Bomb Jack (ボンジャック)

Released in 1984

Member Rating

(6 total votes)

Manufacturer: Tehkan

Developer: Tehkan

Distributor: Tehkan

Mame ROM Info

bombjack, Bomb Jack (set 1)

Display Raster	Orientation Vertical
Resolution 224 x 256	Colors 128, Color
Genre Platform	Attributes Collecting
Controls 1 Joystick / Button(s)

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Game Summary

Collect bombs around the world

Hardware Info

Z80 cpu @ 4 Mhz
Z80 cpu @ 3.072 Mhz
AY-8910 audio @ 1.5 Mhz
AY-8910 audio @ 1.5 Mhz
AY-8910 audio @ 1.5 Mhz

Hardware Platform: -Unique or Unknown-

Game Details

Very pretty for its time

Coinop.org Member Ratings / Comments

by Johnnyjueves. Comment: "Great game." (2007-05-17 11:52:48Z)

by awrotny. Comment: "It's one of the most important games of the world. Everything has started from this game." (2005-08-27 16:15:15Z)

by Dave__Dunmall. Comment: "An excellent, unusual coin-op for this era. This was the first and only video game to feature an "extra credit" icon which,unsurprisingly, reared its head very, very rarely." (2002-07-15 05:30:47Z)

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Knowledge Base

Yet Another List
O-Taito is the Old Taito pinout on wiretap. N-Taito is the New-Taito pinout (Like Elevator Action). Quote by R. Schieve: "Taito.pin will match most for power, ground, monitor, and speaker connections but inputs are usually quite different." DECO/Data East is the Data East pinout. See Ring King.pin or KarateChamp.pin.I AtariV is Black Widow and Gravitar and Space Duel Konami if the Konami pinout. See Konami\Rush'n'Attack.pin. BZone is Battle Zone and Red Baron Tehkan games seem to follow th
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/faqs/list-yetanothergameslist.html - 49 K - Updated 2002.06.10

Technical Information
Note: The information and links on this page might get moved around quite a bit before things get all sorted out. I'm just going to start putting up all kinds of information that I've had archived away, so please pardon the mess! :) Identifying Unknown Board Sets Back in 1994, Rick Schieve wrote an article about how to identify unknown boards. This article gives some quick tips on how to figure out what the pinouts are for an unknown PCB. The text is moderately technical so if you're not sure what R
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/repair/iding pcbs.html - 14 K - Updated 2000.01.02

/kb_dl.aspx/KB/pinouts/bomb_jack.txt
Bomb Jack, ---------- SOLDER | PARTS ---------------------+---------------------- 2P.Right | 1 | A | 2P.Left 2P.Up | 2 | B | 2P.Down 2P.Jump | 3 | C | | 4 | D | 1P.Right | 5 | E | 1P.Left 1P.Up | 6 | F | 1P.Down 1P.Jump | 7 | G | | 8 | H | Coin 1 | 9 | I | Coin 2 1P.Start |10 | J | 2P.Start
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/pinouts/bomb_jack.txt - 4 K - Updated 2003.01.06

/kb_dl.aspx/KB/historical documents/atari games vaxmail/vax90.txt
Atari/Atari Games VaxMail 1990 Jed Margolin ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::LTURNER 2-JAN-1990 15:43:12.18 To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY CC: LTURNER Subj: New Baby This is to annouce the arrival of a new addition at the Moore house. His name is Evan Alexander Bettencourt Moore. He was born on Saturday, December 30, at 10:21A. Weight -- 7 lbs 10 oz Height -- 20 1/2 inches Mother and baby are home and doing well. _____________________________
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/historical documents/atari games vaxmail/vax90.txt - 537 K - Updated 2004.09.13

/kb_dl.aspx/KB/pinouts/bomb_jack_twin.txt
Bomb Jack Twin, NMK 1992 Pinout = JAMMA ----------------------------------------- Dip sw.1 -------- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ----------------------------------------------------------- Player - - 3 + - 2 - + 4 + + 1 Difficulty - - Normal + - Easy
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/pinouts/bomb_jack_twin.txt - 2 K - Updated 2003.01.06

/kb_dl.aspx/KB/gametech/board pinouts/starforce.txt
From: keay@tiuk.ti.com (John Keay) Newsgroups: rec.games.video.arcade.collecting Subject: Re: WANTED : Bomb Jack pinouts Date: 26 Oct 1995 08:43:32 GMT Bomb Jack uses the same pinouts as StarForce. Here are the pinouts. ------------------------------------------------- Game: Star Force Manufacturer: Tehkan (now known as Tecmo) U.S Tel#: 1 800 338 0336 Typed by: Tony Jones (ant@cray.com) Pinouts: Solder Side # Component Side 2p right | A | 1 | 2p left 2p up | B
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/gametech/board pinouts/starforce.txt - 2 K - Updated 1995.12.31

Arcade Game Cheats
--- 720 --- (Contributor: unknown) In the ramp section, levels 8, 9, and 10: holding down the kick and jump buttons simultanously on the lip of the ramp will boost your air. This trick only works when you're going the correct speed (usually your third or fourth jump), and only once (as far as I can tell) per ramp session per level. ----------- Afterburner ----------- (Contributor: Anthony D. Chen) key: S - start button V - vulcan cannon M - missle F - foot sensor (only on sit-down version) stag
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/faqs/faq-arcade cheats.html - 112 K - Updated 1999.10.30

/kb_dl.aspx/KB/gametech/board pinouts/bombjack.txt
Bomb Jack (Tehkan) /* LAYOUT / EDGE CONNECTOR / DIP SWITCH SETTINGS / uuencodet LOGO // Typed in / scanned from original service manual // mjh@mmsb.harz.de (July 15th 1996) */ Solder Side Parts Side __________ / \ ---------------------------------------- /_/ ____ ________ ____ 2P RIGHT | 1| 2P LEFT \ | |_||||||||_| | ------------------|--|---------------
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/gametech/board pinouts/bombjack.txt - 3 K - Updated 1996.07.16

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