Liberator (set 1)| 1982 |
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Developer: Atari
Controls/Input Device: Control(trackball), Buttons(2)
Number of Players: 2
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Developer: Atari
Controls/Input Device: Control(trackball), Buttons(2)
Number of Players: 2
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Liberator (set 1) VGMuseum Game Endings
Liberator (set 1) on CAESAR
Liberator (set 1) high score and replay at MARP
Liberator (set 1) on datObase
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URL: Reviews:
Liberator (set 1) VGMuseum Game Endings
Liberator (set 1) on CAESAR
Liberator (set 1) high score and replay at MARP
Liberator (set 1) on datObase
Mameinfo.dat entry:
0.37b10 [Yochizo]
WIP:
- 0.147u2: hap fixed clone Omega Fighter Special. The game fails to boot or finish post. After showing bad rom errors, the game resets.
- 0.147u1: Fixed maincpu rom loading.
- 0.122u7: Fixed gfx1/2/3/4/5 rom loading.
- 0.89u3: Changed Z80 CPU2 clock speed to 5MHz.
- 0.37b10: Yochizo added 'Omega Fighter' (UPL 1989) and clone Omega Fighter Special.
- 21st November 2000: Yochizo fixed some graphics bugs in the Omega Fighter / Atomic Robo-kid driver.
- 8th November 2000: Yochizo sent in a driver for Omega Fighter and Atomic Robo-kid.
- 25th April 1999: Dumped Omega Fighter Special.
LEVELS: 8 (restarts once)
Other Emulators:
* FB Alpha
* JFF
* Raine
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Catacomb
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Espial
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Nova 2001
Star Jacker
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Star Force
Alpha Mission / ASO
Alpha Mission II / ASO II
Astro Warrior (Mega-Tech)
Mission 660
Rafflesia
S.R.D. Mission
Truxton / Tatsujin
Tatsujin (Tourvision PCE bootleg)
Truxton II / Tatsujin Oh
Blast Off
Blazing Lazers
GunHed (Tourvision PCE bootleg)
The Next Space
Omega Fighter
Super Star Soldier (Tourvision PCE bootleg)
Lethal Thunder
Pollux
Strike Gunner S.T.G
Vimana
Explosive Breaker
Final Star Force
Galmedes
Gunlock
GunNail
Nebulas Ray
Super-X
Gekirindan
Viper Phase 1
Fever SOS
Mars Matrix: Hyper Solid Shooting
Romset: 2016 kb / 8 files / 457.8 zip
Credits Mameinfo and Mametesters Project Robert J. Rabgno et al.
0.37b10 [Yochizo]
WIP:
- 0.147u2: hap fixed clone Omega Fighter Special. The game fails to boot or finish post. After showing bad rom errors, the game resets.
- 0.147u1: Fixed maincpu rom loading.
- 0.122u7: Fixed gfx1/2/3/4/5 rom loading.
- 0.89u3: Changed Z80 CPU2 clock speed to 5MHz.
- 0.37b10: Yochizo added 'Omega Fighter' (UPL 1989) and clone Omega Fighter Special.
- 21st November 2000: Yochizo fixed some graphics bugs in the Omega Fighter / Atomic Robo-kid driver.
- 8th November 2000: Yochizo sent in a driver for Omega Fighter and Atomic Robo-kid.
- 25th April 1999: Dumped Omega Fighter Special.
LEVELS: 8 (restarts once)
Other Emulators:
* FB Alpha
* JFF
* Raine
Recommended Games (Star Force):
Catacomb
Vega
Espial
Night Star (DECO Cassette)
Nova 2001
Star Jacker
Stunt Air
Zodiack
Star Force
Alpha Mission / ASO
Alpha Mission II / ASO II
Astro Warrior (Mega-Tech)
Mission 660
Rafflesia
S.R.D. Mission
Truxton / Tatsujin
Tatsujin (Tourvision PCE bootleg)
Truxton II / Tatsujin Oh
Blast Off
Blazing Lazers
GunHed (Tourvision PCE bootleg)
The Next Space
Omega Fighter
Super Star Soldier (Tourvision PCE bootleg)
Lethal Thunder
Pollux
Strike Gunner S.T.G
Vimana
Explosive Breaker
Final Star Force
Galmedes
Gunlock
GunNail
Nebulas Ray
Super-X
Gekirindan
Viper Phase 1
Fever SOS
Mars Matrix: Hyper Solid Shooting
Romset: 2016 kb / 8 files / 457.8 zip
Credits Mameinfo and Mametesters Project Robert J. Rabgno et al.
History.dat entry:
Liberator (c) 1982 Atari.
The Liberator controls consist of a trackball, fire button, and shield button. The player controls a coordinated attack from four star ships at the corners of the screen. The primary target of the attack are enemy bases on a rotating planet in the center of the screen. The trackball is used to move a cross-shaped cursor. The fire button fires a missile at the cursor's location from your closest ship. The shield button is used to activate force fields around the ships. The shield can only take four hits each round, and the count is shared between all ships.
At the beginning of each level, the player is flying through outer space and spaceships fly on screen from the left and right and leave in an arc. They try to ram into your ships. Note that shields do not work during this stage.
After this stage, the player is taken to a view of a rotating planet. The most prominent enemies are red flashing missile bases. They shoot missiles, fireballs, and star balls at your ships. The enemy bases can also detach from the planet, turn into satellites, and orbit the planet while shooting missiles. Once all missile bases are destroyed, the player moves onto the next level. At higher levels, there is the white master base. It is very intelligent, and it can change the direction or speed of the planet rotation to avoid getting hit.
- TECHNICAL -
Game ID : 136012
Main CPU : MOS Technology M6502 (@ 1.25 Mhz)
Sound Chips : (2x) POKEY (@ 1.78979 Mhz)
Players : 2
Control : trackball
Buttons : 2
=> [A] FIRE, [B] SHIELDS
- TRIVIA -
Liberator was released in November 1982. The arcade game was not very popular and only 762 arcade machines were ever made. The intro price was $2,095.
Liberator is commonly described as the opposite of Missile Command. The objective of Missile Command is to defend your bases from a space-based attack. Liberator's objective is the exact opposite, destroy enemy bases as you orbit their planet.
Liberator features the character Commander Martin Champion of the Atari Force mini-comic books. This limited series was made by DC Comics for Atari and was packaged with certain science-fiction themed games for the Atari 2600 console, including "Star Raiders" and "Defender". The mini-comics span off into a full size Atari Force comic series and the Star Raiders graphic novel.
David Drake holds the official record for this game with 14,232,130 points.
- TIPS AND TRICKS -
Missiles can be destroyed, although some split into four smaller particles when destroyed.
Fireballs take four hits to destroy, but they slow down on each hit.
Star balls take four hits to destroy, much like fireballs. However, unlike fireballs, they return to normal speed soon after being hit.
Flying saucers will sometimes appear from the planet. flying saucers shoot a large, deadly laser which cannot be stopped.
Bonus ships can be earned, but they are not applied immediately. Instead, they are added only after each stage.
After inserting coins, if the player holds the fire button then presses the start button, they will be taken to a level select, allowing them to start at any third level (1, 4, 7... up to 22).
- STAFF -
Designed and programmed by : Dennis Harper
- PORTS -
* Consoles :
Microsoft XBOX [US] (November 16, 2004) "Atari Anthology [Model 26084]"
Sony PlayStation 2 [US] (November 22, 2004) "Atari Anthology [Model SLUS-21076]"
Microsoft XBOX [EU] (November 26, 2004) "Atari Anthology"
Sony PlayStation 2 [EU] (February 18, 2005) "Atari Anthology [Model SLES-53061]"
Microsoft XBOX [JP] (August 4, 2005) "Atari Anthology [Model B7X-00001]"
* Handhelds :
Nintendo DS [US] (March 8, 2011) "Atari Greatest Hits Vol.2 [Model NTR-BR7E-USA]"
* Computers :
PC [MS Windows, CD-ROM] [US] (November 11, 2003) "Atari - 80 Classic Games in One! [Model 25069J]"
PC [MS Windows, CD-ROM] [EU] (June 10, 2005) "Atari - 80 Classic Games in One! [Replay]"
* Others :
Nokia N-Gage [US] (February 2006) "Atari Masterpieces Vol. II"
Nokia N-Gage [EU] (March 30, 2006) "Atari Masterpieces Vol. II"
Apple Store (2012) "Atari Greatest Hits"
Google Play (2012) "Atari Greatest Hits"
- CONTRIBUTE -
Edit this entry: http://www.arcade-history.com/?&page=detail&id=1386&o=2
Licensed from Alexis Bousiges under a CC Attribution 3.0 License
Liberator (c) 1982 Atari.
The Liberator controls consist of a trackball, fire button, and shield button. The player controls a coordinated attack from four star ships at the corners of the screen. The primary target of the attack are enemy bases on a rotating planet in the center of the screen. The trackball is used to move a cross-shaped cursor. The fire button fires a missile at the cursor's location from your closest ship. The shield button is used to activate force fields around the ships. The shield can only take four hits each round, and the count is shared between all ships.
At the beginning of each level, the player is flying through outer space and spaceships fly on screen from the left and right and leave in an arc. They try to ram into your ships. Note that shields do not work during this stage.
After this stage, the player is taken to a view of a rotating planet. The most prominent enemies are red flashing missile bases. They shoot missiles, fireballs, and star balls at your ships. The enemy bases can also detach from the planet, turn into satellites, and orbit the planet while shooting missiles. Once all missile bases are destroyed, the player moves onto the next level. At higher levels, there is the white master base. It is very intelligent, and it can change the direction or speed of the planet rotation to avoid getting hit.
- TECHNICAL -
Game ID : 136012
Main CPU : MOS Technology M6502 (@ 1.25 Mhz)
Sound Chips : (2x) POKEY (@ 1.78979 Mhz)
Players : 2
Control : trackball
Buttons : 2
=> [A] FIRE, [B] SHIELDS
- TRIVIA -
Liberator was released in November 1982. The arcade game was not very popular and only 762 arcade machines were ever made. The intro price was $2,095.
Liberator is commonly described as the opposite of Missile Command. The objective of Missile Command is to defend your bases from a space-based attack. Liberator's objective is the exact opposite, destroy enemy bases as you orbit their planet.
Liberator features the character Commander Martin Champion of the Atari Force mini-comic books. This limited series was made by DC Comics for Atari and was packaged with certain science-fiction themed games for the Atari 2600 console, including "Star Raiders" and "Defender". The mini-comics span off into a full size Atari Force comic series and the Star Raiders graphic novel.
David Drake holds the official record for this game with 14,232,130 points.
- TIPS AND TRICKS -
Missiles can be destroyed, although some split into four smaller particles when destroyed.
Fireballs take four hits to destroy, but they slow down on each hit.
Star balls take four hits to destroy, much like fireballs. However, unlike fireballs, they return to normal speed soon after being hit.
Flying saucers will sometimes appear from the planet. flying saucers shoot a large, deadly laser which cannot be stopped.
Bonus ships can be earned, but they are not applied immediately. Instead, they are added only after each stage.
After inserting coins, if the player holds the fire button then presses the start button, they will be taken to a level select, allowing them to start at any third level (1, 4, 7... up to 22).
- STAFF -
Designed and programmed by : Dennis Harper
- PORTS -
* Consoles :
Microsoft XBOX [US] (November 16, 2004) "Atari Anthology [Model 26084]"
Sony PlayStation 2 [US] (November 22, 2004) "Atari Anthology [Model SLUS-21076]"
Microsoft XBOX [EU] (November 26, 2004) "Atari Anthology"
Sony PlayStation 2 [EU] (February 18, 2005) "Atari Anthology [Model SLES-53061]"
Microsoft XBOX [JP] (August 4, 2005) "Atari Anthology [Model B7X-00001]"
* Handhelds :
Nintendo DS [US] (March 8, 2011) "Atari Greatest Hits Vol.2 [Model NTR-BR7E-USA]"
* Computers :
PC [MS Windows, CD-ROM] [US] (November 11, 2003) "Atari - 80 Classic Games in One! [Model 25069J]"
PC [MS Windows, CD-ROM] [EU] (June 10, 2005) "Atari - 80 Classic Games in One! [Replay]"
* Others :
Nokia N-Gage [US] (February 2006) "Atari Masterpieces Vol. II"
Nokia N-Gage [EU] (March 30, 2006) "Atari Masterpieces Vol. II"
Apple Store (2012) "Atari Greatest Hits"
Google Play (2012) "Atari Greatest Hits"
- CONTRIBUTE -
Edit this entry: http://www.arcade-history.com/?&page=detail&id=1386&o=2
Licensed from Alexis Bousiges under a CC Attribution 3.0 License
cheat.dat entry:
00000001 0069 00000001 FFFFFFFF Get 1 base to end level Now!
00000000 0020 00000008 FFFFFFFF Infinite Lives PL1
00000000 0021 00000008 FFFFFFFF Infinite Lives PL2
Credit Pugsy's MAME Cheat file
00000001 0069 00000001 FFFFFFFF Get 1 base to end level Now!
00000000 0020 00000008 FFFFFFFF Infinite Lives PL1
00000000 0021 00000008 FFFFFFFF Infinite Lives PL2
Credit Pugsy's MAME Cheat file
