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Swarm (bootleg?)

  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. History
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Game infos

Description Swarm (bootleg?)
Name swarm
Manufacturer bootleg? (Subelectro)
Year 1979
Runnable yes
System arcade /
Number of players 2P alt
Added to MAME .036b11
Romset size 0 B
Romset file files
Romset zip 0 B
Language English
Genre Shooter

Parent and clones

Parent galaxian : Galaxian (Namco set 1) (1979)

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
joy 2 no

Display infos

type rotate flipx width height refresh pixclock htotal hbend hbstart vtotal vbend vbstart
raster 90 no 768 224 60.606061 18432000 1152 0 768 264 16 240

Dipswitchs

Roms list

console name bios size crc md5 merge sha1 region offset status optional
arcade 6l.bpr 32 c3ac9467 6l.bpr f382ad5a34d282056c78a5ec00c30ec43772bae2 proms 0 good no
arcade swarm1.bin 2048 21eba3d0 d07f141d785c86faca8c40af034c26f2789e9346 maincpu 0 good no
arcade swarm2.bin 2048 f3a436cd 8d64e61b823e22f17cb79bf9e0c7b3c80c76413f maincpu 800 good no
arcade swarm3.bin 2048 2915e38b 045d4cc2c363b9ba8d066f902f03b7eacbeb1f5e maincpu 1000 good no
arcade swarm4.bin 2048 8bbbf486 84c975562c9c359069fb70f7f416420c74d40622 maincpu 1800 good no
arcade swarm5.bin 2048 f1b1987e 0c8b57cb156fdd1a81a5e4535464cafab737185b maincpu 2000 good no
arcade swarma.bin 2048 ef8657bb c942db83231b04041e2794a08ce779331613edcf gfx1 0 good no
arcade swarmb.bin 2048 60c4bd31 a8f22f8d7a9fca2c29091888e243dfa10211e138 gfx1 800 good no

Chips list

name tag type clock
DISCRETE discrete audio
Galaxian Audio Custom cust audio
Speaker speaker audio
Z80 maincpu cpu 3072000

Serie

Serie : Galaxian
  1. Space Invaders Galactica (galaxiana hack) (1979)
  2. Galaxian Part 4 (hack) (1979)
  3. Galaxian Part X (moonaln hack) (1979)
  4. Galaxian (bootleg, set 1) (1979)
  5. Galaxian (bootleg, set 3) (1979)
  6. Galaxian (Namco set 1) (1979)
  7. Galaxian (Namco set 2) (1979)
  8. Galaxian (bootleg, set 2) (1979)
  9. Galaxian (Midway set 1) (1979)
  10. Galaxian (Midway set 2) (1979)
  11. Galaxian (Taito) (1979)
  12. Galaxian Turbo (superg hack) (1979)
  13. Kamakazi III (superg hack) (1979)
  14. Kamikaze (Potomac Games) (1979)
  15. Moon Alien (1979)
  16. Star Fighter (1979)
  17. Super Galaxians (galaxiana hack) (1979)
  18. Super Galaxians (Silver Systems) (1979)
  19. Swarm (bootleg?) (1979)
  20. Zero Time (1979)
  21. Astrians (clone of Swarm) (1980)
  22. Galaxian (Recreativos Franco S.A. Spanish bootleg) (1980)
  23. Moon Alien Part 2 (1980)
  24. Moon Alien Part 2 (older version) (1980)
  25. Super GX (1980)
  26. Galaga (Namco rev. B) (1981)
  27. Galaga (1981)
  28. Galaga (Midway set 1 with fast shoot hack) (1981)
  29. Galaga (Midway set 2) (1981)
  30. Galaga (Midway set 1) (1981)
  31. Galaga (Namco) (1981)
  32. Galaxian (1981)
  33. Galaxian (12K) (1981)
  34. Gallag (1981)
  35. Swarm (1981)
  36. Galaxian (1982)
  37. Galaxian (1982)
  38. Galaxians (1982)
  39. Swarm (1982)
  40. Galaxian (1983)
  41. Galaxian (Thunder Mountain) (clean crack) (1983)
  42. Galaxian (1983)
  43. Galaxian (1983)
  44. Galaxian (1983)
  45. Galaxian (1983)
  46. Galaxian (1983)
  47. Galaxian (Alt) (1983)
  48. Galaxian (Alt?) (1983)
  49. Galaga (Tw) (1983?)
  50. Galaga (PAL) (1984)
  51. Galaga (Jpn) (1984)
  52. Galaga (Euro) (1984)
  53. Galaga 3 (GP3 rev. D) (1984)
  54. Galaga 3 (GP3 rev. C) (1984)
  55. Galaga 3 (GP3) (1984)
  56. Galaga 3 (set 4) (1984)
  57. Galaga 3 (set 5) (1984)
  58. Galaxian (Jpn) (1984)
  59. Galaxian (Euro) (1984)
  60. Galaxian (Jpn, Rev. A) (1984)
  61. Galaxian (1984)
  62. Galaxian (Jpn, Alt) (1984)
  63. Galaxian (Jpn) (1984)
  64. Gaplus (GP2 rev. B) (1984)
  65. Gaplus (GP2) (1984)
  66. Gaplus (GP2 rev D, alternate hardware) (1984)
  67. Gatsbee (1984)
  68. Galaga (1985)
  69. Galaga (1985)
  70. Gaplus (1985)
  71. Gaplus (Alt Format) (1985)
  72. Galaxian's Revenge (UK) [Amstrad Computer User] (1986)
  73. Star Fighter (Euro) (1986)
  74. Galaga '88 (1987)
  75. Galaga '88 (02-03-88) (1987)
  76. Galaga '88 (Japan) (1987)
  77. Galaga '88 (1988)
  78. Galaga - Demons of Death (Euro) (1989)
  79. Fantastic (Galaga conversion on Galaxian hardware) (198?)
  80. Galaga (198?)
  81. Galaga (198?)
  82. Galaxian (198?)
  83. Galaxian X-1 (198?)
  84. Galaxians (198?)
  85. Galaga (1990)
  86. Galaga '88 (1990)
  87. Galaxian (1990)
  88. Gaplus (Tecfri PCB) (1992)
  89. Star Fighter (1992)
  90. Galaxian (1996)
  91. Star Fighter (USA) (1996)
  92. Star Fighter (USA) (1996)
  93. Galaxian 3 - Theater 6 : Project Dragoon (199?)
  94. Galaxian (Kor) (199?)
  95. Galaga (Jpn) (19??)
  96. Galaxian (19??)
  97. Galaxian (Jpn) (19??)
  98. GALAXIANS (19??)
  99. Galaxian (Alt) (19??)
  100. Star Fighter (Ned) (19??)
  101. Star Fighter (19??)
  102. Galaxian Test ROM (19??)
  103. Ms. Pac-Man/Galaga - 20th Anniversary Class of 1981 Reunion (V1.08) (2000)
  104. Ms. Pac-Man/Galaga - 20th Anniversary Class of 1981 Reunion (V1.00) (2000)
  105. Ms. Pac-Man/Galaga - 20th Anniversary Class of 1981 Reunion (V1.01) (2000)
  106. Ms. Pac-Man/Galaga - 20th Anniversary Class of 1981 Reunion (V1.02) (2000)
  107. Ms. Pac-Man/Galaga - 20th Anniversary Class of 1981 Reunion (V1.03) (2000)
  108. Ms. Pac-Man/Galaga - 20th Anniversary Class of 1981 Reunion (V1.04) (2000)
  109. Galaga - Destination Earth (USA) (2000)

Categories

History


Arcade Video game published 40 years ago:

Swarm (c) 1979 Subelectro.

- TECHNICAL -

Main CPU : Zilog Z80 (@ 3.072 Mhz)
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 -

Considered as a hack of "Galaxian", this game seems more like a hack of "Moon Alien Part 2" by Nichibutsu, but with the graphics changed to look more like "Galaxian". This explains why the shots move with the ship and why the fuel gauge is there. On Moon Alien the shots move left/right but there is no fuel gauge. Galaxian also didn't use a 'title screen' formed with graphics, it went straight through to 'We are the Galaxians'.

- SCORING -

Blue Galaxian : 30 points in formation, 60 points in flight
Purple Galaxian : 40 points in formation, 80 points in flight
Red Galaxian : 50 points in formation, 100 points in flight
Flagship : 60 points in formation, 150 points in flight
Flagship : 200 points in flight with one escort
Flagship : 300 points in flight with two escorts, Flagship killed before both escorts
Flagship : 800 points in flight with two escorts, Flagship killed after both escorts

- CONTRIBUTE -

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