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thepitj: MAME ROM Information.


History:

The Pit (c) 1982 Taito Corp.


- TECHNICAL -


Main CPU : Z80 (@ 3.072 Mhz)

Sound CPU : Z80 (@ 2.5 Mhz)

Sound Chips : (2x) AY8910 (@ 1.536 Mhz)


Players : 2

Control : 8-way joystick

Buttons : 1 (FIRE)


- TRIVIA -


Released in April 1982.


Original products:

The Pit (Zilec)


Licensed products:

The Pit (Centuri)

The Pit (Taito)


Unofficial products:

The Pit (KZH)


- SOURCES -


Game's rom.




MAME Info:

0.141u3 [f205v, Brian Troha]

0.104 [Tomasz Slanina, Guru]

0.31 [Zsolt Vasvari]


WIP:

- 0.141u4: Siftware added clone The Pit (US, set 2). Changed description of clone 'The Pit (US)' to 'The Pit (US, set 1)'. Renamed (thepitu) to (thepitu1). Fixed rom names.

- 0.141u3: hap fixed parent/clone relationship in ThePit driver. Changed 'The Pit' to clone 'The Pit (Japan)', clone 'The Pit (bootleg)' to parent 'The Pit' and 'The Pit (Centuri)' to 'The Pit (US)'. Renamed (thepit) to (thepitj), (thepitb) to (thepit) and (thepitc) to (thepitu).

- 0.136u4: Andrew Welburn and David Haywood added clone The Pit (bootleg on Moon Quasar hardware).

- 2nd March 2010: Smitdogg - Andrew Welburn dumped a bootleg of The Pit running on Moon Quasar(?) hardware.

- 0.106u3: Fixed 'Coinage' dipswitch.

- 0.105u3: Brian Troha added clone The Pit (Bootleg).

- 20th April 2006: f205v dumped The Pit (Bootleg).

- 0.104: Tomasz Slanina and Guru added The Pit (Taito 1982). Changed 'The Pit' to clone 'The Pit (Centuri)'. Renamed (thepit) to (thepitc).

- 27th January 2006: Tomasz Slanina - Added Taito version of The Pit (dumped by Guru). Gfx and gameplay are a bit different.

- 18th February 2005: Guru - The Pit (?) arrived from Japan.

- 0.34b1: Added 2nd AY-8910 (1536000 Hz) sound.

- 0.33b7: Added color rom ($20).

- 0.31: Zsolt Vasvari added The Pit (Centuri 1982).


PLAY INSTRUCTIONS:

- The object of this game is to dig down to the bottom pit and collect at least one large jewel and then return to ship thru upper pit.


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* FB Alpha


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Romset: 27 kb / 9 files / 13.1 zip




MAME XML Output:

       <game name="thepitj" sourcefile="thepit.c" cloneof="thepit" romof="thepit">
              <description>The Pit (Japan)</description>
              <year>1982</year>
              <manufacturer>Zilec Electronics (Taito license)</manufacturer>
              <rom name="pit01.ic38" size="4096" crc="87c269bf" sha1="78a85a637cbf0dcfde7ccaa9a2d543078655b566" region="maincpu" offset="0"/>
              <rom name="pit02.ic39" size="4096" crc="e1dfd360" sha1="fd18f12edd39574d20b1e053dd3e7131d49f3db2" region="maincpu" offset="1000"/>
              <rom name="pit03.ic40" size="4096" crc="3674ccac" sha1="876de2994ffdbc1f2226b5d672b5e92125d879da" region="maincpu" offset="2000"/>
              <rom name="pit04.ic41" size="4096" crc="bddde829" sha1="267fc2a65a906bcd5786a7a97af986adac0588c7" region="maincpu" offset="3000"/>
              <rom name="pit05.ic33" size="4096" crc="584d1546" sha1="9758e4b012bf93c6d847cc2cac890febe5d8335e" region="maincpu" offset="4000"/>
              <rom name="pit07.ic30" size="2048" crc="2d4881f9" sha1="4773235d427ab88116e07599d0d5b130377548e7" region="audiocpu" offset="0"/>
              <rom name="pit06.ic31" size="2048" crc="c9d8c1cc" sha1="66d0840182ede356c53cd1f930ea8abf86094ab7" region="audiocpu" offset="800"/>
              <rom name="pit08.ic9" size="2048" crc="00dce65f" sha1="ba0cce484d1f8693a85b85e0689d107588df9043" region="gfx1" offset="0"/>
              <rom name="pit09.ic8" size="2048" crc="a2e2b218" sha1="1aa293a9503f3cbbc2fbd84b6b1d30124ef462e7" region="gfx1" offset="1000"/>
              <rom name="82s123.ic4" merge="82s123.ic4" size="32" crc="a758b567" sha1="d188c90dba10fe3abaae92488786b555b35218c5" region="proms" offset="0"/>
              <chip type="cpu" tag="maincpu" name="Z80" clock="3072000"/>
              <chip type="cpu" tag="audiocpu" name="Z80" clock="2500000"/>
              <chip type="audio" tag="mono" name="Speaker"/>
              <chip type="audio" tag="ay1" name="AY-3-8910A" clock="1536000"/>
              <chip type="audio" tag="ay2" name="AY-3-8910A" clock="1536000"/>
              <display tag="screen" type="raster" rotate="90" width="256" height="224" refresh="60.606061" pixclock="6144000" htotal="384" hbend="0" hbstart="256" vtotal="264" vbend="16" vbstart="240" />
              <sound channels="1"/>
              <input players="2" buttons="1" coins="1">
                     <control type="joy" ways="8"/>
              </input>
              <dipswitch name="Coinage" tag="DSW" mask="3">
                     <dipvalue name="2 Coins/3 Credits" value="1"/>
                     <dipvalue name="2 Coins/4 Credits" value="2"/>
                     <dipvalue name="1 Coin/2 Credits" value="0" default="yes"/>
                     <dipvalue name="Free Play" value="3"/>
              </dipswitch>
              <dipswitch name="Game Speed" tag="DSW" mask="4">
                     <dipvalue name="Slow" value="4"/>
                     <dipvalue name="Fast" value="0" default="yes"/>
              </dipswitch>
              <dipswitch name="Time Limit" tag="DSW" mask="8">
                     <dipvalue name="Long" value="0" default="yes"/>
                     <dipvalue name="Short" value="8"/>
              </dipswitch>
              <dipswitch name="Flip Screen" tag="DSW" mask="16">
                     <dipvalue name="Off" value="0" default="yes"/>
                     <dipvalue name="On" value="16"/>
              </dipswitch>
              <dipswitch name="Cabinet" tag="DSW" mask="32">
                     <dipvalue name="Upright" value="0" default="yes"/>
                     <dipvalue name="Cocktail" value="32"/>
              </dipswitch>
              <dipswitch name="Lives" tag="DSW" mask="64">
                     <dipvalue name="3" value="0" default="yes"/>
                     <dipvalue name="4" value="64"/>
              </dipswitch>
              <dipswitch name="Unknown" tag="DSW" mask="128">
                     <dipvalue name="Off" value="0" default="yes"/>
                     <dipvalue name="On" value="128"/>
              </dipswitch>
              <driver status="good" emulation="good" color="good" sound="good" graphic="good" savestate="unsupported" palettesize="40"/>
       </game>
 
 


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