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Nibbler (set 1)

 
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Nibbler (set 1)

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Developer: Rock-ola
Controls/Input Device: Control(joy8way)
Number of Players: 2
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Mameinfo.dat entry:
0.37b10 [Yochizo]


WIP:

- 0.147u2: hap fixed clone Omega Fighter Special. The game fails to boot or finish post. After showing bad rom errors, the game resets.

- 0.147u1: Fixed maincpu rom loading.

- 0.122u7: Fixed gfx1/2/3/4/5 rom loading.

- 0.89u3: Changed Z80 CPU2 clock speed to 5MHz.

- 0.37b10: Yochizo added 'Omega Fighter' (UPL 1989) and clone Omega Fighter Special.

- 21st November 2000: Yochizo fixed some graphics bugs in the Omega Fighter / Atomic Robo-kid driver.

- 8th November 2000: Yochizo sent in a driver for Omega Fighter and Atomic Robo-kid.

- 25th April 1999: Dumped Omega Fighter Special.


LEVELS: 8 (restarts once)


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* FB Alpha

* JFF

* Raine


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Romset: 2016 kb / 8 files / 457.8 zip


Credits Mameinfo and Mametesters Project Robert J. Rabgno et al.
History.dat entry:
Nibbler (c) 1982 Rock-Ola Mfg. Corp.

A maze game where you control Nibbler the snake to eat food around the maze. With each food you eat, Nibbler gets bigger. Complete each level by eating all the food on the screen. You lose a life if Nibbler hits his own body.

- TECHNICAL -

Model G-208

Main CPU : MOS Technology M6502 (@ 930 Khz)
Sound Chips : Custom (@ 930 Khz), SN76477 (@ 930 Khz)

Players : 2
Control : 8-way joystick

- TRIVIA -

Released in December 1982, this is the first game to support a billion point score.

Japanese sales by Taito.

Rock-ola offered a free Nibbler machine to the first player to turn the game over by scoring a billion points. The early favorite was Tom Asaki, who came close but failed in attempts at Twin Galaxies arcade in Ottumwa IA (once when the joystick broke after he scored 793 million points). Tim McVey finally broke the billion-point barrier with a score of 1,000,042,270 points after six unsuccessful attempts (he passed out after one of them) and January 28 1984 was declared Tim McVey day in Ottumwa.

McVey's record stood until February 22, 2009 when Dwayne Richard exceeded him with a score of 1,004,328,140. On April 10, 2009, McVey attempted to regain his Nibbler WR and recorded his progress through a webcam which was streamed from the Twin Galaxies website and Ustream.tv. However after almost 40 hours of gameplay and 945,939,420 points, McVey was forced to walk away after developing a blister in his hand. His attempt was one of the first to be recorded and streamed through the internet.

- SCORING -

Food Item : 10 points x level.
Time Bonus : 10 points per remaining second on clock x level.

- TIPS AND TRICKS -

* Nibbler does pause for a split-second when it hits a corner, so use this pause to decide your next turn.

* Try to collect the items on the inside of the maze first, as you can use the outer edges to move relatively safely when Nibbler is longer.

- STAFF -

Designed & programmed by : Joe Ulowetz (JHU), John Jaugilas (JMJ), Joe Bak (BAK), Lonnie Ropp (LDR)

- PORTS -

* Computers :
Amstrad CPC (1984)
Apple II

- CONTRIBUTE -

Edit this entry: http://www.arcade-history.com/?&page=detail&id=1769&o=2


Licensed from Alexis Bousiges under a CC Attribution 3.0 License
cheat.dat entry:
00000000 00A3 00000063 FFFFFFFF Infinite Time Turn OFF at the end of the round
00000001 00BA 00000000 FFFFFFFF Finish this Round Now!
00000000 00FC 00000000 FFFFFFFF Invincibility Only enable Invincibility during play and you must disable Invincibility to finish each Level (eg with F6).
00000000 00BB 00000000 FFFFFFFF Snake STAYS Short
60000000 0000 00000000 00000000
00000000 00B0 00000032 FFFFFFFF Infinite Lives PL1
00000000 00B1 00000032 FFFFFFFF Infinite Lives PL2

Credit Pugsy's MAME Cheat file
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