Bomb Bee © 1979 Namco.
In this old ball and paddle game, you control a paddle that must rebound a ball into the colorized bricks and pop-bumpers.
Main CPU : Intel 8080 (@ 2.048 Mhz)
Sound Chips : Custom (@ 2.048 Mhz)
Players : 2
Control : paddle
Buttons : 1
Bomb Bee was released in June 1979 in Japan.
Upon joining Namco, Mr. Iwatani wanted to design pinball games. Gee Bee, Cutie Q and Bomb Bee were his early video game/pinball hybrids. Toru Iwatani would achieve later, greater fame by designing Pac-Man.
| Pop Bumpers | 10 or 100 points |
| Spinner | 10 or 100 points |
| Green Drops | 10 points |
| Blue drops | 20, 40, 60 or 80 points |
| 1st row of drops | 10 points |
| NAMCO lights | 50 points |
| Big Pop | 1,000 points |
| Adjustments to scoring | |
| Finishing red-yellow side drop targets bank puts in barrier to the side drain and increases the pop bumper points on the side cleared. | |
| Finishing blue top drop targets gives you a big 1,000 pop bumper which you have a limited number of hits you can give it before it explodes and gets replaced by another bank of blue drop targets. | |
| Lighting all NAMCO lights increases bonus multiplier to 2X. | |
Sony PlayStation (feb.9, 1996) Namco Museum Vol.2 [Model SLPS-00210] : As a hidden game. Sony PlayStation (feb.9, 1996) Namco Museum Vol.2 [Model SLPS-00209] : Limited Deluxe Box edition with additional Volume Controller. PC-9801 "Bomb Bee / Cutie Q" by Mindware : Unreleased prototype.