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Cutie Q

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

Description Cutie Q
Name cutieq
Manufacturer Namco
Year 1979
Runnable yes
System arcade /
Number of players 2P alt
Added to MAME .036b16
Romset size 10 KB
Romset file 2 files
Romset zip 7 B
Language English
Evaluation 30 to 40 (Amendable)
Genre Ball & Paddle

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

Controls infos

type ways minimum maximum sensitivity keydelta reverse
paddle 20 172 30 10 yes

Display infos

type rotate flipx width height refresh pixclock htotal hbend hbstart vtotal vbend vbstart
raster 90 no 272 224 60.606061 6144000 384 0 272 264 0 224

Dipswitchs

Roms list

console name bios size crc md5 merge sha1 region offset status optional
arcade cutieq.1k 8192 6486cdca 914c36487fba2dd57c3fd1f011b2225d2baac2bf maincpu 0 good no
arcade cutieq.4c 2048 0e1618c9 456e9b3d6bae8b4af7778a38e4f40bb6736b0690 gfx1 0 good no

Chips list

name tag type clock
8080 maincpu cpu 2048000
Speaker mono audio
Warp Warp Audio Custom warpwarp_custom audio

Serie

Serie : Gee Bee
  1. Gee Bee (Japan) (1978)
  2. Gee Bee (Europe) (1978)
  3. Gee Bee (US) (1978)
  4. Bomb Bee (1979)
  5. Cutie Q (1979)

Categories

MAMEinfo

0.36b16 [Nicola Salmoria]


WIP:

- 0.149: Fix for Cutie Q regression from recent modernization. Thanks to Fabio for the fix [Tafoid].

- 0.123u2: Changed palettesize to 513 colors.

- 0.36b16: Nicola Salmoria added 'Cutie Q' (Namco 1979).

- 23rd January 2000: Nicola Salmoria added a new romset of Cutie Q to the GeeBee driver.


LEVELS: 1 (endless)


Other Emulators:

* FB Alpha


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History


Arcade Video game published 40 years ago:

Cutie Q (c) 1979 Namco.

An old ball and paddle / pinball game with a ghost theme.

- TECHNICAL -

Main CPU : Intel 8080 (@ 2.048 Mhz)
Sound Chips : Custom (@ 2.048 Mhz)

Players : 2
Control : paddle
Buttons : 1

- TRIVIA -

Cutie Q was released in November 1979 in Japan.

Upon joining Namco, Mr. Iwatani wanted to design pinball games. Gee Bee, Cutie Q and Bomb Bee were his early video game/pinball hybrids. Toru Iwatani would achieve later, greater fame by designing "Pac-Man".

- SCORING -

EXTRA rollovers : 100 points.
Drop Targets : 10 points.
Faces : 50 points.
Spinner : 10 points.
Side Traps : X amount of points, in 100 point increments.
Ghosts in middle roll-through : number of points listed above targets.

Adjustments to scoring :
Finishing all drop targets in an area brings up a ghost. Hit it, and you get a certain number of points (shown near the ghost) multiplied by a number which changes quickly. If the ghost is hit (or if it makes it to the edge of the area), the drop targets return with an extra row of two drops to work on each time.
Make all faces into smiley faces increases bonus multiplier up to 3X
Light up 'EXTRA' on either side will give you a shot in one of the side drains for an extra ball. Once gotten, the 'Extra' rollovers will disappear.

- SERIES -

1. Gee Bee (1978)
2. Bomb Bee (1979)
3. Cutie Q (1979)

- STAFF -

Designed by : Toru Iwatani

- PORTS -

* CONSOLES:
[JP] Sony PlayStation (feb.9, 1996) "Namco Museum Vol.2 [Model SLPS-00210]"
[US] Nintendo Wii (oct.23, 2007) "Namco Museum Remix [Model RVL-R2NE-USA]"
[JP] Nintendo Wii (dec.6, 2007) "Minna de Asobou! Namco Carnival" [Model RVL-RNWJ-JPN]"
[EU] Nintendo Wii (apr.18, 2008) "Namco Museum Remix [Model RVL-RN2P-EUR]"
[KO] Nintendo Wii (apr.26, 2008) "Namco Museum Remix [Model RVL-RNWK-KOR]"
[AU] Nintendo Wii (may.1, 2008) "Namco Museum Remix [Model RVL-RN2P]"

* COMPUTERS:
PC-9801 [JP] Bomb Bee / Cutie Q (unreleased prototype) (Mindware)

- CONTRIBUTE -

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High scores

MAMESCORE records : 02/04/2017 13:01

lorddraakh____________________361.540
sawys_________________________329.390
gnu___________________________109.690
nicky634_______________________96.570
hulkiii________________________38.970
foxmulder______________________33.530
ballyballo_____________________29.610
didyeah________________________29.540