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Atari Football (4 players)

  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. History
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Game infos

Description Atari Football (4 players)
Name atarifb4
Manufacturer Atari
Year 1979
Runnable yes
System arcade /
Number of players 4P sim
Added to MAME .035b01
Romset size 0 B
Romset file files
Romset zip 0 B
Language English
Genre Sports

Parent and clones

Parent atarifb : Atari Football (revision 2) (1978)

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 4
Input buttons
Input coins 3

Controls infos

type ways minimum maximum sensitivity keydelta reverse
trackball 0 255 100 10 yes

Display infos

type rotate flipx width height refresh pixclock htotal hbend hbstart vtotal vbend vbstart
raster 0 no 304 240 60

Dipswitchs

Roms list

console name bios size crc md5 merge sha1 region offset status optional
arcade 033029.n7 1024 12f43dca 033029.n7 a463f5068d5522ddf74052429aa6da23e5475844 gfx1 0 good no
arcade 033030.c5 512 eac9ef90 033030.c5 0e6284392852695ab7323be82105d32f57ad00f1 gfx2 0 good no
arcade 033031.d5 512 89d619b8 033031.d5 0af5d1f4e6f9a377dc2d49a8039866b1857af01f gfx2 0 good no
arcade 34877.e1 1024 fd8832fa 83f874d5c178846bdfb7609c2738c03e3369743b maincpu 7000 good no
arcade 34878.f1 1024 329eb720 fa9e8c25c9e20fea72d1314297b77ffe599a5a74 maincpu 7400 good no
arcade 34879.e2 1024 7053ffbc cec5efb005833da448f67b9811719099d6980dcd maincpu 7000 good no
arcade 34880.f2 1024 e0c9b4c2 1cc0900bb62c672a870fc465f5691039bb487571 maincpu 7400 good no
arcade 34881.h1 1024 d9055541 ffbf86c5cc325587d89e17da0560518244d3d8e9 maincpu 7800 good no
arcade 34882.j1 1024 060c9cdb 3c6d04c535195dfa8f8405ff8e80f4693844d1a1 maincpu 7c00 good no
arcade 34883.h2 1024 8a912448 1756874964eedb75e066a4d6dccecf16a652f6bb maincpu 7800 good no
arcade 34884.j2 1024 aa699a3a 2c13eb9cda3fe9cfd348ef5cf309625f77c75056 maincpu 7c00 good no
arcade 34885.k1 1024 fdd272a1 619c7b1ced1e397a4aa5fcaf0afe84c2b39ba5fd maincpu 6800 good no
arcade 34886.l1 1024 be912ccb 6ed05d011a1fe06831883fdbdf7153b0ec624de9 maincpu 6c00 good no
arcade 34887.k2 1024 fa2b8b52 aff26efcf70fe63819a80977853e8f58c17cb32b maincpu 6800 good no
arcade 34888.l2 1024 3f8e96c1 c188eb39a00943d9eb62b8a70ad3bd108fc768e9 maincpu 6c00 good no
arcade 34889.m1 1024 5c63974a e91f318be80d985a09ff92f4db5792290a06dc0f maincpu 6000 good no
arcade 34890.n1 1024 2deb5844 abc7cc80d5fcac13f50f6cc550ea7a8f322434c9 maincpu 6400 good no
arcade 34891.m2 1024 9d03baa1 1b57f39fa4d43e3f3d22f2d9a5478b5f5e4d0cb1 maincpu 6000 good no
arcade 34892.n2 1024 ad212d2d df77ed3d59b497d0f4fe7b275f1cce6c4a5aa0b2 maincpu 6400 good no

Chips list

name tag type clock
DISCRETE discrete audio
M6502 maincpu cpu 750000
Speaker mono audio

Categories

History


Arcade Video game published 40 years ago:

Atari Football (c) 1979 Atari, Incorporated.

An old black and white American football game where the player characters are represented as X's and O's. Players select either offensive or defensive plays and then control one of the characters on each team by rolling a trackball.

- TECHNICAL -

[4-Player model]

Game ID : 034754

Dimensions :
31inch (78cm) high.
53inch (134cm) wide.
29,5inch (74,5cm) deep.
Monitor : 23inch B/W

- TRIVIA -

Atari Football was released in April 1979. One year earlier "Atari Football [2-Player model]".

Atari Football was first created in 1974 by Steve Bristow and originally called 'X's and O's'. It was shelved when Bristow started on "Tank", then resurrected three years later. This game was the first true video sports game and also the first Atari game to utilize a trackball controller.

Approximately 900 four players versions were produced.

2 Atari Football units (2- and 4-player model) appear in the 1982 movie 'Tron'.

- SCORING -

Touchdown : 6 points.
Field goal : 3 points.
Safety : 2 points.
Conversion (run or pass) : 2 points.
Kicked conversion : 1 point.

- STAFF -

Designed and partially programmed by : Steve Bristow
Finished by : Ed Logg, Lyle Rains, Dave Stubbens
Some works by : Mike Albaugh

- CONTRIBUTE -

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