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Puchi Carat (Japan)

 
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Platform: Taito F3 Package System

Puchi Carat (Japan)

| 1997
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Developer: Taito Corporation
Controls/Input Device: Control(joy8way), Buttons(4)
Number of Players: 4
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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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Romset: 2016 kb / 8 files / 457.8 zip


Credits Mameinfo and Mametesters Project Robert J. Rabgno et al.
History.dat entry:
Puchi Carat - Gemstone Ohkoku no Sekai (c) 1997 Taito Corp.

Hit the ball with your paddle to destroy jewels in this simple but addictive puzzle game.

- TECHNICAL -

Runs on the "Taito F3 System" Hardware.

Prom Stickers : E46

Players : 4
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 4

- TRIVIA -

Puchi Carat was released in October 1997.

The title of this game translates from Japanese as 'Small Karat - Gemstone Kingdom World'.

The game forbids the initials 'SEX' on the high score table. If you try, it gets changed to 'AAA'.

- TIPS AND TRICKS -

* PLAY AS PATORACO:
After inserting a coin, when C-Mond is teaching how to play, press A(x3) and Start. She will be available between Garnet and Shyst.

* 3RD COSTUME:
Press A button and Start at the same time when selecting your character.

- STAFF -

Producer : Atsuchi Taniguchi
Director : Takahiro Fujito
Game designers : Atsuchi Taniguchi, Takahiro Fujito, Chiho Maeda, Ken Ninomiya, Mari Fukusaki, Yoko Kaneko, Kazuhiro Fujimoto, Nabuhiro Hosomi, Yasuhisa Watanabe (Zuntata)
Character graphics : Chino Maeda, Ken Ninomiya, Mari Fukusaki, Yoko Kaneko, Kazuhiro Fujimoto, Nobuhiro Hosomi
Sound : Yasuhisa Watanabe (Zuntata)
Programmers : Nichiaki Kaneko (I.T.L), Tomoaki Kasuyagi (I.T.L), Yasuhito Nagumo (I.T.L)
Character designer : Yasunobu Kousokabe

- PORTS -

* Consoles :
Sony PlayStation [JP] (June 25, 1998) "Puchi Carat [Model SLPS-01435]"
Sony PlayStation [EU] (2000) "Puchi Carat [Model SLES-02070]"
Nintendo Game Boy Color [JP] (April 23, 1999) "Puchi Carat [Model DMG-ACUJ-JPN]"
Nintendo Game Boy Color [EU] (December 8, 2000) "Puchi Carat [Model DMG-AIQP-EUR]"
Sony PlayStation 2 [JP] (July 28, 2005) "Taito Memories Joukan [Model SLPM-66057]"
Sony PlayStation 2 [AU] (March 30, 2006) "Taito Legends 2 [Model SLES-53852]"
Microsoft XBOX [EU] (March 31, 2006) "Taito Legends 2"
Sony PlayStation 2 [EU] (March 31, 2006) "Taito Legends 2 [Model SLES-53852]"
Sony PlayStation 2 [US] (May 16, 2007) "Taito Legends 2 [Model SLUS-21349]"

* Computers :
PC [MS Windows, CD-ROM] [EU] (March 31, 2006) "Taito Legends 2"
PC [MS Windows, CD-ROM] [US] (July 10, 2007) "Taito Legends 2"

- CONTRIBUTE -

Edit this entry: http://www.arcade-history.com/?&page=detail&id=2062&o=2


Licensed from Alexis Bousiges under a CC Attribution 3.0 License
cheat.dat entry:
00000000 40026B 00000009 FFFFFFFF Infinite Credits
00000000 402186 000000FF FFFFFFFF Unlock Secret Character Enable to select Patoraco via the character selection screen
00000010 403139 000000A0 000000B8 Always Keep Ball in Play PL1
00000000 400F39 0000000C FFFFFFFF Always play as Patoraco PL1 Enable this Secret Character cheat on or before the character selection screen
00000010 4038DD 000000A0 000000B8 Always Keep Ball in Play PL2
00000000 400F99 0000000C FFFFFFFF Always play as Patoraco PL2 Enable this Secret Character cheat on or before the character selection screen
60000000 000000 00000000 00000000
62000000 000000 00000000 00000000 Select Region After you enable this cheat to see any effect you will have to reset the game (with F3). Then you may have to turn the Test Mode ON (with F2).
20810000 0FFFFF 00000001 FFFFFFFF Japan
20810000 0FFFFF 00000002 FFFFFFFF US
20810000 0FFFFF 00000003 FFFFFFFF World

Credit Pugsy's MAME Cheat file
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