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Nibbler (rev ?)

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

Description Nibbler (rev ?)
Name nibblera
Manufacturer Rock-Ola
Year 1982
Runnable yes
System arcade /
Number of players 2P alt
Added to MAME .178
Romset size 0 B
Romset file files
Romset zip 0 B
Language English
Genre Maze

Parent and clones

Parent nibbler : Nibbler (rev 9) (1982)

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 no
Input tilt no
Input players 2
Input buttons
Input coins 2

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 61

Dipswitchs

Roms list

console name bios size crc md5 merge sha1 region offset status optional
arcade 2732.ic07 4096 7f9d715c 59fbdbb55dceaa86235911589395fa5243e44afe maincpu 4000 good no
arcade 2732.ic08 4096 e46eb1c9 b70a14085985096eb6650f3d06343a20d75e61b5 maincpu 5000 good no
arcade 2732.ic09 4096 a599df10 g-0960-50.ic9 68ee8b5199ec24409fcbb40c887a1eec44c68dcf maincpu 6000 good no
arcade 2732.ic10 4096 746e94cd 284696722857900760d35f1f8ef53290deddac20 maincpu 7000 baddump no
arcade 2732.ic12 4096 e569937b 6ee9aa528cc3f0685153b3170f41b9a665d358e0 maincpu 3000 good no
arcade 2732.ic14 4096 48ec4af0 9b4b80c288d5ade998c0bbcfc3868c9dcd438707 maincpu 8000 good no
arcade 2732.ic15 4096 7205fb8d g-0960-54.ic15 bc341bc11a383aa8b8dd7b2be851907a3ec56f8b maincpu 9000 good no
arcade 2732.ic16 4096 4bb39815 g-0960-55.ic16 1755c28d7d300524ab839aedcc744254544e9c19 maincpu a000 good no
arcade 2732.ic17 4096 ed680f19 g-0960-56.ic17 b44203585f32ebe2a3bf0597eac7c0faa7e81a92 maincpu b000 good no
arcade 2732.ic50 4096 01d4d0c2 g-0960-57.ic50 5a8026210a872351ce4e39e27f6479d3ca0689e2 gfx1 0 good no
arcade 2732.ic51 4096 feff7faf g-0960-58.ic51 50005502578a4ea9b9c8f36998670b787d2d0b20 gfx1 1000 good no
arcade 2732.ic52 2048 cabe6c34 664ab47555d4c05189d797836f34045f00ac119e snk6502 800 good no
arcade 2732.ic53 2048 33189917 g-0959-45.ic53 01a1b1693db0172609780daeb60430fa0c8bcec2 snk6502 1000 good no
arcade g-0708-04.ic6 32 dacd592d g-0708-04.ic6 c7709c680e2764885a40bc256d07dffc9e827cd6 proms 20 good no
arcade g-0708-05.ic7 32 a5709ff3 g-0708-05.ic7 fbd07b756235f2d03aea3d777ca741ade54be200 proms 0 good no

Chips list

name tag type clock
DISCRETE discrete audio
M6502 maincpu cpu 705562
SN76477 sn76477.1 audio
SNK6502 Audio Custom snk6502 audio
Speaker mono audio

Categories

History


Arcade Video game published 37 years ago:

Nibbler (c) 1982 Rock-Ola Mfg. Corp.

A maze game where you control Nibbler the snake to eat food around the maze. With each food you eat, Nibbler gets bigger. Complete each level by eating all the food on the screen. You lose a life if Nibbler hits his own body.

- TECHNICAL -

Model G-208

Main CPU : MOS Technology M6502 (@ 930 Khz)
Sound Chips : Custom (@ 930 Khz), SN76477 (@ 930 Khz)

Players : 2
Control : 8-way joystick

- TRIVIA -

Released in December 1982, this is the first game to support a billion point score.

Japanese sales by Taito.

Rock-ola offered a free Nibbler machine to the first player to turn the game over by scoring a billion points. The early favorite was Tom Asaki, who came close but failed in attempts at Twin Galaxies arcade in Ottumwa IA (once when the joystick broke after he scored 793 million points). Tim McVey finally broke the billion-point barrier with a score of 1,000,042,270 points after six unsuccessful attempts (he passed out after one of them) and January 28 1984 was declared Tim McVey day in Ottumwa.

McVey's record stood until February 22, 2009 when Dwayne Richard exceeded him with a score of 1,004,328,140. On April 10, 2009, McVey attempted to regain his Nibbler WR and recorded his progress through a webcam which was streamed from the Twin Galaxies website and Ustream.tv. However after almost 40 hours of gameplay and 945,939,420 points, McVey was forced to walk away after developing a blister in his hand. His attempt was one of the first to be recorded and streamed through the internet.

- UPDATES -

There were at least 8 revisions of the game.

- SCORING -

Food Item : 10 points x level.
Time Bonus : 10 points per remaining second on clock x level.

- TIPS AND TRICKS -

* Nibbler does pause for a split-second when it hits a corner, so use this pause to decide your next turn.

* Try to collect the items on the inside of the maze first, as you can use the outer edges to move relatively safely when Nibbler is longer.

- STAFF -

Designed & programmed by : Joe Ulowetz (JHU), John Jaugilas (JMJ), Joe Bak (BAK), Lonnie Ropp (LDR)

- PORTS -

* COMPUTERS:
Amstrad CPC (1984)
Apple II

- CONTRIBUTE -

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