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Colony 7 (set 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. Categories
  12. History
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Game infos

Description Colony 7 (set 2)
Name colony7a
Manufacturer Taito
Year 1981
Runnable yes
System arcade /
Number of players 2P alt
Added to MAME .030
Romset size 0 B
Romset file files
Romset zip 0 B
Language English
Genre Shooter

Parent and clones

Parent colony7 : Colony 7 (set 1) (1981)

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 1

Controls infos

type ways minimum maximum sensitivity keydelta reverse
joy 8 no

Display infos

type rotate flipx width height refresh pixclock htotal hbend hbstart vtotal vbend vbstart
raster 270 no 292 240 60.096154 8000000 512 12 304 260 7 247

Dipswitchs

Roms list

console name bios size crc md5 merge sha1 region offset status optional
arcade cs01a.bin 4096 ba299946 42e5d6ad0505f5a951d92165c9e2fa4e86659469 maincpu f000 good no
arcade cs02a.bin 4096 370c6f41 4e13a4cf9c1a3b1c354443c41549b59581d8b357 maincpu e000 good no
arcade cs03a.bin 4096 e0b0d23b 4c50e00a71b3b2bf8d032a3cb496e5473204a8d6 maincpu d000 good no
arcade cs04.bin 2048 d740faee cs04.bin aad164e72ebb0de18487c5397ea33d300cf93423 maincpu 10800 good no
arcade cs05.bin 2048 59e406a8 cs05.bin b64081ca83b6f57ac8fb71b1f8618083f19b99de maincpu 11800 good no
arcade cs06.bin 2048 318b95af cs06.bin cb276ef440436f6000a2d20252f3197a67965167 maincpu 10000 good no
arcade cs07.bin 2048 0b23638b cs07.bin b577c0cefa3ea2df436ed0fa1efa8ecd04ff78b0 maincpu 11000 good no
arcade cs08.bin 2048 3bfde87a cs08.bin f5047927833be97324c861aa93a8e95b457058c4 maincpu 12000 good no
arcade cs10.bin 512 25de5d85 cs10.bin 826f78c2fe847f594d261c280dd10b9e776bf4fd proms 0 good no
arcade cs11.bin 2048 6032293c cs11.bin dd2c6afc1149a879d49e93d1a2fa8e1f6d0b043b soundcpu f800 good no
arcade decoder.3 512 c3f45f70 decoder.3 d19036cbc46b130548873597b44b8b70758f25c4 proms 200 good no

Chips list

name tag type clock
M6808 soundcpu cpu 3579545
M6809 maincpu cpu 1000000
MC1408 dac audio
Speaker speaker audio

Categories

History


Arcade Video game published 38 years ago:

Colony 7 (c) 1981 Taito.

The player must defend Colony 7 from alien attack by either using the main weapons that fire shots, a Mega-Blaster which knocks out targets near the detonation zone, or with the Eradicator that acts as a smartbomb which clears the entire screen. There is an ion shield which provides temporary safety for the colony below, but can be blasted away by alien fire.

Colony 7 is in many ways a combination of two of the most popular shoot 'em up games of the time, containing elements of both Tehkan's Pleiads and Atari's Missile Command. The main innovation of Colony 7 was the extended weaponry arsenal. This gave the player the choice to change between several different weapons, with the the Eradicator needing to be purchased separately as "extended weaponry".

- TECHNICAL -

Prom Stickers : CS01-CS11

Main CPU : Motorola M6809 (@ 1 Mhz)
Sound CPU : M6808 (@ 894.75 Khz)
Sound Chips : DAC

Players : 2
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 3
=> [1] FIRE, [2] MEGABLASTER, [3] ERADICATOR

- TRIVIA -

Colony 7 was released in May 1981.

- SCORING -

Fighter : 25-250 points
Scout : 100 points
Bummer : 100-1000 points
Advisor : 500-5000 points

- TIPS AND TRICKS -

* The Megablaster destroys enemies in a wide area. It consumes powercells. Used powercells turn blue. Enemies can destroy powercells.

* The Eradicator destroys all enemies and bombs on screen.

* Scouts call in more fighters until they are destroyed.

* Bonus points are given for buildings left when the last enemy in each squadron is destroyed.

- PORTS -

* CONSOLES:
[EU] Microsoft XBOX (oct.14, 2005) "Taito Legends"
[EU] Sony PS2 (oct.14, 2005) "Taito Legends [Model SLES-53438]"
[US] Microsoft XBOX (oct.25, 2005) "Taito Legends"
[US] Sony PS2 (oct.25, 2005) "Taito Legends [Model SLUS-21122]"
[KO] Sony PS2 (jul.18, 2006) "Taito Legends [Model SLKA-15056]"
[US] Atari 2600 (2007) "Homebrew"

* COMPUTERS:
[EU] PC [MS Windows, CD-ROM] (oct.14, 2005) "Taito Legends"
[US] PC [MS Windows, CD-ROM] (nov.10, 2005) "Taito Legends"

- CONTRIBUTE -

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