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Qwak (prototype)

  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 Qwak (prototype)
Name qwak
Manufacturer Atari
Year 1982
Runnable yes
System arcade /
Number of players 2P alt
Added to MAME .034b06
Romset size 32 KB
Romset file 8 files
Romset zip 16 B
Language English
Evaluation 50 to 60 (Not Good Enough)
Genre Puzzle

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 1
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 270 no 256 240 60 4039680 256 0 256 263 0 240

Dipswitchs

Roms list

console name bios size crc md5 merge sha1 region offset status optional
arcade qwak8000.bin 4096 4d002d8a 8621e7ec1ab3cb8d003858227e858354cd79dbf1 maincpu 8000 good no
arcade qwak9000.bin 4096 e0c78fd7 f5f397950971d12a7ae47fc64aa8f5751463b8a5 maincpu 9000 good no
arcade qwaka000.bin 4096 e5770fc9 c9556e9c2f7b6c37755ac9f10d95027118317b4a maincpu a000 good no
arcade qwakb000.bin 4096 90771cc0 5715e5bfccb05c51d871b443e42b0950ec23e330 maincpu b000 good no
arcade qwakgfx0.bin 4096 bed2c067 53d909b414042d54fe2e86ae0d6c7a4ded16b87e gfx1 0 good no
arcade qwakgfx1.bin 4096 73a31d28 bbe076432866398bcd02962dd90eb178e3a38fb1 gfx1 1000 good no
arcade qwakgfx2.bin 4096 07fd9e80 83d5f22b8316ac7e88d8ecdb238182a35a6f6362 gfx1 2000 good no
arcade qwakgfx3.bin 4096 e8416f2b 171f6539575f2c06b431ab5118e5cbaf740f557d gfx1 3000 good no

Chips list

name tag type clock
M6502 maincpu cpu 1512000
POKEY pokey2 audio 1512000
Speaker mono audio

Categories

MAMEinfo

0.34b6 [Mike Balfour]


WIP:

- 0.131u3: Xander added save state to the Runaway driver.

- 0.131u1: Angelo Salese merged memory maps in the Runaway driver.

- 0.77u2: Added 3rd coin slot. Renamed (qwakprot) to (qwak).

- 0.62: Removed 3rd coin slot.

- 0.60: Changed clock speed of the 2x Pokey's to 1512000 Hz.

- 15th April 2002: Aaron Giles merged the Centipede, Millipede, Warlords and Qwak prototype drivers because they were similar.

- 0.34b7: Mike Balfour added accurate colors to Qwak.

- 0.34b6: Mike Balfour added 'Qwak (prototype)' (Atari 1982). The driver based *extremely* loosely on the Centipede driver. TODO: Fix colors. Coins seem to count twice instead of once? Find dipswitches (should be at $4000, I would think). Figure out what $1000, $2000 and $2001 are used for. Figure out exactly what the unknown bits in the $3000 area do.

- 15th August 1998: Dumped Qwak (prototype). ROMs are labeled "QWAK". Board is labeled "RUNAWAY".


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History


Arcade Video game published 37 years ago:

Qwak (c) 1982 Atari.

- TECHNICAL -

Main CPU : MOS Technology M6502 (@ 1.512 Mhz)
Sound Chips : (2x) POKEY (@ 1.512 Mhz)

Screen orientation : Vertical
Video resolution : 240 x 256 pixels
Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz
Palette Colors : 16

Players : 1
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 1

- TRIVIA -

This prototype was never released. Qwak was a '15-puzzle' game with cute animations and it shares with MM2 the distinction of using 'Motion Objects' for text. Designers were unsure whether it was originally designed for a touch-screen or not. It could have been a joystick game that happened to be in development when they were interested in evaluating touch-screen technology. They felt that the touch-screen would make a more intuitive interface, but were apparently wrong. The most common comment at the focus-group was 'could you put a joystick or buttons on it. It would be easier'...

This game runs on the Atari 6502 Color Raster hardware.

- STAFF -

Designed and programmed by : Mark Cerny

- CONTRIBUTE -

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High scores

MAMESCORE records : 02/04/2017 13:01

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