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Crossbow (version 2.0)

 
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Crossbow (version 2.0)

| 1983
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Developer: Exidy
Controls/Input Device: Control(lightgun), Buttons(1)
Number of Players: 1
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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)


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* FB Alpha

* JFF

* Raine


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Romset: 2016 kb / 8 files / 457.8 zip


Credits Mameinfo and Mametesters Project Robert J. Rabgno et al.
History.dat entry:
Crossbow (c) 1983 Exidy.

Early first-person shoot'em up game with a dungeons and dragons feel about it. Features good speech and screams.

- TECHNICAL -

Exidy 440 hardware

Main CPU : Motorola M6809 (@ 1.6224 Mhz)
Sound CPU : Motorola M6809 (@ 811.2 Khz)
Sound Chips : Custom (@ 50.7 Khz)

Players : 1
Control : lightgun
Buttons : 1

- TRIVIA -

Released in October 1983, Crossbow is the first of Exidy's classic shoot'em up. It was also the first video game in history to completely use digitized sound and music.

Fadi Baroody holds the official record for this game with 21654300 points on August 1994 in Myrtle Beach, SC Wild-Rapids Water Park.

This message is in the sound CPU at E3B0:
DMA.A69
COPYRIGHT (C) 1983
EXIDY INC.
MARK VON STRIVER
LA PLUME DE MA TANTE EST SUR LE BUREAU

The last sentence is derived from a useless but ubiquitous phrase used to demonstrate grammatically correct French. The full sentence would be "La plume de ma tante est sur le bureau de mon oncle".

- STAFF -

Software: Nick Ilyin, Larry Hutcherson, Vic Tolomei
Hardware: Howell Ivy, Mark Von Striver
Graphics: Mike Craven, Leland Mar, Hector Galindo
Audio: Ken Nicholson
Art: Rey Maninang
Support: Joe Stieber, Pam Banegas, Lynn Leigh, Al Petretto

- PORTS -

* Consoles :
Atari 2600 [US] (1987) [Model CX26139]
Atari 7800 [US] (1988) [Model CX7844]
Atari XEGS [US] (1988) [Model RX8088]
Nintendo Famicom [JP] (prototype)

* Computers :
Commodore C64 [US] (1988 - Absolute Entertainment)
PC [MS-DOS] [US] (1989 - Absolute Entertainment)

- CONTRIBUTE -

Edit this entry: http://www.arcade-history.com/?&page=detail&id=539&o=2


Licensed from Alexis Bousiges under a CC Attribution 3.0 License
cheat.dat entry:
00000000 3902 00000000 FFFFFFFF No time between bullets
60000000 0000 00000000 00000000 ["get em back" codes,survive]
60000000 0000 00000000 00000000 [the level w/anyone, and you]
60000000 0000 00000000 00000000 [get whoever you want back ]
60000000 0000 00000000 00000000 [when it's time to pick your]
60000000 0000 00000000 00000000 [path! ]
00000000 2200 000000FF FFFFFFFF Always get Ranger back
00000000 2201 000000FF FFFFFFFF Always get Dwarf back
00000000 2202 000000FF FFFFFFFF Always get Valkyrie back
00000000 2203 000000FF FFFFFFFF Always get Zulu back
00000000 2204 000000FF FFFFFFFF Always get Monk back
00000000 2205 000000FF FFFFFFFF Always get Thief back
00000000 2206 000000FF FFFFFFFF Always get Wizard back
00000000 2207 000000FF FFFFFFFF Always get Child back

Credit Pugsy's MAME Cheat file
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