Mame game : astrowar : Astro Wars

Game infos

Description Astro Wars

Name astrowar

Manufacturer Zaccaria / Zelco

Year 1980

Runnable yes

System arcade /

Number of players 2P alt

Added to MAME .127

Romset size 12 KB

Romset file 12 files

Romset zip 10 B

Language English

Evaluation 20 to 30 (Bad)

Genre Shooter

Driver infos

Driver status imperfect

Driver emulation good

Driver color imperfect

Driver sound imperfect

Driver graphic imperfect

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	240	240	50

Dipswitchs

Coinage
- A 1C_1C B 1C_1C
- A 1C_1C B 2C_1C
- A 1C_2C B 1C_1C
- A 1C_2C B 2C_1C
- A 1C_3C B 1C_1C
- A 1C_3C B 2C_1C
- A 1C_5C B 1C_1C
- A 1C_5C B 2C_1C
Lives
- 3
- 5
UNK04
- Off
- On
UNK05
- Off
- On
UNK06
- Off
- On
UNK07
- Off
- On
UNK10
- Off
- On
UNK11
- Off
- On
UNK12
- Off
- On
UNK13
- Off
- On
UNK14
- Off
- On
UNK15
- Off
- On
UNK16
- Off
- On
UNK17
- Off
- On

Roms list

console	name	size	crc	sha1	region	offset	status	optional
arcade	astro.10h	1024	090d360f	528ddcdc30a5a291bd8850ff6f134fcc19af562f	maincpu	400	good	no
arcade	astro.10i	1024	533675c1	69cc066e1874a135a53a21b7b2461bda456504f1	maincpu	2000	good	no
arcade	astro.11h	1024	72ab1378	50743c64c4775076aa6f1d8ab2e05c14884bf0ba	maincpu	800	good	no
arcade	astro.11i	1024	59cf8901	e849d4c99350b7e3453c156d91618b71b5be1163	maincpu	2400	good	no
arcade	astro.11l	1024	29f52f57	5cb50b82e09c537eeaeae167351fca686fde8228	maincpu	2c00	good	no
arcade	astro.13h	1024	2dc4c895	831afbfd4ebfd6522ab0758222bc6f9826148a5d	maincpu	c00	good	no
arcade	astro.13i	1024	5149c121	232ba594e283fb25c31d8ae0b7d8315a81852a71	maincpu	2800	good	no
arcade	astro.13l	1024	882cdb87	062ee8d296316cbce2eb62e72774aa4181e9847d	maincpu	3000	good	no
arcade	astro.1d	1024	6053f834	e0b76800c241b3c8010c09869cecbc109b25310a	gfx1	0	good	no
arcade	astro.3d	1024	822505aa	f9d3465e14bb850a286f8b4f42aa0a4044413b67	gfx1	400	good	no
arcade	astro.8h	1024	b0ec246c	f9123b5e317938655f5e8b3f8a5810d0b2b7c7af	maincpu	0	good	no
arcade	astro.8i	1024	ab87fbfc	34b670f96c260f186c643e588995ae5d80377784	maincpu	1000	good	no

Chips list

name	tag	type	clock
S2650	maincpu	cpu	1789772
Signetics 2636	s2636_0	audio
Speaker	mono	audio

0.127 [MASH]

NOTE:

- Manual: http://www.opdenkelder.com/Astrowars_manual.zip.

WIP:

- 0.153: Changed S2650 CPU1 clock speed to 1789772 Hz.

- 0.145u6: Converted Galaxia driver to use MAME tilemap and added Astro Wars bullets. Improved colors and hooked up CVS stars circuit. Fixed out of bounds array access during Astro Wars boot [hap].

- 0.145u5: Some work on Galaxia collision detection, seems very similar to CVS. Astro Wars does not have a prom. Promoted game to working state [hap]. Changed visible area to 240x240. Added dipswitches 'UNK04' - 'UNK17'.

- 0.139u3: Fabio Priuli fixed severe graphic corruption in Astro Wars.

- 0.139u2: Mariusz Wojcieszek added sound support to Signetics S2636 (by using VC4000 sound support from MESS). Hooked up sound to Astro Wars.

- 0.135u4: Fabio Priuli fixed all sets in drivers using S2636 video chip.

- 0.135u3: Fabio Priuli converted Signetics 2636 video chip to be a MAME device and updated drivers using it accordingly.

- 0.130u1: Robbbert added inputs for Astro Wars. Note: After inserting a coin, it can take a few seconds to respond. Added Player 2, 2-way Joystick, 1x button and 2x coin slots. Added dipswitches 'Freeze', 'Coinage' and 'Lives'.

- 0.129u5: Angelo Salese corrected gfx bitplane for Astro Wars.

- 0.127u2: Oliver Stoenberg added the missing SHA1 checksums to Astro Wars.

- 0.127: MASH added 'Astro Wars' (Zaccaria 1980).

- 7th December 1998: Peter Davies dumped Astro Wars (1980). Board No. 1B1130/1.

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History

Arcade Video game published 38 years ago:

Astro Wars (c) 1981 Zaccaria.

Player steers fighter craft and fires missiles and endeavors to eliminate attacking forces. Each stage of the game becomes more difficult, with each fighter craft moving closer into the battle.

- TECHNICAL -

S2650 1.78 MHz CPU

Signetics 2636 Sound device

- TRIVIA -

This game is a clone of Data East's Astro Fighter except on worse hardware and not as good sound capabilities. Because of this, Data East's title was far more successful, and this version is not very popular at all.

- CONTRIBUTE -

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