Mame game : hardhat : Hard Hat

Game infos

Description Hard Hat

Name hardhat

Manufacturer Exidy

Year 1982

Runnable yes

System arcade /

Number of players 2P alt

Added to MAME .034b01

Romset size 32 KB

Romset file 10 files

Romset zip 19 B

Language English

Evaluation 50 to 60 (Not Good Enough)

Genre Maze

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
joy	4					no

Display infos

type	rotate	flipx	width	height	refresh	pixclock	htotal	hbend	hbstart	vtotal	vbend	vbstart
raster	0	no	256	256	59.996811	5644500	336	0	256	280	0	256

Dipswitchs

Bonus Life
- 40000 and 80000
- 50000 and 100000
- 70000 and 140000
- 90000 and 180000
Coinage
- 1 Coin/1 Credit
- 1 Coin/2 Credits
- 1 Coin/3 Credits 2C/7C
- 1 Coin/4 Credits
- 2 Coins/1 Credit
- Coin A 1C/1C Coin B 1C/4C
- Coin A 1C/1C Coin B 1C/5C
- Coin A 2C/1C Coin B 1C/3C
Lives
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5

Roms list

console	name	size	crc	sha1	region	offset	status	optional
arcade	hha-1.5a	2048	16a5a183	cf3fed55db9c61fd33c222275d472fa109bed081	audiocpu	6800	good	no
arcade	hha-1.6a	2048	bde64021	a403590d5a27b859eaa299e47df4ebd6ce4a5772	audiocpu	7000	good	no
arcade	hha-1.7a	2048	505ee5d3	efa228465688f2bb30f00dc1511cc5f3a287356c	audiocpu	7800	good	no
arcade	hhl-1.11d	2048	dbcdf353	76ea287326a5c9e75e407cc010414212d8fdd52a	gfx1	0	good	no
arcade	hhl-2.10a	4096	e6bf2fb1	ad41859129774fc51462726a825c0ae16ed81a6e	maincpu	b000	good	no
arcade	hhl-2.11a	4096	7623deea	3c47c0439c80e66536af42c5ee4e522fea5f8374	maincpu	a000	good	no
arcade	hhl-2.6a	4096	2a20cf10	31eb4556647e78e3d9be1c30d970eac8aaa5cf18	maincpu	f000	good	no
arcade	hhl-2.7a	4096	6f7ce1c2	356dcea22e50c95a8552566a0fb5f9b4e3e5de2a	maincpu	e000	good	no
arcade	hhl-2.8a	4096	23c7a2f8	5eb1d512d73ba6bd1c23501664b582e9d3cf777f	maincpu	d000	good	no
arcade	hhl-2.9a	4096	acc2bce5	0f7b8cfbd2628b8587c423fbc2c8310d71d8ad2a	maincpu	c000	good	no

Chips list

name	tag	type	clock
Exidy SFX+PSG	custom	audio
M6502	audiocpu	cpu	894886
Speaker	mono	audio

0.34b1 [Al Kossow]

NOTE:

- The original ROM images for Hard Hat (c) 1982 Exidy have been made available for free, non-commercial use. Authorization from H.R. Kaufmann, president of Xidy.

WIP:

- 0.161: Tafoid adjusted Bonus_Life dipswitch in Hard Hat.

- 0.129: MooglyGuy added savestate support to Hard Hat.

- 0.122u4: Zsolt Vasvari fixed incorrect fading twister in Hard Hat.

- 0.37b5: Removed Samples sound.

- 0.34RC1: Added Samples and Custom sound.

- 0.34b1: Al Kossow added 'Hard Hat' (Exidy 1982). Known issues: Dipswitches and input ports not verified.

PLAY INSTRUCTIONS:

- To scroll screen, knock down posts along any side.

- Letters scroll into screen.

- Push or scroll letters into their dotted outlines.

- Avoid for hammers and storms.

- Be a HARDHAT, go for it!

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Dorodon

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Hard Hat

Dingo

Eggor

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Mr. TNT

Poly-Play (ZRE) (Hase und Wolf)

Poly-Play (ZRE-PP) (Hase und Wolf)

Merlins Money Maze

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Touche Me

Twin Brats

History

Arcade Video game published 37 years ago:

Hard Hat (c) 1982 Exidy.

You are a carpenter and you are being chased by hammers and whirlwinds through a grid of scaffolding. You can move the scaffolding to move letters and spell EXIDY and HARD HAT.

- TECHNICAL -

The hardware is identical to another Exidy game, "Pepper II".

Main CPU : MOS Technology M6502 (@ 705.562 Khz)
Sound CPU : MOS Technology M6502 (@ 894.886 Khz)
Sound Chips : Custom (@ 894.886 Khz)

Screen orientation : Horizontal
Video resolution : 248 x 256 pixels
Screen refresh : 57.00 Hz
Palette colors : 8

Players : 1
Control : 4-way joystick
Buttons : 1

- TRIVIA -

Released in November 1982. It was taunted as the 'First Educational Coin-Op Game'.

- STAFF -

Designed & programmed by : Larry Hutcherson

- CONTRIBUTE -

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High scores

MAMESCORE records : 02/04/2017 13:01

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Hard Hat