MAWS - showing resource: welltris

title	Welltris (World?, 2 players)
set name	welltris
manufacturer	Video System Co.
year	1991
genre	Puzzle (hof)
category	Puzzle / Drop (hof)
driver status	good
driver source	welltris.c
snapshots	PS: in game \| title \| scores \| how to \| gameover / MW: in game / CT: in game \| title / artwork: PCB zoom
rating	66.3% after 30 votes
clones	Welltris (Japan, 2 players)

colour emulation	good
palette	2048
display type	raster
orientation	horizontal
resolution	352x240
frequency	60.000000Hz

sound emulation	good
channels	mono

players	2
nplayers	2P sim
controls	8 way joystick
buttons	2
coin slots	4

cpu	68000 @ 10MHz
cpu	Z80 @ 4MHz
audio	YM2610 @ 8MHz

version added

.096u3

last change(s)

.127u3 .057

roms

name	size	crc	set	sha1
j2u.8	131072	7488fe94	welltris	41874366e2ab763cd827ff712b76ea2da0f9af6a
j1u.7	131072	571413ac	welltris	5eb9387efb9c1597005abff4d79f4b32aa7c93b2
lh532j10.10	262144	1187c665	welltris	c6c55016e46805694348b386e521a3ef1a443621
lh532j11.9	262144	18eda9e5	welltris	c01d1dc6bfde29797918490947c89440b58d5372
3.144	131072	ae8f763e	welltris	255419e02189c2e156c1fbcb0cd4aedd14ed8ffa
lh534j12.77	524288	b61a8b74	welltris	e17f7355375bdc166ef8131f7de9dbda5453f570
046.93	262144	31d96d77	welltris	5613ef9e9e38406b4e64fc8983ea50b57613923e
048.94	262144	bb4643da	welltris	38d54f8c3dba09b528df05d748ab5bdf5d028453
lh534j11.126	524288	bf85fb0d	welltris	358f91bbff2d3260f83b5a0422c0d985d1735cef
lh534j09.123	524288	6c2ce9a5	welltris	a4011ecfb505191c9934ba374933cd11b331d55a
lh534j10.124	524288	e3682221	welltris	3e1cda07cf451955dc473eabe007854e5148ae27

info

0.96u3 [Aaron Giles]

0.57 [David Haywood]

< Japan >

WIP:

0.136u2: Atari Ace converted Welltris driver to use driver_data structure.
0.133u1: Renamed (welltrij) to (welltrisj).
0.127u3: Dazzer redumped Welltris bad program roms. Added main roms ($0,1).
0.96u3: Aaron Giles added Welltris (World?, 2 players). Renamed (welltris) to (welltrij).
0.74: Removed 2nd sound channel.
0.58: Fixed sound1/2 rom loading - Sound works now! Added dipswitches 'Coin A/B', 'Difficulty', 'Coin Mode', 'Demo Sounds', 'Flip Screen' and 'Service Mode'.
13th January 2002: David Haywood fixed dipswitch settings and added sound emulation to the Welltris driver.
0.57: David Haywood added Welltris (Japan) (Video System 1991).
13th December 2001: David Haywood sent in a preliminary driver for Welltris, which works but without sound.

LEVELS: 9999 (endless)

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Block Out

Welltris

Romset: 3456 kb / 11 files / 1.67 zip

history

Alexey Pajitnov's Welltris (c) 1991 Video System.

A fun and addicting puzzle game from the creator of the hugely popular "Tetris".

- TECHNICAL -

Main CPU : 68000 (@ 10 Mhz)

Sound CPU : Z80 (@ 4 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 (TURN, DROP)

- TRIVIA -

This arcade game is a port from an original computer game released in 1989 on the Atari ST.

- PORTS -

* Computers :

Commodore Amiga (1992, "Action Masters")

- SOURCES -

Game's rom.

Edit this entry at Arcade-History.com: http://www.arcade-history.com/?n=alexey-pajitnov's-welltris&page=detail&id=3152&o=2

resource links

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