Gee Bee

Gee Bee
Developer: Namco Publishers: Namco (JP), Gremlin (US), Alca (UK), Sega (FR), Fratelli Bertolino (IT) Platform: Arcade (Namco 8080-based hardware) Released in JP: October 1978 Released in US: 1978 Released in EU: 1978 This game has unused graphics. This game has revisional differences.

Gee Bee is the first game Namco developed on their own. It's an interesting combination of Breakout and pinball designed by Toru Iwatani, who later created Pac-Man.

It is not an abbreviation of Game Boy.

(Also not: GlitterBerri)

Unused Graphics

Alternate	Used

An alternate set of block graphics are present in the graphics ROM. In this set, the horizontal blocks face up, and the vertical blocks have thinner outlines. They are fully functional as blocks.

These are stored with the block graphics and are tiles 4C, 4D, and 4E.

They do act like blocks when placed on the playing field, disappearing when hit and giving an appropriate amount of points.

(Source: Original TCRF research)

Regional Differences

Japan/EU	US	UK

Gremlin's licensed version changes the NAMCO multiplier lights to Gremlin's own "G" logo. The same is done with Alca's UK release.