Lost In Translation/Plotting

Plotting
Manufacturer	Taito Corporation Japan
Released	1989
Control; Method	8-way Joystick; 1 Button(s)
Main CPU	Z80 (@ 6.000 MHz)
Sound CPU	Mono; YM2203 (@ 3.000 MHz)
Video; Details	Raster (Horizontal); 320 x 224 pixels; 60.00 Hz; 256 Palette colours
Screens	1
ROM Info	3 ROMs; 196,608 bytes (192.00 KiB)
MAME ID	plotting · plottina · plottinu

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About The Game

Plotting is an arcade video puzzle game where you match a set number of blocks with the same pattern to clear each level.

Trivia

Released in July 1989.

This game is known in Japan as "Flipull".

Updates

The US version is slightly different, it has the "Winners Don't Use Drugs" screen.

Tips and tricks

The longer the remaining time when a level is cleared the more points you get.

The fewer the remaining blocks when a level is cleared the more points you get.

You can destroy more than one block at a time if they are positioned next to each other. You score more points for this.

Cabinet and Artwork

Plotting arcade cabinet.
Plotting flyer.
Back of the Plotting flyer.
Flipull flyer.

Ports

Box art for the Ocean port of Plotting.

Consoles: Amstrad GX4000 (1990); Nintendo Famicom (19??, "Flipull"); Nintendo Game Boy (1990, "Flipull - An Exciting Cube Game"); Sony PlayStation 2 (2005, "Taito Memories Vol. 1" (as "Flipull"); Sony PlayStation2 (2005, "Taito Legends"); Microsoft XBOX (2005, "Taito Legends")

Computers: Sinclair ZX Spectrum (1990); Commodore C64 (1990); Commodore Amiga ("Plotting", 1990, Ocean); Atari ST (1990); Amstrad CPC+ (1990); PC [MS Windows] (2005, "Taito Legends")

External Links

Sinclair ZX Spectrum version of Plotting at the World of Spectrum

The contents of this page are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.
The sources used include MAME (version 0.113u2) and history.dat (revision 1.28 - 2008-10-18).
Please see http://www.arcade-history.com for credits.