Mame game : gimeabrk : Gimme A Break (7/7/85)

Game infos

Description Gimme A Break (7/7/85)

Name gimeabrk

Manufacturer Bally/Sente

Year 1985

Runnable yes

System arcade /

Number of players 2P alt

Added to MAME .036b05

Romset size 105 KB

Romset file 8 files

Romset zip 36 B

Language English

Evaluation 50 to 60 (Not Good Enough)

Genre Sports

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
trackball		0	255	100	20	yes

Display infos

type	rotate	flipx	width	height	refresh	pixclock	htotal	hbend	hbstart	vtotal	vbend	vbstart
raster	0	no	256	240	59.185606	5000000	320	0	256	264	16	256

Dipswitchs

Bonus Coins
- 2 Coins = 1 Bonus
- 3 Coins = 1 Bonus
- 4 Coins = 1 Bonus
- 4 Coins = 2 Bonus
- 5 Coins = 1 Bonus
- 5 Coins = 2 Bonus
- 5 Coins = 3 Bonus
- None
Bonus Shot
- Every 10 Balls
- Every 12 Balls
- Every 6 Balls
- Every 8 Balls
Cabinet
- Cocktail
- Upright
Coinage
- 1 Coin/1 Credit
- 1 Coin/2 Credits
- 2 Coins/1 Credit
- Free Play
Demo Sounds
- Off
- On
High Scores
- Keep All
- Keep Top 5
Initial Shots
- 10
- 12
- 14
- 8
Left Coin Mech
- x1
- x2
Players Per Credit
- 1
- 1 Or 2
Right Coin Mech
- x1
- x4
- x5
- x6
Service Mode
- Off
- On

Roms list

console	name	size	crc	sha1	region	offset	status	optional
arcade	8002-10 9-25-84.5	8192	4dd0a525	f0c447adc5b67917851a9df978df851247e75c43	audiocpu	0	good	no
arcade	ab01.u8a	16384	18cc53db	3bb47c349b3ab7b81e3557e3b4877617fb549c9e	maincpu	10000	good	no
arcade	ab23.u7a	16384	6bd4190a	b6562b3575dc8265c01719cfbcb554b69bc1b37f	maincpu	14000	good	no
arcade	ab45.u6a	16384	5dca4f33	aa45d5a960491c85f332f22cffe61999fe3db826	maincpu	18000	good	no
arcade	cd6ef.u1a	16384	5e2b3510	e3501b9bd73bc724aee0436700625bd2af94f72d	maincpu	2c000	good	no
arcade	gr01.u6b	16384	e3cdc476	2f17c3f84767850d45192dfb507dd2716ecadc20	gfx1	0	good	no
arcade	gr23.u5b	16384	0555d9c0	da0d1f207ad056b2d82a5ad6382372066883d161	gfx1	4000	good	no
arcade	pal10l8.u1c.bin	44	b4f6b0b7	5a439bfb02b4b2cbcbd9b009ccfce1d300a2435e	cart_pals	0	good	no
arcade	u01508001100b.u20f	1			motherbrd_pals	0	nodump	no

Chips list

name	tag	type	clock
CEM3394	cem6	audio
M6809	maincpu	cpu	1250000
Speaker	mono	audio
Z80	audiocpu	cpu	4000000

0.36b5 [Aaron Giles]

Artwork available

WIP:

- 0.148u1: Kevin Eshbach added missing PLD ($0 - pal10l8.u1c) to Gimme A Break.

- 0.143u2: Tafoid added 2nd Player trackball, button and a 2 player start button to complete Cocktail support in 'Gimme A Break'. Note: When mode is cocktail, normal player 1 controls becomes player 2's. Fixes MT Bug#00460 (When cabinet is switched to cocktail mode, player 1 controls do not function).

- 0.143u1: Kevin Eshbach added the date code to Gimme A Break. Changed description to 'Gimme A Break (7/7/85)'.

- 1st February 2010: 3D ARCADE - New 3D cabinet model for Gimme A Break from Fossil and Jibmums.

- 0.36b5: Aaron Giles added 'Gimme A Break' (Bally/Sente 1985).

- 6th September 1999: Aaron Giles sent in a huge Bally/Sente driver, with Chicken Shift, Gimme a Break, Goalie Hhost, Hat Trick, Mini Golf, Night Stocker, Off the Wall, Rescue Raider, Sente Diagnostics Cartridge, Snacks'n Jaxson, Stocker, Street Football, Toggle and Trivial Pursuit. There are still more games running on this hardware.

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History

Arcade Video game kit published 34 years ago:

Gimme A Break (c) 1985 Bally Sente.

Upright Conversion Kit. An overhead pool game.

- TECHNICAL -

No. 0E03

Bally / Sente SAC-I hardware

Main CPU : Motorola M6809 (@ 1.25 Mhz)
Sound CPU : Zilog Z80 (@ 4 Mhz)
Sound Chips : (6x) CEM3394 (@ 4 Mhz)

Screen orientation : Horizontal
Video resolution : 256 x 240 pixels
Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz
Palette colors : 1024

Players : 1
Control : trackball
Buttons : 1

- TRIVIA -

Released in July 1985.

Carlos Gonzales holds the official record for this game with 2,303 points.

- STAFF -

Software : Dave Ross (DJR)
Artwork : Gary Johnson (GJ ), Bil Maher (BNM), Bob Flemate
Audio : Gary Levenberg, Jesse Osborne
Hardware : Howard Delman, C. Verhargh, Paul Brandt

- CONTRIBUTE -

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High scores

MAMESCORE records : 02/04/2017 13:01

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Gimme A Break (7/7/85)