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Blue Shark

  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 Blue Shark
Name blueshrk
Manufacturer Midway
Year 1978
Runnable yes
System arcade /
Number of players 1P
Added to MAME .034b01
Romset size 6 KB
Romset file 3 files
Romset zip 3 B
Language English
Evaluation 30 to 40 (Amendable)
Genre Shooter

Parent and clones

Parent This game is the parent

Sound infos

Sound_channels 1

Driver infos

Driver status imperfect
Driver emulation good
Driver color good
Driver sound imperfect
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 1

Controls infos

type ways minimum maximum sensitivity keydelta reverse
paddle 8 130 100 10 no

Display infos

type rotate flipx width height refresh pixclock htotal hbend hbstart vtotal vbend vbstart
raster 0 no 260 224 59.541985 4992000 320 0 260 262 0 224

Dipswitchs

Roms list

console name bios size crc md5 merge sha1 region offset status optional
arcade blueshrk.f 2048 86cca79d 7b4633fb8033ee2c0e692135c383ebf57deef0e5 maincpu 1000 good no
arcade blueshrk.g 2048 e49368fd 2495ba48532bb714361e4f0e94c9317161c6c77f maincpu 800 good no
arcade blueshrk.h 2048 4ff94187 7cb80e2ccc34983bfd688c549ffc032d6dacf880 maincpu 0 good no

Chips list

name tag type clock
8080 maincpu cpu 1996800
DISCRETE discrete audio
Speaker mono audio

Categories

MAMEinfo

0.34b1 [Al Kossow]


Artwork available


NOTE:

- Video at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEzhHccmK0w


WIP:

- 0.179: f205v added clone Blue Shark (Model Racing bootleg).

- 29th December 2010: Mr. Do - Zorg came back for a bit, and gave us a beautiful bezel for Blue Shark, scanned and vectored by him.

- 0.134u4: Derrick Renaud added shark sound to Blue Shark.

- 0.134u3: Derrick Renaud added octopus sound in Blue Shark.

- 0.111u4: Zsolt Vasvari and Derrick Renaud added partial sound emulation and non-memory mapped coin counters to Blue Shark. Changed 8080 CPU1 clock speed to 1996800 Hz. Replaced Samples sound with Discrete.

- 0.111u1: Added Invaders samples.

- 8th May 2000: Zsolt Vasvari fixed Blue Shark.

- 0.34b1: Al Kossow added 'Blue Shark' (Midway 1978).


LEVELS: 1 (endless)


Other Emulators:

* Laser


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Shark JAWS

Blue Shark

Kaitei Takara Sagashi

Shark Attack

Funky Fish

Marine Date

Calipso

Devil Fish

Marine Boy

Snap Jack

Sea Fighter Poseidon

Poly-Play (ZRE-PP) (Der Taucher)

ThunderJaws

Bubble Trouble

Diver Boy

Waku Waku Marine

Chimera Beast

Aqua Stage

The Ocean Hunter

Multi Fish

Sea World

History


Arcade Video game published 41 years ago:

Blue Shark (c) 1978 Midway Mfg. Co.

Insert coin(s), and underwater creatures appear randomly on the screen. By pulling the trigger on the speargun, the player fires spears at the sea creatures. Features a three dimensional color background scenery depicting an underwater scene.

- TECHNICAL -

Game No. 742

Cabinet dimensions : 68,5'' (174,5 cm) High x 25,5'' (65 cm) Wide x 35,5'' (90 cm) Deep. Weight : 223 Lbs (101 Kg).


Main CPU : Intel 8080 (@ 1.9968 Mhz)
Sound Chips : Discrete circuitry

Screen orientation : Horizontal
Video resolution : 256 x 224 pixels
Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz
Palette colors : 2

Players : 1
Control : paddle
Buttons : 1

- TRIVIA -

Released in September 1978.

- SCORING -

Shark (long range) : 500 points.
Octopus : 400 points.
Shark (short range) : 300 points.
Swordfish : 200 points.
Skindiver : -500 points.

- TIPS AND TRICKS -

* Don't Shoot The Skindiver! : If player hits the skindiver, he is penalized 500 points.

* When the player's score reaches 7000 points, movement of the targets speeds up.

* By default, one free play is awarded for a score of 18,000 points (operator adjustable).

- CONTRIBUTE -

Edit this entry: https://www.arcade-history.com/?&page=detail&id=298&o=2

High scores

MAMESCORE records : 02/04/2017 13:01

lorddraakh_____________________20.800
sawys__________________________19.600
hulkiii_________________________9.200