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Bowl-O-Rama Rev 1.0

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

Description Bowl-O-Rama Rev 1.0
Name bowlrama
Manufacturer P&P Marketing
Year 1991
Runnable yes
System arcade /
Number of players 4P alt
Added to MAME .033b05
Romset size 320 KB
Romset file 3 files
Romset zip 151 B
Language English
Evaluation 50 to 60 (Not Good Enough)
Genre Sports

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

Controls infos

type ways minimum maximum sensitivity keydelta reverse
only_buttons no
trackball 0 255 20 40 yes

Display infos

type rotate flipx width height refresh pixclock htotal hbend hbstart vtotal vbend vbstart
raster 270 no 360 240 57 5253120 360 0 360 256 0 240

Dipswitchs

Roms list

console name bios size crc md5 merge sha1 region offset status optional
arcade bowl-o-rama_rev_1.0_u30.u30 32768 f3168834 40b7fbe9c15cc4442f4394b71c0666185afe4c8d audiocpu 8000 good no
arcade bowl-o-rama_rev_1.0_u6.u6 32768 7103ad55 92dccc5e6df3e18fc8cdcb67ef14d50ce5eb8b2c maincpu 8000 good no
arcade bowl-o-rama_rev_1.0_ux7.ux7 262144 8727432a a81d366c5f8df0bdb97e795bba7752e6526ddba0 gfx1 0 good no

Chips list

name tag type clock
DAC0832 dac audio
M6809E audiocpu cpu 8000000
Speaker speaker audio
YM2203 ymsnd audio 4000000

Categories

MAMEinfo

0.33b5 [Zsolt Vasvari]


WIP:

- 0.183: AJR identified DAC type in Capcom Bowling driver. Replaced 8-Bit R-2R DAC with DAC0832.

- 0.165: Brian Troha corrected rom names for Bowl-O-Rama. Changed description to 'Bowl-O-Rama Rev 1.0'.

- 0.148u2: Replaced M6809 CPU1/2 with M6809E.

- 0.135u2: Fabio Priuli added driver data structs to Capcom Bowling driver.

- 0.122u6: Changed M6809E CPU1/2 clock speeds to 8MHz.

- 0.95u2: Aaron Giles cleaned up TMS34061 implementation to remove dirty pixel tracking and fixed scanline calculations in TMS34061 code and updated Capcom Bowling driver to use it.

- 0.85: Aaron Giles fixed sound balance in Bowlorama. Replaced M6809 CPU1/2 to M6809E.

- 0.80u2: Aaron Giles cleaned up the Capcom Bowling driver and fixed crash on reset.

- 0.36RC2: Removed 3rd player.

- 0.36b4: Changed VSync to 57Hz.

- 0.33b5: Zsolt Vasvari added 'Bowl-O-Rama' (P & P Marketing 1991).


LEVELS: 1 (endless)


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History


Arcade Video game published 28 years ago:

Bowl-O-Rama (c) 1991 P&P Marketing, Incorporated.

This game has 3 different bowling variations to choose from 'Regulation Bowling', 'Flash-O-Matic', and 'BlackJack' :

* In 'Regulation Bowling' the rules and scoring are just like real bowling, following the regulations of the American Bowling Congress (ABC). In all three games players can join in at any time during the first frame.

* 'Flash-O-Matic' is a variation on the bowling theme. In this game a flashing score value moves back and forth across the alley. The player bowls, and the score value stops when the ball first hits a pin. If the player throws a strike he receives that score value. If he gets a spare he gets half the original value. If he fails to convert the spare then he gets 1 point for each pin that he did knock down. Scores can go up to nearly 10,000 points!

* In 'BlackJack' each player gets up to 3 throws to attempt to knock down 21 pins. Each time the full rack of ten pins is set. All pins knocked down by all players in one frame are added to the pot. The player who gets closest to 21 without going over gets all the points in the pot, and the pot is cleared to zero for the next frame. If a player gets 21 exactly then he gets twice the value in the pot. If 2 or more players tie in a frame they each get the points from the pot (or twice the points if they each have 21). Players who do not get closest to 21 or who bust (go over 21) get no points for the frame. Knocking down one pin scores as an ace, and is worth one or eleven, depending on what the player needs. his game is best played by several players together. The more players, the more points each frame is worth!

- TECHNICAL -

Main CPU : Motorola M6809E (@ 2 Mhz)
Sound CPU : Motorola M6809E (@ 2 Mhz)
Sound Chips : YM2203 (@ 4 Mhz), DAC (@ 4 Mhz)

Screen orientation : Vertical
Video resolution : 240 x 360 pixels
Screen refresh : 57.00 Hz
Palette colors : 4096

Players : 2
Control : trackball
Buttons : 2

- TRIVIA -

This is a ROM and daughterboard upgrade for "Capcom Bowling" boards.

- STAFF -

Game Designer: Andrew Pines

- CONTRIBUTE -

Edit this entry: https://www.arcade-history.com/?&page=detail&id=326&o=2

High scores

MAMESCORE records : 02/04/2017 13:01



mode: black-jack-21

bravocorazon______________________420


mode: bowl-o-rama

d3scride__________________________300
bravocorazon______________________300
hulkiii___________________________203


mode: flash-o-matic

d3scride________________________9.600
bravocorazon____________________9.600
hulkiii_________________________3.900