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Faster, Harder, More Challenging Q*bert (prototype)

 
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Faster, Harder, More Challenging Q*bert (prototype)

| 1983
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Developer: Mylstar
Controls/Input Device: Control(joy4way)
Number of Players: 2
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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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Romset: 2016 kb / 8 files / 457.8 zip


Credits Mameinfo and Mametesters Project Robert J. Rabgno et al.
History.dat entry:
Faster, Harder, More Challenging Q*bert (c) 1983 Mylstar Electronics.

- TECHNICAL -

Main CPU : I8086 (@ 5 Mhz)
Sound CPU : MOS Technology M6502 (@ 894.886 Khz)
Sound Chips : DAC, Votrax SC-01

Screen orientation : Vertical
Video resolution : 256 x 240 pixels
Screen refresh : 61.419025 Hz
Palette colors : 16

Players : 2
Control : 4-way joystick (diagonal)

- TRIVIA -

This game is an unreleased prototype, never went into production, and no dedicated cabinets are known to exist.

A Votrax SC-01 speech synthesis chip is used to generate the incoherent speech of Q*bert swearing, Slick and Sam (high pitch) and Wrong Way and Ugg (low pitch). The only true speech ever generated is 'Hello, I'm turned on' when the game is first powered up and 'Bye Bye' after entering your initials at the end of a game.

- UPDATES -

Differences between FHMC Q*bert and Q*bert :
* As the name implies, it is faster.
* Platforms shift position.
* There are bonus rounds after levels two and five.
* New enemy Q*bertha (acts the same as Coily).

- STAFF -

Programming by : Warren Davis
Video graphics by : Jeff Lee
Sound by : David D. Thiel

- CONTRIBUTE -

Edit this entry: http://www.arcade-history.com/?&page=detail&id=817&o=2


Licensed from Alexis Bousiges under a CC Attribution 3.0 License
cheat.dat entry:
00000000 1000 00000004 FFFFFFFF Infinite Lives
00000000 0065 0000004B FFFFFFFF No Enemies

Credit Pugsy's MAME Cheat file
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