bee with an ice block : 400 points.
Killing two Snow-Bees at once with one ice block : 1600 points.
Killing three Snow-Bees at once with one ice block : 3200 points.
Killing four Snow-Bees at once with one ice block : 6400 points.
Lining up the three diamond blocks with one or zero of them touching a wall : 10000 points.
Lining up the three diamond blocks with two or more touching a wall : 5000 points.
Completing screen in under 20 seconds : 5000 bonus points.
Completing screen in 20-29 seconds : 2000 bonus points.
Completing screen in 30-39 seconds : 1000 bonus points.
Completing screen in 40-49 seconds : 500 bonus points.
Completing screen in 50-59 seconds : 10 bonus points.
Completing screen in 60 seconds and over : no bonus points.

- TIPS AND TRICKS -

* The last remaining Sno-Bee on the screen will try to escape. If you do not kill it before it reaches one of the corners it will disappear.

* The indicator at the top of the screen tells you how many Sno-Bee eggs are still unhatched and hidden in ice blocks.

* A certain number of Sno-Bee eggs will hatch immediately at the start of each round. This is also the maximum number of active Sno-Bees you can have at any one time during the round. In rounds 1-4, this number is three; in rounds 5-16, it is four.

* Every time a Sno-Bee egg hatches, some ice blocks will flash, revealing the locations of Sno-Bee eggs that have not hatched yet. You can destroy the ice block to eliminate that Sno-Bee egg before it even hatches.

* When you kill the last Sno-Bee you have a couple of seconds to crush up to four ice blocks for an extra 30 points each.

* Concentrate your efforts on lining up the diamond blocks. The 10000 points are the biggest single score in the game, and stunning all the Sno-Bees is also a valuable side effect. You can then kill them easily by pushing ice blocks onto them rather than running over them (400 points as opposed to 100).

* Lining up the three diamond have another side effect: the remaining ice blocks with a Sno-Bee inside will be flash to the end of screen.

* Try to kill more than one Sno-Bee at a time, as two or more together are worth more points than killing them individually.

* Easter Egg: In the attract mode, push the two joys to up, press the two action buttons and one button of start game, and it will show the credits of the game. After a few seconds, the game will reset. The wait can be stopped pushing the 1P Start button.

Centipede (c) 1981 Atari

Klax (c) 1991 Mindscape, Incorporated.

- TECHNICAL -

Model DMG-KX-USA

- TRIVIA -

Klax for Game Boy was released in July 1991 in North America.

- STAFF -
Programmer: Nick Eastridge

- SOURCES -

Game's ROM.

Marble Madness (c) 1991 Mindscape, Incorporated.

- TECHNICAL -

Cartridge ID: DMG-MB-USA

- TRIVIA -

Marble Madness for Game Boy was released in May 1991 in North America.

- STAFF -
Programmer: Nick Eastridge
Music: David Wise

- SOURCES -

Game's ROM.