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Galaxy Wars (Universal set 2)

  1. Game infos
  2. Parent and Clones
  3. Sound
  4. Driver
  5. Inputs
  6. Controls
  7. Display
  8. Configurations
  9. Dipswitchs
  10. Roms list
  11. Chips list
  12. Samples list
  13. Categories
  14. History
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Game infos

Description Galaxy Wars (Universal set 2)
Name galxwars2
Manufacturer Universal
Year 1979
Runnable yes
System arcade /
Number of players 2P alt
Added to MAME .053
Romset size 0 B
Romset file files
Romset zip 0 B
Language English
Genre Shooter

Parent and clones

Parent galxwars : Galaxy Wars (Universal set 1) (1979)

Sound infos

Sound_channels 1

Driver infos

Driver status preliminary
Driver emulation good
Driver color preliminary
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

Configuration

name tag mask
Cabinet
Name Cocktail
Value 1
Default no
Name Upright
Value 0
Default yes

CAB
 1

Dipswitchs

Roms list

console name bios size crc md5 merge sha1 region offset status optional
arcade 01.1 1024 aac24f34 01.1 ad110e776547fb48baac568bb50d61854537ca34 proms 0 baddump no
arcade 02.2 1024 2bdf83a0 02.2 01ffbd43964c41987e7d44816271308f9a70802b proms 400 baddump no
arcade 3192.h6 4096 bde6860b e04b8add32d8f7ea588fae6d6a387f1d40495f1b maincpu 0 good no
arcade 3193.h7 4096 a17cd507 554ab0e8bdc0e7af4a30b0ddc8aa053c8e70255c maincpu 4000 good no

Chips list

name tag type clock
8080 maincpu cpu 1996800
SN76477 snsnd audio
Samples samples audio
Speaker mono audio

Samples list

name
1
2
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9

Categories

History


Arcade Video game published 40 years ago:

Galaxy Wars (c) 1979 Universal.

Galaxy Wars is a 2-D shooter where you are given three missiles to shoot at two rows of alien ships at the top. Miniature rock-like satellites move around the screen, ready to obliterate your missile at any moment, and the ships themselves shoot at you.

- TECHNICAL -

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

Screen orientation : Vertical
Video resolution : 224 x 260 pixels
Screen refresh : 59.54 Hz
Palette color: 2 (overlays)

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

- TRIVIA -

Galaxy Wars was released in August 1979.

Export releases:
"T.T Galaxy Wars" (Taito)

Bootleg/Hacks releases :
Star Wars (Yamashita]

- SCORING -

1st rack : 50 (side hit), 100 (bottom, towards the side) or 150 (near middle of bottom) points for each ship.
2nd rack : 100 (side hit), 200 (bottom, towards the side) or 250 (near middle of bottom) points for each ship.
3rd rack : 150 (side hit), 300 (bottom, towards the side) or 350 (near middle of bottom) points for each ship.
You can probably figure the scores for higher racks from the patterns here.

- PORTS -

* CONSOLES:
[JP] Nintendo Super Famicom (jan.13, 1995) [Model SHVC-AGWJ]

* COMPUTERS:
BBC Micro [EU] (1982)
X68000 (1987)

* Other :
Apple iPhone/iPod [US] (sept.9, 2009) [Model 331413595] : Online version

- CONTRIBUTE -

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