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Cerberus

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

Description Cerberus
Name cerberus
Manufacturer Cinematronics
Year 1985
Runnable yes
System arcade /
Number of players 2P alt
Added to MAME .037b03
Romset size 201 KB
Romset file 26 files
Romset zip 68 B
Language English
Evaluation 50 to 60 (Not Good Enough)
Genre Shooter

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
dial 0 255 50 10 no

Display infos

type rotate flipx width height refresh pixclock htotal hbend hbstart vtotal vbend vbstart
raster 0 no 320 240 60 4915200 320 0 320 256 0 240

Roms list

console name bios size crc md5 merge sha1 region offset status optional
arcade 3-23_u92 8192 497bb717 748ac9f22d896b493cdf182ec9deb3e07e2ffb48 user1 6000 good no
arcade 3-23u101 8192 d78210df 7557bc9da7d7347073cebcc080ff2040184ee77b master 0 good no
arcade 3-23u102 8192 eed121ef 862c4fee6c4483569aec7969ce797a5c3fbae336 master 2000 good no
arcade 3-23u103 8192 45b82bf7 ca239fcb96754c9e388d55eea4974824e6ce4d75 master 4000 good no
arcade 3-23u104 8192 e133d6bf 7afe4883d7b072277fab8b383ad3a247c7045403 master 6000 good no
arcade 3-23u105 8192 a12c2c79 1a36405a8f9bc4422f01c2bb1361061fb8d76b51 master 8000 good no
arcade 3-23u106 8192 d64110d2 3bd8cda21e848357c84f5064f38e0b9da35051db master a000 good no
arcade 3-23u107 8192 24e41c34 b38462593320bd004a24392e0cce7b36fe12434e master c000 good no
arcade 3-23u3 8192 b0579138 b79888d0c8cc4ecb015e3865df379859e02e2846 slave 0 good no
arcade 3-23u4 8192 ba0dc990 836eef85e31b81a4b6f84529ecbe64167a5059dd slave 2000 good no
arcade 3-23u5 8192 f8d6cc5d 5b82c722aa6a055d1955f654985b43e114792704 slave 4000 good no
arcade 3-23u6 8192 42cdd393 3d2a803cb90ec25af0b34de1ae549408fc0292c3 slave 6000 good no
arcade 3-23u67 8192 02b079a8 2ad76641831a391d9acefe8e42515e16dd056868 user1 1a000 good no
arcade 3-23u68 8192 cfa7b8bf 7f38f8148cddc93baedfaa28a8c72918eb5d3b98 user1 12000 good no
arcade 3-23u69 8192 ebd14d9e 8eb061d43eb60eea01b122e0b4e937bfc00146cc user1 a000 good no
arcade 3-23u7 8192 c020148a 5ed0211526f0dc04ed010b9103bb7992dc17766f slave 8000 good no
arcade 3-23u70 8192 96499983 202c9d74fe4bbce7b93fcbb6352c35eb480d8297 user1 2000 good no
arcade 3-23u8 8192 dbabdbde 906ff8f91eaf01f0435d7ac1291af62073568d2f slave a000 good no
arcade 3-23u89 8192 7e5e82bb ccbb583689d420a0b7413c0a221a3f57a5ab0e63 user1 1 good no
arcade 3-23u9 8192 eb992385 0951d6fb5ff8508ef7184e9c26be6c20b85bad72 slave c000 good no
arcade 3-23u90 8192 b7566f8a a0128b3bf4803947050a75df0607e4886f5ed931 user1 16000 good no
arcade 3-23u91 8192 b592d2e5 bbacbd772b6fc683dfec4f13bdf9a1746f3ea1e6 user1 e000 good no
arcade 3-23u93 8192 14a1a4b0 aad63e368a09497188f8112d1ca0ac0d0366ac61 gfx1 0 good no
arcade 3-23u94 8192 207a1709 c7fbb80a83a5684b6b35750df68d51091e8747e4 gfx1 2000 good no
arcade 3-23u95 8192 e9c86267 c7f3a4725824da1e2793160409821017bd0bd956 gfx1 4000 good no
arcade eeprom-cerberus.bin 128 a9594f08 02a83d60e72793667795aacefb4f04d6155428ad eeprom 0 good no

Chips list

name tag type clock
8-Bit Binary Weighted DAC dac1 audio
AY-3-8910A ay8910 audio 1666666
Speaker speaker audio
Z80 slave cpu 6000000

Categories

MAMEinfo

0.37b3 [Aaron Giles, Paul Leaman]

0.36b3 [Testdriver]


WIP:

- 0.149u1: Fabio Priuli fixed Cerberus 2-Player gameplay. Player 1's buttons control Player 2's actions; Player 2's buttons do nothing.

- 0.136: Added eeprom-cerberus.bin EEPROM.

- 0.104u9: Aaron Giles fixed CPU2 bankswitching, which shows several problems that make it unplayable.

- 0.37b3: Aaron Giles and Paul Leaman added 'Cerberus' (Cinematronics 1985).

- 15th May 2000: Aaron Giles finally submitted the Leland driver first started by Paul Leaman, adding the following games: Cerberus, Mayhem 2002, World Series, Alley Master, Danger Zone, Baseball The Season II, Super Baseball Double Play Home Run Derby, Redline Racer, Quarterback, Strike Zone Baseball, Viper, John Elway's Team Quarterback, All American Football, Ironman Stewart's Super Off-Road, Ataxx, World Soccer Finals, Pigout and Danny Sullivan's Indy Heat.

- 0.36b3: Paul Leaman added (Testdriver) Cerberus.


LEVELS: 256 (endless)


PLAY INSTRUCTIONS:

- Pick up pods by flying over them with your ship.

- Place pod on empty space station arm.

- Stop enemy tugs from stealing pods.

- Shoot enemy escorts, tugs and destroyer.

- You have unlimited lives.

- Battle ends when all pods are stolen.

- Turn knob to turn ship. Press thrust to move ship forward. Press fire to blast enemy.

- Fly solo or plan your strategy with a friend!


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History


Arcade Video game published 34 years ago:

Cerberus (c) 1985 Cinematronics.

An early shoot'em up game.

- TECHNICAL -

Main CPU : (2x) Zilog Z80 (@ 6 Mhz)
Sound Chips : (2x) General Instrument AY8910 (@ 1.666 Mhz), Custom (@ 1.666 Mhz)

Players : 2
Control : dial
Buttons : 2

- TRIVIA -

Robert Haukup holds the official record for this game with 101,500 points on June 27, 1985.

- STAFF -

Designed and programmed by: Steve Hostetler, Phil Sorger, David Dentt
Graphics by: Dan Viescas, Dana Christianson, Tom Carroll
Sound: Dave Cartt
Dev.: Ken Hull
Hardware: Alex McKay

- CONTRIBUTE -

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High scores

MAMESCORE records : 02/04/2017 13:01

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