King Kong

Partial

Data East1990DATAEASTdata-east.king-kong.1990

OPDB IPDB data-east/king-kong-1990.mddata-east/king-kong-1990.json

Wire it up

what an authoring tool needs first
Bind this ROM
kiko_a10

1 ROM set resolve to this machine. Clones share the definition unless a hardware difference is listed.

Controller platform
pinmame.dataeast

PinMAME already reports logical active state. Do not invert again in the table — normally-closed is a physical fact recorded per switch, not a runtime transform.

Displays

No display inventory recorded yet.

Address space
Switches
10–51 (39)
Solenoids
11–48 (13)
Lamps
10–64 (43)

Coverage

Partial

Real evidence exists, but authoring requirements are still missing or in conflict. Verify before shipping a table.

Completion19%

Progress is derived from the fixed author-readiness requirements. It helps rank unfinished work, but only a 100% author-ready definition passes the publication gate.

Catalog Identity
validated
Address Enumeration
unknown
Semantic Naming
unknown
Physical Wiring
unknown
Mechanisms
unknown
Variant Coverage
candidate
Recreation Knowledge
unknown
Still missing · 13
Driver MappingInput EnumerationInput SemanticsOutput EnumerationOutput SemanticsDisplay InventoryMechanism InventoryMechanism BehaviorPolarityVariant DifferencesRecreation NotesProvenanceSpatial Placement

Switches

The addresses PinMAME reports as closed. Numbers are the public API values, not matrix hardware pins.

39 addresses

Switch map

Sequential addresses, grouped in columns of eight.

used unused
 
+0
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
+6
+7
1–8
9–16
17–24
25–32
33–40
41–48
49–56
Hover or tap an address to identify it.
39 shown
# Name Device ID Evidence
10
Drain
switch.drain candidate
11
Creat Balls
switch.creat-balls candidate
12
Creat Balls
switch.creat-balls-12 candidate
13
Creat Balls
switch.creat-balls-13 candidate
14
Sw14
switch.sw14 candidate
17
Sw17
switch.sw17 candidate
18
Sw18
switch.sw18 candidate
19
Sw19
switch.sw19 candidate
20
Sw20
switch.sw20 candidate
21
Sling Left
switch.sling-left candidate
22
Sling Right
switch.sling-right candidate
23
Sw23
switch.sw23 candidate
25
Sw25
switch.sw25 candidate
26
Sw26
switch.sw26 candidate
27
Sw27
switch.sw27 candidate
28
Sw28
switch.sw28 candidate
29
Sw29ksr
switch.sw29ksr candidate
30
Sw30
switch.sw30 candidate
31
Sw31
switch.sw31 candidate
32
Sw32
switch.sw32 candidate
33
Sw33
switch.sw33 candidate
34
Sw34
switch.sw34 candidate
35
Sw35
switch.sw35 candidate
36
Sw36
switch.sw36 candidate
37
Sw37
switch.sw37 candidate
38
Sw38
switch.sw38 candidate
39
Sw39
switch.sw39 candidate
40
Sw40
switch.sw40 candidate
41
Sw41
switch.sw41 candidate
42
Sw42
switch.sw42 candidate
43
Sw43
switch.sw43 candidate
44
Sw44
switch.sw44 candidate
45
Sw45
switch.sw45 candidate
46
Bumper3
switch.bumper3 candidate
47
Bumper2
switch.bumper2 candidate
48
Bumper1
switch.bumper1 candidate
49
Sw49
switch.sw49 candidate
50
Sw50
switch.sw50 candidate
51
Sw51
switch.sw51 candidate

Controlled devices

Everything the ROM can energise, grouped the way a table author builds it.

Coils, magnets & motors

13
13 shown
# Name Device ID Evidence
11
Sol GI
coil.sol-gi candidate
12
Lamp112
coil.lamp112 candidate
14
Lamp114
coil.lamp114 candidate
16
Missile Kick
coil.missile-kick candidate
25
Kisort
coil.kisort candidate
26
Kick Ball To Lane
coil.kick-ball-to-lane candidate
27
CRBall Lock
coil.crball-lock candidate
28
Radar Kick
coil.radar-kick candidate
29
Kick Ball Up
coil.kick-ball-up candidate
30
Reset Drops
coil.reset-drops candidate
45
Sol R2 Flipper
coil.sol-r2-flipper candidate
46
Sol RFlipper
coil.sol-rflipper candidate
48
Sol LFlipper
coil.sol-lflipper candidate

Lamps

43

Lamp map

Sequential addresses, grouped in columns of eight.

used unused
 
+0
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
+6
+7
1–8
9–16
17–24
25–32
33–40
41–48
49–56
57–64
Hover or tap an address to identify it.
43 shown
# Name Device ID Evidence
10
L10
lamp.l10 candidate
11
L11
lamp.l11 candidate
12
L12
lamp.l12 candidate
13
L13
lamp.l13 candidate
14
L14
lamp.l14 candidate
15
L15
lamp.l15 candidate
16
L16
lamp.l16 candidate
17
L17
lamp.l17 candidate
18
L18
lamp.l18 candidate
19
L19
lamp.l19 candidate
20
L20
lamp.l20 candidate
21
L21
lamp.l21 candidate
22
L22
lamp.l22 candidate
23
L23
lamp.l23 candidate
24
L24
lamp.l24 candidate
25
L25
lamp.l25 candidate
26
L26
lamp.l26 candidate
27
L27
lamp.l27 candidate
28
L28
lamp.l28 candidate
29
L29
lamp.l29 candidate
30
L30
lamp.l30 candidate
31
L31
lamp.l31 candidate
32
L32
lamp.l32 candidate
33
L33
lamp.l33 candidate
34
L34
lamp.l34 candidate
35
L35
lamp.l35 candidate
36
L36
lamp.l36 candidate
37
L37
lamp.l37 candidate
38
L38
lamp.l38 candidate
39
L39
lamp.l39 candidate
40
L40
lamp.l40 candidate
41
L41
lamp.l41 candidate
42
L42
lamp.l42 candidate
43
L43
lamp.l43 candidate
44
L44
lamp.l44 candidate
45
L45
lamp.l45 candidate
46
L46
lamp.l46 candidate
47
L47
lamp.l47 candidate
48
L48
lamp.l48 candidate
56
L56
lamp.l56 candidate
62
L62
lamp.l62 candidate
63
L63
lamp.l63 candidate
64
L64
lamp.l64 candidate

Recreation notes

Working knowledge that has no schema field yet — edition differences, tuning values, pitfalls.

Coverage: partial - machine identity plus candidate-only I/O attachments. Playfield devices, wiring, mechanisms, and behavior are evidenced only as unverified candidates.

This record was promoted from the generated catalog stub stub.pinmame.kiko_a10 by the catalog-wide identity pass of 2026-08-29. The promotion resolves machine identity and carries the catalog's residual driver grouping over unchanged, the platform and device attachments below were added by the 2026-08-29/30 candidate passes and assert nothing beyond candidate provenance. Every requirement in the definition's coverage.missing is genuinely outstanding.

Identity

  • PinMAME catalog: root driver kiko_a10, description "King Kong (1.0)", manufacturer "Data East", catalog year "1990".
  • OPDB record G5BNq-MDB4d (IPDB 3194) names this machine "King Kong" (Data East, manufacture date 1990-01-04); the resolved identity rests on the agreement of the PinMAME catalog and this reviewed mapping.
  • The definition's driver list is exactly the clone tree PinMAME declares under kiko_a10; whether every listed driver really runs on this physical machine is unverified.

Drivers this record holds

  • kiko_a10 (1990, Data East).

PinMAME source contract (candidate)

  • The pinned PinMAME source declares kiko_a10 at src/wpc/degames.c:337 with machine module de_mDEAS1; the definition declares controller platform pinmame.dataeast from it.

VPX script candidates (candidate)

  • 2 retained community table script(s) declare this machine's driver; their extracted switch/lamp/solenoid/GI candidates are carried as 95 candidate devices. When curator work weighs sources, a retained script outranks emulator-derived candidates for runtime semantics, but every device here is still a candidate until a known-working table is verified against this exact physical machine.

What a curator must establish next

Full input, output, and display enumeration with semantic names; physical wiring and polarity; mechanism inventory and behavior; variant differences across the clone tree; recreation knowledge from a manual, schematic, or known-working table; runtime provenance; and a normalized spatial placement for every physical device. No manual, schematic, or runtime-harness evidence is retained for this machine yet; the candidate sections above are the only retained I/O evidence so far.

ROM sets

Every driver that resolves to this physical machine.

ROM set Description Year Parent Hardware
kiko_a10King Kong (1.0) 1990——

Parent set: kiko_a10 — clones share this definition unless a hardware difference is noted.

Evidence

Every claim above traces to one of these. When they disagree: a known-working VPX script wins on controller addresses and causality, the manual wins on wiring and construction, pinned PinMAME wins on emulator routing and display layout.

  • PinMAME catalog

    BSD-3-Clause

    pinmame.catalog.8371478a7640

    PinmameGetGames

    8371478a7640
    by
    PinMAME contributors
    rev
    8371478a7640

  • PinMAME source

    BSD-3-Clause

    pinmame.core.8371478a7640

    src/wpc/degames.c:337 (machine module de_mDEAS1)

    src/wpc/degames.c
    by
    PinMAME contributors
    rev
    8371478a7640

  • VPX script

    vpx-script.cc5e06f46b2c64b9

    vpxtable-scripts: King Kong -proto (Data East 1990).vbs

    0c036bb61b4b
    by
    Authors credited in King Kong -proto (Data East 1990).vbs and repository contributors
    rev
    0c036bb61b4b
    sha256
    cc5e06f46b2c…

  • VPX script

    vpx-script.78355a129389e85c

    vpxtable-scripts: King Kong 1.03.vbs

    0c036bb61b4b
    by
    Authors credited in King Kong 1.03.vbs and repository contributors
    rev
    0c036bb61b4b
    sha256
    78355a129389…

Something wrong or missing?

This definition still has 13 unmet requirements, listed under Coverage above. Fixes belong in the definition itself — editing on GitHub forks it for you and opens the pull request.

Cite a source for anything you change — a manual page, a line in a working VPX script, PinMAME source, or a reading from the machine's own service menu. Claims without provenance cannot be validated.

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