0.36b7 [Aaron Giles]
Bugs:
- [possible] Text at top of screen in "COLOR TEST" is scrambled, instead reading "CNKNQ TDRS". BarnacleEd (ID 00372)
WIP:
- 0.143u4: Changed 68000 CPU1 clock speed to 14318181 Hz.
- 0.141u4: Breaks some driver entanglements to simplify future driver_device conversion efforts [Atari Ace]: Arcade Classics is separated from Rampart by duplicating the bitmap rendering code.
- 0.139u1: Aaron Giles changed atarigen_state to be a base class from which all the related Atari drivers derive their state from.
- 0.138u3: hap fixed playfield is offset to characters in Arcade Classics.
- 0.135u4: Some more Atari driver shuffling [Aaron Giles]: Added atarigen_init() function which allocates all timers and registers for save states. Updated all drivers to call it. Converted some drivers to use device timers.
- 0.135u3: Aaron Giles converted atari drivers over to using driver_data for the most part. Some shared systems still exist with globals, but this tackles the atarigen module and the variables local to each driver.
- 0.129u1: MooglyGuy added savestate support to Arcade Classics.
- 0.125u1: Stephane Humbert renamed ports and used AM_READ_PORT macros. Fixed service key was mapped twice in Arcade Classics.
- 0.114u2: Aaron Giles and Couriersud added more accurate video timing to most of the Atari 68000-era games. The parameters are from published specs, not derived. The board uses an SOS-2 chip to generate video signals. Changed VSync to 59.922743 Hz.
- 0.114u1: Aaron Giles fixed video timing in machine\atarigen.c, this fixed Arcade Classics.
- 0.114: Couriersud added general save state support to the atarigen module.
- 0.36RC1: Changed 68000 CPU1 clock speed to 14318180 Hz and OKI6295 to 7231 Hz.
- 0.36b7: Aaron Giles added 'Arcade Classics (prototype)' (Atari Games 1992).
- 13th October 1999: Aaron Giles sent in drivers for two Atari prototype games: Arcade Classics and Sparkz.
Recommended Games (Maze Bugs):
Frogs
Centipede
Arcade Classics (Super Centipede)
Galaxy Games StarPak 3 (Centipede)
Millipede
Multipede
4 Fun in 1 (Galactic Convoy)
Boxing Bugs
Frog & Spiders
Lady Bug
War of the Bugs
The Amazing Adventures of Mr. F. Lea
Anteater
Beezer
Black Widow
Bubbles
Williams Multigame (Bubbles)
Changes
Funky Bee
Insector
Slither
Birdiy
Botanic
Imago
Exed Exes
Noboranka
Stompin'
Exterminator
Insector X
Povar / Sobrat' Buran / Agroprom (Pssst)
Ribbit!
Bio-hazard Battle (Mega Play)
Critter Crusher
Magical Touch (Squish)
Excelsior
Ripper Ribbit
Multi Champ
Hammer (Mosquito, Cockrouch and Fly)
Hae Hae Ka Ka Ka
Dona Barata
Mushiking The King Of Beetle 2K3 2nd
Mushiking The King Of Beetle 2K5 1st
MushiKing II - The King Of Beetle II
Mushihime-Sama
Mushihime-Sama Futari
Mushihime-Sama Futari Black Label
Bugs Fever
Recommended Games (Defence):
The End
Missile Command
Arcade Classics (Missile Command II)
New York! New York!
Radar Scope
Space Zap
Speak & Rescue
Colony 7
Dark Warrior
Demoneye-X
Future Flash
Pleiads
Satan's Hollow
Satan of Saturn
Space Tactics
War of the Worlds
Liberator
Orbitron
Tactician
Raiders
Senjyo
Cosmoswat
Planet Probe
Repulse
D-Con
Alligator Hunt
Arcade Video game published 27 years ago:
Arcade Classics (c) 1992 Atari Games Corporation.
2 games in one means double the fun.
- TECHNICAL -
Board Number : A051077
Main CPU : Motorola 68000 (@ 14.31818 Mhz)
Sound Chips : OKI6295 (@ 7.231 Khz)
Players : 2
Control : trackball
Buttons : 3
- TRIVIA -
This prototype was never released (6 units are known to exist). If this game had been released on schedule it would have commemorated Atari's 20th anniversary. It has 2 games on offer, "Super Centipede" and "Missile Command II". They are both re-makes of the original classics but with enhanced graphics and sound.
After selecting "more new stuff" in the operator's mode; two kinds of spaceships will appear in the "Missile Command II" game. The "Mothership" that appears after a few levels is exactly the same as (except less detailed than) "Birdsnest", which is a spaceship on page 21 of the 1978 book "Spacecraft 2000 to 2100AD".
The spaceships in the "Invasion Wave" are probably ripped from another book in the series.
- STAFF -
Project Leader : Kelly Turner
Programmers : Norm Avellar, Kelly Turner, Matt Setzer
Engineer : Brian McKee
Animators : Rhiz Bugawan, Patrice Moriarity, Ron Seawright
Technician : Gleen McNamara
Audio : Don DieKneite
Product Manager : Linda Benzler
Team Leader : John Ray
Special Thanks : Rich Moore, Mary Fujihara, Peter Lipson, Stu Shepard
Original Work (Centipede) : Ed Logg, Donna Bailey
Original Work (Missile Command) : Dave Theurer, Rich Adam
- CONTRIBUTE -
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