Mame game : darkplnt : Dark Planet

Game infos

Description Dark Planet

Name darkplnt

Manufacturer Stern Electronics

Year 1982

Runnable yes

System arcade /

Number of players 2P alt

Added to MAME .031

Romset size 41 KB

Romset file 12 files

Romset zip 25 B

Language English

Evaluation 30 to 40 (Amendable)

Genre Shooter

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 1

Input buttons

Input coins 2

Controls infos

type	ways	minimum	maximum	sensitivity	keydelta	reverse
dial		0	252	25	10	no

Display infos

type	rotate	flipx	width	height	refresh	pixclock	htotal	hbend	hbstart	vtotal	vbend	vbstart
raster	180	no	256	224	60.606061

Dipswitchs

Bonus Life
- 100k
- 200k
Bonus Occurrence
- Every
- Once
Coinage
- 1 Coin/1 Credit
- Coin A 1/2 Coin B 2/1
- Coin A 1/3 Coin B 3/1
- Coin A 1/4 Coin B 4/1
Lives
- 3
- 5

Roms list

console	name	size	crc	sha1	region	offset	status	optional
arcade	5c.snd	4096	672b9454	2b2ec06d62ff5f19a1c802152c798940631fb1d6	audiocpu	0	good	no
arcade	6e.cpu	32	86b6e124	76cc422aeb53a4970f91bd5eb00a3e24a76c09d1	proms	0	good	no
arcade	drkplt2c.dat	4096	5a0ca559	cf77bda30bb08633d274c22734a8f186520ddf7d	maincpu	0	good	no
arcade	drkplt2e.dat	4096	52e2117d	774e8ee84316135313c4b66c51d21c1661f345b3	maincpu	1000	good	no
arcade	drkplt2g.dat	4096	4093219c	cc92ec4ec8661993173daedfa521252a6e34073d	maincpu	2000	good	no
arcade	drkplt2j.dat	4096	b974c78d	af4c1b21ca8651bfc343a24a106db4c82f0052e7	maincpu	3000	good	no
arcade	drkplt2k.dat	4096	71a37385	a6a358b2f7daa2eaa5bdf96aa903619376473b20	maincpu	4000	good	no
arcade	drkplt2l.dat	4096	5ad25154	20b1347ed5fca108303132d28ae73fc4d71b4e5a	maincpu	5000	good	no
arcade	drkplt2m.dat	4096	8d2f0122	59280abca22fd3d7af53aebf56a9e37eeb7cb11c	maincpu	6000	good	no
arcade	drkplt2p.dat	4096	2d66253b	445c00a74551732fd02df2d5879688f9984931b5	maincpu	7000	good	no
arcade	drkplt5f.dat	2048	2af0ee66	a4f32c256c393a18afde5e3f3c67d7df1223999a	gfx1	0	good	no
arcade	drkplt5h.dat	2048	66ef3225	87f36a853c4a8ae40d1e3f0482b6e31c86f834f3	gfx1	800	good	no

Chips list

name	tag	type	clock
AY-3-8910A	ay2	audio	1789750
Speaker	mono	audio
Z80	audiocpu	cpu	1789750

0.31 [Mike Balfour]

WIP:

- 0.122u6: Atari Ace fixed left side of screen has wrapped over to be viewed partially on the right side in Dark Planet.

- 0.109: Changed palettesize to 98 colors (32 for characters, 64 (buffer) for stars and 2 for bullets).

- 0.65: Removed 2nd and 3rd player.

- 0.53: Changed palettesize from 35 to 34 colors.

- 0.37b16: Changed palettesize from 97 to 35 colors.

- 0.37b15: Zsolt Vasvari fixed the spinner in Dark Planet. Changed 8-way Joystick to DIAL.

- 22nd April 2001: Zsolt Vasvari fixed the colors in Dark Planet and added the spinner emulation.

- 0.37b3: Added dipswitches 'Bonus Occurrence' and 'Bonus Life'.

- 0.31: Mike Balfour added 'Dark Planet' (Stern 1982). Preliminary.

- 13th February 1998: Kevin Klopp dumped Dark Planet.

LEVELS: 1 (endless)

Other Emulators:

* FB Alpha

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History

Arcade Video game published 37 years ago:

Dark Planet (c) 1982 Stern Electronics.

A 3-D space shoot'em up game that takes place on a mysterious planet. Prevent enemies from building bases.

- TECHNICAL -

Main CPU: Zilog Z80 (@ 3.072 Mhz)
Sound CPU: Zilog Z80 (@ 1.78975 Mhz)
Sound Chips: (2x) General Instrument AY8910 (@ 1.78975 Mhz)

Screen orientation: Horizontal
Video resolution: 256 x 224 pixels
Screen refresh: 60.61 Hz
Palette colors: 98

Players: 2
Control: dial
Buttons: 3
=> FIRE, THRUST, LASER

The cabinet features richly detailed 50's sci-fi style artwork.

- TRIVIA -

Dark Planet was shown at the 1982 AMOA show and released in January of 1983 but only in limited numbers.

The game was programmed by Jurich (see 'Staff' section for more information) and was one of two video games he ever made. The other was a pool game for the IBM PC Jr.

Scott Young holds the official record for this game with 9,954,900 points on March 1, 1983.

- SCORING -

Points are scored when the starship demolishes the enemy:
Rail rovers: 100 points.
Fighters: 100 points.
Laser trains: 10000 points.
Burning one bunker yields: 10000 points.
Burning all three at once: 50000 points.

- STAFF -

Designed by: Erick Erickson, Dan Langlois
Software by: Dale Jurich, Bill Jahnke

- CONTRIBUTE -

Edit this entry: https://www.arcade-history.com/?&page=detail&id=590&o=2

High scores

MAMESCORE records : 02/04/2017 13:01

fok999__________________________8.000
sanji34_________________________6.000
hulkiii_________________________3.000

Dark Planet