Mame game : baluba : Baluba-louk no Densetsu (Japan)

Game infos

Description Baluba-louk no Densetsu (Japan)

Name baluba

Manufacturer Able Corp, Ltd.

Year 1986

Runnable yes

System arcade /

Number of players 2P alt

Added to MAME .036b14

Romset size 161 KB

Romset file 19 files

Romset zip 64 B

Language Japanese

Evaluation 70 to 80 (Good)

Genre Platform

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	60

Dipswitchs

Bonus Life
- 100k only
- 200k only
- 30k and 100k
- 30k only
- 30k, 100k and 200k
- 50k and 200k
- 50k, 200k and 500k
- None
Cabinet
- Cocktail
- Upright
Coin A
- 1 Coin/1 Credit
- 1 Coin/2 Credits
- 1 Coin/3 Credits
- 2 Coins/1 Credit
Coin B
- 1 Coin/1 Credit
- 1 Coin/2 Credits
- 1 Coin/3 Credits
- 2 Coins/1 Credit
Difficulty
- 0
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
Lives
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
Unknown
- Off
- On

Roms list

console	name	size	crc	sha1	region	offset	status	optional
arcade	0	16384	0e2ebe32	d5cac260b19dc4e8d2064a7e3de5d52ab0eb95d0	maincpu	0	good	no
arcade	07b.bin	32	68db8300	33cd6b5ed92d7b73a708f2e4b12b6e7f6496d0c6	proms	0	good	no
arcade	1	16384	cde97076	ef47851b2ed0d820e1564545795b707d00d5c6ce	maincpu	4000	good	no
arcade	10	8192	ab117070	d9a8580f3b0919208801b00501579cf81665fc36	gfx2	2000	good	no
arcade	11	8192	e13b44b0	70f3d2465a7652405e23809c81d7ec6ec501835b	gfx2	4000	good	no
arcade	12	8192	a6541c8d	d7a211c58c2067f257f5a9e343ca4bf689edd514	gfx3	0	good	no
arcade	13	8192	afccdd18	d238b52a9bb2dfffaf82ca38bc81c0cbd256f79c	gfx3	2000	good	no
arcade	14	8192	69542e65	4119a6f784ed57592d45d325123b261c8f118ca7	gfx3	4000	good	no
arcade	15	4096	3dda0d84	473c307c157bb229a31cd82ce4cdeca1ff604019	gfx1	0	good	no
arcade	16	4096	3ebc79d8	a29b4e314446821cd4a2b1a9d3ff16ee3b6a8f7a	gfx1	1000	good	no
arcade	17	4096	c4430deb	e4c18ff2e2c82f3bce346267bc86d4160cb11995	gfx1	2000	good	no
arcade	2	8192	441fbc64	3853f80043e28e06a3ee399e3cd261b3ee94e0b9	sub	0	good	no
arcade	3	16384	7ac24983	4ac32d95af3147af5b9b1af1f292bb629c5d4fb9	gfx5	8000	good	no
arcade	4	16384	dd954124	f37687197d1564331dc27dace23dec462d02202c	gfx5	4000	good	no
arcade	5	16384	3b6b6e96	c55f4b6a5f7738a082c02d1adadd9e1d68a0d293	gfx5	0	good	no
arcade	6	4096	ad6881da	df629bd9192279b8ebd9d655a94949559e1f118d	gfx4	2000	good	no
arcade	7	4096	5915c5e2	58301087d91b34747d5cff3c0dca8e9b441ce62d	gfx4	1000	good	no
arcade	8	4096	31e97ef9	ed25db4bdaf06f66cfb7179d80425dcb2cb41363	gfx4	0	good	no
arcade	9	8192	90f88c43	e4ea963d9c31e34f70aa2b710760e0a102567988	gfx2	0	good	no

Chips list

name	tag	type	clock
4-Bit R-2R DAC	dac	audio
SN76496	sn3	audio	2000000
Speaker	speaker	audio
Z80	sub	cpu	2000000

0.36b14 [Zsolt Vasvari]

Bugs:

- [possible] Cabinet DIP setting and players input. TriggerFin (ID 01082)

WIP:

- 0.146u5: Replaced Samples sound with DAC.

- 0.145u4: Tsuyoshi Hasegawa fixed colors in Baluba-louk no Densetsu. Changed description to 'Baluba-louk no Densetsu (Japan)'.

- 0.36RC1: Added 'Difficult' dipswitch.

- 0.36b14: Zsolt Vasvari added 'Baluba-louk no Densetsu' (Able 1986).

- 6th January 2000: Zsolt Vasvari fixed some bad colors in Baluba-louk no Densetsu.

- 5th January 2000: Zsolt Vasvari added Baluba-louk no Densetsu to the Senjyo driver.

LEVELS: 100 (endless)

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History

Arcade Video game published 33 years ago:

バルバルークの伝説 (c) 1986 Able Corp.
(Baluba-Louk no Densetsu)

An explorer must get all the treasure chests while avoiding the monsters in this platform game.

- TECHNICAL -

Main CPU : Zilog Z80 (@ 4 Mhz)
Sound CPU : Zilog Z80 (@ 2 Mhz)
Sound Chips : (3x) Texas Instruments SN76496 (@ 2 Mhz), Custom (@ 2 Mhz)

Screen orientation : Vertical
Video resolution : 224 x 256 pixels
Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz
Palette colors : 514

Players : 2
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 1

- TRIVIA -

The title of this game translates from Japanese as 'Legend of Baluba-louk'.

For your information, Baluba-louk was discovered in 1985 :).

- STAFF -

Programmer: Tsukasa Masuko

- PORTS -

* CONSOLES:
[JP] Nintendo Famicom "Aigiina no Yogen - From the Legend of Baluba-louk"

- CONTRIBUTE -

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Baluba-louk no Densetsu (Japan)