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Blasto

  1. Game infos
  2. Sound
  3. Driver
  4. Inputs
  5. Controls
  6. Display
  7. Configurations
  8. Roms list
  9. Chips list
  10. Samples list
  11. Categories
  12. MAMEinfo
  13. History
  14. High scores
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Game infos

Description Blasto
Name blasto
Manufacturer Gremlin
Year 1978
Runnable yes
System arcade /
Number of players 2P sim
Added to MAME .033b03
Romset size 5 KB
Romset file 6 files
Romset zip 2 B
Language English
Evaluation 30 to 40 (Amendable)
Genre Maze

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 4 no

Display infos

type rotate flipx width height refresh pixclock htotal hbend hbstart vtotal vbend vbstart
raster 0 no 256 224 60.114504 5197500 330 0 256 262 0 224

Configuration

name tag mask
Coinage
Name 1 Coin/1 Credit
Value 3
Default yes
Name 2 Coins/1 Credit
Value 2
Default no
Name 3 Coins/1 Credit
Value 1
Default no
Name 4 Coins/1 Credit
Value 0
Default no

IN0
 3
Demo Sounds
Name Off
Value 0
Default no
Name On
Value 4
Default yes

IN0
 4
Game Time
Name 70 Secs
Value 0
Default no
Name 90 Secs
Value 8
Default yes

IN0
 8

Roms list

console name bios size crc md5 merge sha1 region offset status optional
arcade 316-0089.u2 1024 ec99d043 10650e54bf55f3ace5c199215c2fce211916d3b7 maincpu 0 good no
arcade 316-0090.u3 1024 be333415 386cab720f0c2da16b9ec84f67ccebf23406c58d maincpu 0 good no
arcade 316-0091.u4 1024 1c889993 e23c72d075cf3d209081bca5a953c33c8ae042ea maincpu 400 good no
arcade 316-0092.u5 1024 efb640cb 2dff5b249f876d7d13cc6dfad652ce7e5af10370 maincpu 400 good no
arcade 316-0093.u29 512 4dd69499 34f097477a297bf5f986804e5967c92f9292be29 gfx1 0 good no
arcade 316-0094.u43 512 104051a4 cae6b9d48e3eda5ba12ff5d9835ce2733e90f774 gfx1 0 good no

Chips list

name tag type clock
8080A maincpu cpu 2079000
DISCRETE discrete audio
Samples samples audio
Speaker mono audio

Samples list

name
boom

Categories

MAMEinfo

0.33b3 [Frank Palazzolo]


Samples required (Blockade)


WIP:

- 0.184: Fixed rom names.

- 0.92: Frank Palazzolo added discrete sound to Blasto. Fixed cpu1/gfx1 rom loading.

- 0.76: Re-added a bit of code that was removed from Blockade driver when it was converted to use tilemap (Blasto needed it).

- 0.36b14: Changed palettesize to 2 colors.

- 0.36b7: Changed Double 4-way Joystick to 4-way.

- 0.34b8: Howie Cohen added high score saving to Blasto.

- 0.34b4: Juergen Buchmueller fixed Blasto.

- 0.33b3: Frank Palazzolo added 'Blasto' (Gremlin 1978).

- 25th March 1998: Dumped Blasto.


LEVELS: 1 (endless)


PLAY INSTRUCTIONS:

- Single Player Challenge: You are in control of your spaceship as you maneuver it through a mine field. Beat the clock to explode all the mines and win a FREE game. High score indication brings them back for more. Two Player Frenzy: With two players, BLASTO gets even more challenging, more exciting, as each one battles for the most mines and ultimately - for each other! If there ever was a 'cabinet rattler', this is it. That's why we put special care into making the controls rugged.


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History


Arcade Video game published 41 years ago:

Blasto (c) 1978 Gremlin.

Your are in control of your spaceship as you maneuver it through a mine field. Beat the clock to explode all the mines. With two players, Blasto gets even more challenging, more exciting, as each one battles for the most mines and ultimately-for each other!

- TECHNICAL -

Upright cabinet dimensions: 26'' Wide x 67'' High x 28'' Deep. Weight : 290 Lbs.
Cocktail dimensions: 36,75'' Wide x 36'' High. Weight : 185 Lbs.

BOARD # 819-0001
Prom stickers : 95-100

Main CPU: Intel 8080 (@ 2.079 Mhz)
Sound Chips: Discrete circuitry.

Screen orientation: Horizontal
Video resolution: 256 x 224 pixels
Screen refresh: 60.00 Hz
Palette colors: 2

Players: 2
Control: 4-way joystick
Buttons: 1

- TRIVIA -

Blasto was released in June 1978.

Bert Ankrom holds the official record for this game with 8,730 points on September 8, 2002.

- PORTS -

* COMPUTERS:
TI99

- CONTRIBUTE -

Edit this entry: https://www.arcade-history.com/?&page=detail&id=276&o=2

High scores

MAMESCORE records : 02/04/2017 13:01

trb_metroidteam_________________8.830
sawys___________________________8.530
barthax_________________________8.480
hulkiii_________________________6.050
jgabmurer_______________________5.620