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Galaxy Wars (Universal set 1)

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

Description Galaxy Wars (Universal set 1)
Name galxwars
Manufacturer Universal
Year 1979
Runnable yes
System arcade /
Number of players 2P alt
Added to MAME .053
Romset size 8 KB
Romset file 8 files
Romset zip 5 B
Language English
Genre Shooter

Parent and clones

Parent This game is the parent

Sound infos

Sound_channels 1

Driver infos

Driver status preliminary
Driver emulation good
Driver color preliminary
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 1

Controls infos

type ways minimum maximum sensitivity keydelta reverse
joy 2 no

Display infos

type rotate flipx width height refresh pixclock htotal hbend hbstart vtotal vbend vbstart
raster 270 no 260 224 59.541985 4992000 320 0 260 262 0 224

Configuration

name tag mask
Cabinet
Name Cocktail
Value 1
Default no
Name Upright
Value 0
Default yes

CAB
 1

Dipswitchs

Roms list

console name bios size crc md5 merge sha1 region offset status optional
arcade 01.1 1024 aac24f34 ad110e776547fb48baac568bb50d61854537ca34 proms 0 baddump no
arcade 02.2 1024 2bdf83a0 01ffbd43964c41987e7d44816271308f9a70802b proms 400 baddump no
arcade univgw1.4 1024 0871156e 3726d0bfe153a0afc62ea56737662074986064b0 maincpu 4000 good no
arcade univgw2.5 1024 6036d7bf 36c2ad2ffdb47bbecc40fd67ced6ab51a5cd2f3e maincpu 4400 good no
arcade univgw3.0 1024 937796f4 88e9494cc532498e51e3a68fa1122c40f22b27dd maincpu 0 good no
arcade univgw4.1 1024 4b86e7a6 167f9f7491a2de39d08e3e6f7057cc75b36c9340 maincpu 400 good no
arcade univgw5.2 1024 47a187cd 640c896ba25f34d323624005bd676257ad17b687 maincpu 800 good no
arcade univgw6.3 1024 7b7d22ff 74364cf2b04dcfbbc8e0131fa12c0e574f693d34 maincpu c00 good no

Chips list

name tag type clock
8080 maincpu cpu 1996800
SN76477 snsnd audio
Samples samples audio
Speaker mono audio

Samples list

name
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9

Categories

MAMEinfo

0.53 [MASH]

0.08 [Nicola Salmoria, Michael Strutts]


Artwork available

Samples required (Invaders)


WIP:

- 0.147u4: Robbbert and MisfitMAME added clone Star Wars (bootleg of Galaxy Wars, set 2). hap changed description of clone (bootleg of Galaxy Wars) to 'Star Wars (bootleg of Galaxy Wars, set 1)'.

- 0.147u2: Changed description of clone 'Star Wars' to 'Star Wars (bootleg of Galaxy Wars)'.

- 0.141u4: hap dedicated Galaxy Wars cabs are not b/w but have color maps for now, use proms from another game and mark sets as bad dump/wrong colors. Replaced DISCRETE sound with Invaders samples (1. - 9.wav) and proms ($0, 400).

- 0.133u1: Renamed (galxwar2) to (galxwars2) and (galxwart) to (galxwarst).

- 0.114u2: Replaced Samples sound with Discrete.

- 0.111u4: Changed 8080 CPU1 clock speed to 1996800 Hz.

- 16th October 2006: Mr. Do - Bobby Tribble sent me a BUNCH of photographs. I worked on the easy ones first: Galaxy Wars bezel.

- 0.53: MASH added 'Galaxy Wars (Universal set 1)' and clone (Universal set 2). Changed 'Galaxy Wars' to clone 'Galaxy Wars (Taito?)'. Renamed (galxwars) to (galxwart).

- 30th April 2001: MASH and David Haywood added another Galaxy Wars romset.

- 0.37b1: Added SN76477 sound (samples 0.wav and 10 - 18.wav are no longer needed).

- 0.36b11: Added clone Star Wars (bootleg 1979).

- 0.29: Valerio Verrando added high score saving to Galaxy Wars.

- 0.08: Nicola Salmoria added 'Galaxy Wars' (Taito 1979).


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* HiVE

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* VAntAGE


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History


Arcade Video game published 40 years ago:

Galaxy Wars (c) 1979 Universal.

Galaxy Wars is a 2-D shooter where you are given three missiles to shoot at two rows of alien ships at the top. Miniature rock-like satellites move around the screen, ready to obliterate your missile at any moment, and the ships themselves shoot at you.

- TECHNICAL -

Main CPU : Intel 8080 (@ 1.9968 Mhz)
Sound Chips : SN76477 (@ 1.9968 Mhz), discrete circuitry

Screen orientation : Vertical
Video resolution : 224 x 260 pixels
Screen refresh : 59.54 Hz
Palette color: 2 (overlays)

Players : 2
Control : 2-way joystick
Buttons : 1

- TRIVIA -

Galaxy Wars was released in August 1979.

Export releases:
"T.T Galaxy Wars" (Taito)

Bootleg/Hacks releases :
Star Wars (Yamashita]

- SCORING -

1st rack : 50 (side hit), 100 (bottom, towards the side) or 150 (near middle of bottom) points for each ship.
2nd rack : 100 (side hit), 200 (bottom, towards the side) or 250 (near middle of bottom) points for each ship.
3rd rack : 150 (side hit), 300 (bottom, towards the side) or 350 (near middle of bottom) points for each ship.
You can probably figure the scores for higher racks from the patterns here.

- PORTS -

* CONSOLES:
[JP] Nintendo Super Famicom (jan.13, 1995) [Model SHVC-AGWJ]

* COMPUTERS:
BBC Micro [EU] (1982)
X68000 (1987)

* Other :
Apple iPhone/iPod [US] (sept.9, 2009) [Model 331413595] : Online version

- CONTRIBUTE -

Edit this entry: https://www.arcade-history.com/?&page=detail&id=910&o=2

High scores

MAMESCORE records : 02/04/2017 13:01

kernzy_________________________23.800
gerhard_schindler______________22.750
sawys__________________________19.150
dark_kariya____________________15.000
foxmulder_______________________8.500
thegamer________________________3.550
hulkiii_________________________1.500
jgabmurer_________________________650