game
icon
title Kosmo Killer
set name kosmokil
manufacturer bootleg
year ????
genre Shooter (hof)
category Shooter / Gallery (hof)
driver status good
driver source astinvad.c
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rating

62.1% after 16 votes
 
parent Kamikaze
other clones Astro Invader
display
colour emulation good
palette 0
display type raster
orientation vertical
resolution 224x256
frequency 60.000000Hz
sound
sound emulation good
channels mono
samples 0.wav
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controls
players 2
nplayers 2P alt
controls 2 way joystick
buttons 1
coin slots 1
hardware
cpu Z80 @ 2MHz
audio Samples
data
version added .101u4
last change(s) none
roms
name size crc set flags 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 
cabinet art
additional information
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)

Other Emulators:
  • 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.



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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
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