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Killer Comet

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

Description Killer Comet
Name killcom
Manufacturer Game Plan (Centuri license)
Year 1980
Runnable yes
System arcade /
Number of players 2P alt
Added to MAME .031
Romset size 18 KB
Romset file 9 files
Romset zip 10 B
Language English
Evaluation 50 to 60 (Not Good Enough)
Genre Shooter

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 yes
Input tilt yes
Input players 2
Input buttons
Input coins 3

Controls infos

type ways minimum maximum sensitivity keydelta reverse
joy 8 no

Display infos

type rotate flipx width height refresh pixclock htotal hbend hbstart vtotal vbend vbstart
raster 0 no 256 256 59.196429 5834400 352 0 256 280 0 256

Dipswitchs

Roms list

console name bios size crc md5 merge sha1 region offset status optional
arcade killcom.e1 2048 bc19dcb7 eb983d2df010c12cb3ffb584fceafa54a4e956b3 maincpu f800 good no
arcade killcom.e2 2048 a01cbb9a a8769243adbdddedfda5f3c8f054e9281a0eca46 maincpu c000 good no
arcade killcom.f1 2048 ef652762 414714e5a3f83916bd3ae54afe2cb2271ee9008b maincpu f000 good no
arcade killcom.f2 2048 bb3b4a93 a0ea61ac30a4d191db619b7bfb697914e1500036 maincpu c800 good no
arcade killcom.g1 2048 49cb13e2 635e4665042ddd9b8c0b9f275d4bcc6830dc6a98 maincpu e800 good no
arcade killcom.g2 2048 86ec68b2 a09238190d61684d943ce0acda25eb901d2580ac maincpu d000 good no
arcade killcom.j1 2048 33ef5ac5 42f839ad295d3df457ced7886a0003eff7e6c4ae maincpu e000 good no
arcade killcom.j2 2048 28d8c6a1 d9003410a651221e608c0dd20d4c9c60c3b0febc maincpu d800 good no
arcade killsnd.e1 2048 77d4890d a3ed7e11dec5d404f022c521256ff50aa6940d3c audiocpu e000 good no

Chips list

name tag type clock
AY-3-8910A aysnd audio 1789772
M6502 audiocpu cpu 894886
Speaker mono audio

Categories

MAMEinfo

0.31 [Chris Moore]


WIP:

- 0.78u5: Changed AY-3-8910 clock speed to 1789500 Hz. Added 24x 'Unused' dipswitches.

- 0.33b5: Santeri Saarimaa added high score saving to Killer Comet.

- 3rd June 1998: Santeri Saarimaa fixed Killer Comet dipswitches & input ports.

- 0.33b3: Chris Moore added M6502/AY8910 sound in Killer Comet.

- 0.31: Chris Moore added 'Killer Comet' (GamePlan 1980).


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History


Arcade Video game published 39 years ago:

Killer Comet (c) 1980 Centuri.

An early shooter. You goal is the destroy the invading ships around the screen. You can only fire upwards.

- TECHNICAL -

Main CPU : MOS Technology M6502 (@ 894.75 Khz)
Sound CPU : MOS Technology M6502 (@ 894.75 Khz)
Sound Chips : General Instrument AY8910 (@ 1.7895 Mhz)

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

Players : 2
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 4

- TRIVIA -

Killer Comet was released in October 1980.

- STAFF -

Developed by GamePlan.

- CONTRIBUTE -

Edit this entry: https://www.arcade-history.com/?&page=detail&id=1279&o=2

High scores

MAMESCORE records : 02/04/2017 13:01

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vikleroy__________________________188
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