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CoMOTION

  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. Serie
  12. Categories
  13. MAMEinfo
  14. History
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Game infos

Description CoMOTION
Name comotion
Manufacturer Gremlin
Year 1976
Runnable yes
System arcade /
Number of players 4P sim
Added to MAME .031
Romset size 5 KB
Romset file 6 files
Romset zip 2 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 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
Boom Switch
Name Off
Value 0
Default no
Name On
Value 4
Default yes

IN0
 4
Lives
Name 3
Value 0
Default yes
Name 4
Value 8
Default no

IN0
 8

Roms list

console name bios size crc md5 merge sha1 region offset status optional
arcade 316-0005.u29 256 53fb8821 0a499aa4cf15f7ebea155aacd914de8851544215 gfx1 0 good no
arcade 316-0006.u43 256 8f071297 811471c87b77b4b9ab056cf0c0743fc2616b754c gfx1 0 good no
arcade 316-0007.u2 1024 5b9bd054 324b844788945e7bc82d096d6d375e79e3e1a634 maincpu 0 good no
arcade 316-0008.u3 1024 1a856042 91bdc260e8c88ce2b6ac05bfba043ed611bc30de maincpu 0 good no
arcade 316-0009.u4 1024 2590f87c 95a7af04b610d79fb3f6d74dda322e66164b9484 maincpu 400 good no
arcade 316-0010.u5 1024 fb49a69b 4009c3256a86508d981c1f77b65e6bff1face1e7 maincpu 400 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

Serie

Serie : Blockade
  1. Blockade (1976)
  2. CoMOTION (1976)
  3. Hustle (1977)
  4. Hustle (1980)
  5. Hustle! Chumy (Jpn) (1984)
  6. Hustle Chumy (Jpn) (1984)
  7. Blockades (UK) (Version Basic 1.1) [Amstrad Computer User] (1989)
  8. Hustle Chumy (Jpn) (19??)

Categories

MAMEinfo

0.31 [Frank Palazzolo]


Samples required (Blockade)


WIP:

- 0.184: Changed description to 'CoMOTION'. Fixed rom names.

- 0.141u3: hap fixed overlay color looks wrong compared to game flyers in Comotion.

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

- 0.36b14: Changed palettesize to 2 colors.

- 0.31: Frank Palazzolo added 'Comotion' (Gremlin 1976). Comotion support is complete with the exception of the square wave music.

- 28th March 1998: Dumped Comotion.


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History


Arcade Video game published 43 years ago:

CoMotion (c) 1976 Gremlin.

This game was for two or four players only, you must have a live human opponent to play against, or else the other players character will go straight into a wall, making for a very quick and boring game. Each player moves their character around leaving a solid line behind them. All moves are made on an invisible grid, so you can only turn at 90 degree angles. To win you must last longer than your opponents before hitting something. Each player is eliminated when they crash, taking their lines with them. One good strategy is to turn around and head for the outer area of the screen (in four player mode), because everyone starts out headed for the center. Skirt around the edges until you only have one opponent left, then box them in. Pushing backwards on the stick will cause you to crash into your own line, so avoid that at all cost.

- TECHNICAL -

BOARD # 808-0001
Prom stickers: 05-10

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: 4
Control: 4-way joystick

- TRIVIA -

CoMotion was released in October 1976.

This game came in only one form factor, that of the standup cocktail (a format that was really only used in the 70s). The machine was a round table about 4 feet tall. The table top was wood grained, and it had four sets of player controls spaced evenly around the table. The monitor was located inside the table facing upwards. This game had simple sideart that consisted of a few stripes and a 'Comotion' logo (the logo snaked around much like the games characters did). The game featured control panels that were devoid of joysticks, instead you controlled the game using a button for each direction. Two people could play for twenty five cents, or four people could play for fifty cents. The prices were hard coded into the games romset, so operators really couldn't mess with them (the games title screen clearly said "'25 cents for two players, 50 cents for four players').

- SERIES -

1. Blockade (1976)
2. Comotion (1976)
3. Hustle (1977)

- CONTRIBUTE -

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