game
icon
title Sky Diver
set name skydiver
manufacturer Atari
year 1978
genre Sports (hof)
category Sports / SkyDiving (hof)
driver status good
driver source skydiver.c
snapshots MW: in game / CT: in game | title | artwork / Mr. Do: artwork / Dany69: artwork / PS: in game | title
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rating

60.4% after 35 votes
 
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display
colour emulation good
palette 8
display type raster
orientation horizontal
resolution 256x224
frequency 60.000000Hz
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sound
sound emulation good
channels mono
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controls
players 2
nplayers 2P sim
controls 2 way joystick
buttons 6
coin slots 2
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hardware
cpu M6800 @ 0.756MHz
audio Discrete
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data
version added .035b02
last change(s) none since version .53
roms
name size crc set flags sha1
33167-02.f1  2048  25a5c976  skydiver    50fbf5dceab5d78292dc14bf25f2076e8139a594 
33164-02.e1  2048  a348ac39  skydiver    7401cbd2f7236bd1d6ad0e39eb3de2b7d75e8f45 
33165-02.d1  2048  a1fc5504  skydiver    febaa78936de7703b708c0d1f350fe288e0a106b 
33166-02.c1  2048  3d26da2b  skydiver    e515d5c13814b9732a6ca109272500a60edc208a 
33163-01.h5  1024  5b9bb7c2  skydiver    319f45b6dff96739f73f2089361239da47042dcd 
33176-01.l5  1024  6b082a01  skydiver    8facc94843ea041d205137056bd2035cf968125b 
33177-01.k5  1024  f5541af0  skydiver    0967269518b6eac3c4e9ddaee39303086476c580 
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cabinet art
cabinet skydiver.png
control panel skydiver.png
flyer skydiver.png
PCB skydiver.png
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additional information
info 0.35b2 [Mike Balfour, Brad Oliver]

WIP:
  • 0.128u4: Derived clocks from crystals in Sky Diver [Luigi30]. Changed M6800 CPU1 clock speed to 756000 Hz.
  • 0.125u4: Discrete sound update [Couriersud]: Added NODE_RELATIVE(NODE, offset) macro to discrete.h. Fixed driver to use this macro instead of adding directly to the node.
  • 0.123u2: Changed palettesize to 8 colors.
  • 0.106u10: Aaron Giles updated Sky Diver to support the new artwork system.
  • 0.88u4: Derrick Renaud added proper watchdog to Sky Diver. Merged memory map and added proper mirroring. Fixed coin input bug skydiver078u3yel. It's not a 100% accurate fix, but will work until I get the exact interrupt time. The current interrupt time was 100% off. It is now less then 25% off.
  • 0.80u2: Derrick Renaud updated Sky Diver to use Aaron's DISCRETE_ADJUSTMENT changes.
  • 0.80: Derrick Renaud made minor changes in Sky Diver to work with new code.
  • 0.78u4: Added Discrete sound to Sky Diver.
  • 4th January 2004: Derrick Renaud added discrete sound to Skydiver.
  • 0.61: Changed visible area to 256x224. Added 'Service Mode' dipswitch.
  • 28th May 2002: Zsolt Vasvari and Aaron Giles added artwork support to Sky Diver.
  • 27th May 2002: Zsolt Vasvari reversed the colors in Skydiver in preparation for adding the artwork.
  • 0.35b11: Changed M6800 clock speed to 750000 Hz.
  • 0.35b10: Changed M6800 clock speed to 3MHz.
  • 0.35b9: Replaced M6802 CPU1 with M6800.
  • 0.35b6: Replaced M6803 CPU1 with M6802.
  • 0.35b2: Mike Balfour and Brad Oliver added Sky Diver (Atari 1978).
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Romset: 11 kb / 7 files / 6.73 zip
history Skydiver (c) 06/1978 Atari.


This is quite a fun game, where you score points for landing on an ever decreasing patch of 'good' land. Why 'good'? As you descend without opening your parachute your landing point becomes smaller, but the points become higher, just don't leave pulling the ripcord too late because the Newtonian laws concerning gravity is working against you. Each time you successfully land the plane goes lower.


- TECHNICAL -


Game ID : 009787


Main CPU : M6800 (@ 750 Khz)

Sound Chips : Discrete (@ 750 Khz)


Screen orientation : Horizontal

Video resolution : 256 x 224 pixels

Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz

Palette Colors : 3


Players : 2

Control : 2-way joystick

Buttons : 6


- TRIVIA -


The designer of this game was a pinball fan, so this is the first video game to have a pinball feature. The lamps behind the marquee for SKYDIVER are software controllable. When you start the game, the letters flash one at a time. When you jump, the lamps stop on whatever letter is on, and if you land successfully, you 'earn' that letter below your score. Spell out Skydiver, and, depending on the options settings, you could earn a free life, a free game, or bonus points.


- STAFF -
  • Designed and programmed by : Owen Rubin
  • - PORTS -
  • * Consoles :
  • Atari 2600 (1978)
  • Sony PlayStation 2 (2004, "Atari Anthology")
  • Microsoft XBOX (2004, "Atari Anthology")
  • * Computers :
  • PC [MS Windows, CD-ROM] (2003, "Atari - 80 Classic Games in One!")
  • * Others :
  • Atari Flashback Classic Game Console (2005)
  • - SOURCES -
  • Game's rom.
  • Machine's picture.
  • Edit this entry at Arcade-History.com: http://www.arcade-history.com/?n=skydiver&page=detail&id=2467&o=2
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code comments
00000000:0079:00000008:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Misses (White) PL1
00000000:007B:00000008:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Misses (Black) PL2
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