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title	Kosmo Killer
set name	kosmokil
manufacturer	bootleg
year	????
genre	Shooter (hof)
category	Shooter / Gallery (hof)
driver status	good
driver source	astinvad.c
snapshots	MW: in game \| parent / CT: in game \| title \| parent / PS: in game \| title \| scores \| parent zoom
rating	62.1% after 16 votes
parent	Kamikaze
other clones	Astro Invader

colour emulation	good
palette	0
display type	raster
orientation	vertical
resolution	224x256
frequency	60.000000Hz

sound emulation	good
channels	mono
samples	0.wav 1.wav 2.wav 3.wav 4.wav 5.wav 6.wav 7.wav 8.wav

players	2
nplayers	2P alt
controls	2 way joystick
buttons	1
coin slots	1

cpu	Z80 @ 2MHz
audio	Samples

version added

.101u4

last change(s)

none

roms

name	size	crc	set	sha1
1.bin	1024	8d851fb2	kosmokil	06b3816ecb45c5d034447a875669a96f443339f5
us1-2.bin	1024	786599d2	kosmokil	70db8dae052c3556948d75b741ef4346aa947479
si1-3.bin	1024	12621222	kosmokil	062b1dff3e129dff23e55bef0d29c72ac5f212c4
ib1-4.bin	1024	a5c56156	kosmokil	557f5fbb5e9fe4d7450f3cf97ed3c935b9dd5c1a
bi1-5.bin	1024	5e8b2b6f	kosmokil	ec8499325d5a3dcb0d10e9f12b9d3a03f629bbfd
il1-6.bin	1024	a076de05	kosmokil	bdb076b89795d69824c99a27473089f203690055
li1-7.bin	1024	ee9adb63	kosmokil	038e6cadfdfe05c45a79ed9a54cff428de33d24c
40.bin	1024	d62a3e62	kosmokil	00d42988203fbf167791cf5b887f06d1d015e942

flyer	kamikaze.png
PCB	kamikaze.png

info

0.117u1 [Lee Taylor]

0.31 [Lee Taylor]

Samples required (Space Invaders)

TODO:

Add better sound/samples

WIP:

0.123u3: RansAckeR added DIP locations to clone Astro Invader.
0.122u6: Aaron Giles fixed clone Astro Invader is not supposed to flash when the little "boogers" hit the ground.
0.117u1: Astro Invader (astinvad) is now a clone of Kamikaze.
0.101u4: David Haywood added clone Kosmo Killer.
0.64: Changed visible area to 224x256.
17th January 2003: Stefan Jokisch fixed the crash in Space Intruder, added sample support and cocktail mode support to it, and fixed the red screen effect in Astro Invader.
0.61: Changed visible area to 208x240.
15th March 2000: Zsolt Vasvari fixed the colors in Astro Invader.
0.36b11: Added prom ($0 - 1024 bytes) and dipswitches 'Cabinet' and 'Freeze'.
2nd March 1999: Juergen Buchmueller fixed Astro Invader and his clone Kamikaze. He also updated the CPU interface, resulting in a little speed boost.
0.34b8: Howie Cohen added hiscore save in Astro Invader.
0.33b6: Moved Astro Invader and clone to the z80bw.c driver.
0.31: Lee Taylor added Astro Invader (Stern 1980) and clone Kamikaze (Leijac Corporation 1979).

LEVELS: 1 (endless)

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HiVE

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Romset: 9 kb / 5 files / 5.73 zip

history

Kosmo Killer (c) 198? BEM.

- TECHNICAL -

Main CPU : Z80 (@ 2 Mhz)

Sound Chips : Samples

Screen orientation : Vertical

Video resolution : 224 x 256 pixels

Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz

Palette colors : 8

Players : 2

Control : 2-way Joystick

Buttons : 1

- TRIVIA -

This game is an Italian bootleg of "Astro Invader".

- SOURCES -

Game's rom.

Edit this entry at Arcade-History.com: http://www.arcade-history.com/?n=kosmo-killer&page=detail&id=4707&o=2

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 KLOV
view in System16
view in System16
view in The Arcade Flyer Archive
view in VGMuseum Gamepics

cheats

code	comments
00000000:1F9D:00000099:FFFFFFFF	Infinite Credits
00000000:1D01:00000008:FFFFFFFF	Infinite Lives
20800000:039C:000000C3:FFFFFFFF	Invincibility:Cause buggy gfx when you fail to defend against the UFO
20810000:07CF:000000C9:FFFFFFFF	Invincibility (2/3):1st = Invader, 2nd = Explosion
20810000:16CA:000000C9:FFFFFFFF	Invincibility (3/3):UFO
00000000:1CE0:00000000:FFFFFFFF	Rapid Fire