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Mars

  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 Mars
Name mars
Manufacturer Artic
Year 1981
Runnable yes
System arcade /
Number of players 2P alt
Added to MAME .035rc1
Romset size 23 KB
Romset file 12 files
Romset zip 16 B
Language English
Evaluation 70 to 80 (Good)
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 no
Input tilt no
Input players 2
Input buttons
Input coins 2

Controls infos

type ways minimum maximum sensitivity keydelta reverse
doublejoy 8 no

Display infos

type rotate flipx width height refresh pixclock htotal hbend hbstart vtotal vbend vbstart
raster 90 no 256 224 60.606061

Dipswitchs

Roms list

console name bios size crc md5 merge sha1 region offset status optional
arcade c01s.6e 32 4e3caeab a25083c3e36d28afdefe4af6e6d4f3155e303625 proms 0 good no
arcade u101.2 2048 c5dc627f 529307238707d0676d1cae508f4eb66bbdd623d7 gfx1 800 good no
arcade u114.7 2048 497fd8d0 545aaf1d68ff727df356bbcf8ddd23df75b5ce97 maincpu 2000 good no
arcade u133.8 2048 3d4cd59f da96d96a40a896e1272700c50cc34f91ac9f7a23 maincpu 2800 good no
arcade u26.3 2048 2f88892c 580c7b502321868f63d9e67286e63b5c5268827c maincpu 0 good no
arcade u39.9 2048 bb5968b9 8bc57fd80da7aff294e12e991e9acf60c1ab2893 audiocpu 0 good no
arcade u51.10 2048 75fd7720 3ee4ca0d85ffacf0388cada17581da0cdaaf83ef audiocpu 800 good no
arcade u56.4 2048 9e6bcbf7 c3acdba073a1f3703776a7905867d81acf328f37 maincpu 800 good no
arcade u69.5 2048 df496e6e b597e996ac797a239e4bc8f242f59c98a850723c maincpu 1000 good no
arcade u72.1 2048 279789d0 3ccf39da252df8b3605efc26299831279d697dd8 gfx1 0 good no
arcade u78.11 2048 72a492da a272f72378850f7ecf52498746c2015f6dad3ab9 audiocpu 1000 good no
arcade u98.6 2048 75f274bb 2eb83ccc8404c69ab262bf680dce892c23c94f39 maincpu 1800 good no

Chips list

name tag type clock
AY-3-8910A 8910.2 audio 1789750
Speaker mono audio
Z80 audiocpu cpu 1789750

Categories

MAMEinfo

0.35RC1 [Zsolt Vasvari]


Artwork available


Bugs:

- The sound volume of the shots and explosions in the game seem too high compared to the background music. The tECHIDNA (ID 00174)


WIP:

- 0.151: Osso fixed Player 2's fire button doesn't stop firing in Mars.

- 16th December 2007: Mr. Do - I already forget what site I was looking at, but I saw an original cabinet for Arctic's Mars. When I saw the bezel, I did one of those "Ohhhhhhh, THAT's what game it is" things. So here it is, thanks to the BYOAC/CAG artwork.

- 0.53: Changed palettesize from 100 to 98 colors.

- 0.37b16: Added 'Cabinet' dipswitch.

- 0.35RC1: Zsolt Vasvari added 'Mars' (Artic 1981).

- 28th May 1999: Zsolt Vasvari added Mars, New Sinbad 7 and the original Devil Fish to the Artic games driver.


LEVELS: 99 (endless)


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History


Arcade Video game published 38 years ago:

Mars (c) 1981 Artic Electronics.

- 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 : Vertical
Video resolution : 224 x 256 pixels
Screen refresh : 60.61 Hz
Palette colors : 98

Players : 2
Control : Double 8-way joysticks

- TRIVIA -

When you run the game for the first time, the default highscore table has all entries set to 10000.

Howard Ohlstein holds the official record for this game with 107,450 points.

- CONTRIBUTE -

Edit this entry: https://www.arcade-history.com/?&page=detail&id=1566&o=2

High scores

MAMESCORE records : 02/04/2017 13:01

sawys__________________________50.000
thegamer_______________________18.400
didyeah_________________________8.320
furohon_________________________4.640
hulkiii_________________________4.360