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Cosmic Monsters (version II)

  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 Cosmic Monsters (version II)
Name cosmicmo
Manufacturer Taito / Universal
Year 1979
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 invaders : Space Invaders / Space Invaders M (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 no
Input players 2
Input buttons
Input coins 1

Controls infos

type ways minimum maximum sensitivity keydelta reverse
joy 2 no

Display infos

type rotate flipx width height refresh pixclock htotal hbend hbstart vtotal vbend vbstart
raster 270 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 ii-1.h1 1024 d6e4e5da 8b4275a3c71ac3fa80d17237dc04de5f586645f4 maincpu 0 good no
arcade ii-2.h2 1024 8f7988e6 b6a01d5dcab013350f8f7f3e3ebfc986bb939fe0 maincpu 400 good no
arcade ii-3.h3 1024 2d2e9dc8 dd3da4fc752e003e5e7c64bf189288133aed545b maincpu 800 good no
arcade ii-4.h4 1024 26cae456 2f2262340c10e5c29d71317f6eb8072c26655563 maincpu c00 good no
arcade ii-5.h5 1024 b13f228e a0de05aa36435e72c77f5333f3ad964ec448a8f0 maincpu 4000 good no
arcade ii-6.h6 1024 4ae1b9c4 8eed87eebe68caa775fa679363b0fe3728d98c34 maincpu 4400 good no
arcade ii-7.h7 1024 6a13b15b dc03a6c3e938cfd08d16bd1660899f951ba72ea2 maincpu 4800 good no

Chips list

name tag type clock
8080 maincpu cpu 1996800
DISCRETE discrete audio
SN76477 snsnd audio
Speaker mono audio

Serie

Serie : Cosmic Monsters
  1. Cosmic Alien (version II) (1979)
  2. Cosmic Alien (first version) (1979)
  3. Cosmic Alien (early version II?) (1979)
  4. Cosmic Guerilla (1979)
  5. Cosmic Monsters 2 (1979)
  6. Cosmic Monsters (version II) (1979)
  7. Cosmic Conflict (Euro, Alt) (1980)
  8. Devil Zone (1980)
  9. Devil Zone (easier) (1980)
  10. Space Panic (version E) (1980)
  11. Space Panic (set 2) (1980)
  12. Space Panic (set 3) (1980)
  13. Zero Hour (set 1) (1980)
  14. Zero Hour (set 2) (1980)
  15. Cosmic Avenger (1981)
  16. Cosmic Avenger (1982)
  17. Cosmic Avenger (ColecoVision Conversion) (1982)
  18. Panic Button (1983)
  19. Space Panic (1983)
  20. Joshi Ryou Panic (1983)
  21. Panic! (USA) (1994)

Categories

History


Arcade Video game published 40 years ago:

Cosmic Monsters (c) 1979 Universal.

Space Invader's clone.

- TECHNICAL -

[Upright model]

Main CPU : Intel 8080 (@ 1.9968 Mhz)
Sound Chips : SN76477 (@ 1.9968 Mhz)

Screen orientation : Vertical
Video resolution : 224 x 240 pixels
Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz
Palette colors : 2

Players : 2
Control : 2-way joystick
Buttons : 1

- TRIVIA -

This is the first game manufactured by Universal and the first game of the 'Cosmic' series (See 'Series' section for more info).

- SCORING -

Large Invader : 10 points
Medium Invader : 20 points
Small Invader : 30 points
Saucers : Bonus number of points before touching other saucer, 100 points after touching other saucer

- TIPS AND TRICKS -

If you don't destroy the saucer that flies on top of the screen, it lowers itself and drops a new layer of invaders for you to shoot. This layer covers the whole space (instead of what's left over), so you're forced to shoot across the whole screen again.

- SERIES -

Cosmic Series

1. Cosmic Monsters [Upright model] (1979)
2. Cosmic Monsters 2 (1979)
3. Cosmic Guerilla (1979)
4. Cosmic Alien (1980)
5. Devil Zone (1980)
6. Zero Hour (1980)
7. Space Panic (1980)
8. Cosmic Avenger (1981)

- CONTRIBUTE -

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