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title Bad Lands
set name badlands
manufacturer Atari Games
year 1989
genre Driving (hof)
category Driving / Race Track (hof)
driver status good
driver source badlands.c
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rating

73% after 53 votes
 
clones Bad Lands (bootleg)
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display
colour emulation good
palette 256
display type raster
orientation horizontal
resolution 336x240
frequency 59.922743Hz
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sound
sound emulation good
channels mono
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controls
players 2
nplayers 2P sim
controls dial
buttons 2
coin slots 3
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hardware
cpu 68000 @ 7.15909MHz
cpu M6502 @ 1.789772MHz
audio YM2151 @ 3.579545MHz
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data
version added .035b13
last change(s) .106u12 .105u4
roms
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136074-1006.27f  65536  aa03b4f3  badlands    5eda60c715ffcefd4ad34bdb90579e8671dc384a 
136074-1009.17f  65536  0e2e807f  badlands    5b61de066dca12c44335aa68a13c821845657866 
136074-1007.24f  65536  99a20c2c  badlands    9b0a5a5dafb8816e72330d302c60339b600b49a8 
136074-1018.9c  65536  a05fd146  badlands    d97abbcf7897ca720cc18ff3a323f41cd3b23c34 
136074-1012.4n  65536  5d124c6c  badlands    afebaaf90b3751f5e873fc4c45f1d5385ef86a6e 
136074-1013.2n  65536  b1ec90d6  badlands    8d4c7db8e1bf9c050f5869eb38fa573867fdc12b 
136074-1014.4s  65536  248a6845  badlands    086ef0840b889e790ce3fcd09f98589aae932456 
136074-1015.2s  65536  792296d8  badlands    833cdb968064151ca77bb3dbe416ff7127a12de4 
136074-1016.4u  65536  878f7c66  badlands    31159bea5d6aac8100fca8f3860220b97d63e72e 
136074-1017.2u  65536  ad0071a3  badlands    472b197e5d320b3424d8a8d8c051b1023a07ae08 
136074-1010.14r  65536  c15f629e  badlands    944e3479dce6e420cf9a3f4c1438c5ca66e5cb97 
136074-1011.10r  65536  fb0b6717  badlands    694ab0f04d673682831a24027757d4b3c40a4e0e 
136074-1019.14t  65536  0e26bff6  badlands    ee018dd37a27c7e7c16a57ea0d32aeb9cdf26bb4 
gal16v8-1001.26c  279  04c3be6a  badlands    f027834e652f3ff778b09c3754294b303f9ed826 
gal16v8-1002.21r  279  f68bf41d  badlands    72edd6d0f5d55d39c0020f384149de7ac964f273 
gal16v8-1003.16s  279  a288bbd0  badlands    62f5900ac88ffb335257f58d892492f370805498 
gal16v8-1005.12e  279  9df77c79  badlands    52c1c190b80db9b9bc43ce6eefd5f37ac16e590c 
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cabinet art
cabinet badlands.png badlands.png
marquee badlands.png
control panel badlands.png
flyer badlands.png
PCB badlands.png
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additional information
info 0.35b13 [Aaron Giles]

WIP:
  • 0.124u1: David Haywood added clone Bad Lands (bootleg), heavily modified and not working.
  • 0.114u2: Aaron Giles and Couriersud added more accurate video timing to most of the Atari 68000-era games. The parameters are from published specs, not derived. The board uses an SOS-2 chip to generate video signals. Changed VSync to 59.922743 Hz.
  • 0.114: Couriersud added general save state support to the atarigen module.
  • 0.106u12: MASH added plds ($0, 200, 400, 600 - gal16v8-1001.26c, gal16v8-1002.21r, gal16v8-1003.16s and gal16v8-1005.12e) to Bad Lands.
  • 0.36RC1: Changed 68000 CPU1 clock speed to 7159090 Hz, M6502 CPU2 to 1789772 Hz and YM2151 to 3579545 Hz.
  • 0.35b13: Aaron Giles added Bad Lands (Atari 1989).
  • 22nd May 1999: Aaron Giles sent in a driver for Badlands.
ARCADE RELEASE: Badlands (Konami) - 1984/Aug/09

STORY:
  • It has been 50 years since nuclear disaster. The sport of Sprint racing is now a ruthless battle between armed cars. These races take place on tracks built in the ruins of the dangerous nuclear zone known only as the Bad Lands.
PLAY INSTRUCTIONS:
  • When shot, car slows down and its direction is changed.
  • Missile explodes cars.
  • When drone car carrying a wrench is shot, it drops it.
  • Shielded cars: Shielded car only loses a shield when shot. Missile slows it down, its direction is changed, and it loses a shield.
  • Customize your car: MISSILES - Destroy the car in front of you. TIRES - Makes you slide less around turns. TURBO - Gets you up to speed faster. SPEED - Makes you go faster. SHIELDS - Protect your car from shots, missiles and exploding due to running into walls.
Recommended Games (Sprint):

Sprint 4

Sprint 8

Sprint 1

Pit & Run

Championship Sprint

Super Sprint

American Speedway

Redline Racer

Hot Rod

Bad Lands

Ironman Ivan Stewart's Super Off-Road

Ironman Ivan Stewart's Super Off-Road Track-Pak

Wheels Runner

Grudge Match

Rough Racer

Danny Sullivan's Indy Heat

Romset: 898 kb / 18 files / 340 zip
history Bad Lands (c) 1989 Atari Games.


It has been 50 years since the nuclear disaster. The sport of sprint racing is now a ruthless battle between armed cars. These races take place on tracks built in the ruins of the dangerous nuclear zone known only as the BADLANDS. It's all-out war on the track as players blast away at the drones (and each other) to finish first. Players shoot play-field targets for extra points and bonus missiles.


Bonus wrenches appear at regular intervals which can be collected and used to upgrade the player's vehicle. The available upgrades are : missiles, tires, turbo, increased speed, and shields. This was to be Atari's last game in the 'Sprint' series.


- TECHNICAL -


Game ID : 136074


Main CPU : 68000 (@ 7.15909 Mhz), M6502 (@ 1.789772 Mhz)

Sound Chips : YM2151 (@ 3.579545 Mhz)


Screen orientation : Horizontal

Video resolution : 336 x 240 pixels

Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz

Palette colors : 256


Players : 2

Control : dial

Buttons : 2


- TRIVIA -


First driving game 'kit' for the arcade.


Unlike its 2 most famous prequels, "Championship Sprint" and "Super Sprint", Bad Lands used a standard resolution monitor instead of the medium resolution monitor used in the past. This means the cars are somewhat larger and, because of this scale issue, the tracks feel smaller and more cramped than in other games in the series. As a result of this, only 3 cars compete, instead of the 4 vehicles that appeared in earlier games.


Bad Lands re-uses some of the sounds from Championship Sprint and Super Sprint, particularly notable when bonus wrenches are collected.


Gary Hatt holds the official record for this game with 146,080 points on June, 26, 1986.


- SERIES -
  1. Sprint 2 (1976)
  2. Sprint 8 (1977)
  3. Sprint 4 (1977)
  4. Sprint One (1978)
  5. Super Sprint (1986)
  6. Championship Sprint (1986)
  7. - STAFF -
    • Team Leader : John Ray
    • Staff : Norm Avellar, Sam Comstock, Brad Fuller, Tim Hubberstey, Glenn McNamara, Kris Moser, John Paul, Kelly Turner, Wade Winblad
    • - PORTS -
    • * Consoles :
    • Sony PlayStation 2 (2005, "Midway Arcade Treasures 3")
    • Microsoft XBOX (2005, "Midway Arcade Treasures 3")
    • Nintendo GameCube (2005, "Midway Arcade Treasures 3")
    • * Computers :
    • Sinclair ZX Spectrum (1990)
    • Commodore C64 (1990)
    • Atari ST (1990)
    • Commodore Amiga (1990)
    • Amstrad CPC
    • PC [MS Windows, CD-ROM] (2006, "Midway Arcade Treasures Deluxe Edition")
    • - SOURCES -
    • Game's rom.
    • Machine's picture.
    • Edit this entry at Arcade-History.com: http://www.arcade-history.com/?n=bad-lands&page=detail&id=164&o=2
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code comments
00000000:FFFF1D:00000019:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Credits
60000000:000000:00000000:00000000 
00000000:FFF2B6:00000063:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Missiles PL1
00000000:FFF2BB:00000063:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Shields PL1
00000000:FFF2C5:00000009:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Wrenches PL1
00000000:FFF2B7:00000006:FFFFFFFF  Always have Maximum Tires PL1
00000000:FFF2B8:00000006:FFFFFFFF  Always have Maximum Speed PL1
00000000:FFF2B9:00000006:FFFFFFFF  Always have Maximum Turbo PL1
60000000:000000:00000000:00000000 
00000000:FFF336:00000063:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Missiles PL2
00000000:FFF33B:00000063:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Shields PL2
00000000:FFF345:00000009:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Wrenches PL2
00000000:FFF337:00000006:FFFFFFFF  Always have Maximum Tires PL2
00000000:FFF338:00000006:FFFFFFFF  Always have Maximum Speed PL2
00000000:FFF339:00000006:FFFFFFFF  Always have Maximum Turbo PL2
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