Crazy Climber (クレイジークライマー)

Released in 1980

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(3 total votes)

Manufacturer: Nichibutsu

Developer: Nichibutsu

Distributor: Nichibutsu

Mame ROM Info

ccboot, Crazy Climber (bootleg set 1)

Display Raster	Orientation Horizontal
Resolution 256 x 224	Colors 96, Color
Genre Platform	Attributes Vertical Scrolling
Controls 2 Joysticks

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Game Summary

In one of Nichibutsu's most popular arcade games, you must climb up 4 very tall buildings while avoiding obstacles and pitfalls.

Hardware Platform: Crazy Climber hardware

Game Details

As the crazy climber, you must climb up the four 200-story Nichibutsu buildings, one at a time. While you climb, you must be careful to avoid falling flowerpots, bird droppings, wrenches, and a gorilla who tries to knock you off the building. You score points for each step you move up, starting at 100 points per step for the first building up to 250 points per step for the fourth. At the end of each building, you can grab onto a helicopter for bonus points.

This game was distributed in America by Taito.

Coinop.org Member Ratings / Comments

by dillonsdad8. Comment: "where can i buy one" (2005-05-15 16:56:37Z)

by madmatt7. Comment: "Superbly different and enjoyable. The game also proved to be a very good workout. After conquering 3 buildings or so, your hands and wrists felt like they've climbed a skyscraper." (2002-09-18 17:20:12Z)

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title screen

gameplay screen

control panel

promotional flyer

Knowledge Base

Crazy Climber Memory Map
CRAZY CLIMBER HARDWARE DETAILS AND MEMORY MAP by Lionel Theunissen. 08/01/97) Please don't take any of this information as gospel. This is what I have gleaned from my analysis of the CC ROMs and circuits, and I could be wrong about a few things. Some of it is best guess, but most of it should be correct. Bear in mind that it was quite a while ago (3 years) that I was originally working on this, so coming back into it I'm a little fuzzy on details. VIDEO: The video circuitry for Crazy Climber is
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/gametech/crazyclimbermap.html - 5 K - Updated 2000.01.23

Taito Board ID List
If you have info for this Taito Board ID list, please submit to this site. Submitted by Unknown V1.9 May 19,1998 Sorted By ROM Number ==================== Prom Stickers Board Number Game Notes ------------- ------------ ---- ----- 21J Double Dragon A03 Water Ski A14 - A22 Sea Fighter Poseidon A24 M4300018A Birdie King (198?)
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/faqs/list-taito boards.html - 13 K - Updated 2002.04.16

A Random Games-list
Game Name Manufacturer Year Pinout Class ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ V 005 Sega 1981 18 Wheeler Midway 1979 3D Bowling MED 1978 H 720 Degrees Atari Games 1986 800 Fathom USB 1982 H Aeroboto William
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/faqs/list-randomgames.html - 73 K - Updated 1999.10.29

Crazy Climber Information
Please note that if anyone does use this info for their own CC emulator project I do ask that credit be given where credit is due. I'm not asking for any money, just to be acknowledged in the emulator credits. It was a LOT of work to crack this:- As for the decryption algorhythm, a few things; There are two sets of ROMS in the tant archive (Brian Peek's mirror). One is supposedly the genuine set, and the other a bootleg. The set I have on my boards seems to be a hybrid between the two. The program
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/gametech/crazyclimberencod.html - 6 K - Updated 2000.01.23

/kb_dl.aspx/KB/gametech/board pinouts/crazyclimber.txt
From: jdeitch@gisatl.fidonet.org * From: IN%"petro@silver.ucs.indiana.edu" "!! Bad Dog !!" Game: Crazy Climber (Upright) 44 Pin Wiring List | --------------------------------|----------------------------------- Left Stick - UP | 1 | 2 | Left Stick - DOWN ----------------------------|---|---|------------------------------- Left Stick - LEFT
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/gametech/board pinouts/crazyclimber.txt - 4 K - Updated 1993.05.04

/kb_dl.aspx/KB/gametech/crazyclimber.txt
Crazy Climber - DIPswitch settings: SW1 SW2 SW3 SW4 SW5 SW6 SW7 SW8 3 Climbers OFF OFF 4 Climbers ON OFF 5 Climbers OFF ON 6 Climbers ON ON Extra at 30K OFF Extra at 50K ON Normal Op. OFF Test patterns ON 1 coin/1 play OFF
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/gametech/crazyclimber.txt - 2 K - Updated 1993.05.04

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

/kb_dl.aspx/KB/test_equipment/univid 1000/univid_harness.txt
From: jeff hendrix <jhendrix@quark.com> To: "'vectorlist@mcfeeley.cc.utexas.edu'" Subject: RE: Univid 1000 Date: Mon, 1 Mar 1999 11:44:51 -0700 Here is a list of the harnesses and what boards they go to, I also might have a few harnesses for trade. UNIVID 1000 harness numbers Atari 101 Arabian 102 Centipede 103 Cloak & Dagger 104 Crystal Castle 105 Dig Dug 106 Food-Fight 107 I-Robot 108 Kangaroo 109 Liberator 110 Millipede 111 Pole Position 111 Pole Position II 112 Xevious Ce
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/test_equipment/univid 1000/univid_harness.txt - 3 K - Updated 2005.09.18

/kb_dl.aspx/KB/pinouts/crazy_climber.txt
Crazy Climber, Nichtibutsu -------------------------- 44 Pin Wiring List ------------------------------------------------------------- | Left Stick - UP | 1 | 2 | Left Stick - DOWN \ Left Stick - LEFT | 3 | 4 | Left Stick - RIGHT \ Right Stick - UP | 5 | 6 | Right Stick - DOWN / Player 1 Right Stick - LEFT
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/pinouts/crazy_climber.txt - 2 K - Updated 2003.01.06

/kb_dl.aspx/KB/pinouts/taito_boardlist.txt
Taito Board ID List V5.0 Mar 28, 2001 Sorted By ROM Number ==================== Prom Stickers Board Number Game Notes ------------- ------------ ---- ----- ?? M6100130A Nunchackun 067 M6100654A Xexex Konami 352898B 1-13 M6100047A Ninjakun (1984) (UPL84003A) 1-17 M6100168A SRD Mission (1986) CVG-48C 1-17 M6100213A Darkmist (1
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/pinouts/taito_boardlist.txt - 26 K - Updated 2003.01.06

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/gametech/crazycli.txt
CRAZY CLIMBER 1 Left Stick - UP 2 Left Stick - DOWN 3 Left Stick - LEFT 4 Left Stick - RIGHT 5 Right Stick - UP 6 Right Stick - DOWN 7 Right Stick - LEFT 8 Right Stick - RIGHT 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/gametech/crazycli.txt - 2 K - Updated 1996.08.26

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This game page was created 08/03/1998 04:00:00 and last updated 03/26/2002 03:45:18