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Espial (US?)

  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 Espial (US?)
Name espialu
Manufacturer Orca / Thunderbolt
Year 1983
Runnable yes
System arcade /
Number of players 2P alt
Added to MAME .028
Romset size 0 B
Romset file files
Romset zip 0 B
Language English
Genre Shooter

Parent and clones

Parent espial : Espial (Europe) (1983)

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 8 no

Display infos

type rotate flipx width height refresh pixclock htotal hbend hbstart vtotal vbend vbstart
raster 0 no 256 224 60

Dipswitchs

Roms list

console name bios size crc md5 merge sha1 region offset status optional
arcade espial.5 4096 6d7bbfc1 d886a76ce4a23c1310135bf1e4ffeda6d44625e7 maincpu c000 good no
arcade espial.6 4096 baa60bc1 fc3d3f2e0316efb31161b28984fc8bd94473b783 maincpu 4000 good no
arcade espial1.4n 4096 1e5ec20b f3bee38737321edf2d1ea753124421416441666e audiocpu 0 good no
arcade espial10.4e 4096 de80fbc1 espial10.4e f5601eac8cb35a92c51bf81e5ac5a2b79bcde28f gfx2 0 good no
arcade espial2.4r 4096 3431bb97 97343bfb5e49cd1d26799723d8c5a31eff7b1170 audiocpu 1000 good no
arcade espial3.4f 8192 10f1da30 8954ca3c7fccb8dd8433015ee303bb75a98f3474 maincpu 0 good no
arcade espial4.4h 8192 d2adbe39 13c6041fd0e7c49988af89e3bab1b20999336928 maincpu 2000 good no
arcade espial7.4a 4096 ebfef046 espial7.4a 5aa6efb7254fb42e814c1a29c5363f2d0727452f gfx1 2000 good no
arcade espial8.4b 8192 2f43036f espial8.4b 316e9fab778d6c0abb0b6673aba33dfbe44b1262 gfx1 0 good no
arcade espial9.4d 4096 48c258a0 espial9.4d 55e72b9072ddc05f848e5a6fae159c554102010b gfx2 1000 good no
arcade mmi6301.1f 256 d12de557 mmi6301.1f 53e8a57dfab677cc5b9cdd83d2fbeb93169bcefd proms 0 good no
arcade mmi6301.1h 256 4c84fe70 mmi6301.1h 7ac52bd5b19663b9526ecb678e61db9939d2285d proms 100 good no

Chips list

name tag type clock
AY-3-8910A aysnd audio 1500000
Speaker mono audio
Z80 audiocpu cpu 3072000

Categories

History


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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