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Balloon Bomber

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

Description Balloon Bomber
Name ballbomb
Manufacturer Taito
Year 1980
Runnable yes
System arcade /
Number of players 2P alt
Added to MAME .035b12
Romset size 12 KB
Romset file 7 files
Romset zip 6 B
Language English
Evaluation 30 to 40 (Amendable)
Genre Shooter

Sound infos

Sound_channels 1

Driver infos

Driver status imperfect
Driver emulation good
Driver color good
Driver sound imperfect
Driver graphic imperfect
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 2 no

Display infos

type rotate flipx width height refresh pixclock htotal hbend hbstart vtotal vbend vbstart
raster 270 no 260 224 59.541985 4992000 320 0 260 262 0 224

Configuration

name tag mask
Cabinet
Name Cocktail
Value 1
Default no
Name Upright
Value 0
Default yes

CAB
 1

Dipswitchs

Roms list

console name bios size crc md5 merge sha1 region offset status optional
arcade mb7052.2c 256 user1 0 nodump no
arcade tn01 2048 551585b5 7c17b046bdfca6ab107b7e68ba9bde6ca590c3d4 maincpu 0 good no
arcade tn02 2048 7e1f734f a15656818cd730d9bc98d00ff1e7fe3f860bd624 maincpu 800 good no
arcade tn03 2048 d93e20bc 2bf72f813750cef8fad572a18fb8e9fd5bf38804 maincpu 1000 good no
arcade tn04 2048 d0689a22 1f6b258431b7eb878853ff979e4d97a05fb6b797 maincpu 1800 good no
arcade tn05-1 2048 5d5e94f1 b9f8ba38161ef4f0940c274e9d93fed4bb7db017 maincpu 4000 good no
arcade tn06 1024 7ec554c4 b638605ba2043fdca4c5e18755fa5fa81ed3db07 proms 0 good no
arcade tn07 1024 deb0ac82 839581c4e58cb7b0c2c14cf4f239220017cc26eb proms 400 good no

Chips list

name tag type clock
8080 maincpu cpu 1996800
DISCRETE discrete audio
SN76477 snsnd audio
Samples samples audio
Speaker mono audio

Samples list

name
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9

Categories

MAMEinfo

0.35b12 [Mike Coates]


Samples required (Invaders)


TODO:

* Dump rom MB7052.2c (cloud graphics)


Bugs:

- Refrence Audio Pot adjustment sheet. gregf (ID 03795)


WIP:

- 0.147u3: Robbbert added music to Balloon Bomber. Added DISCRETE sound.

- 0.125u7: Couriersud fixed Player 1 Left+Right and Button 1 mapped twice in Balloon Bomber.

- 0.123u6: Added 2x 'Unknown' dipswitch.

- 0.113u2: Changed 8080 CPU1 clock speed to 1996800 Hz, visible area to 224x260 and VSync to 59.541985 Hz.

- 0.111u4: Added SN76477 sound.

- 0.111u1: Added Invaders samples.

- 0.36: Added 'Cabinet' dipswitch.

- 0.37b1: Removed Invaders Samples sound.

- 0.36RC2: Zsolt Vasvari fixed colors in Balloon Bomber. Added Invaders Samples sound.

- 25th June 1999: Malcor dumped Balloon Bomber by TAITO.

- 0.35b12: Mike Coates added 'Balloon Bomber' (Taito 1980).

- 31st March 1999: Mike Coates added Balloon Bomber to the 8080bw driver.


LEVELS: 6 (endless)


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* Laser

* VAntAGE


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History


Arcade Video game published 39 years ago:

Balloon Bomber (c) 1980 Taito.

Shoot and destroy balloon bombs dropped from a bi-plane.

- TECHNICAL -

CPU Board Number : AA017757
Audio/IO Board Number : CV070005
ROM Board Number : AA017756A
Prom Stickers : TN01-09

Main CPU : Intel 8080 (@ 1.9968 Mhz)
Sound Chips : SN76477 (@ 1.9968 Mhz), Discrete circuitry

Players : 2
Control : 2-way joystick
Buttons : 1

- TRIVIA -

Balloon Bomber was released in March 1980.

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

- SCORING -

Balloon: 50 pts.
Bomb & Balloon attached: 100 pts.
Bomb dropped from Ballon: 150 pts.
Bomb dropped from plane: 50 pts.

Mystery points are scored when you make 3 hits in succession.

- 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] 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]"

- CONTRIBUTE -

Edit this entry: https://www.arcade-history.com/?&page=detail&id=174&o=2

High scores

MAMESCORE records : 02/04/2017 13:01

fok999_________________________12.900
esia747_________________________7.900
sawys___________________________7.300
hulkiii_________________________4.800