uopoko: MAME ROM Information.
History:
Puzzle Uo Poko (c) 1998 Cave.
Uo Poko is a puzzle game for one or two players (co-operative). The aim is to clear the screen of coloured glass balls by dropping like-coloured balls down onto them. Connecting three or more like-coloured balls creates a chain reaction and causes them to disappear.
Balls are launched into the play area via a joystick controlled 'pinball-plunger' and as in Pinball, the further the plunger is pulled back, the further the coloured ball will travel. Mastering the strength and distance required is essential in order to drop each ball accurately onto its target. To allow players to learn how to use the plunger, the first two stages feature a guide line which shows exactly where a ball will drop. From the third stage onwards, players must use their judgement alone.
Bonus points are awarded if a stage is completed quickly enough. If too much time is taken, however, the bottom of the stage will start to rise, pushing the balls already in play towards the top of the screen. If the top of the screen is reached, the game is over.
Uo Poko features thirty stages of play.
- TECHNICAL -
Game ID : CV02
Cave 1st Generation Hardware
Main CPU : MC68000 (@ 16 Mhz)
Sound CPU : Z80 [Optional]
Sound Chips : YMZ280B (@ 16.9344 Mhz) or OKIM6295 x (1 or 2) + YM2203 / YM2151 [Optional]
Other : 93C46 EEPROM
Screen orientation : Horizontal
Video resolution : 320 x 240 pixels
Screen refresh : 57.55 Hz
Palette colors : 32768
Players : 2
Control : 8-way joystick
- TRIVIA -
Released in February 1998.
Licensed to Jaleco.
- UPDATES -
The Japanese version has an additional subtitle which can be translated as "Lots of Fish".
- TIPS AND TRICKS -
When the Submarine appears, launch a bubble above, if you succeed, a laser will start destroying the touched bubbles.
- SERIES -
1. Uo Poko - Lots of Fish (1998)
2. Himitsu no Hana Poko
- STAFF -
Sound composer : Ryuichi Yabuki
- SOURCES -
Game's rom.
Machine's picture (bossyman15)
MAME Info:
0.104u9 [Corrado Tomaseli]
0.37b2 [Luca Elia]
< Japan >
Artwork available
SERVICE MODE:
- Press F2 to enter service mode. There are no dipswitches.
WIP:
- 0.136: Added eeprom-uopoko.bin EEPROM.
- 3rd December 2006: Mr. Do - We have the instruction card for Puzzle Uo Poko from Tormod.
- 0.104u9: Corrado Tomaseli added Puzzle Uo Poko (International). Changed 'Uo Poko (Japan)' to clone 'Puzzle Uo Poko (Japan)'. Renamed (uopoko) to (uopokoj).
- 27th March 2006: Corrado Tomaselli dumped Puzzle Uo Poko (International).
- 0.60: Fixed Uo Poko crashes with an access violation upon startup.
- 0.57: Fixed gfx1/2 roms loading.
- 0.37b13: Changed VSync to 57.550644Hz.
- 0.37b10: Bernd Wiebelt fixed a YMZ280B bug that caused bad sound in the Cave games. Changed YMZ280B clock speed to 16934400 Hz.
- 0.37b5: Added YMZ280B (16Mhz) sound.
- 27th June 2000: Aaron Giles sent in an update to the YMZ280B sound core with much better sound output.
- 22nd June 2000: Aaron Giles sent in a preliminary YMZ280B sound core, adding sound to Dangun Feveron, ESP Ra.De. and Uo Poko.
- 0.37b2: Luca Elia added Uo Poko (Japan) (Cave 1998(Jaleco license)).
- 19th April 2000: Luca Elia sent in a Cave driver with support for Dangun Feveron, Esprade, Uo Poko and Dodonpachi.
LEVELS: 25
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Romset: 11265 kb / 6 files / 3.26 zip
MAME XML Output:
| | <game name="uopoko" sourcefile="cave.c"> |
| | | <description>Puzzle Uo Poko (International)</description> |
| | | <manufacturer>Cave (Jaleco license)</manufacturer> |
| | | <rom name="u26.int" size="524288" crc="b445c9ac" sha1="4dda1c6e19de629ea4d9061560c32a9f0deabd53" region="maincpu" offset="0"/> |
| | | <rom name="u25.int" size="524288" crc="a1258482" sha1="7f4adc4a6d069032aaf3d93eb60fde16b59483f8" region="maincpu" offset="1"/> |
| | | <rom name="u33.bin" size="4194304" crc="5d142ad2" sha1="f26abcf7a625a322b83df44fbd6e852bfb03663c" region="sprites" offset="0"/> |
| | | <rom name="u49.bin" size="4194304" crc="12fb11bb" sha1="953df1b16b5c9a6c3eb2fdebec4669a879270e73" region="layer0" offset="0"/> |
| | | <rom name="u4.bin" size="2097152" crc="a2d0d755" sha1="f8493ef7f367f3dc2a229ba785ac67bc5c2c54c0" region="ymz" offset="0"/> |
| | | <rom name="eeprom-uopoko.bin" size="128" crc="f4a24b95" sha1="4043f0ffed24e38b4f7dbe1a5a4a9e79bdde7dfd" region="eeprom" offset="0"/> |
| | | <chip type="cpu" tag="maincpu" name="68000" clock="16000000"/> |
| | | <chip type="audio" tag="lspeaker" name="Speaker"/> |
| | | <chip type="audio" tag="rspeaker" name="Speaker"/> |
| | | <chip type="audio" tag="ymz" name="YMZ280B" clock="16934400"/> |
| | | <display tag="screen" type="raster" rotate="0" width="320" height="240" refresh="57.550645" /> |
| | | <input players="2" buttons="3" coins="2" service="yes"> |
| | | | <control type="joy" ways="8"/> |
| | | <driver status="good" emulation="good" color="good" sound="good" graphic="good" savestate="supported" palettesize="32768"/> |
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