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title Moonwar (older)
set name moonwara
manufacturer Stern
year 1981
genre Shooter (hof)
category Shooter / Flying (hof)
driver status good
driver source galdrvr.c
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rating

71.7% after 23 votes
 
parent Moonwar
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display
colour emulation good
palette 32
display type raster
orientation vertical
resolution 224x768
frequency 60.606061Hz
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sound
sound emulation good
channels mono
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controls
players 2
nplayers 2P alt
controls dial
buttons 3
coin slots 2
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hardware
cpu Z80 @ 3.072MHz
cpu Z80 @ 1.78975MHz
audio AY-3-8910A @ 1.78975MHz
audio AY-3-8910A @ 1.78975MHz
audio Discrete
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data
version added .034b06
last change(s) none since version .53
roms
name size crc set flags sha1
2c  4096  bc20b734  moonwara    c6fe550987d0052979aad43c67aa1b9248049669 
2e  4096  db6ffec2  moonwara    0fcd55b1e415e2e7041d10778052a235251f85fe 
2f  4096  378931b8  moonwara    663f1eea9b0e8dc38de818df66c5211dac41c33b 
2h  4096  031dbc2c  moonwara    5f2ca8b8763398bf161ee0c2c748a12d36cb40ec 
mw2.5c  2048  c26231eb  moonwar    5b19edfaefe1a535059311d067ea53405879d627 
mw2.5d  2048  bb48a646  moonwar    cf51202d16b03bbed12ff24501be68683f28c992 
mw2.5f  2048  c5fa1aa0  moonwar    6c6b5b2ce5de278ff436d3e7252ece5b086cc41d 
mw2.5h  2048  a6ccc652  moonwar    286b3dc1f3a7da3ac66664e774b441ef075745f1 
moonwara.clr  32  f58d4f58  moonwara    12a80d1edf3c80dafa0e1e3622d2a03224b62f14 
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cabinet art
cabinet moonwar.png
marquee moonwar.png
control panel moonwar.png
flyer moonwar.png
PCB moonwar.png
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additional information
info 0.34b1 [Brad Oliver]

WIP:
  • 0.125u5: Couriersud moved Moonwar and clone Moonwar (older) to the Galaxian driver. Added Discrete sound. Changed visible area to 224x768 and palettesize to 32 colors.
  • 0.109: Changed palettesize to 99 colors (32 for characters, 64 for stars, 2 for bullets and 1 for bg).
  • 0.53: Changed palettesize from 100 to 98 colors.
  • 0.37b16: Changed description to 'Moonwar'. Added 'Cabinet' dipswitch.
  • 0.37b12: Changed description from 'Moon War II' to 'Moon War'. Renamed (moonwar2) to (moonwar) and (monwar2a) to (moonwara).
  • 0.34b6: Nicola Salmoria added clone Moon War II (set 2). Input ports are wrong in (set 2).
  • 0.34b1: Brad Oliver added Moon War II (Stern 1981).
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  • VAntAGE
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Romset: 25 kb / 9 files / 15.8 zip
history Moonwar (c) 1981 Stern Electronics.


- TECHNICAL -


Main CPU : Z80 (@ 3.072 Mhz)

Sound CPU : Z80 (@ 1.78975 Mhz)

Sound Chips : (2x) AY8910 (@ 1.78975 Mhz)


Screen orientation : Vertical

Video resolution : 224 x 256 pixels

Screen refresh : 60.61 Hz

Palette colors : 99


Players : 2

Control : dial

Buttons : 3

=> [A] FIRE, [B] WARP DRIVE, [C] SHIELDS


- TRIVIA -


Tracy Miller holds the official record for this game with 83,830 points.


- SCORING -


Satellite : 100 pts.

Fighter : 150 pts.

Bomber : 200 pts.

Strafer : 300 pts.

Tracer : 500 pts.


- SOURCES -


Game's rom.

Machine's picture.



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cheats
cheats
code comments
00000000:8744:00000009:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Lives
00000000:8758:00000099:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Fuel
00000000:875A:00000099:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Shields
20800000:0EF7:000000C3:FFFFFFFF  Invincibility
20810000:172E:00000018:FFFFFFFF  Invincibility (2/2):Part 1 most collisons, Part 2 bullets
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