cbdash: MAME ROM Information. History:
Boulder Dash (c) 1985 Data East.
Rockford digs feverishly, as boulders crash down all around him, throughout 16 mystical caves and five levels of difficulty.
- TECHNICAL -
DECO Cassette System hardware
[Cassette No.44]
Main CPU : M6502 (@ 750 Khz), M6502 (@ 500 Khz), I8X41 (@ 500 Khz)
Sound Chips : (2x) AY8910 (@ 1.5 Mhz)
Screen orientation : Vertical
Video resolution : 240 x 240 pixels
Screen refresh : 57.00 Hz
Palette colors : 32
Players : 2
Control : stick
Buttons : 2
- TRIVIA -
Released in August 1985.
- STAFF -
Designed and programmed by : Peter Liepa, Chris Gray
- SOURCES -
Game's rom.
Machine's picture.
MAME Info:
0.37b13 [Juergen Buchmueller, Al Kossow]
Artwork available
WIP:
- 0.145u1: Changed description to 'Boulder Dash (DECO Cassette)'.
- 0.133u1: Added dipswitches 'Type of Tape', 'Lives', 'Bonus Life', 'Difficulty' and 'Country Code'.
- 0.88u2: Changed description to 'Boulder Dash (Cassette)'.
- 0.37b13: Juergen Buchmueller added 'Cassette: Boulder Dash' (DECO 1985).
- 14th February 2001: Juergen Buchmueller improved the sound CPU communication in the DECO Cassette system driver and added Boulder Dash - the original version.
LEVELS: 16 (endless)
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Romset: 32 kb / 1 files / 13.0 zip
MAME XML Output:
   | <game name="cbdash" sourcefile="decocass.c" romof="decocass"> |
   |    | <description>Boulder Dash (DECO Cassette)</description> |
   |    | <year>1985</year> |
   |    | <manufacturer>Data East Corporation</manufacturer> |
   |    | <rom name="v0b-.7e" merge="v0b-.7e" size="4096" crc="23d929b7" sha1="063f83020ba3d6f43ab8471f95ca919767b93aa4" region="maincpu" offset="f000"/> |
   |    | <rom name="v1-.5a" merge="v1-.5a" size="2048" crc="b66b2c2a" sha1="0097f38beb4872e735e560148052e258a26b08fd" region="audiocpu" offset="f800"/> |
   |    | <rom name="cassmcu.1c" merge="cassmcu.1c" size="1024" crc="a6df18fd" sha1="1f9ea47e372d31767c936c15852b43df2b0ee8ff" region="mcu" offset="0"/> |
   |    | <rom name="v2.3m" merge="v2.3m" size="32" crc="238fdb40" sha1="b88e8fabb82092105c3828154608ea067acbf2e5" region="proms" offset="0"/> |
   |    | <rom name="v4.10d" merge="v4.10d" size="32" crc="3b5836b4" sha1="b630bb277d9ec09d46ef26b944014dd6165b35d8" region="proms" offset="20"/> |
   |    | <rom name="v3.3j" merge="v3.3j" size="32" crc="51eef657" sha1="eaedce5caf55624ad6ae706aedf82c5717c60f1f" region="proms" offset="40"/> |
   |    | <rom name="cbdash.cas" size="32768" crc="cba4c1af" sha1="5d163d8e31c58b20679c6be06b1aa02df621822b" region="cassette" offset="0"/> |
   |    | <chip type="cpu" tag="maincpu" name="M6502" clock="750000"/> |
   |    | <chip type="cpu" tag="audiocpu" name="M6502" clock="500000"/> |
   |    | <chip type="cpu" tag="mcu" name="I8041" clock="6000000"/> |
   |    | <chip type="audio" tag="mono" name="Speaker"/> |
   |    | <chip type="audio" tag="ay1" name="AY-3-8910A" clock="1500000"/> |
   |    | <chip type="audio" tag="ay2" name="AY-3-8910A" clock="1500000"/> |
   |    | <display tag="screen" type="raster" rotate="270" width="256" height="240" refresh="57.444853" pixclock="6000000" htotal="384" hbend="0" hbstart="256" vtotal="272" vbend="8" vbstart="248" /> |
   |    | <sound channels="1"/> |
   |    | <input players="2" buttons="2" coins="2"> |
   |    |    | <control type="joy" ways="8"/> |
   |    |    | <control type="stick" minimum="16" maximum="240" sensitivity="100" keydelta="10"/> |
   |    | </input> |
   |    | <dipswitch name="Coin A" tag="DSW1" mask="3"> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="2 Coins/1 Credit" value="0"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="1 Coin/1 Credit" value="3" default="yes"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="1 Coin/2 Credits" value="2"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="1 Coin/3 Credits" value="1"/> |
   |    | </dipswitch> |
   |    | <dipswitch name="Coin B" tag="DSW1" mask="12"> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="2 Coins/1 Credit" value="0"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="1 Coin/1 Credit" value="12" default="yes"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="1 Coin/2 Credits" value="8"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="1 Coin/3 Credits" value="4"/> |
   |    | </dipswitch> |
   |    | <dipswitch name="Type of Tape" tag="DSW1" mask="48"> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="MT (Big)" value="0"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="invalid?" value="16"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="invalid?" value="32"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="MD (Small)" value="48" default="yes"/> |
   |    | </dipswitch> |
   |    | <dipswitch name="Cabinet" tag="DSW1" mask="64"> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="Upright" value="0" default="yes"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="Cocktail" value="64"/> |
   |    | </dipswitch> |
   |    | <dipswitch name="Lives" tag="DSW2" mask="1"> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="3" value="1" default="yes"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="5" value="0"/> |
   |    | </dipswitch> |
   |    | <dipswitch name="Bonus Life" tag="DSW2" mask="6"> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="None" value="0"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="20000" value="6" default="yes"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="30000" value="4"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="40000" value="2"/> |
   |    | </dipswitch> |
   |    | <dipswitch name="Difficulty" tag="DSW2" mask="24"> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="Normal" value="24" default="yes"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="Hard" value="16"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="Harder" value="8"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="Hardest" value="0"/> |
   |    | </dipswitch> |
   |    | <dipswitch name="Country Code" tag="DSW2" mask="224"> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="A" value="224" default="yes"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="B" value="192"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="C" value="160"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="D" value="128"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="E" value="96"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="F" value="64"/> |
   |    | </dipswitch> |
   |    | <driver status="good" emulation="good" color="good" sound="good" graphic="good" savestate="unsupported" palettesize="56"/> |
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