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title Meteoroids
set name meteor
manufacturer Venture Line
year 1981
genre Shooter (hof)
category Shooter / Field (hof)
driver status imperfect
driver source spcforce.c
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rating

73.4% after 39 votes
 
parent Space Force (set 1)
other clones Space Force (set 2)
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display
colour emulation imperfect
palette 64
display type raster
orientation vertical
resolution 224x256
frequency 60.000000Hz
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sound
sound emulation good
channels mono
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controls
players 1
nplayers 2P alt
controls 2 way joystick
buttons 2
coin slots 2
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hardware
cpu 8085A @ 16MHz
cpu I8035 @ 6.144MHz
audio SN76496 @ 2MHz
audio SN76496 @ 2MHz
audio SN76496 @ 2MHz
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data
version added .036b01
last change(s) none since version .53
roms
name size crc set flags sha1
vm1  2048  894fe9b1  meteor    617e05523392e2ba2608ca13aa24d6601289fe87 
vm2  2048  28685a68  meteor    f911a3ccb8d63cf82a6dc8f069f3f498e9081656 
vm3  2048  c88fb12a  meteor    1eeb26caf7a1421ec2d570f71b8c4675ad7ea172 
vm4  2048  c5b073b9  meteor    93b77c77488aa954c35880439be6c7629448a3ea 
vm6  2048  9969ec43  meteor    3ce067c34b84e9559f195e7ef9939a78070693b1 
vm7  2048  39f43ac2  meteor    b45275759f4003a22a32dc04227a98908bd140a9 
vm8  2048  a0508de3  meteor    75666a4e46b6c433f1c1f8e76c30fd087354097b 
vm5  2048  b14ccd57  meteor    0349ec5d0ca7f98ffdd96d7bf01cf096fe547f7a 
rm1v  2048  d621fe96  meteor    29b75333ea8103095a4d452636eea4a1055845e5 
rm2v  2048  b3981251  meteor    b6743d121a6b3ad8e8beebe1faff2678b89e7d16 
gm1v  2048  d44617e8  meteor    1cec7984cc5e3472c25c23f02179380c4a5b4076 
gm2v  2048  0997d945  meteor    16eba77b14c62b2a0ebea47a28d4d5d21d7a2234 
bm1v  2048  cc97c890  meteor    e852bfe9d4b2d31801a840c1bacdd4386a93a22f 
bm2v  2048  2858cf5c  meteor    1313b4e4adda074499153e4a42bc2c6b41b0ec7e 
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cabinet art
PCB spcforce.png
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additional information
info 0.54 [Zsolt Vasvari]

0.36b1 [Zsolt Vasvari]

WIP:
  • 0.123u2: Changed palettesize to 64 colors.
  • 0.122u7: Changed 8085A CPU1 clock speed to 16MHz.
  • 0.122u6: Changed I8035 CPU2 clock speed to 6144000 Hz.
  • 0.54: Zsolt Vasvari added Space Force (Venture Line 1980) and clone (set 2) (Elcon (bootleg?)).
  • 16th August 2001: Zsolt Vasvari added an earlier version of Meteoroids called Space Force.
  • 15th April 2001: Zsolt Vasvari fixed an i8085 CPU core bug which affected Meteoroids title screen.
  • 0.36b1: Zsolt Vasvari added Meteoroids (Venture Line 1981).
  • 21st June 1999: Zsolt Vasvari added sound to Meteoroids.
  • 6th June 1999: Zsolt Vasvari sent in a driver for Meteoroids.
Recommended Games (Asteroids):

Asteroids

Asteroids Deluxe

Astropal

Space Duel

Space Force

Space Fortress

Blasteroids

Space Lords

Romset: 28 kb / 14 files / 14.2 zip
history Meteoroids (c) 1981 Venture Line.


- TECHNICAL -


Main CPU : 8085A (@ 4 Mhz)

Sound CPU : I8035 (@ 768 Khz)

Sound Chips : (3x) SN76496 (@ 2 Mhz)


Screen orientation : Vertical

Video resolution : 224 x 256 pixels

Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz

Palette colors : 8


Players : 2

Control : 2-way joystick

Buttons : 2


- TRIVIA -


This game is also known as "Space Force".


- SOURCES -


Game's rom.



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code comments
00000000:4007:00000099:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Credits
00000000:40E0:0000000B:FFFFFFFF  Invincibility
00000000:4102:0000001B:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Lives PL1
00000000:4202:0000001B:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Lives PL2
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