ridleofp: MAME ROM Information.
History:
Pythagoras no Nazo - Riddle of Pythagoras (c) 1986 Sega.
- TECHNICAL -
Sega System E hardware
Main CPU : Z80 (@ 5.3693 Mhz)
Sound Chips : (2x) SN76496 (@ 4 Mhz)
Players : 2
Control : dial
Buttons : 2
- TRIVIA -
Even if titlescreen says 1986, Pythagoras no Nazo was released in January 1987 in Japan.
Developed by Eleca (programming) and Aicom. Produced by EXA Planning.
The EXA in EXA Planning stands for these two companies.
- STAFF -
Original story by : Teruo Ohhira
Producer : Mr. Large Coin
Game designers : Hiroshi Ohta, Tokuhiro Takemori
Development adviser : Kenji Nakajima
Character designers : Buta-Kun, Tomoko Sugoh, Tetsushi Nakamura, Keisuke Abe
System supervisor : Akimichi Oda
Sound composers : Jiroh Itaya, Victory Ozawa
Programmers : Mamoru Shiratani, Yuuki <3 Miku
- SOURCES -
Game's rom.
MAME Info:
0.37b16 [David Haywood, Charles MacDonald, Stephane Humbert, Mike Beaver]
WIP:
- 0.113u2: David Haywood removed stupid sprite hack from Riddle of Pythagoras.
- 0.37b16: David Haywood added Riddle of Pythagoras (Japan) (Sega / Nasco 1986). TODO: Improve game, doesn't like the sprite code much. Hook up dsw's, Stephane Humbert kindly worked them out (see notes below, they just need adding to the input ports).
- 14th June 2001: David Haywood updated the Sega System E driver and Riddle of Pythagoras is now playable.
LEVELS: 50
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Romset: 160 kb / 5 files / 79.4 zip
MAME XML Output:
| | <game name="ridleofp" sourcefile="segae.c"> |
| | | <description>Riddle of Pythagoras (Japan)</description> |
| | | <manufacturer>Sega / Nasco</manufacturer> |
| | | <rom name="epr10426.bin" size="32768" crc="4404c7e7" sha1="555f44786976a009d96a6395c9173929ad6138a7" region="maincpu" offset="0"/> |
| | | <rom name="epr10425.bin" size="32768" crc="35964109" sha1="a7bc64a87b23139b0edb9c3512f47dcf73feb854" region="maincpu" offset="10000"/> |
| | | <rom name="epr10424.bin" size="32768" crc="fcda1dfa" sha1="b8497b04de28fc0d6b7cb0206ad50948cff07840" region="maincpu" offset="18000"/> |
| | | <rom name="epr10423.bin" size="32768" crc="0b87244f" sha1="c88041614735a9b6cba1edde0a11ed413e115361" region="maincpu" offset="20000"/> |
| | | <rom name="epr10422.bin" size="32768" crc="14781e56" sha1="f15d9d89e1ebff36c3867cfc8f0bdf7f6b3c96bc" region="maincpu" offset="28000"/> |
| | | <chip type="cpu" tag="maincpu" name="Z80" clock="5369317"/> |
| | | <chip type="audio" tag="mono" name="Speaker"/> |
| | | <chip type="audio" tag="sn1" name="SEGA VDP PSG" clock="3579545"/> |
| | | <chip type="audio" tag="sn2" name="SEGA VDP PSG" clock="3579545"/> |
| | | <display tag="screen" type="raster" rotate="90" width="256" height="192" refresh="59.922738" pixclock="5369317" htotal="342" hbend="38" hbstart="294" vtotal="262" vbend="43" vbstart="235" /> |
| | | <input players="2" buttons="2" coins="2"> |
| | | | <control type="dial" minimum="0" maximum="4095" sensitivity="60" keydelta="125"/> |
| | | <dipswitch name="Coin A" tag="f2" mask="15"> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="4 Coins/1 Credit" value="7"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="3 Coins/1 Credit" value="8"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="2 Coins/1 Credit" value="9"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="2 Coins/1 Credit, 5/3, 6/4" value="5"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="2 Coins/1 Credit, 4/3" value="4"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="1 Coin/1 Credit" value="15" default="yes"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="1 Coin/1 Credit, 5/6" value="3"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="1 Coin/1 Credit, 4/5" value="2"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="1 Coin/1 Credit, 2/3" value="1"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="2 Coins/3 Credits" value="6"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="1 Coin/2 Credits" value="14"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="1 Coin/3 Credits" value="13"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="1 Coin/4 Credits" value="12"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="1 Coin/5 Credits" value="11"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="1 Coin/6 Credits" value="10"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="Free Play" value="0"/> |
| | | <dipswitch name="Coin B" tag="f2" mask="240"> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="4 Coins/1 Credit" value="112"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="3 Coins/1 Credit" value="128"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="2 Coins/1 Credit" value="144"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="2 Coins/1 Credit, 5/3, 6/4" value="80"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="2 Coins/1 Credit, 4/3" value="64"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="1 Coin/1 Credit" value="240" default="yes"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="1 Coin/1 Credit, 5/6" value="48"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="1 Coin/1 Credit, 4/5" value="32"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="1 Coin/1 Credit, 2/3" value="16"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="2 Coins/3 Credits" value="96"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="1 Coin/2 Credits" value="224"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="1 Coin/3 Credits" value="208"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="1 Coin/4 Credits" value="192"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="1 Coin/5 Credits" value="176"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="1 Coin/6 Credits" value="160"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="Free Play" value="0"/> |
| | | <dipswitch name="Lives" tag="f3" mask="3"> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="3" value="3"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="4" value="2" default="yes"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="5" value="1"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="100 (Cheat)" value="0"/> |
| | | <dipswitch name="Unused" tag="f3" mask="4"> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="Off" value="4" default="yes"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="On" value="0"/> |
| | | <dipswitch name="Ball Speed" tag="f3" mask="8"> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="Easy" value="8" default="yes"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="Difficult" value="0"/> |
| | | <dipswitch name="Unused" tag="f3" mask="16"> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="Off" value="16" default="yes"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="On" value="0"/> |
| | | <dipswitch name="Bonus Life" tag="f3" mask="96"> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="50K 100K 200K 1M 2M 10M 20M 50M" value="96" default="yes"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="100K 200K 1M 2M 10M 20M 50M" value="64"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="200K 1M 2M 10M 20M 50M" value="32"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="None" value="0"/> |
| | | <dipswitch name="Unused" tag="f3" mask="128"> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="Off" value="128" default="yes"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="On" value="0"/> |
| | | <driver status="good" emulation="good" color="good" sound="good" graphic="good" savestate="unsupported" palettesize="80"/> |
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