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Checkmate

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

Description Checkmate
Name checkmat
Manufacturer Dave Nutting Associates / Midway
Year 1977
Runnable yes
System arcade /
Number of players 4P sim
Added to MAME .034b06
Romset size 4 KB
Romset file 4 files
Romset zip 3 B
Language English
Evaluation 10 to 20 (Horrible)
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 4
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 0 no 260 224 59.541985 4992000 320 0 260 262 0 224

Dipswitchs

Adjusters

name default
Boom Volume 50
Tone Volume 50

Roms list

console name bios size crc md5 merge sha1 region offset status optional
arcade checkmat.d 1024 maincpu 1000 nodump no
arcade checkmat.e 1024 59330d84 453f95dd31968d439339c41e625481170437eb0f maincpu c00 good no
arcade checkmat.f 1024 25586406 39e0cf502735819a7e1d933e3686945fcfae21af maincpu 800 good no
arcade checkmat.g 1024 df5fa551 484ff9bfb95166ba09f34c753a7908a73de3cc7d maincpu 400 good no
arcade checkmat.h 1024 3481a6d1 f758599d6393398a6a8e6e7399dc1a3862604f65 maincpu 0 good no

Chips list

name tag type clock
8080 maincpu cpu 1996800
DISCRETE discrete audio
Speaker mono audio

Categories

MAMEinfo

0.34b6 [Al Kossow]


Bugs:

- Dips settings have description of "Language #". The languages are German, French, Spanish. ROM_LOAD( "checkmat.d", 0x1000, 0x0400, NO_DUMP ) /* language ROM */ Rom needs to be dumped and added first before language dip adjustment can be completed. gregf (ID 01050)


WIP:

- 0.112u4: Derrick Renaud added Discrete sound to Checkmate. Still need to breadboard to get noise/filter frequencies.

- 0.111u4: Changed 8080 CPU1 clock speed to 1996800 Hz. Changed 'Unknown' dipswitches to 'Unused'.

- 0.34b6: Al Kossow added 'Checkmate' (Midway 1977).


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History


Arcade Video game published 42 years ago:

Checkmate (c) 1977 Midway.

Up to four players control a block which leaves a trail behind it. The object is to force the other player(s) to run into either the boundary or your trail.

- TECHNICAL -

Game ID : 615

Main CPU : Intel 8080
Sound Chips : Discrete circuitry

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

Players : 4
Control : 8-way joystick

- TRIVIA -

Released in January 1977.

- STAFF -

Designed and programmed by : Jay Fenton, Dave Nutting

- PORTS -

* CONSOLES:
Bally Astrocade (1978)

- CONTRIBUTE -

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