game
icon
title Turbo Tag (prototype)
set name turbotag
manufacturer Bally Midway
year 1985
genre Driving (hof)
category Driving (hof)
driver status good
driver source mcr3.c
snapshots MW: in game / CT: in game | title
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rating

61.2% after 15 votes
 
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display
colour emulation good
palette 68
display type raster
orientation vertical
resolution 480x480
frequency 30.000000Hz
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sound
sound emulation good
channels stereo
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controls
players 1
nplayers 2P alt
controls paddle
buttons 6
coin slots 2
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hardware
cpu Z80 @ 5MHz
cpu Z80 @ 2MHz
cpu 68000 @ 8MHz
audio AY-3-8910A @ 2MHz
audio AY-3-8910A @ 2MHz
audio DAC
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data
version added .036b06
last change(s) .098u1
roms
name size crc set flags sha1
ttprog0.bin  8192  6110fd80  turbotag    544d3cd24b047797c2006a9fac499c14140960db 
ttprog1.bin  8192  b0505e18  turbotag  bad dump  b6871484f9a0663a9bcffd58368be5ae7717d29c 
ttprog2.bin  8192  c4141237  turbotag    c1d10da4961e94bd8c2b30a2f9e0cbd8080eb56d 
ttprog3.bin  8192  af294c6e  turbotag    c8573dd046aa2b071bef3bd86a783ee348c8d6eb 
ttprog4.bin  8192  8c5bc1a4  turbotag    c38d7aa2639945e705856cf1449faf51a7c82ff0 
ttprog5.bin  8192  11e62fe4  turbotag    72897702c61486b654e4b4a3f6560c144c862e1f 
ttu7.bin  8192  8ebb3302  turbotag    c516abdae6eea524a6d2a039ed9bd7dff72ab986 
ttu17.bin  8192  605d6c74  turbotag    a6c2bc95cca372fa823ab256c9dd1f92b6ba45fd 
ttu8.bin  8192  6bfcb22a  turbotag    7b895e3ae1e99f195bb32b052f801b58c63a401c 
ttu18.bin  8192  bb25852c  turbotag    7e0346b5e2fc16a87a157c868936978be6145e3e 
ttbg0.bin  8192  1cd2023f  turbotag    03b4f9d047d4fb3c4889e797e9ffd5edabd8ecff 
ttbg1.bin  8192  784e84cd  turbotag    cf4ddbd4b8dbfaee2f4e05c89355fad30e264641 
ttbg2.bin  8192  da9d47d2  turbotag    5af9222f62d9948ec468fb66a5afb46a00f159c3 
ttbg3.bin  8192  367e06a5  turbotag    24040e29bbe367b497675d155c3e0343399b179b 
ttfg1.bin  16384  9d7e6ebc  turbotag    96c658091cb12d65e41f8ac5f609eb51857cef82 
ttfg0.bin  16384  ed69e1a8  turbotag    4fc223da52d6df3182ba5ba3db8e793e379030f2 
ttfg3.bin  16384  74e21c1c  turbotag    42ea0c569cd443866b46bcaac2c60d197fcbc2a9 
ttfg2.bin  16384  037ec6fc  turbotag    7bc0bd95cc673d321de33d17764a06f48109b38e 
ttfg5.bin  16384  8b718879  turbotag    3e8361e4423e6822c09f866a99cf9fc789c99f66 
ttfg4.bin  16384  6fdb0c13  turbotag    b3e140a838f8deaa26dbc86315603fdcef47f157 
ttfg7.bin  16384  212019dc  turbotag    831bb83f6301d9f2f06b31a00ea425b13421b573 
ttfg6.bin  16384  4094e996  turbotag    f50fa31bc311c16bcd2459668f5a942a1d9de75d 
ttan.bin  4096  aa0b1471  turbotag    e3dd69f1a14926c6b709d6b19d9e90a1f0867465 
82s123.12d  32  e1281ee9  turbotag    9ac9b01d24affc0ee9227a4364c4fd8f8290343a 
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cabinet art
art no cabinet, marquee, flyer, control panel or PCB images found
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additional information
info 0.36b6 [Aaron Giles]

WIP:
  • 0.122u6: Changed 68000 CPU3 clock speed to 8MHz.
  • 0.98u3: Fixed gfx2 roms order.
  • 0.98u1: Aaron Giles fixed steering in Turbo Tag. Added Z80 (2MHz) CPU2, changed cpu2 roms to cpu3 and added prom ($0 - from shollow). Added 2x AY8910 (2MHz) sound and changed to 2 channels.
  • 0.53: Changed palettesize from 132 to 68 colors.
  • 0.36b6: Aaron Giles added Turbo Tag (Prototype) (Bally Midway 1985).
  • 23rd September 1999: Aaron Giles sent in an MCR update with support for Power Drive, Turbo Tag, Spy Hunter 2, Blasted, Arch Rivals, Tri-Sports and Pigskin 621AD and also tons of cleanup.
PLAY INSTRUCTIONS:
  • Get turbo charger.
  • Smash cars before they park for 100 points.
  • Collect items for points. Collect all 4 items to go to Bonus round.
  • Avoid bombs or lose one life.
  • Collect letters for 1000 points. Collect 'T U R B O' to end round.
  • Avoid Tag cars or lose turbo charger. Avoid all cars while not turbo charged or lose one life.
  • Ram cars when turbo charged.
Recommended Games (Racing 3):

Drag Race

Sprint 8

Car Jamboree

Zeroize (Cassette)

Buggy Challenge

Demolition Derby

Turbo Tag

Buggy Boy Junior/Speed Buggy

Max RPM

Power Drive

Power Drift

Four Trax

Over Drive

Double Axle

Road Riot 4WD

Road Riot's Revenge

Chase Bombers

Off Road Challenge

Dirt Devils

Romset: 245 kb / 24 files / 79.4 zip
history Turbo Tag (c) 1985 Bally Midway.

- TECHNICAL -

Bally Midway MCR 3 hardware

Main CPU : Z80 (@ 5 Mhz), Z80 (@ 2 Mhz), 68000 (@ 7.5 Mhz)
Sound Chips : (2x) AY8910 (@ 2 Mhz), DAC

Screen orientation : Vertical
Video resolution : 480 x 480 pixels
Screen refresh : 30.00 Hz
Palette colors : 68

Players : 2
Control : paddle
Buttons : 6

- TRIVIA -

This game is a prototype and was never released.

The high-scores table says 'TUR-BO-TAG-BY + game staff nickname' (See Staff section for more info).

- STAFF -
  • Programmed by : Steve Meyer (SMM)
  • Graphic designed by : Scott Morrison (RSM)
  • Sounds by : Novak (NOV)
  • Designed by : Shannon Donnelly (MSD), Sam Palahnuk (SLP), Steve Radosh
  • Support : Robert Patton (RHP)
- SOURCES -

Game's rom.
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 GameFAQs
view in KLOV
view in System16
view in VGMuseum Gamepics
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cheats
cheats
code comments
00000000:F238:00000006:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Lives
00000000:F25D:00000001:FFFFFFFF  Always have Turbo Charger
00000000:F249:00000000:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Crashes allowed
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