Mame game : manybloc : Many Block

Game infos

Description Many Block

Name manybloc

Manufacturer Bee-Oh

Year 1991

Runnable yes

System arcade /

Number of players 2P alt

Added to MAME .060

Romset size 1.88 MB

Romset file 16 files

Romset zip 527 B

Language English

Evaluation 70 to 80 (Good)

Genre Puzzle

Driver infos

Driver status imperfect

Driver emulation good

Driver color good

Driver sound imperfect

Driver graphic good

Driver cocktail preliminary

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
joy	8					no

Display infos

type	rotate	flipx	width	height	refresh	pixclock	htotal	hbend	hbstart	vtotal	vbend	vbstart
raster	270	no	256	240	56

Dipswitchs

Cabinet
- Cocktail
- Upright
Coin A
- 1 Coin/1 Credit
- 1 Coin/2 Credits
- 1 Coin/3 Credits
- 1 Coin/4 Credits
- 2 Coins/1 Credit
- 3 Coins/1 Credit
- 4 Coins/1 Credit
- 5 Coins/1 Credit
Coin B
- 1 Coin/1 Credit
- 1 Coin/2 Credits
- 1 Coin/3 Credits
- 1 Coin/4 Credits
- 2 Coins/1 Credit
- 3 Coins/1 Credit
- 4 Coins/1 Credit
- 5 Coins/1 Credit
Demo Sounds
- Off
- On
Difficulty
- Easy
- Hard
- Hardest
- Normal
Explanation
- English
- Japanese
Flip Screen
- Off
- On
Plate Probability
- Bad
- Best
- Better
- Normal
Service Mode
- Off
- On
Slot System
- Off
- On

Roms list

console	name	size	crc	sha1	region	offset	status	optional
arcade	1-u33.bin	131072	07473154	e67f637e74dfe5f1be558f963c0b3225254afe33	maincpu	1	good	no
arcade	10-u86b.bin	131072	9eab216f	616f3ee2d06aa7151af634773a5e8633bff9588e	sprites	1	good	no
arcade	11-u85b.bin	131072	fe747dd5	6ba57a45f4d77e2574de95d4a2f0718c601e7214	sprites	40001	good	no
arcade	12-u39.bin	65536	413b5438	af366ce998ebe0d25255cc0cb1cd81689d3696ec	fgtile	0	good	no
arcade	2-u35.bin	131072	04acd8c1	3ef329e8d25565c7f7166f12137f4df5a057022f	maincpu	0	good	no
arcade	3-u146.bin	65536	7bf5fafa	d17feca628775860d6c7019a9725bd40fbc5b7d7	audiocpu	0	good	no
arcade	4-u96.bin	262144	28af2640	08fa57de66cf58fe2256455538261c2d05d27e1e	bgtile	40000	good	no
arcade	5-u97.bin	262144	536699e6	13ec233f5e4f2a65ac7bc55511e988508269acd5	bgtile	0	good	no
arcade	6-u131.bin	262144	79a4ae75	f7609d0ca18b4af8c5f37daa1795a7a6c6d768ae	oki1	0	good	no
arcade	7-u132.bin	262144	21db875e	e1d96155b6d8825f7c449f276d02f9769258345d	oki1	40000	good	no
arcade	8-u54b.bin	131072	03eede77	2476a488bb0d39790b2cc7f261ddb973378022ff	sprites	0	good	no
arcade	9-u53b.bin	131072	dfcfa040	f1561defe9746afdb1a5327d0a4435a6f3e87a77	sprites	40000	good	no
arcade	u10.bpr	512	8e9b569a	1d8d633fbeb72d5e55ad4b282df02e9ca5e240eb	proms	120	good	no
arcade	u120.bpr	256	576c5984	6e9b7f30de0d91cb766a62abc5888ec9af085a27	proms	320	good	no
arcade	u200.bpr	32	1823600b	7011156ebcb815b176856bd67898ce655ea1b5ab	proms	0	good	no
arcade	u7.bpr	256	cfdbb86c	588822f6308a860937349c9106c2b4b1a75823ec	proms	20	good	no

Chips list

name	tag	type	clock
M68000	maincpu	cpu	10000000
OKI6295	oki2	audio	4000000
Speaker	mono	audio
YM2203	ymsnd	audio	1500000
Z80	audiocpu	cpu	3000000

0.60 [David Haywood, Stephan Humbert]

TODO:

* Fix sound

TEST MODE:

- In the "test mode", press BOTH player 1 buttons to exit.

- When help is available, press BUTTON2 twice within the timer to "solve".

WIP:

- 0.133u1: Brian Troha added DIP locations to Many Block.

- 0.94u2: Changed sound2 rom ($0) to sound1 ($60000).

- 0.89u6: Swapped gfx2 roms ($0, 40000). Fixed proms loading.

- 15th December 2005: Pierpaolo Prazzoli - Some fixes to nmk16 driver. Added sprites priorities (still few problems with priority = 0) and fixed Many Block (added scrolls and fixed background gfx).

- 0.62: Added Z80 (3MHz) CPU2, YM2203 (1.5MHz) and 2x OKI6295 (24242 Hz).

- 16th October 2002: R. Belmont added sound emulation to Thunder Dragon bootleg, Many Block and Task Force Harrier.

- 0.60: David Haywood added 'Many Block' (Bee-Oh 1991).

- 17th April 2002: Stephane Humbert fixed the inputs and dipswitches in Many Block, and David Haywood fixed a few graphics glitches in it.

- 16th April 2002: David Haywood added Many Block which doesn't work yet due to missing controls.

LEVELS: 30

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* FB Alpha

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History

Arcade Video game published 28 years ago:

Many Block (c) 1991 Bee-Oh.

- TECHNICAL -

Main CPU : Motorola 68000 (@ 10 Mhz)
Sound CPU : Zilog Z80 (@ 3 Mhz)
Sound Chips : YM2203 (@ 1.5 Mhz), (2x) OKI6295 (@ 24.242 Khz)

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

- TRIVIA -

Released in December 1991.

Default highscore table (TODAY'S TOP 10 RANKING) :
SCORE NAME ROUND TIME
1. 19000 KHS 10R
2. 18000 CSG 9R
3. 17000 KBJ 8R
4. 16000 CGR 7R
5. 15000 DJN 6R
6. 14000 JIO 5R
7. 13000 KJS 4R
8. 12000 LDS 3R
9. 11000 KJD 2R
10. 10000 BHS 1R

- CONTRIBUTE -

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High scores

MAMESCORE records : 02/04/2017 13:01

fok999________________________521.310
gatts47_______________________336.780
gerhard_schindler_____________278.820
hulkiii_______________________210.930

Many Block