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Homo

  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 Homo
Name homo
Manufacturer bootleg
Year 1987
Runnable yes
System arcade /
Number of players 2P alt
Added to MAME .035b11
Romset size 0 B
Romset file files
Romset zip 0 B
Language English
Genre Ball & Paddle

Parent and clones

Parent goindol : Goindol (World) (1987)

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 2

Controls infos

type ways minimum maximum sensitivity keydelta reverse
dial 0 255 40 10 no
joy 8 no

Display infos

type rotate flipx width height refresh pixclock htotal hbend hbstart vtotal vbend vbstart
raster 90 no 256 224 60

Dipswitchs

Roms list

console name bios size crc md5 merge sha1 region offset status optional
arcade am27s21.pr1 256 361f0868 am27s21.pr1 aea681a2e168aca327a998db7b537c7b82dbc433 proms 0 good no
arcade am27s21.pr2 256 e355da4d am27s21.pr2 40ebdbf6519b2817402ea716aae838c315da4fcb proms 100 good no
arcade am27s21.pr3 256 8534cfb5 am27s21.pr3 337b6d5e9ceb2116aea73a7a4ac7e70716460323 proms 200 good no
arcade homo.01 32768 28c539ad 64e950a4238a5656a9e0d0a699a6545da8c59548 maincpu 0 good no
arcade r10 32768 72e1add1 r10 e8bdaffbbbf8ed22eb161cb8d7945ff09420f68f audiocpu 0 good no
arcade r2 32768 1ff6e3a2 r2 321d32b5236f8fadc55b00412081cd17fbdb42bf maincpu 10000 good no
arcade r3 32768 e9eec24a r3 d193dd23b8bee3a788114e6bb86902dddf6fdd99 maincpu 18000 good no
arcade r4 32768 1ab84225 r4 47494d03fb8d153335203155e61d90108db62961 gfx1 0 good no
arcade r5 32768 4997d469 r5 60c482b2408079bc8b2ffb86bc01927d5cad66ea gfx1 8000 good no
arcade r6 32768 752904b0 r6 6ff44bd45b000bccae4fd67eefce936aacd971fc gfx1 10000 good no
arcade r7 32768 362f2a27 r7 9b8232a9ce7d752a749897fb2231a005c734239d gfx2 0 good no
arcade r8 32768 9fc7946e r8 89100fae14826ad4f6735770827cbfe97562038c gfx2 8000 good no
arcade r9 32768 e6212fe4 r9 f42b5ddbdb6599ba4ff5e6ef7d86e55f58a671b6 gfx2 10000 good no

Chips list

name tag type clock
Speaker mono audio
YM2203 ymsnd audio 1500000
Z80 audiocpu cpu 6000000

Categories

History


Arcade Video game kit published 32 years ago:

Homo (c) 1987 Homo Sapiens.

- TECHNICAL -

Main CPU : Zilog Z80 (@ 6 Mhz)
Sound CPU : Zilog Z80 (@ 4 Mhz)
Sound Chips : YM2203 (@ 2 Mhz)

Screen orientation : Vertical
Video resolution : 224 x 256 pixels
Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz
Palette Colors : 256

Players : 2
Control : dial
Buttons : 2

- TRIVIA -

It was 1987 and SunA had just released a hot new "Arkanoid" clone named "Goindol". It was a ball and paddle game with a prehistoric theme. Soon after the first "Goindol" unit shipped, pirate game manufacturer ALSFTW decided that they were going to make a bootleg version of the game to sell to the rich American and European market. Now the first thing you do when creating a bootleg game is to change the name, and set up a front company. So they saw the little caveman that was on all the game screens, and decided to name their game 'Homo,' and their front company 'Homo Sapiens'. All these decisions were made by people with little experience with the English language, so they had little idea that Homo also meant 'A rude abbreviation for homosexual. Used more often by children than by adults'.

They went ahead and created thousands of 'Homo conversion kits', and then tried to sell them to the English speaking market. Bootleg conversion kits usually sell fast, because they are priced so much cheaper than the games they copy. But, they had a hard time selling their 'Homo conversion kits' to anyone, the thirteen year old mentality was just too prevalent among distributors, and arcade operators. So most of these 'Homo conversion kits' just languished unsold in warehouses, a few were actually sold and installed, but not many. The conversion kit consisted of a marquee (very plain, just said 'Homo' on it), a PCB, and an instruction manual. You were expected to supply your own spinner and buttons. The game itself ran on a boardset nearly identical to the original "Goindol" (of course the components were much lower in quality).

- CONTRIBUTE -

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