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Armored Car (set 1)

  1. Game infos
  2. Parent and Clones
  3. Sound
  4. Driver
  5. Inputs
  6. Controls
  7. Display
  8. Dipswitchs
  9. Roms list
  10. Chips list
  11. Categories
  12. MAMEinfo
  13. History
  14. High scores
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Game infos

Description Armored Car (set 1)
Name armorcar
Manufacturer Stern Electronics
Year 1981
Runnable yes
System arcade /
Number of players 2P alt
Added to MAME .030
Romset size 29 KB
Romset file 10 files
Romset zip 16 B
Language English
Evaluation 50 to 60 (Not Good Enough)
Genre Maze

Parent and clones

Parent This game is the parent

Sound infos

Sound_channels 1

Driver infos

Driver status good
Driver emulation good
Driver color good
Driver sound good
Driver graphic good
Driver cocktail
Driver protection
Driver savestate yes

Inputs infos

Input service no
Input tilt no
Input players 2
Input buttons
Input coins 2

Controls infos

type ways minimum maximum sensitivity keydelta reverse
joy 4 no

Display infos

type rotate flipx width height refresh pixclock htotal hbend hbstart vtotal vbend vbstart
raster 90 no 768 224 60.606061 18432000 1152 0 768 264 16 240

Dipswitchs

Roms list

console name bios size crc md5 merge sha1 region offset status optional
arcade 82s123.6e 32 9b87f90d d11ac5e4a6057301ea2a9cbb404c2b978eb4c1dc proms 0 good no
arcade cpu.2c 4096 0d7bfdfb 47791d4fc298c25d29584dfcddcd92618e3750c5 maincpu 0 good no
arcade cpu.2e 4096 76463213 86dbbed25325cc8855c1eb39bbb11b0473b7f4b5 maincpu 1000 good no
arcade cpu.2f 4096 2cc6d5f0 94abb33760aed206f0f90f035fe2977c1f2e26cf maincpu 2000 good no
arcade cpu.2h 4096 61278dbb e12cd6c499af75f77e549499093fe6d2e8eddb1d maincpu 3000 good no
arcade cpu.2j 4096 fb158d8c efa70e92c56678d4a404a96c72cfee317b15648c maincpu 4000 good no
arcade cpu.5f 2048 8a3da4d1 4d2ef48aeb9099fdd145e11e2485e0bf8d87290d gfx1 0 good no
arcade cpu.5h 2048 85bdb113 f62da0ea0c29feb10d8d1ce8de28fd750a53b40a gfx1 800 good no
arcade sound.5c 2048 54ee7753 3ebfa2cadf33acb4d24aa50cfa4713355cc780a3 audiocpu 0 good no
arcade sound.5d 2048 5218fec0 c8f84f1e6aafc544e5acf48b245e8b1edb63211e audiocpu 800 good no

Chips list

name tag type clock
AY-3-8910A 8910.1 audio 1789772
DISCRETE konami audio
Speaker speaker audio
Z80 audiocpu cpu 1789772

Categories

MAMEinfo

0.30 [Mike Balfour]


Artwork available


TEST MODE:

- Press the P2 Button 2 (Key S) + F3 to enter test mode.


WIP:

- 0.137u2: Stephane Humbert fixed dipswitches and inputs (after verification of the Z80 code) in Armored Car and clone.

- 0.133u1: Renamed (armorca2) to (armorcar2).

- 0.125u5: Couriersud removed Armored Car remains (INPUT_PORT, ROM_START etc.) from Super Cobra driver.

- 0.124u1: Added Discrete sound. Changed visible area to 224x768 and palettesize to 32 colors. Removed 3x 'Unknown' dipswitches.

- 27th May 2007: Mr. Do - Armored Car bezel is done, thanks to Timothy at Outerworld Arcade.

- 0.53: Changed palettesize to 98 colors.

- 0.37b16: Changed palettesize from 98 to 106 colors.

- 0.34b6: Nicola Salmoria added clone Armored Car (set 2). Changed parent description to 'Armored Car (set 1)'. Added color prom to (set 1).

- 0.30: Mike Balfour added 'Armored Car' (Stern 1981).

- 2nd April 1996: Kevin Klopp dumped Armored Car (set 1).


LEVELS: 8 (endless)


PLAY INSTRUCTIONS:

- Avoid the robbers and other hazards

- Pick up all the dollars you can

- Get it to the bank for bonus


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* VAntAGE


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History


Arcade Video game published 38 years ago:

Armored Car (c) 1981 Stern Electronics, Incorporated.

An overhead view maze game where you drive a money van (the armoured car) through as it scrolls from right to left. Some intersections are marked with directions. You pick up money to deliver to banks while avoiding criminals by dropping saw horses in roadway. Fuel levels must be replenished at gas stations along the way.

- TECHNICAL -

Main CPU : Zilog Z80 (@ 3.072 Mhz)
Sound CPU : Zilog Z80 (@ 1.78975 Mhz)
Sound Chips : (2x) General Instrument AY8910 (@ 1.78975 Mhz)

Players : 2
Control : 4-way joystick
Buttons : 2

- TRIVIA -

First game for Stern created by Chris Oberth. Before working for Stern he was at Marvin Glass designing/prototyping handheld electronic games such as 'Finger Bowl'.

Armored Car was partly inspired by "Targ".

Roger Isetts holds the official record for this game with 101010 points on March 1, 1983.

- UPDATES -

REVISION 1 (Set 2) :
* First release.

REVISION 2 (Set 1) :
* Bug fixes release.

- SCORING -

Moving one block : 10 points.
Picking up Money : 100 points.
Blowing up Robber : 200 points.
Unlocking locks : 1000 points.
Crash TNT truck into wall : 1000 points.

Bonus points : 100 per dollar picked up and deposited in bank.

- STAFF -

Designer and Programmer : Chris Oberth, Gunar Licitis

- CONTRIBUTE -

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High scores

MAMESCORE records : 02/04/2017 13:01

sawys__________________________50.550
neriowinch_____________________28.230
dark_kariya____________________22.360
fordie_________________________18.490
inkilino________________________7.960
hulkiii_________________________4.970