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Space Zap

| 1980
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Developer: Midway
Controls/Input Device: Control(joy4way), Buttons(1)
Number of Players: 2
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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)


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* JFF

* Raine


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Romset: 2016 kb / 8 files / 457.8 zip


Credits Mameinfo and Mametesters Project Robert J. Rabgno et al.
History.dat entry:
Space Zap (c) 1980 Midway.

A multi-directional space shoot'em up game.

The space colony is in danger his defense base is being attacked by a alien threat it comes in four differents quadrants and their attacks are devastating, quickly use the cannon to destroy them and release the base of the hostile threat must be quick because time passes, the enemy increases the intensity and speed of attack and can exploit its base you must avoid this, you must using your control skills at win the mission and defend your base.

- TECHNICAL -

Game No. 902
Upright model
Dimensions: 73 x 26-1/2 x 34 inches

Main CPU : Zilog Z80 (@ 1.789773 Mhz)
Sound Chips : Astrocade (@ 1.789773 Mhz)

Screen orientation : Horizontal
Video resolution : 320 x 204 pixels
Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz
Palette colors : 256

Players: 2 (Alternatively)
Buttons: 5 (four directional buttons and a fire button).

- TRIVIA -

Space Zap was released in October 1980.

This game was licensed from Game-A-Tron, who had released it earlier as "Zap".

In addition to "Berzerk", Space Zap also inspired the multi-directional shooting in "Robotron". At the time, this fact was not well known.

- SCORING -

Space mine : 250 points
Alien ship : 500 points
Attack sattelite : 2,000 points

- TIPS AND TRICKS -

Extra laser bases are awarded every 75,000 points.

- STAFF -

Developer: David Nutting Associates

- PORTS -

* Consoles :
Bally Astrocade ("Space Fortress")

* Computers :
Tandy Color Computer (198?, "Space Zapper")
TI99/4a (1983, "Starship Pegasus")

- CONTRIBUTE -

Edit this entry: http://www.arcade-history.com/?&page=detail&id=2565&o=2


Licensed from Alexis Bousiges under a CC Attribution 3.0 License
cheat.dat entry:
40080000 D012 00000003 00000002 Infinite Lives PL1 Enable this cheat before you start the game
40080000 D013 00000003 00000002 Infinite Lives PL2 Enable this cheat before you start the game

Credit Pugsy's MAME Cheat file
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