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Trivia ? Whiz (6221-00)

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

Description Trivia ? Whiz (6221-00)
Name trvwzh
Manufacturer Merit
Year 1985
Runnable yes
System arcade /
Number of players 2P alt
Added to MAME .085u1
Romset size 256 KB
Romset file 13 files
Romset zip 188 B
Language English
Evaluation 50 to 60 (Not Good Enough)
Genre Quiz

Parent and clones

Parent This game is the parent

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

Controls infos

type ways minimum maximum sensitivity keydelta reverse
gambling no
only_buttons no

Display infos

type rotate flipx width height refresh pixclock htotal hbend hbstart vtotal vbend vbstart
raster 0 no 512 256 76.293945 10000000 512 0 512 256 0 256

Dipswitchs

Roms list

console name bios size crc md5 merge sha1 region offset status optional
arcade 6221-00_u5.u5 8192 731fd5b1 1074780321029446da0e6765b9e036b06b067a48 maincpu 0 good no
arcade 6221-00_u6.u6 8192 af6886c0 48005b921d7ce33ffc0ba160be82053a26382a9d maincpu 2000 good no
arcade ent-001_01a 32768 ff45d92b 10356bc6a04b2c53ecaf76cb0cba3ec70b4ba612 user1 8000 good no
arcade ent-001_02a 32768 902e26f7 f13b816bfc507fb429fb3f44531de346a82c780d user1 18000 good no
arcade gen-001_01a 32768 1d8d353f 6bd0cc5c67da81a48737f32bc49cbf235648c4c6 user1 28000 good no
arcade gen-001_02a 16384 2000e3c3 21737fde3d1a1b22da4590476e4e52ee1bab026f user1 3c000 good no
arcade spo-001_01a 32768 ae111429 ff551d7ac7ad367338e908805aeb78c59a747919 user1 48000 good no
arcade spo-001_02a 32768 ee9263b3 1644ab01f17e3af1e193e509d64dcbb243d3eb80 user1 58000 good no
arcade spo-001_03a 32768 64181d34 f84e28fc589b86ca6a596815871ed26602bcc095 user1 68000 good no
arcade triv_1_u37.u37 8192 f739b5dc fbf469b7f4cab50e06ec2def9344e3b9801a275e gfx1 4000 good no
arcade triv_1_u38.u38 8192 27621e52 a7e88d329e2e774fef9bd8c5cefb4d8f1cfcba4c gfx1 2000 good no
arcade triv_1_u39.u39 8192 f8a5f5fb a511e1a2b5e887ef00dc919e9e664ccec2d36cfa gfx1 0 good no
arcade triv_1_u40.u40 8192 cea7319f 663cd18a4699dfd5ad1d3357094eff247e9b4a47 gfx2 0 good no

Chips list

name tag type clock
AY-3-8912A aysnd audio 1250000
Speaker mono audio
Z80 maincpu cpu 2500000

Serie

Serie : Trivia ? Whiz
  1. Trivia ? Whiz (6221-05, Edition 2) (1985)
  2. Trivia ? Whiz (6221-05, Edition 2 Alt Sex trivia) (1985)
  3. Trivia ? Whiz (6221-05, Edition 3) (1985)
  4. Trivia ? Whiz (6221-05, Edition 3 Sex trivia III) (1985)
  5. Trivia ? Whiz (6221-04, Edition 3 Vertical) (1985)
  6. Trivia ? Whiz (6221-13, U5-0B Edition 4) (1985)
  7. Trivia ? Whiz (6221-13, U5-0B Edition 4 Alt Sex trivia) (1985)
  8. Trivia ? Whiz (6221-00) (1985)
  9. Trivia ? Whiz (6221-00, with Sex trivia) (1985)
  10. Trivia ? Whiz (6221-00, Alt Gen trivia) (1985)
  11. Trivia ? Whiz (6221-02, Vertical) (1985)
  12. Deluxe Trivia ? Whiz (6221-70, U5-0A Edition 5) (1987)

Categories

MAMEinfo

0.85u1 [Pierpaolo Prazzoli]


Artwork available


WIP:

- 0.148: Added gambling control. Splitted 'Trivia ? Whiz (Horizontal) (question set 1)' into 'Trivia ? Whiz (6221-00)' and clone 'Trivia ? Whiz (6221-00, with Sex trivia)'. Changed description of clones (Horizontal) (question set 3) to 'Trivia ? Whiz (6221-00, Alt Gen trivia)' and (Vertical) (question set 1) to 'Trivia ? Whiz (6221-02, Vertical)'. Removed clones 'Trivia ? Whiz (Horizontal) (question set 2)' and 'Trivia ? Whiz (Vertical) (question set 2)'.

- 0.135u4: Added user1 roms (spo-001_01a, spo-001_02a and spo-001_03a). Fixed rom names in clones Trivia ? Whiz (Vertical) (question set 1/2).

- 0.135u3: Fixed rom names.

- 0.129: David Haywood added clone 'Trivia ? Whiz (Horizontal) (question set 3)'. Changed parent description to 'Trivia ? Whiz (Horizontal) (question set 1)' and clone (Horizontal - Question set 2) to 'Trivia ? Whiz (Horizontal) (question set 2)'. Changed 'Trivia ? Whiz (Vertical - Question set 1)' and (Vertical - Question set 2) from parent/clone to clones 'Trivia ? Whiz (Vertical) (question set 1)' and 'Trivia ? Whiz (Vertical) (question set 2)'.

- 0.127u6: Changed AY-3-8910A clock speed to 1250000 Hz, visible area to 512x256 and VSync to 76.293945 Hz.

- 0.118u2: Renamed (trvwhzho) to (trvwzh), (trvwhzha) to (trvwzha) and (trvwhzve) to (trvwzv) and (trvwhzva) to (trvwzva).

- 0.108u4: Added dipswitches 'Reset High Scores', 'Demo Sounds', 'On 0 Points' and 'Coinage'.

- 0.104: Pierpaolo Prazzoli added 'Trivia ? Whiz (Vertical - Question set 1)' (Merit 1985) and (Vertical - Question set 2). Changed parent description to 'Trivia ? Whiz (Horizontal - Question set 1)' and clone (Question set 2) to 'Trivia ? Whiz (Horizontal - Question set 2)'. Renamed (trvwhiz) to (trvwhzho) and (trvwhza) to (trvwhzha).

- 0.99u1: Tomasz Slanina, Pierpaolo Prazzoli and Nicola Salmoria fixed Trivia Whiz - Game now playable. Added clone 'Trivia ? Whiz (Question set 2)'. Fixed user1 rom loading. Changed visible area to 512x248 and palettesize to 256 colors. Changed parent description to 'Trivia ? Whiz (Question set 1)'. Renamed (trvwhzii) to (trvwhiz).

- 0.98u4: Fixed user1 rom loading.

- 0.85u1: Pierpaolo Prazzoli added 'Trivia Whiz II ?' (Merit 1985).


LEVELS: 5+2 bonus

History


Arcade Video game published 34 years ago:

Trivia Whiz (c) 1985 Merit.

- TECHNICAL -

Main CPU : Zilog Z80 (@ 2.5 Mhz)
Sound Chips : General Instrument AY8910 (@ 2.5 Mhz)

Players : 2
Buttons : 5

- CONTRIBUTE -

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