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Asteroids (rev 2)

  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. Serie
  12. Categories
  13. History
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Game infos

Description Asteroids (rev 2)
Name asteroid2
Manufacturer Atari
Year 1979
Runnable yes
System arcade /
Number of players 2P alt
Added to MAME .026
Romset size 0 B
Romset file files
Romset zip 0 B
Language English
Genre Shooter

Parent and clones

Parent asteroid : Asteroids (rev 4) (1979)

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 yes
Input players 1
Input buttons
Input coins 3

Controls infos

type ways minimum maximum sensitivity keydelta reverse
only_buttons no

Display infos

type rotate flipx width height refresh pixclock htotal hbend hbstart vtotal vbend vbstart
vector 0 no 61.523438

Dipswitchs

Roms list

console name bios size crc md5 merge sha1 region offset status optional
arcade 034602-01.c8 256 97953db8 034602-01.c8 8cbded64d1dd35b18c4d5cece00f77e7b2cab2ad user1 0 good no
arcade 035127-02.np3 2048 8b71fd9e 035127-02.np3 8cd5005e531eafa361d6b7e9eed159d164776c70 maincpu 5000 good no
arcade 035143-02.j2 2048 312caa02 035143-02.j2 1ce2eac1ab90b972e3f1fc3d250908f26328d6cb maincpu 7800 good no
arcade 035144-02.h2 2048 096ed35c 064d680ded7f30c543f93ae5ca85f90d550f73e5 maincpu 7000 good no
arcade 035145-02.ef2 2048 0cc75459 2af85c9689b878155004da47fedbde5853a18723 maincpu 6800 good no

Chips list

name tag type clock
DISCRETE discrete audio
M6502 maincpu cpu 1512000
Speaker mono audio

Serie

Serie : Asteroids
  1. Asterock (Sidam bootleg of Asteroids) (1979)
  2. Asterock (Videotron bootleg of Asteroids) (1979)
  3. Asteroids (rev 4) (1979)
  4. Asteroids (rev 1) (1979)
  5. Asteroids (rev 2) (1979)
  6. Asteroids (bootleg on Lunar Lander hardware) (1979)
  7. Hyperspace (bootleg of Asteroids) (1979)
  8. Meteor (bootleg of Asteroids) (1979)
  9. Meteorites (bootleg of Asteroids) (1979)
  10. Aerolitos (Spanish bootleg of Asteroids) (1980)
  11. Asteroids Deluxe (rev 3) (1980)
  12. Asteroids Deluxe (rev 1) (1980)
  13. Asteroids Deluxe (rev 2) (1980)
  14. Asteroids (1980)
  15. Space Duel (version 2) (1980)
  16. Space Duel (prototype) (1980)
  17. Space Duel (version 1) (1980)
  18. Asteroids (1981)
  19. Asteroids (1981)
  20. Asteroids (Older?) (1981)
  21. Space Rocks (Spanish clone of Asteroids) (1981)
  22. Asteroids (Prototype) (1982)
  23. Hyperspace (USA) (1983)
  24. Asteroids (NTSC) (1984)
  25. Asteroidi (1984)
  26. Hyperspace - Aventures Spatio-Temporelles (Fra) (1985)
  27. Asteroidi (from issue 11/87) (1987)
  28. Blasteroids (rev 4) (1987)
  29. Blasteroids (Euro) (1987)
  30. Blasteroids (rev 2) (1987)
  31. Blasteroids (rev 3) (1987)
  32. Blasteroids (German, rev 2) (1987)
  33. Blasteroids (with heads) (1987)
  34. Blasteroids (Euro) (1988)
  35. Blasteroids (UK) (1989)
  36. Blasteroids (UK) (1989)
  37. Asteroides (198?)
  38. Asteroids (Euro, USA) (1992)
  39. Asteroids (USA) (1998)
  40. Asteroids (Euro, USA) (1999)
  41. Asteroids Hyper 64 (USA) (1999)
  42. Asteroids (19??)
  43. Asteroids (19??)
  44. Asteroids (19??)
  45. Blasteroids (Euro) (19??)
  46. Asteroids Deluxe (NTSC) (2007)
  47. Space Duel (PAL) (2007)
  48. Space Rocks (RC7, NTSC) (2012)

Categories

History


Arcade Video game published 40 years ago:

Asteroids (c) 1979 Atari, Incorporated.

Cocktail model. For more information about the game itself, please refer to the "Asteroids [Upright model]" entry.

- TECHNICAL -

Cocktail model dimensions:
32 in. (80.5 cm) wide
24 in. (60 cm) deep
Height: adjustable from 21.5 in. (54.6 cm) to 27 in. (68.6 cm)
Weight: 164 lbs (73.8kg)

Cocktail cabinet monitor: 15 in. Quadrascan.

The cocktail model uses the same PCB as the upright model.
The cocktail harness has a jumper wire from J20 Pin7 to Pin 19 that controls the video inverter circuit.
The screen is upright during P1's turn and turned 180 degrees during P2's turn.

- TRIVIA -

The Cocktail model of Asteroids was released in April 1980 (even if copyrighted 1979).

- CONTRIBUTE -

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