0.105u4 [David Winter]
0.28 [Brad Oliver]
Artwork available
WIP:
- 0.140u2: Atari Ace take some driver_device classes of espial/marineb/zodiack (common code duplicated) that cover multiple drivers and split them so that each driver gets their own driver_device class. In most cases, these drivers got entangled because of audio/mcu code that was shared between multiple drivers.
- 0.136u3: Stephane Humbert fixed dipswitches and inputs (after verification of the Z80 code) for Espial and clone Espial (US?). Added dipswitches 'Reset on Check Error' and 2x 'Unused'.
- 0.135u1: Fabio Priuli added driver data struct to Espial driver.
- 0.133u5: hap fixed access violation in Espial.
- 0.131u1: MooglyGuy audited code, added savestate support to Espial and merged memory maps in the Espial driver.
- 9th July 2008: Mr. Do - Espial bezel, thanks to Jcroach for tracking down a real good photo on an eBay auction and vectoring it.
- 0.105u4: Renamed (espial) to (espialu) and (espiale) to (espial).
- 0.98u3: Mamesick fixed wrong mapped input in Espial. Added 2nd button.
- 0.77: Added 'Unknown' dipswitch.
- 0.61: Removed 2nd button.
- 0.36b11: Added dipswitches 'Fire Buttons', 'CounterAttack', 'Coin A', 'Bonus Life', 'Cabinet' and 'Test Mode'.
- 0.34b1: Added color proms ($0, 100 - palette low and high 4 bits).
- 0.33b7: Changed description to 'Espial (US?)' and clone (European version) to 'Espial (Europe)'.
- 0.31: David Winter added Espial (European version). Also changed Espial to use the correct ROM set. Dani Portillo fixed high score saving in Espial.
- 0.30: Brad Oliver added sound in Espial. Juan Carlos Lorente added high score saving to Espial.
- 0.29: Accurate colors in Espial (not sure about this one - red and blue could be inverted) [Tim Lindquist, Nicola Salmoria]. Fixed gfx rom loading.
- 0.28: Brad Oliver added 'Espial' (Thunderbolt 1983). MachineDriver/init_machine is now a void (*)(void), and the function is called by cpu_run() during a reset. Some games, like Espial and the MCR games, needed that to perform a reset correctly [Nicola Salmoria].
- 24th August 1997: Dumped Espial (US?).
LEVELS: 69
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Arcade Video game published 36 years ago:
Espial (c) 1983 Thunderbolt
A very good "Xevious" clone with some elements of "Star Force" thrown in as well. Catchy starting music.
- TECHNICAL -
Main CPU : (2x) Zilog Z80 (@ 3.072 Mhz)
Sound Chips : General Instrument AY8910 (@ 1.5 Mhz)
Players : 2
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 2
- TRIVIA -
Released in September 1983.
Developed by Orca and licensed to Thunderbolt.
The European version of Espial was distributed by NOVA Apparate GMBH Hamburg.
Riccardo Padolecchia holds the official record for this game with 3,760,000 points.
- STAFF -
Staff: Takano-san
- PORTS -
* CONSOLES:
Atari 2600 (1984)
* COMPUTERS:
Atari 800 (1984)
Commodore C64 (1984)
- CONTRIBUTE -
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