Mame game : pipedrm : Pipe Dream (World)

Game infos

Description Pipe Dream (World)

Name pipedrm

Manufacturer Video System Co.

Year 1990

Runnable yes

System arcade /

Number of players 2P sim

Added to MAME .129u5

Romset size 3.19 MB

Romset file 15 files

Romset zip 1023 B

Language English

Genre Puzzle

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	0	no	352	240	60

Dipswitchs

Coin A
- 1 Coin/1 Credit
- 1 Coin/2 Credits
- 1 Coin/3 Credits
- 1 Coin/4 Credits
- 1 Coin/5 Credits
- 1 Coin/6 Credits
- 2 Coins/1 Credit
- 2 Coins/3 Credits
- 3 Coins/1 Credit
- 4 Coins/1 Credit
- 4 Coins/3 Credits
- 4 Coins/5 Credits
- 5 Coins/1 Credit
- 5 Coins/6 Credits
- 6 Coins/4 Credits
Coin B
- 1 Coin/1 Credit
- 1 Coin/2 Credits
- 1 Coin/3 Credits
- 1 Coin/4 Credits
- 1 Coin/5 Credits
- 1 Coin/6 Credits
- 2 Coins/1 Credit
- 2 Coins/3 Credits
- 3 Coins/1 Credit
- 4 Coins/1 Credit
- 4 Coins/3 Credits
- 4 Coins/5 Credits
- 5 Coins/1 Credit
- 5 Coins/6 Credits
- 6 Coins/4 Credits
Demo Sounds
- Off
- On
Difficulty
- Easy
- Hard
- Normal
- Super
Flip Screen
- Off
- On
Lives
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
Service Mode
- Off
- On
Training Mode
- Off
- On

Roms list

console	name	size	crc	sha1	region	offset	status	optional
arcade	a29.u2	262144	a240a448	d64169258e91eb09e8685bcdd96b16bf56e82ef1	gfx3	1	good	no
arcade	a30.u12	262144	50bc5e98	b351af780d04e67a560935a9eeaedf597ac5bb1f	gfx3	0	good	no
arcade	g71.u118	524288	488e2fd1	8ef8ceb2bd36a245138802f51babf62f17c30942	ymsnd	0	good	no
arcade	g72.u83	524288	dc3d14be	4220f3fd13487dd861ac84b1b0d3e92125b3cc19	ymsnd.deltat	0	good	no
arcade	gal16v8a.115	279	2b32e239	a3b9e45a1ce15ea4cc5754b2bf89cbaa416e814a	plds	200	good	no
arcade	gal16v8a.116	279	3674f043	06c88f65877a6575149bdd4f7cea64cd310227bd	plds	400	good	no
arcade	gal16v8a.127	279	7115d95c	23044039373b5a2face63d72c3fc6bf7f0c8a475	plds	600	good	no
arcade	palce16v8h.114	279	1f3a3816	2b4d84ab98036b8861961f610b1b1ec23a653ef7	plds	0	good	no
arcade	s71	524288	431485ee	70a2ba5338598db9fcd9ef2be46e5cc2fd9510ee	gfx2	0	good	no
arcade	s72	524288	4e669e97	1de8a8cd8f8f69fa86b8fe2c73c6997e7a89c706	gfx1	80000	good	no
arcade	s73	524288	63f4e10c	ba935490578887080d8b16508fa6191236a8fea6	gfx1	0	good	no
arcade	u3.u99	65536	4800322a	a616c497ac18351b68b8307050a2a62c717a7873	sub	10000	good	no
arcade	u4.u86	32768	497fad4c	f151543a0c4a1d6d5d2de5e1dc12fd59dabcf1a8	sub	0	good	no
arcade	ya.u129	32768	9b4d84a2	82c26cf52b37ca3bcc10a534759e7bb52b1daa2d	maincpu	0	good	no
arcade	yb.u110	65536	7416554a	612aff94da3ec282e200c07eae9af26a28e071bd	maincpu	10000	good	no

Chips list

name	tag	type	clock
Speaker	mono	audio
YM2610	ymsnd	audio	8000000
Z80	sub	cpu	3579500

0.129u5 [Corrado Tomaselli]

0.37b10 [Bryan McPhail]

0.37b2 [Bryan McPhail, Aaron Giles]

WIP:

- 0.150: Bonky0013 and The Dumping Union added clone Pipe Dream (Taiwan).

- 0.143u3: Fixed rom name (u4,u86 -> u4.u86).

- 0.135u3: Fabio Priuli added driver data struct to Pipe Dream driver.

- 0.131u4: Brian Troha added DIP locations and fixed rom names/PCB locations in Pipe Dream and clones.

- 0.131u2: Fabio Priuli fixed Pipe Dream tag problem.

- 0.129u5: Corrado Tomaselli added Pipe Dream (World). Renamed (pipedrm) to (pipedrmu).

- 20th February 2009: Corrado Tomaselli dumped Pipe Dream (World).

- 0.114u3: Couriersud added save state support to Pipe Dream and fixed flip screen.

- 0.106u12: MASH added plds ($0, 200, 400, 600 - palce16v8h.114, gal16v8a.115, gal16v8a.116 and gal16v8a.127) to Pipe Dream and clone.

- 0.56: Changed palettesize from 1536 to 2048 colors.

- 31st October 2001: Aaron Giles fixed Pipe Dream from crashing.

- 8th August 2001: Aaron Giles merged the Final Romance and Pipe Dream drivers and fixed a few bugs in Final Romance.

- 7th August 2001: Aaron Giles converted Pipe Dream and Tetris to the tilemap system.

- 6th August 2001: Aaron Giles worked around a few bugs in Pipe Dream.

- 0.37b10: Bryan McPhail added Pipe Dream (US). Renamed (pipedrm) to (pipedrmj).

- 3rd December 2000: Bryan McPhail added a US romset to the Pipe Dream driver.

- 0.37b2: Bryan McPhail and Aaron Giles added 'Pipe Dream (Japan)' (Video System Co. 1990).

- 10th April 2000: Aaron Giles sent in a driver for Pipe Dream.

- 13th July 1998: Dumped PIPE DREAM.

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Wily Tower

Pipe Dream

Pipeline

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Sliver

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History

Arcade Video game published 29 years ago:

Pipe Dream (c) 1990 Video System.

- TECHNICAL -

Main CPU : Zilog Z80 (@ 6 Mhz)
Sound CPU : Zilog Z80 (@ 3.5795 Mhz)
Sound Chips : Yamaha YM2610 (@ 8 Mhz)

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

- TRIVIA -

Pipe Dream was released in October 1990 in Japan.

This arcade game is a port from an original computer game released by LucasArts in 1989 on the Atari ST (known as "Pipe Mania" in Europe).

- STAFF -

Sound composer : Naoki Itamura
Sound FX : K. Okuda

- PORTS -

* CONSOLES:
[JP] Nintendo Game Boy (jul.3, 1990) "Pipe Dream [Model DMG-PDA]"
[US] Nintendo Game Boy (sept.1990) "Pipe Dream [Model DMG-PD-USA]"
[US] Nintendo NES (sept.1990) "Pipe Dream [Model NES-4P]"
Nintendo NES [AU] (1991)
[JP] Nintendo Super Famicom (aug.7, 1992) "Pipe Dream [Model SHVC-PP]"
[EU] Sony PlayStation (mar.30, 2001) "Pipemania 3D [Model SLES-03400]"
[US] Sony PlayStation (oct.23, 2001) "Pipe Dreams 3D [Model SLUS-01409]"
[JP] Sony PlayStation (june.13, 2002) "Pipe Dreams 3D [World Greatest Hits] [Model SLPM-87045]"
[JP] Sony PlayStation [PSOne Classics] (mar.28, 2012) "Pipe Dreams 3D [World Greatest HIts]"

NOTE: The Sony PlayStion port is a 3D version.

* COMPUTERS:
Commodore Amiga [US] (1989)
[EU] Commodore Amiga (1989) "Pipe Mania"
[US] Commodore C64 [EU] (1989) "Pipe Mania"
PC [MS-DOS] [US] (1989)
Sam Coupe [EU] (1990) by Enigma
[EU] Amstrad CPC (1990) "Pipe Mania"
[JP] NEC PC 8801 (1991)
NEC PC 9801 [JP]
PC [MS Windows 3.x] [US] (1991) "Microsoft Entertainment Pack 2" : re-released in 1994 as part of "The Best of Microsoft Entertainment Pack")
[JP] Sharp X68000 (nov.13, 1992)
Apple Macintosh [US] (oct.2001)

- CONTRIBUTE -

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High scores

MAMESCORE records : 02/04/2017 13:01

fok999________________________126.220
louisonb_______________________53.940
muesliman______________________47.350

Pipe Dream (World)