Jumble Solitaire (c) 2007 UCLICK, LLC

- SOURCES -

Game files.

- DESCRIPTION -
A 5 reel, 5 line video slot machine.

- TECHNICAL -
IGT Sovereign hardware.

- SCORING -
All pays are left to right.

Castle substitutes for all symbols except Fairy, Dragon and Hippo.

Paytable:

Castle: 2 = 20, 3 = 200, 4 = 2000, 5 = 10000
Fairy: 2 = 10, 3 = 200, 4 = 500, 5 = 1000
Dragon: 1 = 2, 2 = 10, 3 = 200, 4 = 500, 5 = 1000
Hippo: 1 = 2, 2 = 10, 3 = 200, 4 = 500, 5 = 1000
Butterfly: 3 = 50, 4 = 200, 5 = 500
Stars: 3 = 25, 4 = 200, 5 = 500
Mushrooms: 3 = 25, 4 = 100, 5 = 250
Ace: 3 = 25, 4 = 100, 5 = 250
King: 3 = 25, 4 = 100, 5 = 250
Queen: 3 = 10, 4 = 50, 5 = 200
Jack: 3 = 10, 4 = 50, 5 = 200
Ten: 2 = 2, 3 = 5, 4 = 25, 5 = 200
Nine: 2 = 2, 3 = 5, 4 = 25, 5 = 200
Eight: 3 = 10, 4 = 50, 5 = 200
Seven: 3 = 10, 4 = 50, 5 = 200

- SOURCES -
Slot's ROMs

Sotsugyou Shousho (c) 1995 Mitchell.

- TECHNICAL -

Main CPU : Motorola 68000 (@ 14 Mhz)
Sound CPU : Hudson Soft HuC6280 (@ 4.0275 Mhz)
Sound Chips : Yamaha YM2151 (@ 3.58 Mhz), OKI6295 (@ 7.757 Khz)

Players : 2
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 3

- TRIVIA -

Released in November 1995.

The title of this game translates from Japanese as 'Graduation Certificate'.

Licensed to Atlus.

In 1996, Mitchell released this game in Korea. The Korean title is 'Jor-eop Jeungmyeongseo'.

- SOURCES -

Game's ROM.

Ice Diver (c) 1994 Mitchell Corp.

Korean version of "Lady Killer".

- TRIVIA -

Ice Diver was released on June 28, 1994 in the Korean arcades.

- SOURCES -

Game's screenshot.

- SOURCES -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-OqZJ7WbDM

https://arcadeheroes.com/2019/06/20/bandai-namco-revives-arcade-classics-as-lbe-vr-titles-at-new-location-in-japan/

Bowler

Bowling Try (c) 200? Atlus Company, Limited.

- TECHNICAL -

ATLUS PCB BT-208001

- SOURCES -

Game's ROM.

Export

Explosive Breaker (c) 1992 Kaneko Company, Limited.

A vertically scrolling shoot'em up.

- TECHNICAL -

Main CPU : Motorola 68000 (@ 12 Mhz)
Sound Chips : (2x) General Instrument AY8910 (@ 2 Mhz), OKI6295 (@ 15.151 Khz)

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

- TRIVIA -

Explosive Breaker was released in October 1992.

This game is known in Japan as "Bakuretsu Breaker" (translates from Japanese as 'Exploding Breaker').

- STAFF -

Program : Y. Shintani, S. Igarashi
Graphics : K. Matsuoka, A. Funatsu, T. Takei, Y. Kubo, T. Yoshikawa, Y. Nakamura, T. Inoue
Sounds : Tatsuya Watanabe, Y. Wada, Y. Sakakura
Hardware : H. Morinaga
Tools : F. Komori, Y. Higashino
Technical advice : M. Kanaoka
Debugging : A. Takahashi, Yukihiro Yamazaki, Y. Ozaki, N. Tada
Management : N. Tanaka
Producer : Hiroshi Kaneko

- SOURCES -

Game's ROM.

Twin Hawk (c) 1989 Taito.

Export release. Game developed in Japan. See the origina for more information about the game itself; "Daisenpuu".

- TECHNICAL -

Taito X System hardware
Prom Stickers : B87

Players : 2
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 3

- TRIVIA -

Released in June 1989.

There are several differences between Twin Hawk and its Japanese version Daisenpuu:
* Twin Hawk supports two simultaneous players.
* Daisenpuu supports two players, but only one at a time. Because of this, it also supports Cocktail cabinets.
* In Twin Hawk, both planes are purple and pink for player 1 and 2 respectively.
* In Daisenpuu, the planes are green for both players.
* In Twin Hawk, when you die, you continue the game at your current position.
To compensate this, they increased the health of bigger enemies and the rank/dynamic difficulty (enemies start shooting sooner and faster).
* In Daisenpuu, when you die, you continue the game at predefined positions.
* In Daisenpuu, big blue bullets are faster (like the ones in the first boss), making those attacks much more difficult to dodge.
* In Twin Hawk, small orange bullets (like the ones in the beginning) have worse visibility. In Daisenpuu they're more yellow and have better contrast against the background.

- PORTS -

* CONSOLES:
Sega Mega Drive (1990)

- SOURCES -

Game's ROM.

キッドのホレホレ大作戦 (c) 1987 Nichibutsu.
(Kid no Hore Hore Daisakusen)

- TECHNICAL -

The board consists of two PCB's connected with two ribbon cables.

* PCB 1 :
Main CPU : Motorola 68000 (@ 8 Mhz)
ROMS: 1 - 8

* PCB 2 :
Sound CPU : Zilog Z80 (@ 4 Mhz)
Sound Chips : Yamaha YM3526 (@ 4 Mhz), (2x) DAC
ROMS : 9 - 16

Players: Up to 2
Control: 8-way joystick
Buttons: 3

- TRIVIA -

Kid no Hore Hore Daisakusen was released in April 1987 in the Japanese arcades.

The title of this game translates from Japanese as 'Dig Dig Kid's Great Operation'

An Italian bootleg / hack of this game is known as "Booby Kids".

Kid no Hore Hore Daisakusen (キッドのホレホレ大作戦? lit. Dig Dig Kid's Epic Battle) is an action arcade game developed by Nichibutsu and published in Japan in 1987. It was originally to be entitled "Booby Kids" in an early prototype (as shown in the flyer to the right), but the name was ultimately changed. In this case, the title was a reference to the "booby traps" that this player lays for the enemy, but it's possible that the developers felt the name might be misconstrued.

Kid no Hore Hore Daisakusen is probably best compared to a much older game known as Heiankyo Alien, which Nichibutsu apparently obtained the rights to at some time. While the play mechanics are similar to Heiankyo Alien, in which the player must dig holes to trap enemies in and kill them by filling the holes back up, the goal in Kid no Hore is not to kill all of the enemies (they constantly reappear). Instead, the goal is to collect all of the treasure chests scattered throughout the level in order to obtain the key which opens the door that leads to the next level. In this manner, it may also be compared to an overhead-view version of Lode Runner.

While this game was ported to a few home systems, it's legacy is a little strange. It was first ported to the Famicom under its original title, Booby Kids, with entirely different levels, and was given a sequel on the Game Boy known as Booby Boys. The game's concept was converted for play on the PC Engine, but was changed to make use of a license to use the Doraemon character and released as Doraemon: Meikyuu Daisakusen. When the game was localized for play in the United States on the Turbo Grafx-16, the Doraemon character was removed, and the original player sprite was restored, but the game was entitled Cratermaze.

- STAFF -

Sound composers : Kenji Yoshida, Hiroshi Funaba

- PORTS -

* CONSOLES:
Nintendo Famicom (1987) "Booby Kids [Model NBF-BB]"
[JP] Nintendo Game Boy (june.25, 1993) "Booby Boys [Model DMG-B8J]"
[JP] NEC PC-Engine (1990) "Cratermaze"
[JP] NEC PC-Engine "Doraemon Meikyuu Daisakusen" - featuring Doraemon characters.
[JP] Sony PS4 [PSN] (feb.12, 2016) "Arcade Archives - Kid no Hore Hore Daisakusen [Model CUSA-04419]"
Sony PlayStation 4 [PSN] [US] (apr.26, 2016) "Arcade Archives - Kid's HoreHore Daisakusen [Model CUSA-05203]"
Sony PlayStation 4 [PSN] [EU] [AU] (aug.30, 2016) "Arcade Archives - Kid's HoreHore Daisakusen [Model CUSA-05577]"

- SOURCES -

Game's ROM.

- SOURCES -

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

http://bcaweb.bai.ne.jp/miyooo/REAL%20DRIVE.html

Despite undumped marking it as VR, this is an Arcade cabinet.

Pirate

Sichuan II (c) 1989 Unknown.

Szechuan-style solitaire mahjong.

- TECHNICAL -

Main CPU : Zilog Z80 (@ 6 Mhz)
Sound CPU : Zilog Z80 (@ 3.579645 Mhz)
Sound Chips : Yamaha YM2151 (@ 3.579545 Mhz), DAC (@ 3.579545 Mhz)

Screen orientation : Horizontal
Video resolution : 512 x 256 pixels
Screen refresh : 55.00 Hz
Palette colors : 256

Players : 2
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 3

- TRIVIA -

Hack of Tamtex's "Shisen-shou - Joshiryou-hen" / "Match It".

'Sichuan' is the Chinese translation of 'Szechuan', which is the largest province in China. The game at hand here is indeed Szechuan-style solitaire mahjong, where the object is to match two identical unblocked tiles until the board is clear. This type of solitaire mahjong is also referred to as 'Shisenshou'. The tile layout presented herein is one of many traditional Chinese Szechuan-style solitaire arrangements.

- SOURCES -

Game's ROM.

Export

Ring King (c) 1985 Data East USA, Incorporated.

A boxing game from Data East.

- TECHNICAL -

Main CPU : (3x) Z80 (@ 4 Mhz)
Sound CPU : Zilog Z80 (@ 4 Mhz)
Sound Chips : General Instrument AY8910 (@ 1.5 Mhz), DAC

Players : 2
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 3

- TRIVIA -

Ring King was released in December 1985 in North America.

This game is known in Japan and Europe as "King of Boxer".

The song that is heard playing when you enter your initials into the high score list is 'Baby Elephant Walk', written by Henry Mancini and used in the movie 'Huntari'.

The song that is heard playing during Game Over is Shave and a Haircut.

- PORTS -

* CONSOLES:
[JP] Nintendo Famicom (june.19, 1987) "Family Boxing [Model NAM-FB-4900]"
[US] Nintendo NES (sept.1987) "Ring King [Model NES-RK-USA]"

* COMPUTERS:
MSX2 [JP] (1988) "Family Boxing [Model HBS-G066C]"

* OTHERS:
LCD handheld game [US] (1989) by Acclaim.

- SOURCES -

Game's ROM.
Game's picture.

Re-release

American Soccer (c) 1987 Universal.

- TRIVIA -

The Japanese version of "Indoor Soccer".

Universal planed to release another sports game called 'American Football' the same year but was never released.

- PORTS -

* COMPUTERS:
MSX 2

- SOURCES -

Game's ROM.

Listed in MAME

Akai Katana (c) 2010 Cave.

- TECHNICAL -

Cave CV1000D Hardware

CPU : Hitachi SH-3 CPU, 133 Mhz Clock
Sound Chip : Yamaha YMZ770C-F
Chip U1 : IS42S32400D 128Mb SDRAM @ 166mhz (standard SH3 has MT48LC2M32 64Mb SDRAM)
Chip U4 : 32Mbit Spansion S29JL032H (standard SH3 has a 16Mbit Spansion S29AL016D.

- TRIVIA -

Akai Katana was released on August 19, 2010 in Japan.

- STAFF -

Producer: Kenichi Takano
Director: Tsuneki Ykeda
Programmers: Tsuneki Ykeda, S. Yagawa, Daisuke Koizumi, Toshiriro Sera, Takashi Ishimura, Yuji Inoue
Chief Designer: Hideki Nomura
Designers: Hiroyuhi Tanaka, Takeharu Isogai, Toshiyuki Kuroiwa, Akira Wakabayashi
Character Design: Mushimaro

Voice Cast (Kenyu Office):
- Saionji Kikyo: Masahiro Yamanaka
- Saionji Botan: Hana Takeda
- Shiniyo Tsubaki: Sayaka Kinoshita
- Asaka Sumire: Mayuko Takahashi
- Kobayakawa Shion: Kaori Yagi
- Sanada Suzuran: Erika
- Hiiragi: Kenyu Horiuchi
- Syumeigiku: Mii Miki
- Shakunage: Eiji Hanawa
- Ayame & Ran: Ikumi Sato
- Saionji Basho: Yasuhiro Mamiya
- Voice Actor & Actress Management: Eri Nishida

Music Composers: Ryu Umemoto
SE Editer: Daisuke Matsumoto
PV Editer: Nagahiro Iwasawa

Debug Staff (DIGITAL Hearts Co. Ltd.): Ryogo Hagiwara, Jun Takahashi, Keisuke Watanabe

Special Thanks: Makoto Asada, Yukihiro Masaki, Yu Murakami, Kazuhiro Asaba, Mamoru Furukawa, Takatsugu Furuhata, Kanae Hirai, Mayumi Nishikokura, Maika Noda, Kaori Itamura, Takashi Sato

Font Design by FONTWORKS Inc.
Ninja Font Design by UENO CC1.

- PORTS -

* CONSOLES:
[JP] Microsoft XBOX 360 (may.26, 2011) "Akai Katana Shin [Model 7XJ-00001]"
[JP] Microsoft XBOX 360 (may.26, 2011) "Akai Katana Shin [Model 7XJ-00002]"
[JP] Microsoft XBOX 360 (may.15, 2012) "Akai Katana Shin [Cave The Best] [Model M5T-00001]"

- SOURCES -

Game's screenshots.
Official website: http://www.cave.co.jp/gameonline/akaikatana/

Video slot machine

Dino Family (c) 1995 Tangasoft.

Portuguese release of Subsino's medal game "Dino Family"

- SOURCES -

Game's ROM.

Dolphin Treasure (c) 1996 Aristocrat.

A 5-reel video slot machine with an underwater theme.

- TECHNICAL -

Aristocrat MK5 hardware. This game was also released with 9 lines.

Game has 14 buttons.
Bet buttons: 1, 2, 3, 5, 10 credits per line
Line buttons: 1, 5, 10, 15, 20 lines
Extra buttons: Collect (yellow), Reserve (green), Gamble (purple) and Take Win/Start Feature (orange)

1, 2, 5 and 10 credit buttons are also used for Heart, Diamond, Club and Spade double up respectively. This gamble is x4 if correct.
1 and 20 line buttons are used for red/black double up.

- TRIVIA -

Dolphin Treasure was released in December 1996.

- SCORING -

Dolphin Sunset substitutes for all symbols except scattered Treasure and doubles the prize when substituting. Scattered Treasure pay any.

Paytable (standard version):

Dolphin Sunset: 2 = 10, 3 = 200, 4 = 2000, 5 = 9000
Seahorse: 2 = 2, 3 = 25, 4 = 100, 5 = 750
Turtle: 2 = 2, 3 = 25, 4 = 100, 5 = 750
Starfish: 3 = 15, 4 = 100, 5 = 400
Octopus: 3 = 10, 4 = 75, 5 = 250
Fish : 3 = 10, 4 = 50, 5 = 250
Ace : 3 = 10, 4 = 50, 5 = 125
King : 3 = 5, 4 = 50, 5 = 100
Queen : 3 = 5, 4 = 25, 5 = 100
Jack : 3 = 5, 4 = 25, 5 = 100
Ten : 3 = 5, 4 = 25, 5 = 100
Nine : 2 = 2, 3 = 5, 4 = 25, 5 = 100
Treasure : 2 = 2, 3 = 5, 4 = 20, 5 = 400

Paytable (USA version):

Dolphin Sunset: 2 = 10, 3 = 150, 4 = 1500, 5 = 3000
Turtle: 2 = 2, 3 = 25, 4 = 150, 5 = 1500
Seahorse: 2 = 2, 3 = 15, 4 = 100, 5 = 750
Starfish: 3 = 15, 4 = 75, 5 = 375
Octopus: 3 = 10, 4 = 75, 5 = 250
Fish : 3 = 10, 4 = 50, 5 = 200
Ace : 3 = 10, 4 = 50, 5 = 125
King : 3 = 5, 4 = 40, 5 = 100
Queen : 3 = 5, 4 = 25, 5 = 100
Jack : 3 = 5, 4 = 25, 5 = 100
Ten : 3 = 5, 4 = 25, 5 = 100
Nine : 2 = 2, 3 = 5, 4 = 25, 5 = 100
Treasure : 2 = 2, 3 = 5, 4 = 20, 5 = 400

- TIPS AND TRICKS -

Feature : Spin up 3, 4 or 5 Treasure to trigger 15 free games. During the free games all wins are tripled. The free games can be won during the feature.

- SERIES -

1) Dolphin Treasure (1996)
2) Beyond the Reef (1997)
3) Golden Pyramids (1997)
4) Queen of the Nile (1997)
5) Adonis (1998)
6) Flame of Olympus (1998)
7) Geisha (2000)
8) Torch of the Gods (2001)
9) Queen of the Nile Special Edition (2002)
10) Golden Pyramids Special Edition (2002)
11) Geisha [Power Pay] (2008)
12) Love on the Nile (2011)
13) Dolphin Treasure Legends (2012)
14) Queen of the Nile Legends (2013)
15) Geisha Legends (2013)

- PORTS -

* OTHERS:
Online slot (2012) Dolphin Treasure

- SOURCES -

Slot's ROM.
Slot's picture.

Torch of the Gods (c) 2001 Aristocrat.

A 5 reel video slot machine with an ancient Greek theme.

- TECHNICAL -

Aristocrat MKVI hardware.

The 1, 2, 5 and 10 credit buttons are used for Heart, Diamond, Club and Spade gamble respectively. This gamble is x4 if correct.
1 and 20 line buttons are used for red/black double up.
Additionally, a half gamble is also available by hitting the Gamble button again.

- TRIVIA -

This game is graphically identical to "Adonis".

- SCORING -

Adonis substitutes for all symbols except scattered Coins, and doubles the prize when substituting.

All pays are left to right, except scattered Coins which pay any.

Adonis : 2 = 10, 3 = 200, 4 = 2000, 5 = 9000
Flame : 2 = 2, 3 = 25, 4 = 100, 5 = 750
Aphrodite : 2 = 2, 3 = 25, 4 = 100, 5 = 750
Building : 3 = 15, 4 = 100, 5 = 400
Column : 3 = 10, 4 = 75, 5 = 250
Wine : 3 = 10, 4 = 50, 5 = 250
Ace : 3 = 10, 4 = 50, 5 = 125
King : 3 = 5, 4 = 50, 5 = 100
Queen : 3 = 5, 4 = 25, 5 = 100
Jack : 3 = 5, 4 = 25, 5 = 100
Ten : 3 = 5, 4 = 25, 5 = 100
Nine : 2 = 2, 3 = 5, 4 = 25, 5 = 100
Coin : 2 = 2, 3 = 5, 4 = 20, 5 = 400

- TIPS AND TRICKS -

Feature : Spin up 3, 4 or 5 Coins to trigger 15 free games. During the free games all wins are tripled. The free games can also be won during the feature.

- SERIES -

1) Dolphin Treasure (1996)
2) Beyond the Reef (1997)
3) Golden Pyramids (1997)
4) Queen of the Nile (1997)
5) Adonis (1998)
6) Flame of Olympus (1998)
7) Geisha (2000)
8) Torch of the Gods (2001)
9) Queen of the Nile Special Edition (2002)
10) Golden Pyramids Special Edition (2002)
11) Geisha [Power Pay] (2008)
12) Love on the Nile (2011)
13) Dolphin Treasure Legends (2012)
14) Queen of the Nile Legends (2013)
15) Geisha Legends (2013)

- SOURCES -

Game's ROMs.

Halley's Comet (c) 1986 Taito.

A space-shooter. Protect the earth from falling comets and asteroids.

- TECHNICAL -

Prom Stickers : A62

Main CPU : Motorola M6809
Sound CPU : Zilog Z80
Sound Chips : (4x) General Instrument AY8910

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

- TRIVIA -

Halley's Comet was released in January 1986.

This game was inspired by the actual 'Halley's Comet' ('Halley' is pronounced HAL-lee). It was named after Edmund Halley, who calculated its 76-year orbital period. Halley's Comet was visible in 1910 and 76 years after, in 1986 (February 9, to be exact), just the year when this game was released by Taito :). Its next perihelion passage will be in 2061.

- TIPS AND TRICKS -

* Space Humour? : When you start a new game and after the RESCUE THE EARTH FROM THE COMETS ! message appears, you can move your ship over it. The text will get erased, and the following message will appear over it : DO NOT ERASE.

* Level Boss Trick : Shoot all but one of these squares and then press the hyperspace button (the smart-bomb) when the final square is lit. You should now receive 1,000,000 points! (this works for all level bosses).

* Another Tip : When the game is in Game Over mode, you can actually control the ship at one point. This is rather useless, but fun!

* For Invincibility and Infinite Lives DIP Switches to work you must enable Debug Mode by pressing START1 during boot sequence.

- STAFF -

From highscore table : Kouju Miki (K.M), (NIG), (LSI), Hisayoshi Ogura (OGR), (E.T)

- PORTS -

* CONSOLES:
Nintendo Famicom Disk System (1989) "Halley Wars [Model TFS-HAL]"
[JP] Sony PS2 (mar.29, 2007) "Taito Memories II Gekan [Model SLPM-66713]"

- SOURCES -

Game's ROM.

Twin Hawk (c) 1989 Taito.

Export release. Game developed in Japan. See the origina for more information about the game itself; "Daisenpuu".

- TECHNICAL -

Taito X System hardware
Prom Stickers : B87

Players : 2
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 3

- TRIVIA -

Released in June 1989.

There are several differences between Twin Hawk and its Japanese version Daisenpuu:
* Twin Hawk supports two simultaneous players.
* Daisenpuu supports two players, but only one at a time. Because of this, it also supports Cocktail cabinets.
* In Twin Hawk, both planes are purple and pink for player 1 and 2 respectively.
* In Daisenpuu, the planes are green for both players.
* In Twin Hawk, when you die, you continue the game at your current position.
To compensate this, they increased the health of bigger enemies.
* In Daisenpuu, when you die, you continue the game at predefined positions.
* Daisenpuu, big blue bullets are faster (like the ones in the first boss), making those attacks much more difficult to dodge.
* In Twin Hawk, small orange bullets (like the ones in the beginning) have worse visibility. In Daisenpuu they're more yellow and have better contrast against the background.

- PORTS -

* CONSOLES:
Sega Mega Drive (1990)

- SOURCES -

Game's ROM.

Twin Hawk (c) 1989 Taito.

Export release. Game developed in Japan. See the origina for more information about the game itself; "Daisenpuu".

- TECHNICAL -

Taito X System hardware
Prom Stickers : B87

Players : 2
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 3

- TRIVIA -

Released in June 1989.

There are several differences between Twin Hawk and its Japanese version Daisenpuu:
* Twin Hawk supports two simultaneous players.
* Daisenpuu supports two players, but only one at a time. Because of this, it also supports Cocktail cabinets.
* In Twin Hawk, both planes are purple and pink for player 1 and 2 respectively.
* In Daisenpuu, the planes are green for both players.
* In Twin Hawk, when you die, you continue the game at your current position.
To compensate this, they increased enemies health, which can make the game harder than the Original version, depending on the player playstyle.
* In Daisenpuu, when you die, you continue the game at predefined positions.

- PORTS -

* CONSOLES:
Sega Mega Drive (1990)

- SOURCES -

Game's ROM.

Bomb Jack (c) 1984 Tehkan.

Bomb Jack is a fast-moving platform game in which the aim is to collect all of the bombs on each level before progressing to the next. A variety of constantly spawning mechanical enemies patrol the platforms and airspace so the longer a player takes to collect all of the bombs, the more difficult progress becomes.

Extra point bonuses are awarded for collecting bombs with their fuses lit. Only one bomb at any time has a lit fuse, and collecting twenty or more of these lit bombs on any given level will earn the player points bonus (see TIPS AND TRICKS for details). Jack is pursued around each level by the spawning enemies and when he gets killed, he drops down to the nearest platform, always landing on his head.

A 'Powerball' appears at semi-regular intervals and moves diagonally around the screen. If the player manages to grab this, all of the level's monsters are frozen for several seconds and can then be killed by having Jack fly into them (similar to the 'Powerpill' feature in "Pac-Man"). Collecting the Bonus 'B' symbols will increase the amount of points awarded for collecting bombs with their fuses lit. Picking up an 'Extra' symbol awards the player with an additional life, while catching the 'Special' symbol will give the player an extra credit.

Each of Bomb Jack's levels feature one of five different background pictures, some of which represent famous historical landmarks. They are: the Sphinx in Egypt, the Acropolis in Greece, Castle Neuschwanstein in Bavaria, skyscrapers and a cityscape by night. While the backgrounds themselves are repeated as the game progresses, the platform layouts for each level are completely different. At least until level 18, after which the levels are repeated.

The basic play mechanic of collecting objects to clear a level, as well as the powerball feature, is hugely reminiscent of Namco's seminal "Pac-Man".

- TECHNICAL -

Main CPU : Zilog Z80 (@ 4 Mhz)
Sound CPU : Zilog Z80 (@ 3.072 Mhz)
Sound Chips : (3x) General Instrument AY8910 (@ 1.5 Mhz)

Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 1 (JUMP)

- TRIVIA -

Bomb Jack was released in March 1984 in Japan and in October 1984 in the USA.

The original idea for Bomb Jack was conceived by Michitaka Tsuruta, lead designer for Guzzler and Solomon's Key, under the supervision of Kazutoshi Ueda, the genius behind Mr. Do, Lady Bug and other Universal coin-ops.

Curiously enough, the infamous Sphinx in the opening round was not rendered by the graphic designer of the game, but by Tsukasa Masuko, the sound designer. Tsuruta-san recalls how roles in Japanese development teams were quite interchangeable, in those early years.

Round 1 music is the ending song from the Japanese animated cartoon series 'Spoon Oba-san', sung by the ultra-popular Mari Ijima (Lynn Minmay's voice in Macross). The anime was aired in 1983... at that time, Bomb Jack development was just starting : something more than a coincidence, then.
Round 2 features the music of 'Lady Madonna', by The Beatles. Tsuruta-san, recalls that rights were paid for the licensed music at the time; still, later ports (PS2 and Xbox) come with a replaced soundtrack (mostly the Vs. Mighty Bomb Jack score).

"Bomb Jack II" has nothing really to do with Tekhan or Tecmo : it was developed by British Elite Systems for European home computers only, in an attempt to follow the huge success of the Bomb Jack coin-op conversion. They basically bought the license for the name, and then proceeded to create a mediocre maze game.

Giauco Bondavalli holds the official record for this game with 20,010,960 points on November 3, 1984.

Alfa Records released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Tecmo Game Music - 28XA-95) on 25/09/1986.

- UPDATES -

The older version (set 2) says 'YOU ARE LUCY' instead of 'YOU ARE LUCKY'.

- SCORING -

Jumping, hitting a wall or falling from a platform : 10 points x bonus multiplier value.
Normal bomb : 100 points x bonus multiplier value.
Firebomb : 200 points x bonus multiplier value.

(P) Power : 100 when blue, 200 when red, 300 when purple, 500 when green, 800 when cyan, 1,200 when yellow and 2,000 points when grey x bonus multiplier value.

(B) Bonus Multiplier: 1,000 points x bonus multiplier value.
(E) Extra Life : 1,000 points x bonus multiplier value plus an extra life.
(S) Special : 1,000 points x bonus multiplier value plus a free credit.

Killing monsters while (P) is active : 100, 200, 300, 500, 800, 1,200 and 2,000 points. These are all multiplied by the current bonus multiplier value.

End of level bonus :
23 firebombs defused : 50,000 points.
22 firebombs : 30,000 points.
21 firebombs : 20,000 points.
20 firebombs : 10,000 points.

- TIPS AND TRICKS -

* A little information about the appearance of the powerball : the rule is very simple and you just have to look at the colour at the left and right of the multiplicator number, its size grows as you collect bombs.

1) Take a 'lit bomb' and you get 1 point ahead for the next Powerball. Take a non-lit bomb and you'll get 0.5 point for the next Powerball. When you achieve 10 points, the powerball appears. Your powerball points don't grow if either the powerball is there or if the 'power music' is playing, so avoid collecting bombs when it's not necessary.

2) The powerball can have different score values when taking it. When it appears, jump or hit a wall and its colour will change. The colours and score values are blue (100 points), red (200 points), purple (300 points), green (500 points), turquoize (800 points), yellow (1000 points) and grey (2000 points).

3) The 'B' bonus coin adds 1 to the multiplicator value and appears each 5,000 points, but only if you 'pass' these 5,000 points when not taking a 'B' coin. For example, your multiplicator is 2x, your score is 9,000 and you take a 'B' coin; giving you 1,000x2 = 2,000 points which makes a total of 11,000 points. A 'B' coin should then appear because you have passed the 10,000 points, but doesn't because you took a 'B' coin to achieve this score so you'll have to wait for 15,000 points to get a new 'B' coin. The multiplicator limit is X5.

* An important piece of information to remember is that you can pick up the bombs in a certain order to earn maximum points. If you pick up most of the bombs while their fuses are lit, you get the following bonuses :
20 - 10,000 pts.
21 - 20,000 pts.
22 - 30,000 pts.
23 - 50,000 pts.
So of course, you'll want to try to get 23 each time (This is of course, VERY difficult!). The P (Power) coin appears after every ninth bomb is collected. The points value of the P coin ranges from 100 (Blue) to 2,000 (Silver). Since the color changes each time BJ jumps, you can control the bonus level by making small jumps until the coin turns silver.

* The B (Bonus) coin appears every 5,000 points, and advances the bonus multiplier by 1. There is a maximum of 5 B coins per level.

* Picking up the S (Special) coin awards one free credit. It will also take you to the next level automatically.

* You can control where the mechanical bird appears by holding the joystick in the opposite direction. Example : Hold the joystick to the Right as soon as the round starts and the mechanical bird appears on the left of the screen. If the stick is held diagonally, the bird appears in the opposite corner.

* When you start a level, and directly go to left or right, bird(s) will appear on the other side : it's useful to put them where you want in order to make this level easier, levels 7, 8 & 9 are good examples for that.

- SERIES -

1. Bomb Jack (1984, Arcade)
2. Bomb Jack II (1986, C64)
3. Mighty Bomb Jack [Model TCF-MB] (1986, Famicom)
4. Bomb Jack Twin (1993, Arcade)

- STAFF -

Director : Michitaka Tsuruta
Programmer : Michishito Ishizuka
Music & Sound Design : Tsukasa Masuko
Graphic & Character Design : Rie Ishizuka (aka Rie Yatomi)
Producer : Kazutoshi Ueda

- PORTS -

* CONSOLES:
[JP] Sega SG-1000 (1985) "Bomb Jack [Model C-61]"
Sega SG-1000 [CN] (198?) "Chaoren"
[EU] Nintendo Game Boy (1992)
Nintendo Game Boy Advance (2002) "Bomb Jack World" [Prototype]
[JP] Sony PS2 (nov.25, 2004) "Tecmo Hit Parade [Model SLPS-20401]"
[US] Microsoft XBOX (sept.14, 2005) "Tecmo Classic Arcade"
[EU] Microsoft XBOX (oct.21, 2005) "Tecmo Classic Arcade"
[JP] Microsoft XBOX (oct.27, 2005) "Tecmo Classic Arcade [Model C6E-0001]"
[JP] Sony PS4 [PSN] (june.19, 2014) "Arcade Archives - Bomb Jack [Model CUSA-00651]"
Sony PlayStation 4 [PSN] [US] (aug.18, 2015) "Arcade Archives - Bomb Jack [Model CUSA-00975]"

* COMPUTERS:
NEC PC8801 [JP] (1985)
Commodore 16 [US] [EU] (1986)
[US] Commodore C64 [EU] (1986)
Sinclair ZX Spectrum (1986)
[EU] Amstrad CPC (1986)
[EU] Atari ST (1986)
[EU] Commodore Amiga (1988)
[EU] Amstrad CPC (1989) "12 Top Amstrad Hits"
[JP] PC Windows 95 (1997)

* OTHERS:
Mobiles phone [US] [Nokia 3410] (2002)

- SOURCES -

Game's ROM.
Tsuruta Michitaka's Web Site; http://www.turu3.net

Coin-Op misc.

Tsuyoshi Tama Densetsu - Pitch In 2 (c) 1991 Namco, Limited.

- SOURCES -

Machine's picture.

- SOURCES -

https://primetimeamusements.com/product/we-play-vr/

V.R. Game

We Bare Bears - Food Truck Rush (c) 2019 Bandai NAMCO Ent., Inc.

- SOURCES -

https://undumped.miraheze.org/wiki/Wangan_Midnight_Maximum_Tune_6RR

- SOURCES -

https://undumped.miraheze.org/wiki/We_Bare_Bears:_Food_Truck_Rush

- SOURCES -

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

Unreleased

Samurai Surf X (c) 2001 Namco.

- TECHNICAL -

System 246 hardware.

- TRIVIA -

Released in October 2001.

- SOURCES -

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

Arcade video game

Photo Battle (c) 2001 Namco, Limited.

- TRIVIA -

Even if titlescreen says 2000, Photo Battle was released in February 2001.

- SOURCES -

Machine's picture.

- SOURCES -

https://undumped.miraheze.org/wiki/Pac-Man_Challenge

- SOURCES -

https://undumped.miraheze.org/wiki/Pac-Man_Battle_Royale_Chompionship

https://www.bandainamco-am.com/Ecommerce/category/commercial-games/pac-man-battle-royale-chompionship

Puyo Puyo 2 (c) 1994 Compile.

Sequel to the hugely popular Puyo Puyo. Though there is not much difference between this and the original, it is just as addictive and fun.

- TECHNICAL -

Runs Sega "System C-2" hardware.

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

- TRIVIA -

Released in October 1994.

The title screen says 'Puyo Puyo Tsu': 'Tsu' is a pun, it has no meaning here but it's pronounced like 'Two'.

Licensed to Sega for manufacture.

- SERIES -

1. Puyo Puyo [Model IA-9106] (1991, MSX 2)
2. Puyo Puyo (1992, Arcade)
3. Puyo Puyo 2 (1994, Arcade)
6. Puyo Puyo Sun [Model 610-0374-11] (1996, Arcade)
7. Puyo Puyo Da! featuring ELLENA System (1999, Arcade)
8. Puyo Puyo 4 [Model HDR-0014] (1999, Dreamcast)
9. Puyo Puyo Fever (2003, Arcade)
10. Puyo Puyo Fever 2 [SLPM 66104] (2005, PS2)
11. Kidou Gekidan Harouza Haro Ichiza - Haro no Puyo Puyo [Model AGB-BH6J-JPN] (2005, GBA)
12. Puyo Puyo! 15th Anniversary [Model NTR-P-APUJ] (2006, Nintendo DS)
13. Puyo Puyo!! 20th Anniversary [Model NTR-P-TP4J] (2011, Nintendo DS)

- PORTS -

* CONSOLES:
[JP] Sega Mega Drive (Dec. 02, 1994; "Puyo Puyo 2 [Model T-66013]")
[JP] Sega Game Gear (Dec. 16, 1994; "Puyo Puyo 2 [Model T-66037]")
[JP] Sega Saturn (Oct. 27, 1995; "Puyo Puyo 2 [Model T-6601G]")
[JP] Nintendo Super Famicom (Dec. 08, 1995; "Super Puyo Puyo 2 [Model SHVC-AXPJ-JPN]")
[JP] Nintendo Super Famicom (Mar. 08, 1996; "Super Puyo Puyo 2 Remix [Model SHVC-A7PJ-JPN]")
NEC PC-Engine Super CD-ROM² [JP] (Mar. 29, 1996; "Puyo Puyo 2 CD [Model NIPR-1001]")
[JP] Sony PlayStation (Nov. 15, 1996; "Puyo Puyo 2 Ketteiban [Model SLPS-00530]")
[JP] Nintendo Game Boy (Dec. 13, 1996; "Pocket Puyo Puyo 2 [Model DMG-APYJ-JPN]")
[JP] Sega Saturn (june.20, 1997; "Puyo Puyo 2 [Model T-6604G]")
[JP] Bandai WonderSwan (Mar. 11, 1999; "Puyo Puyo 2 [Model SWJ-BAN004]")
SNK Neo-Geo Pocket Color [JP] (jul.22, 1999; "Puyo Puyo 2 [Model NEOP00410]")
[JP] Sony PlayStation (Mar. 30, 2000; "Puyo Puyo 2 Ketteiban [Model SLPS-91194]")
[JP] Sony PlayStation (Dec. 21, 2000; "Puyo Puyo Box [Model SLPS-03114]")
Nintendo Game Boy Advance (2001, "Minna de Puyo Puyo")
[JP] Sony PS2 (may.24, 2004, "Puyo Puyo Tsuu Perfect Set [Sega Ages 2500 Vol. 12] [Model SLPM-62400]")

*COMPUTERS:
[JP] Macintosh (1998, "Puyo Puyo Tsuu [Model CR-9888]"

* OTHERS:
Nokia N-Gage (2003, "Puyo Pop")

- SOURCES -

Game's ROM.
Game's screenshots.

- SOURCES -

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

ぷよぷよ (c) 1991 Compile.
(Puyo Puyo)

- TECHNICAL -

GAME ID: IA-9106
BARCODE: 4988161100349
MEDIA: Floppy disks x 2

- TRIVIA -

Puyo Puyo was released on October 25, 1991 in Japan. Retail price: 6800 Yen.

The MSX2 is the original first version of this game. It was soon followed by a version for the Nintendo Famicom Disk Drive called "Puyo Puyo [Famimaga Disk Vol. 5] [Model GTS-PYO]" (featured characters from the 1989 RPG Madou Monogatari, also made by Compile). Puyo Puyo only really became popular when it was released as an arcade game in 1992. This was the first version that included a one player story mode, in which the human player plays against computer opponents of increasing difficulty. This feature was an immediate success because it allowed players to play by themselves. Future versions of Puyo Puyo for home systems also included this feature (see 'Ports' section for more info).

- SERIES -

1. Puyo Puyo [Model IA-9106] (1991, MSX 2)
2. Puyo Puyo (1992, Arcade)
3. Puyo Puyo 2 (1994, Arcade)
6. Puyo Puyo Sun [Model 610-0374-11] (1996, Arcade)
7. Puyo Puyo Da! featuring ELLENA System (1999, Arcade)
8. Puyo Puyo 4 [Model HDR-0014] (1999, Dreamcast)
9. Puyo Puyo Fever (2003, Arcade)
10. Puyo Puyo Fever 2 [SLPM 66104] (2005, PS2)
11. Kidou Gekidan Harouza Haro Ichiza - Haro no Puyo Puyo [Model AGB-BH6J-JPN] (2005, GBA)
12. Puyo Puyo! 15th Anniversary [Model NTR-P-APUJ] (2006, Nintendo DS)
13. Puyo Puyo!! 20th Anniversary [Model NTR-P-TP4J] (2011, Nintendo DS)

- PORTS -

* CONSOLES:
[JP] Nintendo Famicom Disc System (1991) "Puyo Puyo [Famimaga Disk Vol. 5] [Model GTS-PYO]"
[JP] Sega Mega Drive (1992) "Puyo Puyo [Model G-4082]"
[JP] Sega Game Gear (1993) "Puyo Puyo [Model G-3324]"
[JP] Nintendo Famicom (1993) "Puyo Puyo [Model TIM-PY]"
[JP] Nintendo Super Famicom (1993) "Super Puyo Puyo [Model SHVC-PQ]"
[JP] NEC PC-Engine Super CD-ROM² (1994) "Puyo Puyo CD [Model NAPR-1038]"
[JP] Nintendo Game Boy (1994) "Puyo Puyo [Model DMG-QQJ]"
[JP] Sony PlayStation (2000) "Puyo Puyo Box [Model SLPS-03114]"

* COMPUTERS:
[JP] NEC PC-9801 (1993)
[JP] FM Towns PC (1994)
[JP] Sharp X68000 (1994)
[JP] PC [MS Windows 95] (1995)
[JP] Macintosh (1996) "Puyo Puyo for Macintosh [Model MKM-006]"

* OTHERS:
[JP] Arcade "Puyo Puyo" (1992)
[JP] Mobile phones (2003)

- SOURCES -

Game's DISK.

- SOURCES -

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

Redemption video game

Galaga Assault (c) 2015 Raw Thrills.

- SOURCES -

Game's picture.

- SOURCES -

https://undumped.miraheze.org/wiki/Counter_Strike_Neo_V2

- SOURCES -

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

Unreleased

Assassin (c) 1986 Namco, Limited.