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Crazy Balloon (set 1)

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

Description Crazy Balloon (set 1)
Name crbaloon
Manufacturer Taito Corporation
Year 1980
Runnable yes
System arcade /
Number of players 2P alt
Added to MAME .033b04
Romset size 16 KB
Romset file 8 files
Romset zip 10 B
Language English
Evaluation 30 to 40 (Amendable)
Genre Maze

Parent and clones

Parent This game is the parent

Sound infos

Sound_channels 1

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 yes
Input players 2
Input buttons
Input coins 1

Controls infos

type ways minimum maximum sensitivity keydelta reverse
joy 8 no

Display infos

type rotate flipx width height refresh pixclock htotal hbend hbstart vtotal vbend vbstart
raster 90 no 256 224 60

Dipswitchs

Adjusters

name default
VR2 - Beep 50
VR3 - Music 50

Roms list

console name bios size crc md5 merge sha1 region offset status optional
arcade cl01.bin 2048 9d4eef0b a8dd814ac2612073982123c91fa62deaf5bee242 maincpu 0 good no
arcade cl02.bin 2048 10f7a6f7 e672a7dcdaae08b202cfc2e19033846ebb267e1b maincpu 800 good no
arcade cl03.bin 2048 44ed6030 8bbf5d9e893710138be15e56682037f128c83527 maincpu 1000 good no
arcade cl04.bin 2048 62f66f6c d173b12d6b5e0719d7b25ff0cafebbe64ec6b134 maincpu 1800 good no
arcade cl05.bin 2048 c8f1e2be a4603ce0268fa987f7f780702b6ca04e28759674 maincpu 2000 good no
arcade cl06.bin 2048 7d465691 f5dc7abe8db232f702419d126cee6607ea6a5168 maincpu 2800 good no
arcade cl07.bin 2048 2c1fbea8 41cf2aef74d56173057886512d989f6fa3682056 gfx1 0 good no
arcade cl08.bin 2048 ba898659 4291059b113ff91896f1f61a4c14956716edfe1e gfx2 0 good no

Chips list

name tag type clock
DISCRETE discrete audio
SN76477 snsnd audio
Speaker mono audio
Z80 maincpu cpu 3329000

Categories

MAMEinfo

0.33b4 [Nicola Salmoria]


WIP:

- 0.140u1: Derrick Renaud optimized speed of DISCRETE_DAC_R1.

- 0.133u1: Renamed (crbalon2) to (crbaloon2).

- 0.122u8: Changed palettesize to 32 colors.

- 0.122u6: Cleaned up Crazy Balloon driver [Zsolt Vasvari]: Proper memory maps, crystals etc. Implemented the missing features of the collision detector custom IC. This fixed a moving thorns disappear (after 2nd stage) after your balloon collided with them. Changed Z80 CPU1 clock speed to 3329000 Hz. Removed 2nd coin slot and flags dispose from region gfx2.

- 0.111u6: Rewrote the SN76477 emulator from scratch. The main difference between the old one and the new one is that it is based on measurements from a real chip. Also the emulator is fully analog, meaning that timings/frequencies, etc. are based on voltage levels. This gives a much more true-to-life emulation where the weird behavior of the real chip comes emulated for free. The code itself is also a lot simpler and more understandable [Zsolt Vasvari, Derrick Renaud].

- 0.104u4: Adam Bousley added save state support to Crazy Balloon.

- 0.103u3: Derrick Renaud converted Crazy Balloon sound to use the discrete system. Replaced Custom sound with Discrete.

- 0.88: Added music support in Crazy Balloon (thanks to MAME32Plus). Added Custom sound.

- 0.36RC1: Added SN76477 sound.

- 14th February 2000: Juergen Buchmueller fixed some bugs in the SN76477 sound core, and added support for it to Crazy Balloon.

- 26th November 1999: Zsolt Vasvari fixed the collision detection in Crazy Balloon.

- 0.34RC1: Howie Cohen added high score saving to Crazy Balloon.

- 0.33b7: Changed description to 'Crazy Balloon (set 1)' and clone (alternate) to 'Crazy Balloon (set 2)'.

- 0.33b5: Mike Balfour added collision detection to Crazy Balloon.

- 0.33b4: Nicola Salmoria added 'Crazy Balloon' (Taito 1980) and clone (alternate). Known issues: Collision detection is not emulated. Press SPACE to die. Don't cheat.

- 14th February 1998: J-ROM dumped Crazy Balloon (set 1) (c)1980 TAITO.


LEVELS: 16 (endless)


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History


Arcade Video game published 39 years ago:

Crazy Balloon (c) 1980 Taito.

A game of strategy and skill! The object of Crazy Balloon is to guide a delicate swaying balloon through a maze of pin wheel obstacles.

You have 4 control buttons and you have the ability to move your balloon in any direction. Don't take too long, because if you are too slow, a bogey man erupts on the screen and forces you to move. Just when you think you have the maze all figured out, pin wheels attack your balloon forcing you to take evasive action.

- TECHNICAL -

Prom Stickers : CL

Main CPU : Zilog Z80 (@ 3.072 Mhz)
Sound Chips : SN76477 (@ 3.072 Mhz), Discrete circuitry.

Players : 2
Buttons : 4

- TRIVIA -

Crazy Balloon was released in April 1980.

Also released as a cocktail model. In Japan, the cocktail version is known as "T.T Crazy Balloon".

- SCORING -

When the balloon passes through an obstacle, the following points are scored:
- Yellow obstacles: 500 points
- Pink obstacles: 300 points
- Green obstacles: 200 points
- Blue obstacles: 10 points

The bonus points you get for completing the level start at 1000. After a while, they will start decreasing rapidly.

- PORTS -

* CONSOLES:
[JP] Sony PS2 (aug.25, 2005) "Taito Memories Gekan [Model SLPM-66092]"
Sony PlayStation 2 [AU] (mar.30, 2006) "Taito Legends 2 [Model SLES-53852]"
[EU] Microsoft XBOX (mar.31, 2006) "Taito Legends 2"
[EU] Sony PS2 (mar.31, 2006) "Taito Legends 2 [Model SLES-53852]"
[US] Sony PS2 (may.16, 2007) "Taito Legends 2 [Model SLUS-21349]"

* HANDHELDS:
Sony PSP [AS] (jan.3, 2006) "Taito Memories Pocket [Model UCAS-40040]"
[JP] Sony PSP (jan.5, 2006) "Taito Memories Pocket [Model ULJM-05076]"
Sony PSP [KO] (feb.10, 2006) "Taito Memories Pocket"
[EU] Sony PSP (oct.6, 2006) "Taito Legends Power-Up [Model ULES-00473]"
[AU] Sony PSP (nov.9, 2006) "Taito Legends Power-Up [Model ULES-00473]"
[US] Sony PSP (may.17, 2007) "Taito Legends Power-Up [Model ULUS-10208]"

* COMPUTERS:
[EU] [US] Commodore C64 (1983)
[EU] PC [MS Windows, CD-ROM] (mar.31, 2006) "Taito Legends 2"
[US] PC [MS Windows, CD-ROM] (jul.10, 2007) "Taito Legends 2"

- CONTRIBUTE -

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High scores

MAMESCORE records : 02/04/2017 13:01

lorddraakh_____________________31.140
bald_bull______________________22.100
neriowinch_____________________18.790
nicky634_______________________15.990
hulkiii________________________13.350