game
| title | Armored Car (set 2) |
| set name | armorca2 |
| manufacturer | Stern |
| year | 1981 |
| genre | Maze (hof) |
| category | Maze (hof) |
| driver status | good |
| driver source | galdrvr.c |
| snapshots | MW: in game
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| rating |   72% after 32 votes |
| parent | Armored Car (set 1) |
display
| colour emulation | good |
| palette | 32 |
| display type | raster |
| orientation | vertical |
| resolution | 224x768 |
| frequency | 60.606061Hz |
sound
| sound emulation | good |
| channels | mono |
controls
| players | 2 |
| nplayers | 2P alt |
| controls | 4 way joystick |
| buttons | 2 |
| coin slots | 2 |
hardware
| cpu | Z80 @ 3.072MHz |
| cpu | Z80 @ 1.78975MHz |
| audio | AY-3-8910A @ 1.78975MHz |
| audio | AY-3-8910A @ 1.78975MHz |
| audio | Discrete |
data
| version added | .034b06 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| last change(s) | none since version .53 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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cabinet art
| cabinet | armorcar.png |
| marquee | armorcar.png |
| control panel | armorcar.png |
| flyer | armorcar.png |
additional information
| info | 0.30 [Mike Balfour] TEST MODE:
Car Polo Crash Head On Alpha Fighter / Head On Space Attack / Head On Head On 2 Invinco / Head On 2 Head On (Irem) Rolling Crash / Moon Base Space Chaser Dorachan Highway Chase (Cassette) Mad Alien Rally X Rally X - Namco Classics Collection Vol.2 New Rally X Spectar Targ Armored Car Jump Bug Route 16 Thief Van-Van Car City Connection Porky Fast Lane Counter Run Raimais Romset: 29 kb / 10 files / 16.2 zip |
| history | Armored Car (c) 1981 Stern Electronics. An overhead view maze game where you drive a money van (the armoured car) through as it scrolls from right to left. Some intersections are marked with directions. You pick up money to deliver to banks while avoiding criminals by dropping saw horses in roadway. Fuel levels must be replenished at gas stations along the way. - TECHNICAL - Main CPU : Z80 (@ 3.072 Mhz) Sound CPU : Z80 (@ 1.78975 Mhz) Sound Chips : (2x) AY8910 (@ 1.78975 Mhz) Screen orientation : Vertical Video resolution : 224 x 256 pixels Screen refresh : 60.61 Hz Palette colors : 98 Players : 2 Control : 4-way joystick Buttons : 2 - TRIVIA - First game for Stern created by Chris Oberth. Before working for Stern he was at Marvin Glass designing/prototyping handheld electronic games such as 'Finger Bowl'. Armored Car was partly inspired by "Targ". Roger Isetts holds the official record for this game with 101,010 points on March 1, 1983. - UPDATES - REVISION 1 (Set 2) : * First release. REVISION 2 (Set 1) : * Bug fixes release. - SCORING - Moving one block : 10 points. Picking up Money : 100 points. Blowing up Robber : 200 points. Unlocking locks : 1000 points. Crash TNT truck into wall : 1000 points. Bonus points : 100 per dollar picked up and deposited in bank. - STAFF - |
| resource links | view in MAWS view in CAESAR view high score and replay at MARP view in Progetto EMMA (Italian) view in arcade-history.com view in arcade-history.com view in GameFAQs view in KLOV view in The Arcade Flyer Archive view in VGMuseum Gamepics view in VGMuseum Gamepics |
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