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Tugboat

  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 Tugboat
Name tugboat
Manufacturer Enter-Tech, Ltd.
Year 1982
Runnable yes
System arcade /
Number of players 2P alt
Added to MAME .063
Romset size 35 KB
Romset file 12 files
Romset zip 19 B
Language English
Evaluation 30 to 40 (Amendable)
Genre Driving

Sound infos

Sound_channels 1

Driver infos

Driver status imperfect
Driver emulation good
Driver color good
Driver sound good
Driver graphic imperfect
Driver cocktail
Driver protection
Driver savestate yes

Inputs infos

Input service no
Input tilt no
Input players 1
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 90 no 240 224 60 3932160 256 8 248 256 16 240

Dipswitchs

Roms list

console name bios size crc md5 merge sha1 region offset status optional
arcade nt2_u128.clr 256 236672bf 57482d0a23223ef7b211045ad28d3e41e90f961e proms 0 good no
arcade u167.bin 2048 b9c9b4f7 6685d580ae150d7c67bac2786ee4b7a2c28eddc3 gfx4 1000 good no
arcade u168.bin 2048 279042fd 1361fff1bc532251bbd36b7b60776c2cc137cfba gfx3 0 good no
arcade u169.bin 2048 1a636296 bcb18d714328ba3db2d16d74c47a985c16a0bbe2 gfx4 800 good no
arcade u170.bin 2048 64d9f4d7 3ff7fc099023512c33ec4583e91e6cbab903e7a8 gfx4 0 good no
arcade u67.bin 2048 601c425b 13ed54ba1307ba3f779293d88c19d0c0f2d91a96 gfx1 0 good no
arcade u68.bin 4096 d5835182 f67c8f93e0d7dd1bf8e3a98756719d386c133d1c gfx2 0 good no
arcade u69.bin 4096 e6d25878 de9096ef3108d031049be1e7f2c5e346d0bc0df1 gfx2 1000 good no
arcade u7.bin 4096 e81d7581 c76327e3b027a5a2af69f8cfafa1f828ad0ebdb1 maincpu 5000 good no
arcade u70.bin 4096 34ce2850 8883126627ed8a1d2c3bed2a3d169ce35eafc8a3 gfx2 2000 good no
arcade u8.bin 4096 7525de06 0722c7a0b89c55162227173679ffbe398ca350a2 maincpu 6000 good no
arcade u9.bin 4096 aa4ae687 a212eed5d04d6197aa3484ff36059fd7998604a6 maincpu 7000 good no

Chips list

name tag type clock
AY-3-8912A aysnd audio 1250000
M6502 maincpu cpu 2000000
Speaker mono audio

Categories

MAMEinfo

0.63 [MooglyGuy, Nicola Salmoria]


Artwork available


WIP:

- 2nd August 2010: Mr. Do - Thanks to ChuckH for pointing out that the Moppett bezel was used in other games, so it's been added to Tugboat.

- 0.124u5: Andrew Gardner merged memory maps for Tugboat.

- 16th December 2005: Dave Widel - Improved the score display in Tugboat.

- 0.69u3: Tomasz Slanina fixed problem where controls stopped working after the first level in Tugboat.

- 3rd June 2003: Tomasz Slanina fixed an interrupt problem in the Tugboat driver that caused problems with controls in the second level.

- 0.63: MooglyGuy added Tugboat (ETM 1982). TODO: Controls stop working in stage 2. Verify connections of the two PIAs. I only hooked up a couple of ports but there are more. Check how the score is displayed. I'm quite sure that tugboat_score_w is supposed to access videoram scanning it by columns (like btime_mirrorvideoram_w), but the current implementation is a big kludge, and it still looks wrong. Colors might not be entirely accurate.

- 27th November 2002: Nicola Salmoria further improved Tugboat.

- 25th November 2002: Nicola Salmoria improved the Tugboat driver, but there are still many problems.

- 18th November 2002: MooglyGuy submitted a preliminary driver for Tugboat, it works somewhat but colors are wrong, scrolling doesn't work and the inputs aren't hooked up.

- 18th August 1998: Dumped Tugboat (Enter-Tech, Ltd.).


PLAY INSTRUCTIONS:

- Navigate down river and into lock.

- Aviod shores and logs.

- Hit buoys (1 Point).

- Bonus points awared for number of buoys hit.


LEVELS: 99 (endless)


Recommended Games (Watersport):

Embargo

River Patrol

The Bounty

Mermaid

Swimmer

Tugboat

Tropical Angel

Water Ski

Granny and the Gators

Water Match

Toobin'

Hydra

Aqua Jet

Jet Wave

Skimaxx

Wave Runner

Wave Runner GP

Rapid River

Sega Water Ski

Hydro Thunder

Soul Surfer

History


Arcade Video game published 37 years ago:

Tugboat (c) 1982 Enter-Tech

Each level contains exactly 28 buoys. Logs are placed at random and will be re-arranged upon losing a ship on the same level. Of the eight stages, the first four are with a nice, wide river channel. Each of these four stages increases in speed and the number of logs on it. Stages five to eight have a much narrower river and increase in speed on each stage.

Level eight is believed to be unbeatable given the complex arrangement of densely clustered logs on a narrow river. The best strategy is to pass each of the 7 stages first without losing any ships and collecting as many buoys as possible. Then, on stage 8, collect as many buoys as possible until you crash. Once you crash, the stage will re-start and rearrange the logs (giving the player a chance to re-negotiate the tight river).

Bonus scoring is cumulative.

- TECHNICAL -

Main CPU : MOS Technology M6502 (@ 2 Mhz)
Sound Chips : General Instrument AY8910 (@ 2 Mhz)

Screen orientation : Vertical
Video resolution : 224 x 240 pixels
Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz
Palette colors : 256

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

- TRIVIA -

Tugboat was the first in the series of Moppet Video games that were geared towards children. The games were small in size, even smaller than most cabaret (mini) games.

Originally, the software was developed using the company's already existing board that was used in El Grande 5-card draw poker. However it quickly became apparent that the graphics capabilities of that board were insufficient for an arcade game.

A hardware design consultant was brought in and designed the daughter board that plugged into the original El Grande's main board and added an additional layer of video along with scrolling capabilities.

- STAFF -

Lead Programmer: Paul Walters
Programmer: George Hefner, Rick Harris
Graphics Designer: Barb Ultis
Graphics Hardware daughter board designed by: Cash Olsen

- CONTRIBUTE -

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High scores

MAMESCORE records : 02/04/2017 13:01

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