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Simpsons Bowling (GQ829 UAA)

  1. Game infos
  2. Sound
  3. Driver
  4. Inputs
  5. Controls
  6. Display
  7. Configurations
  8. Roms list
  9. Chips list
  10. Disks list
  11. Categories
  12. MAMEinfo
  13. History
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Game infos

Description Simpsons Bowling (GQ829 UAA)
Name simpbowl
Manufacturer Konami
Year 2000
Runnable yes
System arcade /
Number of players 4P alt
Added to MAME .080u3
Romset size 1024 B
Romset file 1 files
Romset zip 151 B
Language English
Evaluation 90 to 100 (Best Games)
Genre Sports

Sound infos

Sound_channels 2

Driver infos

Driver status imperfect
Driver emulation good
Driver color good
Driver sound imperfect
Driver graphic imperfect
Driver cocktail
Driver protection
Driver savestate yes

Inputs infos

Input service yes
Input tilt no
Input players 4
Input buttons
Input coins 2

Controls infos

type ways minimum maximum sensitivity keydelta reverse
joy 8 no
trackball 0 4095 100 63 yes

Display infos

type rotate flipx width height refresh pixclock htotal hbend hbstart vtotal vbend vbstart
raster 0 no 640 480 60

Configuration

name tag mask
SCSI ID
Name 0
Value 0
Default no
Name 1
Value 1
Default no
Name 2
Value 2
Default no
Name 3
Value 3
Default no
Name 4
Value 4
Default yes
Name 5
Value 5
Default no
Name 6
Value 6
Default no
Name 7
Value 7
Default no

scsi:1:cdrom:SCSI_ID
 7

Roms list

console name bios size crc md5 merge sha1 region offset status optional
arcade 999a01.7e 524288 ad498d2d 999a01.7e 02a82a2fe1fba0404517c3602324bfa64e23e478 maincpu:rom 0 good no
arcade simpbowl.25c 128 2c61050c 16ae7f81cbe841c429c5c7326cf83e87db1782bf eeprom 0 good no

Chips list

name tag type clock
CD/DA scsi:1:cdrom:cdda audio
CXD8530BQ maincpu cpu 67737600
SPU spu audio 33868800
Speaker rspeaker audio

Disks list

name md5 sha1 merge region index status optional
simpbowl 72b32a863e6891ad3bfc1fdfe9cb90a2bd334d71 scsi:1:cdrom 0 baddump no

Categories

MAMEinfo

0.80u3 [R. Belmont]


CD-ROM required

Artwork available


SETUP:

- To initialize the EEPROM, hold down test switch (F2) and press reset (F3) once. Do not let go of F2 until you see a message that says "Initializing EEPROM".


WIP:

- 0.141u3: R. Belmont corrected SPU IRQ notification in all drivers. Fixes streaming audio in Simpsons Bowling.

- 0.140: Aaron Giles fixed incorrectly NVRAM writing in Simpsons Bowling.

- 15th April 2007: Mr. Do - Using official sticker artwork from the game (thanks to the BYOAC group purchase), I made a bezel for Simpsons Bowling.

- 0.114: Couriersud added save state support to the Konami GV driver, specifically enabled for Nagano Winter Olympics '98 and Simpsons Bowling.

- 0.113: Derrick Renaud fixed Simpsons Bowling port mask, now trackball works proper without glitching.

- 0.111u4: R. Belmont fixed 'flash rom write error' in Simpsons Bowling.

- 0.84: smf fixed the trackball & tidied up the flash load/save in Simpsons Bowling - Game now playable.

- 0.80u3: R. Belmont added 'Simpsons Bowling (GQ829 UAA)' (Konami 2000).

- 6th February 2004: R. Belmont - Hooked up the trackball in Simpsons Bowling.

- 7th January 2004: R. Belmont - Figured out how Konami's glue chip that talks to 4 Intel Flash ROMs on Simpsons Bowling works, with some cool results...


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CD-ROM: 57.3 MB (Compressed: 26.1)

History


Arcade Video game published 19 years ago:

The Simpsons Bowling (c) 2000 Konami Company, Limited.

A 3-D bowling game featuring the characters from the popular cartoon series.

- TECHNICAL -

Konami GV System hardware
Game ID : GQ829

Main CPU : PSX (@ 16.9344 Mhz)
Sound Chips : SPU (@ 16.9344 Mhz), CD/DA (@ 16.9344 Mhz)

Players : 4
Control : trackball
Buttons : 3

- TRIVIA -

Released in June 2000.

The game features custom speech by the real Simpsons voice actors! (see Staff section, Fox Interactive part for more info).

All of the characters' uniforms were taken from 'The Simpsons' episode entitled 'Team Homer' (original airdate : January 6, 1996).

Michael Jackson used to own this game (Serial number: 42145). It was sold at the official Michael Jackson Auction on Apr. 24th, 2009.

- TIPS AND TRICKS -

* After bowling 3 strikes in a row (called a 'turkey'), depending on your character, you would get a special ball. The specials balls are :
Fire ball : A flaming bowling ball.
Maggie ball : Launch Maggie down the lane.
Nuclear ball : Throw a ball full of nuclear sludge.
Bomb ball : Would result in a big explosion.

* Unlock Abe (Grampa) Simpson : Move the cursor up and down quickly at the character selection screen, Grampa will appear as a playable character.

- STAFF -

* Konami Amusement of America, Inc.
Executive producer : Fumiaki Tanaka
Lead programmer : Yoshi Morimoto
Senior Programer : Rob Sitton
Production coordinator : Steve Johnson
Lead artist : Keith Sillin/Darrin Klatt
Senior Artist : Mazin Dajani
2D/3D Artist : LeRoy Strauss
2D/3D artist : Heather Vidal
2D Artist : Darrin Klatt
Sound producer and director : Tak Fujii
Sound designers : Clark Wen, Kevin Xue
Hardware engineer : Takuya Aono
Technician : Sam Yerushalmi

* Fox Interactive :
Producer : David Wisehart
Associate producers : Luke Letizia, Harish Rao
Script writer : Jamie Angell
Creative consultants : Matt Groening, Mill Smythe
Starring : Dan, Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith, Hank Azaria, Harry Shearer
Simpsons theme : Danny Elfman
Simpsons music composition : Christopher Tyng

The Simpsons, created by Matt Groening, and Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation.

- CONTRIBUTE -

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