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Return of the Invaders

  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. MAMEinfo
  14. History
  15. High scores
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Game infos

Description Return of the Invaders
Name retofinv
Manufacturer Taito Corporation
Year 1985
Runnable yes
System arcade /
Number of players 2P alt
Added to MAME .035b13
Romset size 101 KB
Romset file 17 files
Romset zip 45 B
Language English
Evaluation 70 to 80 (Good)
Genre Shooter

Parent and clones

Parent This game is the parent

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 yes
Input players 2
Input buttons
Input coins 2

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 90 no 288 224 60

Dipswitchs

Roms list

console name bios size crc md5 merge sha1 region offset status optional
arcade 82s191n 2048 93c891e3 643a0107717b6a434432dda73a0102e6e8adbca7 proms 300 good no
arcade a37-01.72 8192 505dd20b 3a34b1515bb834ff9e2d86b0b43a752d9619307b maincpu 4000 good no
arcade a37-02.71 8192 72895e37 42fb904338e9f92a79d587eac401d456e7fb6e55 maincpu 2000 good no
arcade a37-03.70 8192 eae7459d c105f6adbd4c09decaad68ed13163d8f9b55e646 maincpu 0 good no
arcade a37-04.62 8192 d2899cc1 fdbec743b06f4cdcc134ef863e4e71337ad0b2c5 sub 0 good no
arcade a37-05.17 8192 9025abea 2f03e8572f23624d7cd1215a55109e97fd66e271 audiocpu 0 good no
arcade a37-06.13 256 e9643b8b 7bbb92a42e7c3effb701fc7b2c24f2470f31b063 proms 0 good no
arcade a37-07.4 256 e8f34e11 8f438561b8d46ffff00747ed8baf0ebb6a081615 proms 100 good no
arcade a37-08.3 256 50030af0 e748ae0b8702b7d20fb65c254dceee23246b3d13 proms 200 good no
arcade a37-09.37 2048 79bd6ded 4967e95b4461c1bfb4e933d1804677799014f77b 68705:mcu 0 baddump no
arcade a37-10.8 8192 6afdeec8 782fe0a8aea48c3c270318b7ba011fc6fce0db7a gfx2 0 good no
arcade a37-11.9 8192 d3dc9da3 0d98d6e993b5a4845a23802751023b7a593dce29 gfx2 2000 good no
arcade a37-12.10 8192 d10b2eed 3809a0adf935a119f9ee0d4c24f1456c35d2a6fa gfx2 4000 good no
arcade a37-13.11 8192 00ca6b3d 08ce5b13d5ebc79cc803949f4ba9e630e6cd92b8 gfx2 6000 good no
arcade a37-14.55 8192 ef7f8651 2d91057501e5e9c4255e0d55fff0d99c2a5be7e8 gfx3 0 good no
arcade a37-15.56 8192 03b40905 c10d87796e8a6e6a2a37c6fb713821cc87299cc8 gfx3 2000 good no
arcade a37-16.61 8192 4e3f501c 2d832f4038ae65bfdeedfab870f6f1176ec6b676 gfx1 0 good no

Chips list

name tag type clock
MC68705P5 68705:mcu cpu 3072000
SN76496 sn2 audio 3072000
Speaker mono audio
Z80 audiocpu cpu 3072000

Serie

Serie : Space Invaders
  1. Cosmic Invaders (bootleg of Space Invaders) (1978)
  2. Darth Vader (bootleg of Space Invaders) (1978)
  3. Galaxy Monsters (Laguna S.A. Spanish bootleg of Space Invaders) (1978)
  4. Space Invaders Part Four (1978)
  5. Space Invaders (Logitec) (1978)
  6. Space Invaders / Space Invaders M (1978)
  7. Space Invaders (Model Racing) (1978)
  8. Super Invaders (bootleg set 2) (1978)
  9. Space Invaders (SV Version rev 4) (1978)
  10. Space Invaders (SV Version rev 1) (1978)
  11. Space Invaders (SV Version rev 2) (1978)
  12. Space Invaders (SV Version rev 3) (1978)
  13. Space Invaders (TV Version rev 2) (1978)
  14. Space Invaders (TV Version rev 1) (1978)
  15. Space Attack (bootleg of Space Invaders) (1978)
  16. Space War Part 3 (1978)
  17. Space King (1978)
  18. Space War (Sanritsu) (1978)
  19. Super Invaders (bootleg set 1) (1978)
  20. Beam Invader (1979)
  21. Space Invaders Part II (Taito) (1979)
  22. Space Invaders Part II (Brazil) (1979)
  23. IPM Invader (1979)
  24. IPM Invader (Incomplete Dump) (1979)
  25. Jatre Specter (set 1) (1979)
  26. Jatre Specter (set 2) (1979)
  27. Moon Base Zeta (set 1) (1979)
  28. Moon Base Zeta (set 2) (1979)
  29. Pacom Invader (1979)
  30. Space Invaders (CV Version, larger roms) (1979)
  31. Space King 2 (1979)
  32. Space Attack / Head On (1979)
  33. Space Attack (upright set 1) (1979)
  34. Space Attack (upright set 2) (1979)
  35. Space Attack (upright set 3) (1979)
  36. Space Attack (cocktail) (1979)
  37. Space Monster (Euro) ~ Alien Invaders - Plus! (USA) (1980)
  38. Space Invaders II (Midway, cocktail) (1980)
  39. Space Invaders Deluxe (1980)
  40. Invaders from Hyperspace! (USA) (1980)
  41. Super Earth Invasion (set 3) (1980)
  42. Super Earth Invasion (set 1) (1980)
  43. Super Earth Invasion (set 2) (1980)
  44. Space Attack II (bootleg of Super Invaders) (1980)
  45. Space Intruder (1980)
  46. Space Intruder (Japan) (1980)
  47. Super Invaders (Zenitone-Microsec) (1980?)
  48. Alien Invasion (1981)
  49. TI Invaders (1981)
  50. Space Intruders (1981)
  51. Invaders (Superior Software) (1982)
  52. Invaders (1982)
  53. Invasion aus dem Weltraum (1982)
  54. Space Attack (1982)
  55. Space Attack (1982)
  56. Super Invaders (1982)
  57. Super Invaders (1982)
  58. Alien Invaders (1983)
  59. Invaders (Superior Software) (1983)
  60. Invaders (Prototype) (1984)
  61. Space Attack (1984)
  62. Tiki-Invaders v2 (Nor) (1985)
  63. Invasion (1985)
  64. Invasion (1985)
  65. Invasion (Alt) (1985)
  66. Invasion (Alt) (1985)
  67. Invasion (Alt 2) (1985)
  68. Moon Base Alpha (Fra) [Amstrad Computer User] (1985)
  69. Return of the Invaders (1985)
  70. Return of the Invaders (bootleg set 1) (1985)
  71. Return of the Invaders (bootleg set 2) (1985)
  72. Invaders (Euro) (1986)
  73. Space Invaders (1986)
  74. Space Attack (UK) (1986)
  75. Invasion (UK) (1987)
  76. Invasion (UK) (1987)
  77. Invasion (Euro, 64K) (1987)
  78. Invasion (Euro, 64K, Alt) (1987)
  79. Invaders (198?)
  80. Sorcerer Invaders (198?)
  81. Invaders (198?)
  82. Space Invaders (198?)
  83. Invaders (198?)
  84. Majestic Twelve - The Space Invaders Part IV (Japan) (1990)
  85. Majestic Twelve - The Space Invaders Part IV (US) (1990)
  86. Super Space Invaders '91 (World, Rev 1) (1990)
  87. Super Space Invaders '91 (World) (1990)
  88. Alien Invasion (1994)
  89. Space Invaders DX (US, v2.1) (1994)
  90. Space Invaders DX (Japan, v2.1) (1994)
  91. Space Invaders DX (Japan, v2.0) (1994)
  92. Space Invaders DX (Ver 2.6J 1994/09/14) (F3 Version) (1994)
  93. Akkanbeder (Ver 2.5J 1995/06/14) (1995)
  94. Space Invaders '95: The Attack Of Lunar Loonies (Ver 2.5O 1995/06/14) (1995)
  95. Space Invaders '95: The Attack Of Lunar Loonies (Ver 2.5A 1995/06/14) (1995)
  96. Alien Invasion (19??)
  97. Alien Invasion (v1.4) (19??)
  98. Alien Invasion Part II (19??)
  99. Invaders (19??)
  100. Invaders v1.2 (19??)
  101. Weltrauminvasoren / Invaders / Invaseur De L'Espace (19??)
  102. Space Invaders (Electromar, Spanish) (19??)
  103. Invasion (Sidam) (19??)
  104. Invasion (UK) (19??)
  105. Invasion (bootleg set 1, normal graphics) (19??)
  106. Invasion (bootleg set 2, no copyright) (19??)
  107. Invasion (bootleg set 3, R Z SRL Bologna) (19??)
  108. Invasion (bootleg set 4, R Z SRL Bologna) (19??)
  109. MOONBASE (19??)
  110. Super Invaders / Super Invaders / Super Envahisseurs (19??)
  111. Space Invaders Test ROM (19??)
  112. Space Invaders Multigame (M8.03D) (2002)
  113. Space Invaders Multigame (M8.01A) (2002)
  114. Space Invaders Multigame (M8.02A) (2002)
  115. Space Invaders Multigame (M8.02C) (2002)
  116. Space Invaders Multigame (M8.03A) (2002)
  117. Space Invaders Multigame (prototype) (2002)
  118. Space Invaders Multigame (S0.81A) (2002)
  119. Space Invaders Multigame (S0.82A) (2002)
  120. Space Invaders Multigame (S0.83A) (2002)
  121. Space Invaders Multigame (T8.03D) (2002)
  122. Space Invaders / Qix Silver Anniversary Edition (Ver. 2.03) (2003)
  123. Space Invaders Anniversary (V2.02J) (2003)
  124. Invaders (2014)

Categories

MAMEinfo

0.35b13 [Jarek Parchanski]


WIP:

- 0.182: Use common Taito MCU hookup [Vas Crabb]. Added comment about developer (thanks to TCRF and GDRI) [Stiletto]. Replaced M68705 CPU3 with MC68705P5.

- 0.159: Osso added save state support to Return of the Invaders.

- 6th August 2011: Guru - A couple of boards arrived for decapping. Slapfight A76 version and Return of the Invaders. Both have a 68705P5 MCU. Thanks to Tingoes for the donations.

- 0.142u3: Angelo Salese removed deprecat.h dependancy and updated irqs accordingly for 'Return of the Invaders'.

- 0.133u1: Renamed (retofin1) to (retofinv1) and (retofin2) to (retofinv2).

- 0.130u1: Pierpaolo Prazzoli fixed the remaining lives are not shown in Return of the Invaders.

- 0.123u1: Fixed gfx2/3 rom loading. Changed palettesize from 256 to 2560 colors.

- 0.122u6: Changed M68705 CPU4 clock speed to 3072000 Hz.

- 0.115: Aaron Giles updated 68705 clocks to take into account the internal divide by 4. Added constant so that it is clear why this is being done. Added M68705 MCU rom. Changed M68705 CPU4 clock speed to 768000 Hz.

- 0.93u2: Nicola Salmoria fixed 'Life' display in Return of the Invaders.

- 0.89u6: Cleaned up Return of Invaders driver [Nicola Salmoria]. Changed M68705 CPU4 clock speed to 3072000 Hz. Marked M68705 MCU rom as 'nodump'. Fixed rom names. Swapped proms ($0, 200). Changed 'Unknown' dipswitches to 'Unused'.

- 0.37b8: Added M68705 (4MHz MCU) CPU4 and cpu4 rom ($0).

- 8th September 2000: Nicola Salmoria fixed the Return of Invaders driver to use the 68705 emulation correctly instead of relying on a protection hack.

- 0.36b9: Changed clock speed of the 2x SN76496 to 3072000 Hz. Added dipswitches 'Push Start to Skip Stage' and 'Coin Per Play Display'.

- 0.36b5: Andrea Mazzoleni fixed colors in Return of the Invaders.

- 0.35RC1: Added lookup table prom 82s191n.

- 0.35b13: Jarek Parchanski added 'Return of the Invaders' (Taito 1985) and clones (bootleg set 1) and (bootleg set 2).


LEVELS: 99 (endless)


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History


Arcade Video game published 34 years ago:

Return of the Invaders (c) 1985 Taito Corp.

A full colour update of the legendary original; featuring challenge stages and circling aliens. Return of the Invaders, while playable enough in its own right, would be vastly improved upon by its sequel, "Super Space Invaders '91", released five years' later.

- TECHNICAL -

Board Number : M4300029A
Prom Stickers : A37

Main CPU : (3x) Z80, Motorola M68705
Sound Chips : (2x) Texas Instruments SN76496

Players : 2
Control : 2-Way Joystick
Buttons : 1
=> Shoot

- TRIVIA -

Return of the Invaders was released in September 1985.

The development name of the game was "Space Invaders Part 3". Return of The Invaders was developed by UPL for Taito. For a small softco like UPL, working on the Space Invaders franchise was a great opportunity to gain notoriety within the videogame industry. Unfortunately, Taito neglected to mention UPL in the finished game.

- UPDATES -

Bootlegs version has no M68705 @ 3.072 Mhz :-)

- SERIES -

1. Space Invaders (1978, ARC)
2. Space Invaders Part II (1979, ARC)
3. Return of the Invaders (1985, ARC)
4. Majestic Twelve - The Space Invaders Part IV (1990, ARC)
5. Space Invaders DX (1994, ARC)
6. Akkanvader (1995, ARC)
7. Space Invaders Virtual Collection (1995, Virtual Boy)
8. Space Invaders X (2000, PS)
9. Space Invaders Anniversary (2003, ARC)
10. Space Invaders DS (2005, DS)
11. Space Invaders - Galaxy Beat (2005, PSP)
12. Space Invaders Extreme (2008, DS/PSP)
13. Space Invaders Extreme 2 (2009, DS)
14. Space Invaders Frenzy (2017, ARC)

- STAFF -

Developed by: UPL

- PORTS -

* CONSOLES:
[EU] Microsoft XBOX (oct.14, 2005) "Taito Legends"
[EU] Sony PS2 (oct.14, 2005) "Taito Legends [Model SLES-53438]"
[US] Microsoft XBOX (oct.25, 2005) "Taito Legends"
[US] Sony PS2 (oct.25, 2005) "Taito Legends [Model SLUS-21122]"
[KO] Sony PS2 (jul.18, 2006) "Taito Legends [Model SLKA-15056]"
[JP] Sony PS2 (jan.25, 2007) "Taito Memories II Joukan [Model SLPM-66649]"

* HANDHELDS:
[JP] Sony PSP (may.12, 2005) "Space Invaders Pocket [Model ULJM-05015]"
[EU] Sony PSP (oct.6, 2006) "Taito Legends Power-Up [Model ULES-00473]"
[AU] Sony PSP (nov.9, 2006) "Taito Legends Power-Up [Model ULES-00473]"
[US] Sony PSP (may.17, 2007) "Taito Legends Power-Up [Model ULUS-10208]"

* COMPUTERS:
[EU] PC [MS Windows, CD-ROM] (oct.14, 2005) "Taito Legends"
[US] PC [MS Windows, CD-ROM] (nov.10, 2005) "Taito Legends"

- CONTRIBUTE -

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High scores

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