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Triv Quiz

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

Description Triv Quiz
Name trivquiz
Manufacturer Status Games
Year 1984
Runnable yes
System arcade /
Number of players 2P alt
Added to MAME .066
Romset size 81 KB
Romset file 16 files
Romset zip 43 B
Language English
Evaluation 50 to 60 (Not Good Enough)
Genre Quiz

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 1
Input buttons
Input coins 1

Controls infos

type ways minimum maximum sensitivity keydelta reverse
only_buttons no

Display infos

type rotate flipx width height refresh pixclock htotal hbend hbstart vtotal vbend vbstart
raster 0 no 320 240 59.992284 6220000 384 0 320 270 0 240

Dipswitchs

Roms list

console name bios size crc md5 merge sha1 region offset status optional
arcade dm74s282.u22 256 0421b8e0 8b786eed86397a1463ad37b9b011edf83d76dd63 proms 40 good no
arcade dm74s288.u17 32 63b8a63e d59ad84edd583f7befce73b79e12dfb58a204c4f proms 0 baddump no
arcade dm74s288.u21 32 853d6172 4aaab0faeaa1a07ee883fbed021f8dcd7e0ba549 proms 20 good no
arcade qmt11.rom 8192 82107565 28d71340873330df7d15f1bc55cee78a9c7c31a6 questions 0 good no
arcade qmt12.rom 8192 68667637 df6ad3e624dcad57ce176912931660c6c1780369 questions 2000 good no
arcade qmt13.rom 8192 e0d01a68 22bb2a8628a3764d733748e4f5f3bad881371a29 questions 4000 good no
arcade qmt14.rom 8192 68262b46 faba97e5f6475e088554117e4b772e1631d740b2 questions 6000 good no
arcade qmt15.rom 8192 d1f39185 e46120496e84e224bd15da0652e218cea85c170d questions 8000 good no
arcade qmt16.rom 8192 1d2ecf1d 1d833b57bf4b3ccb3dc60307641ef9476289fe07 questions a000 good no
arcade qmt17.rom 8192 01840f9c d9b4f7f931657d4e16cf981d887508fd1db5e4c0 questions c000 good no
arcade qmt18.rom 8192 004a9480 7adff194a1549fa42577f969706aab6bb6a58851 questions e000 good no
arcade triv1-0f.u7 4096 af5f434a 1e7ae7ad7ea697007a30f5ba89127802a835eddc tiles 0 good no
arcade triv1-1f.u8 4096 da9a763a d7a60718a1aeadb247330c939e0ac487015b55b2 maincpu 0 good no
arcade triv1-2f.u9 4096 270459fe 1507a477fe7170d24788c880d43b0a3b08f35748 maincpu 1000 good no
arcade triv1-3f.u10 4096 103f4160 487afaf243d144aaee8a2ea76105fba09181dfdb maincpu 2000 good no
arcade trivquiz.nv 256 bd07a964 a1fe68d95c79ac99cfca8a468073b5c838e1cd49 nvram 0 good no

Chips list

name tag type clock
8085A maincpu cpu 12440000
AY-3-8910A aysnd audio 1555000
Speaker mono audio

Serie

Serie : Triv
  1. Triv Two (1984)
  2. Triv Quiz (1984)
  3. Triv Two (Vertical) (1985)
  4. Triv Four (1985)
  5. Super Triv Quiz I (1985)
  6. Super Triv II (1986)
  7. Super Triv III (1988)

Categories

MAMEinfo

0.66 [MooglyGuy]


Artwork available


WIP:

- 28th July 2009: Mr. Do - Kiltron got busy this summer and recently cranked out Trivia Quiz artwork, also on loan from Gene.

- 0.131: Changed 8085A CPU1 clock speed to 12440000 Hz, AY-3-8910A to 1555000 Hz and visible area to 320x240 and VSync to 59.992284 Hz. Added trivquiz.nv (256 bytes) NVRAM.

- 0.129: MooglyGuy added savestate support to Triv Quiz. Changed 8085A CPU1 clock speed to 13684000 Hz.

- 0.122u7: Changed 8085A CPU1 clock speed to 24800000 Hz.

- 0.85u1: Stefan Jokisch fixed the colors in Triv Quiz. Changed palettesize from 16 to 8 colors.

- 0.79: Changed visible area to 272x256. Added dipswitches 'Show Correct Answer' and 'Demo Sounds'.

- 0.66: MooglyGuy added 'Triv Quiz' (Status Games 1984).

- 15th February 2003: MooglyGuy added Triv Quiz to the Status Drivia 2 driver.

History


Arcade Video game published 35 years ago:

Triv Quiz (c) 1984 Status Games.

Each player begins with 10,000 points. First the player sees the question. He then decides how many points he wants to play on that question. After he has wagered his points three answers will appear. The player now tries to select the correct answer. Each player receives a minimum of four questions. Bonus questions are earned based on high scores. Scores can reach into the millions. The player who achieves the highest score can enter their initials.

Triv-Quiz lets the player choose from four challenging trivia categories : 'Sports', 'Entertainment', 'World Facts' and the 'Expert Challenge'. Thousands of questions are stored.

- TECHNICAL -

Main CPU : 8085A (@ 12.4 Mhz)
Sound Chips : General Instrument AY8910 (@ 1.5 Mhz)

Screen orientation : Horizontal
Video resolution : 272 x 256 pixels
Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz
Palette colors : 8

Players : 2
Buttons : 4

- TRIVIA -

Triv-Quiz offers the operator a special advertising feature. The operator may program his own advertising messages (via 'service mode') without the need of an additional and costly keyboard.

- SERIES -

1. Triv Quiz (1984)
2. Triv Two (1984)
3. Triv Four (1985)
4. Super Triv II (1986)
5. Super Triv III (1988)

- CONTRIBUTE -

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