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Cosmo Gang the Puzzle (US)

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

Description Cosmo Gang the Puzzle (US)
Name cgangpzl
Manufacturer Namco
Year 1992
Runnable yes
System arcade /
Number of players 2P sim
Added to MAME .037b16
Romset size 1 MB
Romset file 3 files
Romset zip 434 B
Language English
Evaluation 50 to 60 (Not Good Enough)
Genre Puzzle

Parent and clones

Parent This game is the parent

Sound infos

Sound_channels 2

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 4
Input buttons
Input coins 4

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 304 224 60

Dipswitchs

Roms list

console name bios size crc md5 merge sha1 region offset status optional
arcade cp2-ep0l.bin 524288 8f5cdcc5 925db3f3f16224bc28f97a57aba0ab2b51c5067c maincpu 1 good no
arcade cp2-ep0u.bin 524288 3a816140 613c367e08a0a20ec62e1938faab0128743b26f8 maincpu 0 good no
arcade eeprom_cgangpzl 2048 5f8dfe9e 81cc9cdbd8b5d6092a292309f78e3037233078f9 eeprom 0 good no

Chips list

name tag type clock
C140 c140 audio 44100
C69 (M37702) mcu cpu 12528250
M68000 maincpu cpu 12528250
Speaker rspeaker audio

Categories

MAMEinfo

0.37b16 [Phil Stroffolino]

0.37b12 [Phil Stroffolino]


SETUP:

- The first time you run the game, it will say 'Version MISS Match'. Press F3 to proceed.


WIP:

- 0.154: Tafoid fixed clone Cosmo Gang the Puzzle (Japan) regression - now boots.

- 0.153: Added default EEPROM.

- 0.133u1: Renamed (cgangpzj) to (cgangpzlj).

- 0.127u4: Replaced M37710 CPU2 with M37702.

- 0.125u4: R. Belmont adjusted NamcoNA output rate to match pitch with F/A and Cosmo Gang the Puzzle soundtrack CDs. Changed C140 clock speed to 44100 Hz.

- 0.118u5: Atari Ace fixed hangs on the RAM/ROM test.

- 0.37b16: Added Cosmo Gang the Puzzle (US). Renamed (cgangpzl) to (cgangpzj).

- 14th April 2001: Phil Stroffolino added the USA version of Cosmo Gang the Puzzle to the Namco NA1/2 driver.

- 0.37b14: Changed description to 'Cosmo Gang the Puzzle (Japan)'.

- 0.37b12: Phil Stroffolino added 'Cosmo Gang the Puzzle' (Namco 1992).

- 19th January 2001: Phil Stroffolino re-submitted the Namco NA1/2 drivers, with Emeralda, Tinkle Pit and Cosmo Gang the Puzzle as completely playable games. The rest run through the attract mode but suffer from unmapped input ports.

- 16th September 2000: Phil Stroffolino sent in an improved Namco NA-1/2 driver, adding support for Exbania, Nettou! Gekitou! Quiztou!!, Super World Court, F/A (Cosmo Gang the Puzzle, Tinkle Pit and Emeraldia were added back in June).

- 7th September 2000: Phil Stroffolino sent in the Namco NA-1 driver, still supporting Cosmo Gang the Puzzle, Tinkle Pit and Emeraldia.

- 12th August 2000: Phil Stroffolino sent in the Namco NA-1 system driver, semi-working games are Cosmo Gang the Puzzle, Emeraldia and Tinkle Pit.

- 26th June 2000: Phil Stroffolino sent in a preliminary Namco NA-1 driver, which supports Cosmo Gang the Puzzle, Tinkle Pit and Emeraldia as nearly playable games.


Recommended Games:

Cosmo Gang the Video

History


Arcade Video game published 27 years ago:

Cosmo Gang - The Puzzle (c) 1992 Namco.

In this puzzle game, different combinations of blocks mixed with Cosmo Gang members fall from the top to the bottom of the screen. The object is to stack up the blocks to form a complete row causing that row to disappear. To accomplish this a ball must be used to eliminate the Cosmo Gang that stacked up to block your progress.

- TECHNICAL -

Namco System NA-1 hardware
Game ID : CP

Main CPU : Motorola 68000 (@ 12.52825 Mhz), M37710 (@ 12.52825 Mhz)
Sound Chips : C140 (@ 42.667 Khz)

Players : 2
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 3

- TRIVIA -

Released in December 1992, Cosmo Gang The Puzzle was the first puzzle game produced by Namco. The concept created by Namco for Cosmo Gang the Puzzle was later reused by the company for Pac-Attack, a puzzle game featuring Pac-Man.

- PORTS -

* CONSOLES:
Nintendo Super Famicom (1993) "Cosmo Gang - The Puzzle [Model SHVC-CI]"

- CONTRIBUTE -

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High scores

MAMESCORE records : 02/04/2017 13:01



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