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The Hand

  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. Samples list
  12. Categories
  13. MAMEinfo
  14. History
  15. High scores
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Game infos

Description The Hand
Name thehand
Manufacturer T.I.C.
Year 1981
Runnable yes
System arcade /
Number of players 2P alt
Added to MAME .055
Romset size 45 KB
Romset file 14 files
Romset zip 26 B
Language English
Evaluation 30 to 40 (Amendable)
Genre Maze

Parent and clones

Parent This game is the parent

Sound infos

Sound_channels 1

Driver infos

Driver status imperfect
Driver emulation good
Driver color good
Driver sound imperfect
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 1

Controls infos

type ways minimum maximum sensitivity keydelta reverse
joy 8 no

Display infos

type rotate flipx width height refresh pixclock htotal hbend hbstart vtotal vbend vbstart
raster 270 no 288 224 60

Dipswitchs

Roms list

console name bios size crc md5 merge sha1 region offset status optional
arcade gb-02.bin 2048 65a7e284 91e9c34dcf20608863ad5475dc0c4309971c8eee user1 800 good no
arcade gb-03.bin 4096 f34d90ab bec5f6a34a273f308083a280f2b425d9c273c69b maincpu 3000 good no
arcade gb-08.bin 4096 82f59528 6bfa2329eb291040bfc229c56420865253b0132a user2 6000 good no
arcade gb-09.bin 4096 619bba76 2a2deffe6f058fc840329fbfffbc0c70a0147c14 user2 5000 good no
arcade gb-10.bin 4096 8101915f c4d21b1938ea7e0d47c48e74037f005280ac101b user2 4000 good no
arcade gb-11.bin 4096 5d5eca1b d7c6b5f4d398d5e33cc411ed593d6f53a9979493 gfx2 0 good no
arcade hand1.bin 2048 ccc537e0 471fd49225aa14b91d085178e1b58b6c4ae76481 user1 0 good no
arcade hand12.bin 4096 95773b46 db8d7ace4eafd4c72edfeff6003ca6e96e0239b5 gfx1 0 good no
arcade hand4.bin 4096 c6844a83 84e220dce3f5ddee9dd0377f3bebdd4027fc9108 maincpu 2000 good no
arcade hand5.bin 4096 89bcde82 d074bb6a1975160eb533d5fd9289170a68209046 maincpu 1000 good no
arcade hand6.bin 4096 a33b806c 1e552af5362e7b003f55e78bb59589e1db55557c maincpu 0 good no
arcade hand7.bin 4096 fbf1c5de dd3181a8da1972e3c997678bb868256a10f33d04 user2 7000 good no
arcade prom.1a 32 4864a5a0 5b49f60b085fa026d4e8d4a5ad28ee7037a8ff9c proms 0 good no
arcade prom.4c 256 4745b5f6 02a7f759e9bc8089cbd9213a71bbe671f9641638 proms 20 good no

Chips list

name tag type clock
Samples samples audio
Speaker mono audio
Z80 maincpu cpu 3072000

Samples list

name
01
02
03
05
06
07
08
0a
0b
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
1a

Categories

MAMEinfo

0.55 [David Haywood]

0.36RC2 [Zsolt Vasvari]


Samples required


TODO:

* Hitachi HD38880/HD38882 speech


WIP:

- 0.147u1: ROM 10 has pointers to data in 4xxx-6xxx region, $0000-$3fff is probably for MCU internal rom? [hap]. Fixed user2 rom loading.

- 0.135u3: Fabio Priuli added driver data struct and save states to The Hand/Got-Ya.

- 0.131u1: MooglyGuy merged memory maps in The Hand/Got-Ya.

- 0.122u8: Zsolt Vasvari removed colortables from Got-Ya driver and a number of other drivers, as part of a larger move to phase out old-style colortables. Improved colors in gotya with the RESNET code. Changed palettesize to 64 colors.

- 0.108u4: David Haywood fixed video/screen update in The Hand/Got-Ya.

- 0.81u8: Brian Troha fixed DIPs in The Hand/Got-Ya. Added 'Game Type' dipswitch.

- 0.56: Renamed samples (gotya) to (thehand).

- 0.55: David Haywood added 'The Hand' (T.I.C. 1981).

- 8th September 2001: David Haywood added another version of Got-Ya called The Hand.

- 0.37b1: Samples support in Got-Ya [Zsolt Vasvari]. Added Samples sound (01 - 1a.wav).

- 1st April 2000: Guru - Dumped The Hand (Alt).

- 0.36RC2: Zsolt Vasvari added 'Got-Ya (12/24/1981, prototype?)' (Game-A-Tron 1981).

- 26th February 2000: Zsolt Vasvari sent a driver for Got-Ya.


LEVELS: 24 (endless - game stops counting levels after 24th)


Recommended Games (Maze):

Amazing Maze

The Hand

Lady Bug

Lock'n'Chase

Lock'n'Chase (DECO Cassette)

Mouse Trap

Oli-Boo-Chu

Round-Up

Check Man

Dorodon

Eyes

Hard Hat

Dingo

Eggor

Joinem

Mr. TNT

Poly-Play (ZRE) (Hase und Wolf)

Poly-Play (ZRE-PP) (Hase und Wolf)

Merlins Money Maze

Klad / Labyrinth

Touche Me

Twin Brats

History


Arcade Video game published 38 years ago:

The Hand (c) 1981 T.I.C.

You are a 'Hand' and so are your enemies. Each hand can be Rock (A fist), Paper (Flat) or Scissors (2 fingers extended). Your job is to clear a maze of dots to move to the next level. If you touch an enemy and your 'hand' beats his, you win, otherwise you lose your current turn.

- TECHNICAL -

Main CPU : Zilog Z80 (@ 3.072 Mhz)
Sound Chips : Discrete circuitry

Screen orientation : Vertical
Video resolution : 224 x 288 pixels
Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz
Palette colors : 8

Players : 2
Control : 4-way joystick
Buttons : 3

- TRIVIA -

This game is also known as "Got-Ya".

- SCORING -

Dots : 10 points
Dollars : 50 points
Win Rock-Paper-Scissors game : 200-500 points
Make it to next rack : 100 points

- CONTRIBUTE -

Edit this entry: https://www.arcade-history.com/?&page=detail&id=1079&o=2

High scores

MAMESCORE records : 02/04/2017 13:01

fok999_________________________23.560
vikleroy_______________________16.580
popotte_________________________7.640
thegamer________________________7.640
hulkiii_________________________7.120