game
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title Crater Raider
set name crater
manufacturer Bally Midway
year 1984
genre Shooter (hof)
category Shooter / Driving (hof)
driver status good
driver source mcr3.c
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rating

69.7% after 21 votes
 
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display
colour emulation good
palette 68
display type raster
orientation horizontal
resolution 480x480
frequency 30.000000Hz
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sound
sound emulation good
channels stereo
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controls
players 1
nplayers 2P alt
controls vjoy2way
buttons 3
coin slots 2
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hardware
cpu Z80 @ 5MHz
cpu Z80 @ 2MHz
audio AY-3-8910A @ 2MHz
audio AY-3-8910A @ 2MHz
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data
version added .031
last change(s) .060
roms
name size crc set flags sha1
crcpu.6d  8192  ad31f127  crater    d03506570cd08bcdb39d7c6b9de4f9628c7373e9 
crcpu.7d  8192  3743c78f  crater    05605041c7a5ef2a8271cc3dd1aae4c82c8797eb 
crcpu.8d  8192  c95f9088  crater    2162c4ef2cc29857b10d64ec9e09ca6d086fa9e7 
crcpu.9d  8192  a03c4b11  crater    6a442a0828942dc51dbe0d3f19be855a52c12f39 
crcpu.10d  8192  44ae4cbd  crater    2188bf697f1b3fcbb2ad6cbd4d9098e3b8d56a95 
crsnd4.a7  4096  fd666cb5  crater    257174266e264db8ac9af5f2296fd0a22847f85f 
crsnd1.a8  4096  90bf2c4c  crater    7adfbf2251b5d46043d614554320e2fe544cc570 
crsnd2.a9  4096  3b8deef1  crater    a14186a33a7b5ca07086ce44fb1c8c64900654d0 
crsnd3.a10  4096  05803453  crater    1bba85e6494b4f67cea82d61e6cd341337bca998 
crcpu.3a  8192  9d73504a  crater    23633ce43745c12b59916b85ca92a98e889b884e 
crcpu.4a  8192  42a47dff  crater    cb936ac7ba3dd740c626a11bd6ee3c87dad4e311 
crcpu.5a  8192  2fe4a6e1  crater    329cf9f71b7cbf2a13a05f9cd3397d73c69da893 
crcpu.6a  8192  d0659042  crater    8f28155eb2725eaf6d1c410f76a88969541aeef3 
crvid.a4  16384  579a8e36  crater    1053234b82877f0f8d1a2ce745b853899cfbcc22 
crvid.a3  16384  2c2f5b29  crater    f7c4caabd116d3f861e70c6740cd058479477da7 
crvid.a6  16384  5bf954e0  crater    8ff9549a0b5d7e6ad4671c29bf04bb9c26a995ad 
crvid.a5  16384  9bdec312  crater    3a3b44d4f73aad1f0ab2591be479f8472583f20a 
crvid.a8  16384  4b913498  crater    8aa83fd6f60d6176a8781a906ba75c663ac3f3cb 
crvid.a7  16384  9fa307d5  crater    ec9ba9c372d62132f02e2a87ed5f602c360755e9 
crvid.a10  16384  7a22d6bc  crater    c7f97bdf13d52665e61d83b7a8f1621c6df0dbf2 
crvid.a9  16384  811f152d  crater    f9dee6f95d903a41890fe58bfc0528fecb1d6902 
crcpu.10g  4096  6fe53c8d  crater    ceb04916af42d58f3173e5986756a0db8be11999 
82s123.12d  32  e1281ee9  crater    9ac9b01d24affc0ee9227a4364c4fd8f8290343a 
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cabinet art
cabinet crater.png crater.png
marquee crater.png
control panel crater.png
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additional information
info 0.31 [Aaron Giles]

WIP:
  • 0.98u3: Fixed gfx2 roms order.
  • 0.53: Changed palettesize from 132 to 68 colors.
  • 0.33b7: Aaron Giles fixed colors in Crater Raider.
  • 0.31: Aaron Giles added Crater Raider (Bally Midway 1984).
PLAY INSTRUCTIONS:
  • Rescue 2 survivors to complete mission.
  • Go down a crater with a survivor to increase your bonus. Find the number of survivors indicated and transport from home base to collect your bonus.
  • Go down a crater with a green flag to increase your shield power.
  • First bonus TANK awarded at 3000 pts. Additional TANKS awarded at 15000, 50000, 100000, 150000, 200000 and 250000 pts.
Other Emulators:
  • Retrocade
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Romset: 221 kb / 23 files / 63.3 zip
history Crater Raider (c) 1984 Bally Midway.


The player is a tank trying to rescue hostages on worlds with lots of craters (that the player can descend into). Rescuing all hostages, while avoiding (or destroying) other tanks and UFOs advances the player to the next level.


- TECHNICAL -


Bally Midway MCR 3 hardware


Main CPU : Z80 (@ 5 Mhz)

Sound CPU : Z80 (@ 2 Mhz)

Sound Chips : (2x) AY8910 (@ 2 Mhz)


Screen orientation : Horizontal

Video resolution : 480 x 480 pixels

Screen refresh : 30.00 Hz

Palette colors : 68


Players : 2

Control : Dial

Buttons : 3


- SOURCES -


Game's rom.

Machine's picture.



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cheats
cheats
code comments
00000000:F4F3:00000004:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Lives
00000000:F4F4:00000009:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Time
00000000:F4F1:00000080:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Energy
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