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title Pipe Dream (World)
set name pipedrm
manufacturer Video System Co.
year 1990
genre Puzzle (hof)
category Puzzle (hof)
driver status good
driver source pipedrm.c
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rating

61.7% after 38 votes
 
clones Pipe Dream (Japan)
Pipe Dream (US)
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display
colour emulation good
palette 2048
display type raster
orientation horizontal
resolution 352x240
frequency 60.000000Hz
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sound
sound emulation good
channels mono
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controls
players 2
nplayers 2P sim
controls 8 way joystick
buttons 2
coin slots 2
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hardware
cpu Z80 @ 6MHz
cpu Z80 @ 3.5795MHz
audio YM2610 @ 8MHz
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data
version added .129u5
last change(s) .131u4 .106u12
roms
name size crc set flags sha1
ya.u129  32768  9b4d84a2  pipedrm    82c26cf52b37ca3bcc10a534759e7bb52b1daa2d 
yb.u110  65536  7416554a  pipedrm    612aff94da3ec282e200c07eae9af26a28e071bd 
u4,u86  32768  497fad4c  pipedrm    f151543a0c4a1d6d5d2de5e1dc12fd59dabcf1a8 
u3.u99  65536  4800322a  pipedrm    a616c497ac18351b68b8307050a2a62c717a7873 
s73  524288  63f4e10c  pipedrm    ba935490578887080d8b16508fa6191236a8fea6 
s72  524288  4e669e97  pipedrm    1de8a8cd8f8f69fa86b8fe2c73c6997e7a89c706 
s71  524288  431485ee  pipedrm    70a2ba5338598db9fcd9ef2be46e5cc2fd9510ee 
a30.u12  262144  50bc5e98  pipedrm    b351af780d04e67a560935a9eeaedf597ac5bb1f 
a29.u2  262144  a240a448  pipedrm    d64169258e91eb09e8685bcdd96b16bf56e82ef1 
g71.u118  524288  488e2fd1  pipedrm    8ef8ceb2bd36a245138802f51babf62f17c30942 
g72.u83  524288  dc3d14be  pipedrm    4220f3fd13487dd861ac84b1b0d3e92125b3cc19 
palce16v8h.114  279  1f3a3816  pipedrm    2b4d84ab98036b8861961f610b1b1ec23a653ef7 
gal16v8a.115  279  2b32e239  pipedrm    a3b9e45a1ce15ea4cc5754b2bf89cbaa416e814a 
gal16v8a.116  279  3674f043  pipedrm    06c88f65877a6575149bdd4f7cea64cd310227bd 
gal16v8a.127  279  7115d95c  pipedrm    23044039373b5a2face63d72c3fc6bf7f0c8a475 
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additional information
info 0.129u5 [Corrado Tomaselli]

0.37b10 [Bryan McPhail]

0.37b2 [Bryan McPhail, Aaron Giles]

WIP:
  • 0.135u3: Fabio Priuli added driver data struct to Pipe Dream driver.
  • 0.131u4: Brian Troha added DIP locations and fixed rom names/PCB locations in Pipe Dream and clones.
  • 0.131u2: Fabio Priuli fixed Pipe Dream tag problem.
  • 0.129u5: Corrado Tomaselli added Pipe Dream (World). Renamed (pipedrm) to (pipedrmu).
  • 20th February 2009: Corrado Tomaselli dumped Pipe Dream (World).
  • 0.114u3: Couriersud added save state support to Pipe Dream and fixed flip screen.
  • 0.106u12: MASH added plds ($0, 200, 400, 600 - palce16v8h.114, gal16v8a.115, gal16v8a.116 and gal16v8a.127) to Pipe Dream and clone.
  • 0.56: Changed palettesize from 1536 to 2048 colors.
  • 31st October 2001: Aaron Giles fixed Pipe Dream from crashing.
  • 8th August 2001: Aaron Giles merged the Final Romance and Pipe Dream drivers and fixed a few bugs in Final Romance.
  • 7th August 2001: Aaron Giles converted Pipe Dream and Tetris to the tilemap system.
  • 6th August 2001: Aaron Giles worked around a few bugs in Pipe Dream.
  • 0.37b10: Bryan McPhail added Pipe Dream (US). Renamed (pipedrm) to (pipedrmj).
  • 3rd December 2000: Bryan McPhail added a US romset to the Pipe Dream driver.
  • 0.37b2: Bryan McPhail and Aaron Giles added Pipe Dream (Japan) (Video System 1990).
  • 10th April 2000: Aaron Giles sent in a driver for Pipe Dream.
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Wily Tower

Pipe Dream

Pipeline

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Pipe Dream

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Paint & Puzzle

Mosaic (F2 System)

Romset: 3266 kb / 15 files / 1023.3 zip
history Pipe Dream (c) 1990 Video System.


- TECHNICAL -


Main CPU : Z80 (@ 6 Mhz)

Sound CPU : Z80 (@ 3.5795 Mhz)

Sound Chips : YM2610 (@ 8 Mhz)


Screen orientation : Horizontal

Video resolution : 352 x 240 pixels

Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz

Palette colors : 2048


Players : 2

Control : 8-way joystick

Buttons : 2


- TRIVIA -


This arcade game is a port from an original computer game released by LucasArts in 1989 on the Atari ST (known as "Pipe Mania" in Europe).


- STAFF -
  • Sound composer : Naoki Itamura
  • Sound FX : K. Okuda
  • - PORTS -
  • * Consoles :
  • Nintendo Game Boy (1990)
  • Nintendo Famicom (1990)
  • Nintendo Super Famicom (1992) : Japan release only.
  • Sony PlayStation (2001) : a 3D version.
  • * Computers :
  • Commodore Amiga (1989)
  • Commodore C64 (1989)
  • X68000 (1989)
  • PC [MS-DOS] (1989)
  • Sam Coupe (1990, - Enigma)
  • PC [MS Windows 3.x] (1991, "Microsoft Entertainment Pack 2") : re-released in 1994 as part of "The Best of Microsoft Entertainment Pack")
  • Apple Macintosh (2001)
  • - SOURCES -
  • Game's rom.
  • Edit this entry at Arcade-History.com: http://www.arcade-history.com/?n=pipe-dream&page=detail&id=1972&o=2
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