0.149 [Ricky2001]
0.138u1 [David Haywood]
0.35b3 [Zsolt Vasvari]
NOTE:
- In the first stage use LEFT/RIGHT and Button 2 to get a SPEED of 300 MILES, then press DOWN to take off.
WIP:
- 0.184: Driver state cleanups [Dirk Best].
- 0.183: Rewrote Ambush driver: Use tilemap system to draw background/foreground characters and use generic gfx_8x8x2_planar layout. Added mario and dkong3 bootlegs running on extended hardware (color PROMs for those haven't been dumped, using the PROMs from the original currently). Updated and correct dipswitches. Documented tile attribute RAM and sprite RAM layout bits. Use screen raw parameters. Added connector layout. Updated TODO list and ROM filenames [Dirk Best]. Changed visible area to 256x224 and VSync to 60.606061 Hz. Swapped gfx1 roms.
- 0.149: Ricky2001 (from AUMAP) added Ambush. Replaced first rom of Ambush with a fresh dump, marked the old set as likely hacked. Changed 'Ambush' to clone 'Ambush (hack?)'. Renamed (ambush) to (ambushh).
- 0.141u4: Tafoid and Tomasz Slanina changed clocks based on confirmed XTAL and dumper's notes for Ambush and clones. Changed Z80 CPU1 clock speed to 3072000 Hz. Replaced the 2x AY-3-8910A sound with 2x AY-3-8912A (1536000 Hz).
- 0.141u3: hap fixed incorrect colors in Ambush and clones.
- 0.138u1: Changed clone (Tecfri) to parent 'Ambush', 'Ambush' to clone 'Ambush (Japan)' and clone (Volt Elec co-ltd) to 'Ambush (Volt Electronics)'. Note: Ambush (Tecfri) displays an M next to ROM 1 during the test, why is internal checksum wrong (0x02 instead of 0x00)? Renamed (ambush) to (ambushj) and (ambusht) to (ambush).
- 0.135u3: Fabio Priuli fixed access violation caused by driver struct & video/spriteram changes in Ambush.
- 0.135u1: Fabio Priuli added driver data struct to Ambush.
- 0.129u1: MooglyGuy added savestate support to Ambush and clones.
- 0.128u2: Stephane Humbert fixed dipswitches for Ambush and clones.
- 0.123u2: RansAckeR simplified some control definitions in the Ambush driver.
- 0.95u6: Corrado Tomaselli added clone Ambush (Volt Elec co-ltd).
- 25th April 2005: Corrado Tomaselli dumped Ambush (Volt Elec co-ltd).
- 0.69a: David Haywood added clone Ambush (Tecfri).
- 0.55: Added 'Difficulty' dipswitch.
- 0.54: Changed palettesize from 512 to 256 colors.
- 4th March 2000: Zsolt Vasvari fixed Ambush palette bugs, and he rewrote the 8080bw and z80bw drivers.
- 0.35b3: Zsolt Vasvari added 'Ambush' (Nippon Amuse Co-Ltd 1983). TODO: Verify Z80 and AY8910 clock speeds.
LEVELS: 5 (endless)
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Arcade Video game published 36 years ago:
Ambush (c) 1983 Tecfri.
An early shoot 'em up. You must first attempt to take off you spaceship by repeatedly pressing left and right. Then you must attempt to fight off enemy spaceships.
- TECHNICAL -
Main CPU : Zilog Z80 (@ 4 Mhz)
Sound Chips : (2x) General Instrument AY8910 (@ 1.5 Mhz)
Players : 2
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 2
- TRIVIA -
Ambush was released in June 1983.
The original version was done by Tecfri and it was the first game from this Spanish manufacturer located in Barcelona. They licensed the game to Nippon Amuse for the Japanese market. And also licensed to Volt Elec for manufacture and distribution.
Alberto Zin holds the official record for this game with 591,150 points on July 9, 1984.
- STAFF -
Programmers : Javier Valero, Josep Quingles, Luis Jonama
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