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Block Block (World 911219 Joystick)

  1. Game infos
  2. Parent and Clones
  3. Sound
  4. Driver
  5. Inputs
  6. Controls
  7. Display
  8. Roms list
  9. Chips list
  10. Categories
  11. MAMEinfo
  12. History
  13. High scores
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Game infos

Description Block Block (World 911219 Joystick)
Name block
Manufacturer Capcom
Year 1991
Runnable yes
System arcade /
Number of players 2P sim
Added to MAME .171
Romset size 1.16 MB
Romset file 10 files
Romset zip 473 B
Language English
Evaluation 60 to 70 (Passable)
Genre Ball & Paddle

Parent and clones

Parent This game is the parent

Sound infos

Sound_channels 1

Driver infos

Driver status good
Driver emulation good
Driver color good
Driver sound good
Driver graphic good
Driver cocktail
Driver protection
Driver savestate yes

Inputs infos

Input service yes
Input tilt no
Input players 2
Input buttons
Input coins 2

Controls infos

type ways minimum maximum sensitivity keydelta reverse
joy 2 no

Display infos

type rotate flipx width height refresh pixclock htotal hbend hbstart vtotal vbend vbstart
raster 270 no 384 240 57.42

Roms list

console name bios size crc md5 merge sha1 region offset status optional
arcade bl_01.2d 131072 c2ec2abb 89981f2a887ace4c4580e2828cbdc962f89c215e oki 0 good no
arcade bl_08.8h 131072 aa0f4ff1 58f3c468f89d834caaf66d3c084ab87addbb75c0 gfx1 0 good no
arcade bl_09.9h 131072 6fa8c186 d4dd26d666f2accce871f70e7882e140d924dd07 gfx1 20000 good no
arcade bl_16.2j 131072 fadcaff7 f4bd8e375fe6b1e6a07b4ec4e58f5807dbd738f8 gfx2 0 good no
arcade bl_17.3j 131072 5f8cab42 3a4c682a7938479e0be80c0494c2c8fc7303b663 gfx2 20000 good no
arcade bl_18.8j 131072 c0acafaf 7c44b2605da6a324d0c145202cb8bac7af7a9c68 gfx1 80000 good no
arcade bl_19.9j 131072 1ae942f5 e9322790db0bf2a9e862b14e166ee3f36f9ea5ad gfx1 a0000 good no
arcade ble_05b.14f 32768 fcdb7885 500ee4b8344181e9ad348bd22344a1a942fe9fdc maincpu 0 good no
arcade ble_06b.15f 131072 e114ebde 12362e809443644b43fbc72e7eead5f376fe11d3 maincpu 10000 good no
arcade ble_07b.16f 131072 61bef077 92792f26305df1e5e66607bed391b84b4964ba3e maincpu 30000 good no

Chips list

name tag type clock
OKI6295 oki audio 1000000
Speaker mono audio
YM2413 ymsnd audio 4000000
Z80 maincpu cpu 8000000

Categories

MAMEinfo

0.171 [caius]

0.104 [Paul Leaman]

0.37b14 [?]

0.35b4 [Paul Leaman]

0.34b2 [Testdriver]


WIP:

- 0.171: caius and The Dumping Union added Block Block (World 911219 Joystick). Updated PBC locations for other Block Block sets [Brian Troha]. Dumped clone (World 911106 Joystick) and noted only a rom label difference [Andrea Palazzetti]. Fixed rom names. Renamed (block) to (blockr2) and (blockjoy) to (blockr1).

- 0.138u2: hap fixed erratic ball speed in Block Block.

- 0.133u1: Corrado Tomaselli changed VSync to 57.42 Hz in Block Block.

- 0.122u1: Changed OKI6295 clock speed to 1MHz.

- 0.104u8: Corrado Tomaselli and David Haywood fixed level 6 in Block Block and clone (World 911106 Joystick). Changed description of clone (World 911106 Joystick, Bad Dump?) to 'Block Block (World 911106 Joystick)'.

- 27th March 2006: Corrado Tomaselli dumped Block Block (World 911106 Joystick).

- 0.104: Changed clone 'Block Block (World 910910)' to parent and (World 911106 Joystick) to clone 'Block Block (World 911106 Joystick, Bad Dump?)'. Renamed (block) to (blockjoy) and (blocka) to (block).

- 0.73: Changed Dial input to 8-way Joystick.

- 0.63: All new, much better, YM2413 emulation [Jarek Burczynski].

- 0.56: Fixed left-right control in Block Block. Changed description to 'Block Block (World 911106 Joystick)' and clone (Japan) to 'Block Block (Japan 910910)'.

- 8th October 2001: Angelo Salese submitted a fix for proper joystick support for Block Block.

- 0.37b14: Added Block Block (World 911106). Changed 'Block Block (World)' to clone 'Block Block (World 910910)'. Renamed (block) to (blocka).

- 1st February 2001: Sean Young integrated Mitsutaka Okazaki's YM2413 emulator.

- 0.35RC1: Nicola Salmoria added clone Block Block (Japan). Music in Block Block [Nicola Salmoria]. Fixed gfx1 rom ($0) in Block Block (World).

- 0.35b12: Nicola Salmoria fixed Block Block title screen.

- 0.35b7: Nicola Salmoria added clone Block Block (bootleg).

- 0.35b4: Paul Leaman added 'Block Block (World)' (Capcom 1991).

- 0.34b2: Paul Leaman added (Testdriver) Block Block. Not working due to encryption.

- 11th November 1997: CaBBe dumped Block Block (World 910910).


LEVELS: 50


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History


Arcade Video game published 28 years ago:

Block Block (c) 1991 Capcom.

A blue paddle rebounds a ball into the colorful bricks.

- TECHNICAL -

Main CPU : Zilog Z80 (@ 8 Mhz)
Sound Chips : OKI6295 (@ 7.5 Khz), YM2413 (@ 4 Mhz)

Screen orientation : Vertical
Video resolution : 240 x 384 pixels
Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz
Palette colors : 2048

Players : 2
Control : Paddle
Buttons : 1

- TRIVIA -

Block Block was released in September 1991 in Japan.

A bootleg of this game was released by Koa the same year.

- UPDATES -

The Japanese version has a little storyline before the titlescreen.

- STAFF -

Planner: Futoshi Kuwahara, Udatoshi
Designers : Shinji Sakashita, H.K, M. Miyao
Programmers : T. Ohta, Kohei Akiyama, N. Sakoda
Sound designers : P-Chan, T. Yomage

- PORTS -

* CONSOLES:
[US] Microsoft XBOX (nov.24, 2006) "Capcom Classics Collection Vol. 2"
[US] Sony PS2 (nov.24, 2006) "Capcom Classics Collection Vol. 2 [Model SLUS-21473]"
Sony PlayStation 2 [AU] (apr.11, 2007) "Capcom Classics Collection Vol. 2 [Model SLES-54561]"
[EU] Sony PS2 (apr.13, 2007) "Capcom Classics Collection Vol. 2 [Model SLES-54561]"

* HANDHELDS:
[US] Sony PSP (mar.22, 2006) "Capcom Classics Collection Remixed [Model ULUS-10097]"
[EU] Sony PSP (jul.21, 2006) "Capcom Classics Collection Remixed [Model ULES-00347]"
[US] Sony PSP (feb.6, 2007) "Capcom Puzzle World [Model ULUS-10217]"
[AU] Sony PSP (jul.11, 2007) "Capcom Puzzle World"
[EU] Sony PSP (jul.13, 2007) "Capcom Puzzle World [Model ULES-00647]"

- CONTRIBUTE -

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High scores

MAMESCORE records : 02/04/2017 13:01



mode: beginner-course

columbojeff____________________66.340
gnu____________________________66.040
gerhard_schindler______________64.220
neriowinch_____________________63.590
dark_kariya____________________62.250
furohon________________________59.910
fok999_________________________59.150
ballyballo_____________________58.550
lorddraakh_____________________57.930
sawys__________________________57.460
webmaster______________________54.450
olivier________________________53.950
vikleroy_______________________47.090
fly_saya_______________________43.990
foxmulder______________________20.940
thegamer_______________________20.330
gatts47________________________19.760
zarouk_________________________19.330
hulkiii________________________17.220


mode: normal-course

columbojeff___________________134.990
fok999________________________131.240
lorddraakh____________________130.750
neriowinch____________________102.970
gnu____________________________93.880
dark_kariya____________________75.570
sawys__________________________68.090
thegamer_______________________62.160
ballyballo_____________________61.890
fly_saya_______________________61.750
olivier________________________55.170
gerhard_schindler______________48.740
zarouk_________________________38.650