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Escape from the Planet of the Robot Monsters (set 1)

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

Description Escape from the Planet of the Robot Monsters (set 1)
Name eprom
Manufacturer Atari Games
Year 1989
Runnable yes
System arcade /
Number of players 2P sim
Added to MAME .033b04
Romset size 1.71 MB
Romset file 34 files
Romset zip 701 B
Language English
Evaluation 70 to 80 (Good)
Genre Maze

Parent and clones

Parent This game is the parent

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 3

Controls infos

type ways minimum maximum sensitivity keydelta reverse
stick 16 240 100 10 yes

Display infos

type rotate flipx width height refresh pixclock htotal hbend hbstart vtotal vbend vbstart
raster 0 no 336 240 59.922743 7159090 456 0 336 262 0 240

Dipswitchs

Roms list

console name bios size crc md5 merge sha1 region offset status optional
arcade 136069-1007.125d 16384 409d818e 63dcde3ce87c1a9d5afef8089432c499cc70f8f0 gfx2 0 good no
arcade 136069-1008.76u 65536 b0cead58 b50b0125bedc1740d02c50e0547a2d2e25b2c42e gfx1 c0000 good no
arcade 136069-1009.70u 65536 fbc3934b 08c581359a005df4d63fa07733bb343c5ab653a9 gfx1 d0000 good no
arcade 136069-1010.43u 65536 9d3e144d 7f4c7ee14d10a733f8b4169b41023bda1b5702c8 gfx1 90000 good no
arcade 136069-1011.70s 65536 f6c973af 048d5a9b89cb83186ca594e71521675248970735 gfx1 50000 good no
arcade 136069-1012.47u 65536 e7edcced 4c19ea8b15332681bfc73a3d2b063985c1bbac1d gfx1 80000 good no
arcade 136069-1013.43s 65536 8eb106ad ece0ddba8fafe6e720f843c4d3f69ae654ae9d92 gfx1 10000 good no
arcade 136069-1014.64u 65536 0e07493b c5839ac4824b6fedb5397779cd30f6b1eff962d5 gfx1 e0000 good no
arcade 136069-1015.38u 65536 23f40437 567aa09a986dd8765c54f413f906e1cb323568c6 gfx1 a0000 good no
arcade 136069-1016.76s 65536 602d939d 2ce9899f4cf0786df8c5f0e8cc63ce5206ea514f gfx1 40000 good no
arcade 136069-1017.64s 65536 9cd52e30 59233a87f2b50e9390f297abe7489864222f98e2 gfx1 60000 good no
arcade 136069-1018.38s 65536 bf3d0e18 c81dacd06ce2580e37ff480d1182ab6c7e74d600 gfx1 20000 good no
arcade 136069-1019.57u 65536 34f8f0ed 9096aa2a188a15c2e78acf48d33def0c9f2a419f gfx1 f0000 good no
arcade 136069-1020.47s 65536 0de9d98d c2f963a8a4573e135a2825929cbc5535ce3b0215 gfx1 0 good no
arcade 136069-1021.32u 65536 2a47ff7b 89935eac8fbeed87668fe1dcb4645c96a9df2c03 gfx1 b0000 good no
arcade 136069-1022.57s 65536 4e2c2e7e 6bf203e8c029d955634dcbaef9a6932d42035b25 gfx1 70000 good no
arcade 136069-1023.32s 65536 48fb2e42 480edc87f7ca547c3d8e09bf1a98e04ac464f4c6 gfx1 30000 good no
arcade 136069-1040.7b 65536 86e93695 63ddab02df139dd41a8260c303798b2a550b9fe6 jsa:cpu 0 good no
arcade 136069-2032.50k 65536 1da21ed8 3b00e3cf5a25918c1f3158d8b2192158f77cb521 maincpu 60001 good no
arcade 136069-2033.40k 65536 130650f6 bea7780d54a4e1f3e93f14494c82446a4bb48e19 maincpu 60000 good no
arcade 136069-2034.10u 65536 5d7afca2 a37ecd2909049dd0b3ddbe602f0173c44b065f6f extra 1 good no
arcade 136069-2035.10s 65536 deff6469 2fe4d42d60965581579e8edad49b86fbd321d1db extra 0 good no
arcade 136069-3024.40a 65536 29cb1e97 ccf7024dccbd61983d61450f15c805422e4eee09 maincpu 1 good no
arcade 136069-3025.50a 65536 08888dec a0a137828b9e1efbdbc0e5ddaf4d73d24b36948a maincpu 0 good no
arcade 136069-4026.40b 65536 fecbf9e2 cd06bfab296e9496564fc2716b26874b55dc2188 maincpu 20001 good no
arcade 136069-4027.50b 65536 702241c9 cba27e92f64fd201c16aed6a8f2dc64c4f887e4f maincpu 20000 good no
arcade 136069-4028.40d 65536 bc6f6ae8 43a947cf9db7cda825924e167529305f63bb2a5c maincpu 40001 good no
arcade 136069-4029.50d 65536 0f2f1502 2aa65c03d4cd94839a2c2ba338177202bc1185ee maincpu 40000 good no
arcade gal16v8-136069.100t 279 fd9d472e ba2357e355d062f3ce8bdbed59856e28130999d0 plds 0 good no
arcade gal16v8-136069.100v 279 cd472121 634354363866af39e0d69cbe7c5e80abbd428cec plds 200 good no
arcade gal16v8-136069.50f 279 db013b25 8090ad125cc48b9bd3070bc38003392ef561da58 plds 400 good no
arcade gal16v8-136069.50p 279 4a765b00 6af38b44890b630b6bb8f51d56c202b5b2558969 plds 600 good no
arcade gal16v8-136069.55p 279 48abc939 54612ffe6fc27d0e1cb401931e6b9636cef1130e plds 800 good no
arcade gal16v8-136069.70j 279 3b4ebe41 5d8e550500bddc8cc06e0240bcc81737a75bf5af plds a00 good no

Chips list

name tag type clock
Atari JSA I Sound Board jsa audio
M6502 jsa:cpu cpu 1789772
M68000 extra cpu 7159090
Speaker mono audio
TMS5220C jsa:tms audio 650826
YM2151 jsa:ym2151 audio 3579545

Categories

MAMEinfo

0.33b4 [Aaron Giles]


Artwork available


Bugs:

- eprom, eprom2: [possible] There seem to be a couple very minor graphical issues with this game. Darkk (ID 01156)


WIP:

- 0.165: hap fixed out of bounds priority check (video\atarimo.c). This fixed graphics glitch occurs when destroying computer equipment in EPROM/EPROMa.

- 0.149u1: Added 'Atari JSA II Sound Board' sound.

- 0.142u6: Force TMS5220 OLDP and OLDE to be updated only on the A subcycle of IP=0 PC=0; this has no effect whatsoever on the output, it is merely to better document how the chip works [Lord Nightmare]. Emulate TMS5220 circuit 412 from the patent, which should prevent spurious clicks on interpolation-inhibited frame transitions; This may improve some clicking in EPROM/EPROMa [Lord Nightmare].

- 0.139u1: Aaron Giles changed atarigen_state to be a base class from which all the related Atari drivers derive their state from.

- 0.137u3: Lord Nightmare switched 'Escape from the Planet of the Robot Monsters' to use the new TMS5220 interface. This fixed garbled speech in Canal Mazes, as well as some other garbled speech in game (when saying 'throwing switch' for instance).

- 0.137u2: Replaced TMS5220 sound with TMS5220C.

- 0.135u4: Some more Atari driver shuffling [Aaron Giles]: Added atarigen_init() function which allocates all timers and registers for save states. Updated all drivers to call it. Converted some drivers to use device timers.

- 0.135u3: Aaron Giles converted atari drivers over to using driver_data for the most part. Some shared systems still exist with globals, but this tackles the atarigen module and the variables local to each driver.

- 0.132u1: Phil Bennett fixed rom names in EPROM (set 1/2).

- 0.128u6: Nicola Salmoria added missing graphical brightness effect to EPROM.

- 9th July 2008: Mr. Do - Escape from the Planet of the Robot Monsters now has the original bezel, scanned by Anoid.

- 0.122u4: Changed M6502 CPU3 clock speed to 1789772 Hz, YM2151 to 3579545 Hz and TMS5220 to 650826 Hz.

- 8th July 2007: Mr. Do - Zorg gives us a beautiful conversion bezel for Escape From the Planet of Robot Monsters.

- 0.114u2: Aaron Giles and Couriersud added more accurate video timing to most of the Atari 68000-era games. The parameters are from published specs, not derived. The board uses a SYNGEN chip to generate video signals. Changed VSync to 59.922743 Hz.

- 0.114: Couriersud added save state to EPROM (set 1) and (set 2) and general save state support to the atarijsa and atarigen modules.

- 0.113u3: Zsolt Vasvari bumped interleave, this fixed TMS5220 speech output.

- 0.106u12: MASH added plds ($0, 200, 400, 600, 800, a00 - gal16v8-136069.100t, gal16v8-136069.100v, gal16v8-136069.50f, gal16v8-136069.50p, gal16v8-136069.55p and gal16v8-136069.70j).

- 0.105u4: Fixed rom names.

- 0.79u1: Cleaned up EPROM driver [Aaron Giles].

- 6th November 2002: Aaron Giles updated the EPROM driver to handle sprite/background priorities correctly.

- 0.37b15: Changed M6502 CPU3 clock speed to 1789500, YM2151 to 3579000 and TMS5220 to 650727 Hz.

- 0.36RC1: Changed the 2x 68000 CPU1 clock speeds to 7159090 Hz, M6502 to 1789772 Hz, YM2151 to 3579545 Hz and TMS5220 to 650826 Hz.

- 0.36b1: Replaced MC68010 CPUs1/2 with 68000.

- 0.35b13: Replaced 68000 CPUs1/2 with MC68010.

- 10th May 1999: Aaron Giles correct graphics priority system for EPROM.

- 0.35b11: Aaron Giles added clone 'Escape from the Planet of the Robot Monsters (set 2)'. Added Pokey sound. Changed parent description to 'Escape from the Planet of the Robot Monsters (set 1)'.

- 0.33b4: Aaron Giles added 'Escape from the Planet of the Robot Monsters' (Atari Games 1989).

- 2nd May 1998: Dumped Escape from the Planet of the Robot Monsters (set 1).


STORY:

- You have been selected as a member of an interplanetary SWAT team! Planet X, a synthetic industrial planetoid has been taken over by the evil Reptilons! The Reptilons have enslaved the humans stationed there. They are being forced to create an evil robot army destined to destroy earth! Your mission: Transport all hostages back to your ship. Destroy all robots. Rid Planet X of evil Reptilons. Find and rescue Prof. Sarah Bellum.


PLAY INSTRUCTIONS:

- Collect Gems to increase ray gun power.

- Throwing Switch turns on Electro-Stairs.

- Touch human hostages to transport them back to the mothership.

- Don't shoot the slaves!

- Break into food lockers for more life.


LEVELS: 15


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History


Arcade Video game published 30 years ago:

Escape From The Planet of the Robot Monsters (c) 1989 Atari Games Corp.

Escape From The Planet Of The Robot Monsters is a one or two-player game in which the players must rescue Dr. Sarah Bellum from Planet X, where her research facility has been taken over by the evil Reptilons. The game is played from an isometric perspective where players control their avatars using Hall effect joysticks. The Hall effect is the production of a voltage difference (the Hall voltage) across an electrical conductor, transverse to an electric current in the conductor and a magnetic field perpendicular to the current. It was discovered by Edwin Hall in 1879.

The player must shoot their way through a series of simple maze-like levels, releasing the human hostages along the way. Levers must be found and thrown to activate the escalators which allow access to new areas. Gems can be collected to increase the power of the player's ray gun, and food lockers may be broken into for a health boost.

At the end of each level the play switches to an isometric auto-scrolling sequence in which the player controls his character in a small spaceship, and must steer left or right to navigate through a maze of obstacles. If the player reaches the end of this sequence they will progress to the next level.

- TECHNICAL -

Game ID : 136069

Main CPU : (2x) Motorola 68000 (@ 7.15909 Mhz), MOS Technology 6502 (@ 1.7895 Mhz)
Sound Chips : Yamaha YM2151 (@ 3.579 Mhz), Texas Instruments TMS5220 (@ 650.727 Khz)

Players : 2
Control : stick
Buttons : 3

- TRIVIA -

Escape From The Planet of the Robot Monsters was released in July 1989.

371 dedicated units were produced in the USA only. The selling price was $2245.
1000 conversion kits were produced in the USA only. The selling price was $1015.

The game code shares a hidden message : HI LISA, ROBIN, MOM & DAD.

The default high score screen of "Cyberball 2072" features names of many Atari arcade games, including ESCAPE (in reference for Escape From The Planet of the Robot Monsters).

- PORTS -

* COMPUTERS:
Sinclair ZX Spectrum (1990)
Commodore C64 (1990)
Amstrad CPC (1990)
Commodore Amiga (1990)
Atari ST (1990)
PC (1991)
Sam Coupe

- CONTRIBUTE -

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High scores

MAMESCORE records : 02/04/2017 13:01

fordie________________________121.000
mike_myers____________________116.600
dark_kariya____________________88.600
furohon________________________80.000
foxmulder______________________64.400
akuma62________________________39.100
hulkiii________________________35.100