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Point Blank (Arcade)

The first game in the Point Blank arcade trilogy.

Exception Handler#

If the game ever crashes, it'll display this exception handler.

Development Text#

Present at 0x9F9A in the main CPU.

MONITOR PRCESS
GUNS WORLD PRCESS
JOIN1 PROCESS
JOIN2 PROCESS
MESS PROCESS
EEP WRITE PROCESS
HIT CHK2 PROCESS
TEST WAIT
DUPLICATE
OVER

Present at 0xBBA8 in the main CPU.

NAMCO NB-1 BOARD MC68EC020 FQP
V147 FINAL TOY SYSTEM
MICRO MULTI TASK OS IN IT
NOW   /16 LINE RUNING

Present at 0xBF76 in the main CPU.

MONITOR MODE
INTER STOPPER
HIT CHK CHECKER
BUFFER MONITOR
ENEBUF CHANGER
NORMAL MONITOR
ZOUSAN
W METER
KEY!FREE
BUFFER CHK
PS

Present at 0xC272 in the main CPU.

OBJ NO 
DAT PAL
DISP   
SIZE   
FLIP   
PALLET 
PRIORIT
ORG SIZ
OFST X 
     Y 
X      
Y      
Z      
PROGRAM
DATA   
JOB SW 
SCORE  
STAMINA
LIVING 
MASTER 
MST ID 
ZOOM   
SP X   
SP Y   
SP Z   
ANM TIM
KILL LV
ID     
STATUS 
H NODE 
GRVITY 
HIT X  
HIT Y  
HIT NUM
NAME   
TIMER  
CATEGOR
REG0   
   1   
   2   
   3   
   4   
   5   
   6   
   7   
   8   
   9   
   10  
   11  
SOX    
SOY    
ANGLE0 
     1 

(Source: Original TCRF research)

Regional Differences#

Title Screen#

US/Europe

Japan

References#


  1. Domestic and Overseas Arcade Game List 1971-2005↩︎