Cube Quest (01/04/84)

Game infos

Parent and clones

Sound infos

Driver infos

Inputs infos

Controls infos

type	ways	minimum	maximum	sensitivity	keydelta	reverse
trackball		0	255	100	10	no

Display infos

type	rotate	flipx	width	height	refresh	pixclock	htotal	hbend	hbstart	vtotal	vbend	vbstart
raster	0	no	704	480	59.940057	28636362	910	0	704	525	44	524

Roms list

console	name	bios	size	crc	md5	merge	sha1	region	offset	status	optional
arcade	eprom_bd_2764.1a		8192	870a28f5			6db2020fa10d03bfaf7bd2892ba7266e744567e9	main_cpu	0	good	no
arcade	eprom_bd_2764.1b		8192	0c29b2d2			1c67dbfaeb6ae1e6ccd870a815bd51ebc520a34c	main_cpu	1	good	no
arcade	eprom_bd_2764.2a		8192	f03a76be			794a9e5a4fddc16950836468157ea252a82c0771	main_cpu	4000	good	no
arcade	eprom_bd_2764.2b		8192	c995b786			0370e0be81ceea647ea9e27eac22b6c2354e695b	main_cpu	4001	good	no
arcade	eprom_bd_2764.3a		8192	dedeabf3			d06138336bdbd5ebee44188e92e5721ae63715ad	main_cpu	8000	good	no
arcade	eprom_bd_2764.3b		8192	7353e970			9566335868352d3c652621809b812ede309ebded	main_cpu	8001	good	no
arcade	eprom_bd_2764.4a		8192	3f8ae830			13411f7bee31ae13a2e139ad576e48130838c472	main_cpu	c000	good	no
arcade	eprom_bd_2764.4b		8192	6d4fc7cf			8f95e2f9e313413ea6b9bcd1ec5d8c11962584db	main_cpu	c001	good	no
arcade	eprom_bd_2764.5a		8192	ea1a92d0			71a6820c67aad951d05571cd29f52c2cebe78c3c	main_cpu	10000	good	no
arcade	eprom_bd_2764.5b		8192	d12ed62f			3e897ef88f51d6b2010944b50f1b5387801d92ce	main_cpu	10001	good	no
arcade	eprom_bd_2764.6a		8192	6d31f22b			36ecfb1c88be9a100a272564d8ff8df02a501f88	main_cpu	14000	good	no
arcade	eprom_bd_2764.6b		8192	2110f613			e12e3b902e9d755fc55ff67851c905e40482a98f	main_cpu	14001	good	no
arcade	eprom_bd_2764.7a		8192	8b624074			592891b384bdab3f851799e50f51b5f04c880490	main_cpu	18000	good	no
arcade	eprom_bd_2764.7b		8192	f31f2e81			b4ae0726ac849662fb1878094a956aa3a9fe94a2	main_cpu	18001	good	no
arcade	eprom_bd_2764.8a		8192	8ac5ab0c			0cf6593c53184686d7020acd27e2c26aab29137c	main_cpu	1c000	good	no
arcade	eprom_bd_2764.8b		8192	39804640			0f09cf6ef73a9199318278df15983a0cc01ece0d	main_cpu	1c001	good	no
arcade	fill_board_82s129.10p		256	7ed6c192			b02bbcd0e04d3a6c54bec755df55fe6f97d9513f	videoproms	300	good	no
arcade	fill_board_82s129.11p		256	6b572b73			4a065cb05c12ce34e5598341e0de0cc571b2d387	videoproms	400	good	no
arcade	fill_board_82s129.12p		256	c525b091			bd172ed3d15f410d09017207ec68faf1d1cb4512	videoproms	200	good	no
arcade	fill_board_82s129.13p		256	7ed6c192			b02bbcd0e04d3a6c54bec755df55fe6f97d9513f	videoproms	300	good	no
arcade	fill_board_82s129.14p		256	6b572b73			4a065cb05c12ce34e5598341e0de0cc571b2d387	videoproms	400	good	no
arcade	fill_board_82s129.2p		256	c525b091			bd172ed3d15f410d09017207ec68faf1d1cb4512	videoproms	200	good	no
arcade	fill_board_82s129.3p		256	7ed6c192			b02bbcd0e04d3a6c54bec755df55fe6f97d9513f	videoproms	300	good	no
arcade	fill_board_82s129.4p		256	6b572b73			4a065cb05c12ce34e5598341e0de0cc571b2d387	videoproms	400	good	no
arcade	fill_board_82s129.5p		256	c525b091			bd172ed3d15f410d09017207ec68faf1d1cb4512	videoproms	200	good	no
arcade	fill_board_82s129.6p		256	7ed6c192			b02bbcd0e04d3a6c54bec755df55fe6f97d9513f	videoproms	300	good	no
arcade	fill_board_82s129.7p		256	6b572b73			4a065cb05c12ce34e5598341e0de0cc571b2d387	videoproms	400	good	no
arcade	fill_board_82s129.9p		256	c525b091			bd172ed3d15f410d09017207ec68faf1d1cb4512	videoproms	200	good	no
arcade	line_drawer_82s129_u27.6b		256	a9777c19			dcb83cc5fce3ff9760dfdfce078895ef71558f67	line_cpu	0	good	no
arcade	line_drawer_82s129_u28.3b		256	2248790c			8473276bcc154a440745b714a31c89c459fef411	line_cpu	0	good	no
arcade	line_drawer_82s129_u29.3c		256	6accc743			a5263a021c594117c14a3d4fbc207a4043001172	line_cpu	1	good	no
arcade	line_drawer_82s129_u30.3f		256	ba02ac36			89473146f04f60bbed6644603ddc646b3d4e04eb	line_cpu	1	good	no
arcade	line_drawer_82s129_u31.2j		256	bbf50d89			f49d4322123c3d4a7d6f664b7164dfe24ddd6eed	line_cpu	2	good	no
arcade	line_drawer_82s129_u5.3g		256	fa5c239b			bbf526362af263aefea87341538157f4ecad686f	line_cpu	2	good	no
arcade	line_drawer_82s129_u6.2g		256	59874b50			d304b4546c187b8c73aaf8887f0037426e60dd5f	line_cpu	3	good	no
arcade	line_drawer_82s129_u7.3h		256	886956d6			ee150a9f99f3177fcc94be5af3f87433f39b311f	line_cpu	3	good	no
arcade	line_drawer_82s129_u8.3j		256	8d2b17ad			f7408104f75e292539aaec688e220c143f762f67	line_cpu	4	good	no
arcade	line_drawer_82s129_u9.3k		256	0a678253			06d7a8f9556eb156ae03184772e76c84ab8d75ea	line_cpu	4	good	no
arcade	mother_sounds_82s129.10e		256	2aaf765e			fafe96834f5323fca71b8ab0c013f45c5c47182d	sound_cpu	3	good	no
arcade	mother_sounds_82s129.10f		256	0e8b8df7			37426ffdaf2d21273ac7e88789206fdafb14bc83	sound_cpu	2	good	no
arcade	mother_sounds_82s129.11e		256	b50d3e43			9f2c071c6940767d20a563f6f2c9224e1896a5bf	sound_cpu	1	good	no
arcade	mother_sounds_82s129.11f		256	af327360			2b45358a39daaf5721b5a94c4fd55bd3d0d90ec3	sound_cpu	1	good	no
arcade	mother_sounds_82s129.7e		256	cf89ad06			2f04ca6d57a8c425f51a288f553841db680f5a7e	sound_cpu	0	good	no
arcade	mother_sounds_82s129.7f		256	5208036d			ec29af4c10a098fb25424d1a5187a7bd2ec9fb92	sound_cpu	0	good	no
arcade	mother_sounds_82s129.8e		256	68de17ed			efefcb4ccdd012b767c4765304c6022b0c091066	sound_cpu	4	good	no
arcade	mother_sounds_82s129.8f		256	07deae27			c6a2d7cbf4ea4120f43ae088a3de90bb7a42d4a4	sound_cpu	3	good	no
arcade	mother_sounds_82s129.9e		256	598687e7			c5045ddaab7123ff0a4c8f4c2489f9d70b63fc76	sound_cpu	4	good	no
arcade	mother_sounds_82s129.9f		256	cd93e3c9			f0c11db65ddf2096f6df424b7747242d9e3155da	sound_cpu	2	good	no
arcade	mother_sounds_82s185.16f		2048	75b1749f			71da8224e72fb5250e2097666a47314d0a818ee9	soundproms	1	good	no
arcade	mother_sounds_82s185.17f		2048	0f49d40e			40340833ab27ccb5b60baf44ad01930f204f5318	soundproms	0	good	no
arcade	mother_sounds_82s185.18f		2048	ae4c78ae			76fdb8eab372065882caaa5b93ce9e21efe54da5	soundproms	1	good	no
arcade	mother_sounds_82s185.19f		2048	a041ce92			9bc92992de22b830e479933c50650c7dc23f5713	soundproms	0	good	no
arcade	rotate_video_board_82s129.4h		256	6ed1b8d3			c392855e1ff8637e551891aefd6c6a3bbcf273a5	videoproms	0	good	no
arcade	rotate_video_board_82s129.5h		256	32d839d4			7b82e5c1ea5a351eba60c19560a10e4702ae2c22	videoproms	100	good	no
arcade	rotate_video_board_82s131.10f		512	89b234eb			23d84873b4a5088130fff960b3caded329ea70b5	rotate_cpu	1	good	no
arcade	rotate_video_board_82s131.10h		512	d86561b2			ebc5374568d9b598237d98f0fb95b68b36a3ddff	rotate_cpu	1	good	no
arcade	rotate_video_board_82s131.12c		512	fbb881b7			b8c1592cfa082fa7dc4abd5392816ba923760cbf	rotate_cpu	4	good	no
arcade	rotate_video_board_82s131.12d		512	c60762ec			d113eb1ce0db4d10a55057332fb17852b312396c	rotate_cpu	3	good	no
arcade	rotate_video_board_82s131.12e		512	605b924c			899103f20ccec68e432c4abf11f554b0600f8b3c	rotate_cpu	4	good	no
arcade	rotate_video_board_82s131.12f		512	5c00d30e			ad7bbcce9eff348f78cb6e0782faa175ca928c11	rotate_cpu	5	good	no
arcade	rotate_video_board_82s131.12h		512	6fb1d6f0			5a0bf681aedde073f0164264620085e9f40eca9e	rotate_cpu	5	good	no
arcade	rotate_video_board_82s131.12j		512	661350ba			f1ccc31c7ce1d71f6128c575d508aa04a4a5e15f	rotate_cpu	3	good	no
arcade	rotate_video_board_82s131.12k		512	84db792f			03858d92f4ad5aae39ad1925738df958cc4dd020	rotate_cpu	2	good	no
arcade	rotate_video_board_82s131.7h		512	4e0909e2			e97dcbd23e0d9eccc138e62334e016b1b333dec3	rotate_cpu	2	good	no
arcade	rotate_video_board_82s131.8h		512	1dd1cc65			3c83d48f90ba70e81c0d85fb182527afe1f1f68d	rotate_cpu	0	good	no
arcade	rotate_video_board_82s131.9h		512	2bbf0aa1			1a4ef24a8dc27ac3b01f176aac9b1c1c194bd67b	rotate_cpu	0	good	no

Chips list

name	tag	type	clock
AD7521	ldac7	audio
Cube Quest Line CPU	line_cpu	cpu	5000000
Cube Quest Rotate CPU	rotate_cpu	cpu	5000000
Cube Quest Sound CPU	sound_cpu	cpu	5000000
I8049	laserdisc:pr8210	cpu	4410000
I8748	laserdisc:simutrek	cpu	6000000
M68000	main_cpu	cpu	8000000
Simutrek Modified PR-8210	laserdisc	audio
Speaker	rspeaker	audio

Disks list

name	md5	sha1	merge	region	index	status	optional
cubeqst		d0e24bb5d0ae424e0816110ec7d6b21189044d57		laserdisc	0	good	yes

Categories

• Added to Mame in version .127
• Flying
• Shooter

MAMEinfo

0.127 [Phil Bennett, Joe Magiera, Warren Ondras]


LaserDisc required


WIP:

- 0.180: Changed the Cube Quest disassemblers to use 'std::ostream &' internally [Nathan Woods].

- 0.170: Removed spurious palette tags [AJR].

- 0.167: David Haywood fixed horizontal partial updates in Cube Quest.

- 0.151: Revert attempted fix for color overlays not working on vector games, this fixed a blank screen in certain places in the Cube Quest video [hap].

- 0.150: Modernized CUBEQCPU core [Wilbert Pol]. Disabled unused private members (cubeqcpu.h). Fixed uninitialized member in cquestsnd_cpu_device (fixes potential cubeqst crash) [Oliver Stoeneberg]. Fixed compiler warning (cubeqcpu.c) [hap].

- 0.144u6: Replaced 'Laserdisc Analog' sound with 'Simutrek Modified PR-8210'.

- 0.143: smf fixed crash/assertion after OK in Cube Quest and clone. Added I8748 (6 MHz) CPU5 and I8049 (4410000 Hz) CPU6.

- 0.142u3: Removed I8748 CPU5 and I8049 CPU6.

- 0.136u2: Bill K added clone Cube Quest (12/30/83). Changed parent description to 'Cube Quest (01/04/84)'.

- 0.129u4: Changed 'Custom' sound to 'Laserdisc Analog'.

- 0.129: Aaron Giles fixed a few out-of-bounds errors revealed by randomly initializing auto_malloc() memory. These would manifest themselves as difficult-to-reproduce crashes on some systems. Affects Cube Quest and other drivers.

- 0.128u6: Pointer-ified the Cube Quest CPUs cores [Aaron Giles].

- 0.128u1: Phil Bennett increased Cube Quest interleave factor to eliminate LDP timeout countdown flicker. Fixed Cube Quest crashes MAME when saving state.

- 0.127u8: Cube Quest changes [Aaron Giles]: Changed laserdisc override logic. It's still a little hacky but this works better than the previous attempt. Removed custom sound in favor of individual DACs. Simplified palette management logic. Hooked up the "disc on" signal. Fixed Cube Quest showing its laserdisc footage under black regular graphics in demo. Replaced Custom sound with 16x DAC.

- 0.127u6: Matt Ownby fixed edge case bug in the Cube Quest 'Line CPU' (CPU3) involving adding with carry. Aaron Giles removed render_container_set_palette_alpha() hack. Now the alpha value can be set directly in the palette entry and will be respected for laserdisc overlays.

- 0.127u4: Aaron Giles fixed Cube Quest overlay scaling to cover the whole screen. Converted Simutrek-hacked laserdisc emulation to using the actual MCU from the game, which in turn hands off commands to the PR-8210 MCU. This is still not 100% but is pretty close at this point and achieves the correct behaviors in most cases. Added I8748 (6MHz) CPU5 and I8049 (4410000 Hz) CPU6 with MCU rom (pr-8210_mcu_ud6005a.bin).

- 0.127u3: Aaron Giles fixed missing narrator and music during attract mode in Cube Quest.

- 9th September 2008: 3D ARCADE - Cube Quest, the first working laserdisc game in MAME, is now in the models section courtesy of btribble!

- 0.127u1: Aaron Giles fixed Cube Quest requires the optional CHD in the minimal UI and crashes on ATI hardware w/ prescale > 1.

- 0.127: Phil Bennett, Joe Magiera and Warren Ondras added 'Cube Quest' (Simutrek 1983), include 3x bit-sliced CPUs for Rotate, Line and Sound (AM2901-based), as well as laserdisc support (12 GB) for the hacked laserdisc that was used to drive the games. Aaron Giles added DISK_IMAGE_READONLY_OPTIONAL to support games (like Cube Quest) where the disk is non-essential to the game's operation and DISK_REGIONS to all laserdisc drivers.

- 29th June 2008: Phil Bennett - Cube Quest is a 3D treasure hunt within the confines of a giant cube. Choose a path along the edges of the cube to reach the treasure star (you may rotate a face of the cube if it makes life easier) fighting through waves of enemies from dragonflies to biplanes along the way in gameplay similar to Gyruss. Cube Quest is the second arcade game to feature solid-filled polygons (I believe it was released shortly after Atari's I-Robot). As you'd expect, the hardware is rather complex. An 8MHz 68000 commands three AMD AM2901 bit-slice ALU based processors. The first, a 16-bit 'Rotate' CPU, peforms 3D maths (including serial multiplication and division) much like the mathbox found in I-Robot, Battle Zone, Tempest etc. A 12-bit 'Line' CPU interprets the data sets produced by the Rotate CPU and produces series of line spans using a hardware implementation of Bresenham's line drawing algorithm, which are then processed by the line-fill circuit. Finally, there's a 16-bit CPU for 16-channel, stereo sound generation - not nearly as exciting as it sounds but it does produce some interesting sounds. At present, there's an important aspect of the game absent from the emulation; the laserdisc-streamed backgrounds. There's 54 weird and wonderful tunnels to fly through, produced by animation pioneers Robert Abel and Associates (notable for The Jacksons, 'Can You Feel It' video). The game generates a 3D substitute background if the laserdisc player is absent or malfunctioning (see pic #4). It's a very neat game which sadly did not enjoy commercial success back in 1983/1984. There's some laserdisc captures and pics of the cabinet at the following links: http://www.dragons-lair-project.com/games/pages/cq.asp, http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/1352844430054905596sgJcOL and http://www.dragons-lair-project.com/games/materials/audiovideo/audio/cube02.mp3 (Best intro narration ever). BTW, thanks to Joe Magiera for dumping the several dozen PROMs and ROMS from his boardset.


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LaserDisc: 38.3 GB (Compressed: 10.7)

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