Arcade Video game published 39 years ago:
Space Battle (c) 1980 U.S Billiards.
You pilot an arrowhead-shaped vessel at the bottom of the screen, facing off against four different types of enemies. Certain enemies drop 'space soldiers' when shot, if these make it to the bottom of the screen, they will try to 'spear' your ship from behind.
- TECHNICAL -
Main CPU : Motorola 6800
Sound Chips : Tone generator and discrete circuits
Screen orientation : Vertical
Video resolution : 224 x 256 pixels
Screen refresh : 60.61 Hz
Palette colors : 98
Players : 2
Control : 2-way joystick
Buttons : 1
- TRIVIA -
From designer: The reason I used the Motorola 6800 was it was one of the first microprocessors to come down to a reasonable price. (John Wilbur)
- STAFF -
Software, hardware designed by: John Wilbur
- CONTRIBUTE -
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