Mame game : clowns1 : Clowns (rev. 1)

Game infos

Description Clowns (rev. 1)

Name clowns1

Manufacturer Midway

Year 1978

Runnable yes

System arcade /

Number of players 2P alt

Added to MAME .060

Romset size 0 B

Romset file files

Romset zip 0 B

Language English

Genre Ball & Paddle

Driver infos

Driver status imperfect

Driver emulation good

Driver color good

Driver sound imperfect

Driver graphic good

Driver cocktail

Driver protection

Driver savestate yes

Inputs infos

Input service no

Input tilt no

Input players 2

Input buttons

Input coins 1

Controls infos

type	ways	minimum	maximum	sensitivity	keydelta	reverse
paddle		1	254	100	10	no

Display infos

type	rotate	flipx	width	height	refresh	pixclock	htotal	hbend	hbstart	vtotal	vbend	vbstart
raster	0	no	260	224	59.541985	4992000	320	0	260	262	0	224

Dipswitchs

Balloon Resets
- All Rows
- Each Row
Bonus Life
- 3000
- 4000
Coinage
- 1 Coin/1 Credit
- 1 Coin/2 Credits
- 2 Coins/1 Credit
- 2 Coins/2 Credits
Input Test
- Off
- On
Lives
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
Service Mode
- Off
- On

Adjusters

name	default
R507 - Music Volume	40

Roms list

console	name	size	crc	sha1	region	offset	status	optional
arcade	clownsv1.c	1024	12968e52	71e4f09d30b992a4ac44b0e88e83b4f8a0f63caa	maincpu	1400	good	no
arcade	clownsv1.d	1024	37b6ff0e	bf83bebb6c14b3663ca86a180f9ae3cddb84e571	maincpu	1000	good	no
arcade	clownsv1.e	1024	bbd606f6	1cbaa21d9834c8d76cf335fd118851591e815c86	maincpu	c00	good	no
arcade	clownsv1.f	1024	a2d56cea	61bc07e6a24a1980216453b4dd2688695193a4ae	maincpu	800	good	no
arcade	clownsv1.g	1024	6a571d66	e825f95863e901a1b648c74bb47098c8e74f179b	maincpu	400	good	no
arcade	clownsv1.h	1024	5560c951	b6972e1918604263579de577ec58fa6a91e8ff3e	maincpu	0	good	no

Chips list

name	tag	type	clock
8080	maincpu	cpu	1996800
DISCRETE	discrete	audio
Samples	samples	audio
Speaker	mono	audio

Samples list

name
miss

Arcade Video game published 41 years ago:

Clowns (c) 1978 Midway.

Players bounce clowns off 'see-saw' to break rows of balloons for high score and bonus jumps.

- TECHNICAL -

Upright cabinet
Midway No. 630

Main CPU : Intel 8080 (@ 1.9968 Mhz)
Sound Chips : Discrete circuitry

Screen orientation : Horizontal
Video resolution : 256 x 224 pixels
Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz
Palette colors : 2

Players : 2
Control : paddle

- TRIVIA -

Clowns was released in January 1978.

Also released as "Clowns [Cocktail Table model]".

This game is known in UK as "Springboard" (licensed to Subelectro).

David Nelson holds the official record for this game with 61,390 points on June 1, 2004.

- SCORING -

Successful jump : 10 points
Popping Balloon in bottom row: 20 points
Popping Balloon in middle row : 50 points
Popping Balloon in top row : 100 points
Bonus for Clearing Bottom Balloon Row : 200 points
Bonus for Clearing Middle Balloon Row : 500 points
Bonus for Clearing Top Balloon Row : 1,000 points

- PORTS -

* COMPUTERS:
Commodore C64 (1983)

- CONTRIBUTE -

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Clowns (rev. 1)