Xenophobe| 1987 |
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Developer: Bally Midway
Controls/Input Device: Control(joy8way), Buttons(3)
Number of Players: 3
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Controls/Input Device: Control(joy8way), Buttons(3)
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Xenophobe VGMuseum Game Endings
Xenophobe on CAESAR
Xenophobe high score and replay at MARP
Xenophobe on datObase
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Xenophobe VGMuseum Game Endings
Xenophobe on CAESAR
Xenophobe high score and replay at MARP
Xenophobe on datObase
Mameinfo.dat entry:
0.37b10 [Yochizo]
WIP:
- 0.147u2: hap fixed clone Omega Fighter Special. The game fails to boot or finish post. After showing bad rom errors, the game resets.
- 0.147u1: Fixed maincpu rom loading.
- 0.122u7: Fixed gfx1/2/3/4/5 rom loading.
- 0.89u3: Changed Z80 CPU2 clock speed to 5MHz.
- 0.37b10: Yochizo added 'Omega Fighter' (UPL 1989) and clone Omega Fighter Special.
- 21st November 2000: Yochizo fixed some graphics bugs in the Omega Fighter / Atomic Robo-kid driver.
- 8th November 2000: Yochizo sent in a driver for Omega Fighter and Atomic Robo-kid.
- 25th April 1999: Dumped Omega Fighter Special.
LEVELS: 8 (restarts once)
Other Emulators:
* FB Alpha
* JFF
* Raine
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Astro Warrior (Mega-Tech)
Mission 660
Rafflesia
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Truxton / Tatsujin
Tatsujin (Tourvision PCE bootleg)
Truxton II / Tatsujin Oh
Blast Off
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Final Star Force
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Gunlock
GunNail
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Gekirindan
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Fever SOS
Mars Matrix: Hyper Solid Shooting
Romset: 2016 kb / 8 files / 457.8 zip
Credits Mameinfo and Mametesters Project Robert J. Rabgno et al.
0.37b10 [Yochizo]
WIP:
- 0.147u2: hap fixed clone Omega Fighter Special. The game fails to boot or finish post. After showing bad rom errors, the game resets.
- 0.147u1: Fixed maincpu rom loading.
- 0.122u7: Fixed gfx1/2/3/4/5 rom loading.
- 0.89u3: Changed Z80 CPU2 clock speed to 5MHz.
- 0.37b10: Yochizo added 'Omega Fighter' (UPL 1989) and clone Omega Fighter Special.
- 21st November 2000: Yochizo fixed some graphics bugs in the Omega Fighter / Atomic Robo-kid driver.
- 8th November 2000: Yochizo sent in a driver for Omega Fighter and Atomic Robo-kid.
- 25th April 1999: Dumped Omega Fighter Special.
LEVELS: 8 (restarts once)
Other Emulators:
* FB Alpha
* JFF
* Raine
Recommended Games (Star Force):
Catacomb
Vega
Espial
Night Star (DECO Cassette)
Nova 2001
Star Jacker
Stunt Air
Zodiack
Star Force
Alpha Mission / ASO
Alpha Mission II / ASO II
Astro Warrior (Mega-Tech)
Mission 660
Rafflesia
S.R.D. Mission
Truxton / Tatsujin
Tatsujin (Tourvision PCE bootleg)
Truxton II / Tatsujin Oh
Blast Off
Blazing Lazers
GunHed (Tourvision PCE bootleg)
The Next Space
Omega Fighter
Super Star Soldier (Tourvision PCE bootleg)
Lethal Thunder
Pollux
Strike Gunner S.T.G
Vimana
Explosive Breaker
Final Star Force
Galmedes
Gunlock
GunNail
Nebulas Ray
Super-X
Gekirindan
Viper Phase 1
Fever SOS
Mars Matrix: Hyper Solid Shooting
Romset: 2016 kb / 8 files / 457.8 zip
Credits Mameinfo and Mametesters Project Robert J. Rabgno et al.
History.dat entry:
Xenophobe (c) 1987 Bally Midway.
A horizontal monitor is split into three sections, one for each of up to three people. Players wander around a space station shooting as many Ridley-Scott-esque aliens as they can before health or time runs out- then it's off to the next space station. There are multiple weapon types, including a duck gun!
- TECHNICAL -
Bally Midway MCR 68k hardware
[No. 0E85]
Main CPU : Motorola 68000 (@ 7.7238 Mhz)
Sound CPU : Motorola 68000 (@ 8 Mhz)
Sound Chips : DAC
Players : 3
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 3
- TRIVIA -
Xenophobe was released in July 1987.
The word 'Xenophobe' (pronounced 'Zee-no-phobe') is a psychiatric term meaning 'fear of aliens'. Programmer Gary Oglesby contributed this name.
The game earned so much money during first weeks of testing that the programmer was pulled off the game to work on a pinball project.
Xenophobe was a highly original game with a highly original concept. It was the first split-screen game. It was also a victim of a production scheduling snafu. Due to its production being pushed ahead, a lot of the game's tuning was axed. There are many objects in the game that the player can pick up, but have no use.
Brian Colin & Jeff Nauman originally conceived this game with a tomb-robbing treasure hunting theme, but when programmer Howard Shere was assigned to the project, his love of science fiction prompted the shift to an ALIEN spoof.
Michael Ward holds the official official record for this game, on Medium setting, with 2,500,000 points on June 11, 2004.
- STAFF -
Programmer : Howard Shere
Art and graphics : Brian Colin
Sound and musics : Souvenir of Omaha
Hardware designers and support : Bob Ploussard, True Truong
Mechanical designer : John Kubik
Technical support : Jim Belt, Sue Lohse
Game concept and designers : Brian Colin, Howard Shere
Development : Jeff Nauman, Bob Libbe, Gary Oglesby, Tom Leon, Larry Stalmah, Peter Perry
- PORTS -
* Consoles :
Nintendo NES [US] (December 1988) "Xenophobe [Model NES-XE]"
Atari 7800 [US] (1989) "Xenophobe [Model CX7858]"
Atari 2600 [US] (1990) "Xenophobe [Model CX26172]"
Sony PlayStation 2 [AU] (2004) "Midway Arcade Treasures 2"
Microsoft XBOX [US] (October 11, 2004) "Midway Arcade Treasures 2 [Model MWO-3201W]"
Nintendo GameCube [US] (October 11, 2004) "Midway Arcade Treasures 2 [Model DOL-GAYE-USA]"
Sony PlayStation 2 [US] (October 11, 2004) "Midway Arcade Treasures 2 [Model SLUS-20997]"
Microsoft XBOX [EU] (October 29, 2004) "Midway Arcade Treasures 2"
Sony PlayStation 2 [EU] (October 29, 2004) "Midway Arcade Treasures 2 [Model SLES-52844]"
Microsoft XBOX 360 [US] (November 6, 2012) "Midway Arcade Origins"
Sony PlayStation 3 [US] (November 6, 2012) "Midway Arcade Origins [Model BLUS-31083]"
Microsoft XBOX 360 [EU] (November 15, 2012) "Midway Arcade Origins"
Sony PlayStation 3 [EU] (November 15, 2012) "Midway Arcade Origins [Model BLES-01768]"
* Handhelds :
Atari Lynx [US] (1992) "Xenophobe [Model PA2026]"
Sony PSP [US] (December 13, 2005) "Midway Arcade Treasures Extended Play [Model ULUS-10059]"
Sony PSP [EU] (February 24, 2006) "Midway Arcade Treasures Extended Play [Model ULES-00180]"
* Computers :
Amstrad CPC [EU] (1987)
Sinclair ZX Spectrum [EU] (1989)
Commodore C64 [US] [EU] (1989)
Atari ST [EU] (1989)
Commodore Amiga [US] [EU] (1989)
PC [MS Windows, CD-ROM] [US] (February 17, 2006) "Midway Arcade Treasures Deluxe Edition"
PC [MS Windows, CD-ROM] [EU] (March 17, 2006) "Midway Arcade Treasures Deluxe Edition" by Zoo Digital Publishing
- CONTRIBUTE -
Edit this entry: http://www.arcade-history.com/?&page=detail&id=3215&o=2
Licensed from Alexis Bousiges under a CC Attribution 3.0 License
Xenophobe (c) 1987 Bally Midway.
A horizontal monitor is split into three sections, one for each of up to three people. Players wander around a space station shooting as many Ridley-Scott-esque aliens as they can before health or time runs out- then it's off to the next space station. There are multiple weapon types, including a duck gun!
- TECHNICAL -
Bally Midway MCR 68k hardware
[No. 0E85]
Main CPU : Motorola 68000 (@ 7.7238 Mhz)
Sound CPU : Motorola 68000 (@ 8 Mhz)
Sound Chips : DAC
Players : 3
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 3
- TRIVIA -
Xenophobe was released in July 1987.
The word 'Xenophobe' (pronounced 'Zee-no-phobe') is a psychiatric term meaning 'fear of aliens'. Programmer Gary Oglesby contributed this name.
The game earned so much money during first weeks of testing that the programmer was pulled off the game to work on a pinball project.
Xenophobe was a highly original game with a highly original concept. It was the first split-screen game. It was also a victim of a production scheduling snafu. Due to its production being pushed ahead, a lot of the game's tuning was axed. There are many objects in the game that the player can pick up, but have no use.
Brian Colin & Jeff Nauman originally conceived this game with a tomb-robbing treasure hunting theme, but when programmer Howard Shere was assigned to the project, his love of science fiction prompted the shift to an ALIEN spoof.
Michael Ward holds the official official record for this game, on Medium setting, with 2,500,000 points on June 11, 2004.
- STAFF -
Programmer : Howard Shere
Art and graphics : Brian Colin
Sound and musics : Souvenir of Omaha
Hardware designers and support : Bob Ploussard, True Truong
Mechanical designer : John Kubik
Technical support : Jim Belt, Sue Lohse
Game concept and designers : Brian Colin, Howard Shere
Development : Jeff Nauman, Bob Libbe, Gary Oglesby, Tom Leon, Larry Stalmah, Peter Perry
- PORTS -
* Consoles :
Nintendo NES [US] (December 1988) "Xenophobe [Model NES-XE]"
Atari 7800 [US] (1989) "Xenophobe [Model CX7858]"
Atari 2600 [US] (1990) "Xenophobe [Model CX26172]"
Sony PlayStation 2 [AU] (2004) "Midway Arcade Treasures 2"
Microsoft XBOX [US] (October 11, 2004) "Midway Arcade Treasures 2 [Model MWO-3201W]"
Nintendo GameCube [US] (October 11, 2004) "Midway Arcade Treasures 2 [Model DOL-GAYE-USA]"
Sony PlayStation 2 [US] (October 11, 2004) "Midway Arcade Treasures 2 [Model SLUS-20997]"
Microsoft XBOX [EU] (October 29, 2004) "Midway Arcade Treasures 2"
Sony PlayStation 2 [EU] (October 29, 2004) "Midway Arcade Treasures 2 [Model SLES-52844]"
Microsoft XBOX 360 [US] (November 6, 2012) "Midway Arcade Origins"
Sony PlayStation 3 [US] (November 6, 2012) "Midway Arcade Origins [Model BLUS-31083]"
Microsoft XBOX 360 [EU] (November 15, 2012) "Midway Arcade Origins"
Sony PlayStation 3 [EU] (November 15, 2012) "Midway Arcade Origins [Model BLES-01768]"
* Handhelds :
Atari Lynx [US] (1992) "Xenophobe [Model PA2026]"
Sony PSP [US] (December 13, 2005) "Midway Arcade Treasures Extended Play [Model ULUS-10059]"
Sony PSP [EU] (February 24, 2006) "Midway Arcade Treasures Extended Play [Model ULES-00180]"
* Computers :
Amstrad CPC [EU] (1987)
Sinclair ZX Spectrum [EU] (1989)
Commodore C64 [US] [EU] (1989)
Atari ST [EU] (1989)
Commodore Amiga [US] [EU] (1989)
PC [MS Windows, CD-ROM] [US] (February 17, 2006) "Midway Arcade Treasures Deluxe Edition"
PC [MS Windows, CD-ROM] [EU] (March 17, 2006) "Midway Arcade Treasures Deluxe Edition" by Zoo Digital Publishing
- CONTRIBUTE -
Edit this entry: http://www.arcade-history.com/?&page=detail&id=3215&o=2
Licensed from Alexis Bousiges under a CC Attribution 3.0 License
cheat.dat entry:
00000000 60167 00000058 FFFFFFFF Stop Self-Destruct timer
00000000 6072D 000000FF FFFFFFFF Infinite Health PL1
00000000 607ED 000000FF FFFFFFFF Infinite Health PL2
00000000 608AD 000000FF FFFFFFFF Infinite Health PL3
Credit Pugsy's MAME Cheat file
00000000 60167 00000058 FFFFFFFF Stop Self-Destruct timer
00000000 6072D 000000FF FFFFFFFF Infinite Health PL1
00000000 607ED 000000FF FFFFFFFF Infinite Health PL2
00000000 608AD 000000FF FFFFFFFF Infinite Health PL3
Credit Pugsy's MAME Cheat file
