MAME reviews

Tugboat (c) 1982 ETM.

A kids' game where the player controls a tugboat which the player must navigate up the river while avoiding logs and touching lighthouses for points. There is no penalty for hitting the riverbank. The Horn button just sounds. First four levels just get faster, then the river channel narrows, and the boat's speed increases.

- TECHNICAL -

Main CPU : M6502 (@ 2 Mhz)

Sound Chips : AY8910 (@ 2 Mhz)

Screen orientation : Vertical

Video resolution : 224 x 240 pixels

Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz

Palette colors : 256

Players : 1

Little Casino (c) 1982 Digital Control.

- TECHNICAL -

Main CPU : M6502 (@ 2 Mhz)

Sound Chips : AY8910 (@ 1 Mhz)

Screen orientation : Horizontal

Video resolution : 416 x 256 pixels

Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz

Palette colors : 256

Players : 1

Buttons : 8

- SERIES -

1. Little Casino (1982)

2. Little Casino 2 (1984)

Sky Army (c) 1982 Shoei.

- TECHNICAL -

Main CPU : Z80 (@ 4 Mhz)

Sound Chips : AY8910 (@ 2.5 Mhz)

Screen orientation : Vertical

Video resolution : 240 x 256 pixels

Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz

Palette Colors : 32

Players : 2

Control : 8-way joystick

Buttons : 7

Wild Arrow (c) 1982 Meyco Games.

- TECHNICAL -

Main CPU : 8080 (@ 2 Mhz)

Screen orientation : Horizontal

Video resolution : 256 x 224 pixels

Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz

Palette Colors : 8

Players : 1

Battle Cross (c) 1982 Omori Electric.

An early space-themed shoot'em up where fleets of ships fly in from either of the screen and loop around in formation. The player may move around the screen in any direction.

- TECHNICAL -

Main CPU : Z80 (@ 5 Mhz)

Sound Chips : AY8910 (@ 1.25 Mhz)

RAM : (12x) 4116, (2x) 2114, (6x) 2114

Screen orientation : Horizontal

Video resolution : 256 x 224 pixels

Screen refresh : 56.00 Hz

Palette Colors : 192

Players : 2

Control : 8-way joystick

Buttons : 1

- SCORING -

Ione : 100 points.

Rearu : 120 points.

The Amazing Adventures of Mr. F. Lea (c) 02/1982 Pacific Novelty.

A four part game where you get Mr. F. Lea where he wants to go (on the back of some lush, tasty dog, of course). You run through lawns and across highways, on the tails of other dogs, and up a hill to get to your destination. Occasionally you even make a run for a dog's head.

- TECHNICAL -

Main CPU : Z80 (@ 4 Mhz), Z80 (@ 6 Mhz)

Sound Chips : (3x) AY8910 (@ 2 Mhz)

Screen orientation : Vertical

Video resolution : 248 x 256 pixels

Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz

Palette colors : 32

Players : 2

Selection (c) 1982 G.E.I.

- TECHNICAL -

Main CPU : Z80 (@ 4 Mhz)

Sound Chips : DAC (@ 4 Mhz)

Screen orientation : Horizontal

Video resolution : 416 x 224 pixels

Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz

Palette colors : 256

Players : 1

Buttons : 9

Yachtsman (c) 1982 Sanritsu.

- TECHNICAL -

Main CPU : Z80 (@ 4 Mhz)

Sound Chips : (2x) AY8910 (@ 1.5 Mhz)

Screen orientation : Horizontal

Video resolution : 256 x 224 pixels

Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz

Palette Colors : 65

Players : 2

Control : 8-way joystick

Buttons : 1

- TRIVIA -

This game is also known as "Mermaid".

Looping (c) 04/1982 Video Games GMBH.

- TECHNICAL -

Main CPU : TMS9995 (@ 12 Mhz), TMS9980A/TMS9981 (@ 2 Mhz), COP420 (@ 1 Mhz)

Sound Chips : AY8910 (@ 2 Mhz), TMS5220 (@ 640 Khz), DAC (@ 640 Khz)

Screen orientation : Vertical

Video resolution : 224 x 256 pixels

Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz

Palette colors : 32

Players : 2

Control : 2-way joystick (vertical)

Buttons : 2

=> [A] FIRE, [B] FLIGHT ACCELERATOR

- TRIVIA -

Licensed to Venture Line for US manufacture and distribution.

Looping was developed in Parma, Italy.

D-Day (c) 04/1982 Olympia.

- TECHNICAL -

Main CPU : Z80 (@ 2 Mhz)

Sound Chips : (2x) AY8910 (@ 1 Mhz)

Screen orientation : Horizontal

Video resolution : 256 x 224 pixels

Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz

Palette colors : 256

Players : 2

Control : paddle

Buttons : 1 (JUMP)

- TRIVIA -

Also licensed to Centuri (04/1984).