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Gee Bee

| 1978
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Developer: Namco
Controls/Input Device: Control(paddle), Buttons(1)
Number of Players: 1
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Gee Bee VGMuseum Game Endings
Gee Bee on CAESAR
Gee Bee high score and replay at MARP
Gee Bee on datObase
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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* 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:
Gee Bee (c) 1978 Namco.

A Pinball-flavored ball-and-paddle game.

- TECHNICAL -

Main CPU : Intel 8080 (@ 2.048 Mhz)
Sound Chips : Custom (@ 2.048 Mhz)

Players : 2
Control : paddle
Buttons : 1

- TRIVIA -

Gee Bee was released in October 1978. It was the very first video game released by Namco.

About Namco : Founded in 1955 in Tokyo, Namco means 'Nakamura Manufacturing Co.'. Before video games, Namco was originally a 'rocking-horse rides' manufacturer.

Joining Namco, Toru wanted to design pinball games. Gee Bee, "Cutie Q" and "Bomb Bee" were his arcade game hybrids. Toru would achieve later, greater fame by designing "Pac-Man".

- SCORING -

Pop Bumpers : 10 or 100 points.
Spinner : 10 or 100 points.
1st row of drops : 20 points.
2nd row of drops : 50 points.
3rd row of drops : 100 points.
NAMCO lights : 50 points.

Adjustments to scoring :
Finishing the side drop target banks puts in a barrier to the side drain and increases the pop bumper points on the side cleared.
Finishing the top drop targets increases the spinner award.
Lighting all NAMCO lights increases bonus multiplier to 2X.

- SERIES -

1. Gee Bee (1978)
2. Bomb Bee (1979)
3. Cutie Q (1979)

- STAFF -

Designed by : Toru Iwatani

- CONTRIBUTE -

Edit this entry: http://www.arcade-history.com/?&page=detail&id=940&o=2


Licensed from Alexis Bousiges under a CC Attribution 3.0 License
cheat.dat entry:
00000000 400A 00000001 FFFFFFFF Infinite Balls
00000010 404C 000000E0 FFFF00FA Always Keep Ball in Play

Credit Pugsy's MAME Cheat file
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