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Sprint 8 (play tag & chase)

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

Description Sprint 8 (play tag & chase)
Name sprint8a
Manufacturer Atari
Year 1977
Runnable yes
System arcade /
Number of players 8P sim
Added to MAME .073
Romset size 0 B
Romset file files
Romset zip 0 B
Language English
Genre Driving

Parent and clones

Parent sprint8 : Sprint 8 (1977)

Sound infos

Sound_channels 4

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 8
Input buttons
Input coins 8

Controls infos

type ways minimum maximum sensitivity keydelta reverse
dial 0 255 100 10 no

Display infos

type rotate flipx width height refresh pixclock htotal hbend hbstart vtotal vbend vbstart
raster 0 no 496 232 60 8017920 512 0 496 261 0 232

Dipswitchs

Adjusters

name default
R132 - Crash & Screech Volume 65

Roms list

console name bios size crc md5 merge sha1 region offset status optional
arcade l2800s8 2048 3926de69 ec03d7684e393061d1d48ae73897e9dc38131c14 maincpu 2800 good no
arcade l3000s8 2048 c78d9888 a854b50b2cf0261c1f966ef1bd001084500b3545 maincpu 3000 good no
arcade l3800s8 2048 74a8f103 0cc15006cbd4579feac0f07690f32b2b61f97ae9 maincpu 3800 good no
arcade m2800s8 2048 d009d6da 3210806b0eb344d88d2cbcc46895f7224771c1f2 maincpu 2800 good no
arcade m3000s8 2048 9ebfe8f8 9709f697a7f9cce7ff4edbdccbaf14931328a052 maincpu 3000 good no
arcade m3800s8 2048 90aadc75 34ca21c37573d9a2df92d3a1e73fdc0a9885c0a0 maincpu 3800 good no
arcade s8.j5 256 d37fff36 20a7a8caf2fbfe22e307fe8541d31784c8e39d1a gfx2 0 good no
arcade s8.n6 512 92cf9a7e 6bd2d396e0a299c2e731425cabd578d569c2061b gfx1 0 good no

Chips list

name tag type clock
DISCRETE discrete audio
M6800 maincpu cpu 1005000
Speaker speaker_4_8 audio

Serie

Serie : Sprint
  1. Sprint 2 (set 1) (1976)
  2. Sprint 2 (set 2) (1976)
  3. Sprint 4 (set 1) (1977)
  4. Sprint 4 (set 2) (1977)
  5. Sprint 8 (1977)
  6. Sprint 8 (play tag & chase) (1977)
  7. Sprint 1 (1978)
  8. Championship Sprint (rev 3) (1986)
  9. Championship Sprint (rev 1) (1986)
  10. Championship Sprint (rev 2) (1986)
  11. Championship Sprint (French) (1986)
  12. Championship Sprint (German, rev 2) (1986)
  13. Championship Sprint (German, rev 1) (1986)
  14. Championship Sprint (Spanish, rev 2) (1986)
  15. Championship Sprint (Spanish, rev 1) (1986)
  16. Super Sprint (rev 4) (1986)
  17. Super Sprint (rev 1) (1986)
  18. Super Sprint (rev 3) (1986)
  19. Super Sprint (French) (1986)
  20. Super Sprint (German, rev 2) (1986)
  21. Super Sprint (German, rev 1) (1986)
  22. Super Sprint (Spanish) (1986)
  23. Super Sprint (UK) (1987)
  24. Super Sprint (Spa) (1987)
  25. Super Sprint (USA) (1988)
  26. Bad Lands (1989)
  27. Bad Lands (bootleg) (1989)
  28. Bad Lands (bootleg, alternate) (1989)
  29. Badlands (1990)
  30. Badlands (UK) (1990)
  31. Badlands (UK) (1990)
  32. Badlands (1990)
  33. Badlands (UK, Alt 2) (1990)

Categories

History


Arcade Video game published 42 years ago:

Sprint 8 (c) 1977 Atari.

In this game you control a race car on a semi-complicated track. You are looking down on the action from above. Your only goal is to drive around the track as many times as possible, and as fast as you can. There will be eight cars on the track at all times. With the computer controlling cars for missing players. The sheer number of cars can make this game a little confusing. All the cars have minor variations to set them apart from the others, but are similar enough that you simply cannot look away from the track for a second. If you are used to the other Sprint games, you will find that this one is a bit different, the graphics are slightly higher in resolution, and the tracks are much more complex, and have a different look to them, not to mention the fact that this version adds a brake pedal that was absent in the other Sprint titles. The game has several different tracks available, and you can select them with a button at the start of a match. The graphics are simple black and white with two shades of gray thrown in for good measure. They are simple, but they get the job done. The game will rate you at the end, you can get rated Granny, Rookie, or Pro, and getting a score over 250 points will extend the game an extra 30 seconds.

- TECHNICAL -

Sprint 8 came in one form, that of a huge black and tan standing cocktail table, this thing is larger than your dining room table. It has a large four sided marquee raised up above the table on posts to a height of about seven feet. Scattered all around the table are steering wheels, gas pedals, and coin mechs. Each side of the table is equipped with driving stations for two players, with each station having a steering wheel, two pedals, a four position shifter, a start button, and a level select button. The game computer is contained on a single pcb like all late 1970's Atari games with an onboard voltgae regulator. The pcb is nothing like any indy/sprint series game and has an 88pin edge conenctor.

Main CPU : M6800 (@ 1.005 Mhz)

Screen orientation : Horizontal
Video resolution : 496 x 232 pixels
Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz
Palette Colors : 18

Players : 8
Control : dial
Buttons : 2

- TRIVIA -

Released in May 1977.

- SERIES -

1. Sprint 2 (1976)
2. Sprint 8 (1977)
3. Sprint 4 (1977)
4. Sprint One (1978)
5. Super Sprint (1986)
6. Championship Sprint (1986)
7. Bad Lands (1989)

- CONTRIBUTE -

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