game
| title | Xenophobe |
| set name | xenophob |
| manufacturer | Bally Midway |
| year | 1987 |
| genre | Platform (hof) |
| category | Platform / Shooter Scrolling (hof) |
| driver status | good |
| driver source | mcr68.c |
| snapshots | PS: in game
| title
| select
| how to
/ MW: in game
/ CT: in game
| title
| select
/ Mr. Do: artwork
/ EJ: in game
/ artwork: cabinet
| marquee
| PCB
zoom 
|
| rating |   68.5% after 43 votes |
display
| colour emulation | good |
| palette | 64 |
| display type | raster |
| orientation | horizontal |
| resolution | 512x480 |
| frequency | 30.000000Hz |
sound
| sound emulation | good |
| channels | mono |
controls
| players | 3 |
| nplayers | 3P sim |
| controls | 8 way joystick |
| buttons | 3 |
| coin slots | 3 |
hardware
data
| version added | .033b04 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| last change(s) | .131 .123u2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| roms |
|
additional information
| info | 0.33b4 [Bryan McPhail] Artwork available WIP:
Heiankyo Alien Victory Road Alien Syndrome Alien Syndrome (Mega-Tech) Xenophobe SAR - Search and Rescue Aliens Alien 3 Alien vs. Predator Alien Storm Alien Storm (Mega-Tech) Space Gun Dragon Gun Chaos Heat Teraburst Invasion - The Abductors Romset: 833 kb / 27 files / 370.1 zip |
| history | Xenophobe (c) 1987 Bally Midway. A horizontal monitor is split into three sections, one for each of up to three people. Players wander around a space station shooting as many Ridley-Scott-esque aliens as they can before health or time runs out- then it's off to the next space station. There are multiple weapon types, including a duck gun! - TECHNICAL - Bally Midway MCR 68k hardware Main CPU : 68000 (@ 7.7238 Mhz) Sound CPU : 68000 (@ 8 Mhz) Sound Chips : DAC Screen orientation : Horizontal Video resolution : 512 x 480 pixels Screen refresh : 30.00 Hz Palette colors : 64 Players : 3 Control : 8-way joystick Buttons : 3 - TRIVIA - Released in July 1987. The word 'Xenophobe' (pronounced 'Zee-no-phobe') is a psychiatric term meaning 'fear of aliens'. Programmer Gary Oglesby contributed this name. The game earned so much money during first weeks of testing that the programmer was pulled off the game to work on a pinball project. Xenophobe was a highly original game with a highly original concept. It was the first split-screen game. It was also a victim of a production scheduling snafu. Due to its production being pushed ahead, a lot of the game's tuning was axed. There are many objects in the game that the player can pick up, but have no use. Brian Colin & Jeff Nauman originally conceived this game with a tomb-robbing treasure hunting theme, but when programmer Howard Shere was assigned to the project, his love of science fiction prompted the shift to an ALIEN spoof. Michael Ward holds the official official record for this game, on Medium setting, with 2,500,000 points on 06/11/2004. - STAFF -
|
| resource links | view in MAWS view in mini MAWS view in CAESAR view high score and replay at MARP view in Progetto EMMA (Italian) view game bugs at MAME Testers view driver bugs at MAME Testers view in arcade-history.com view in GameFAQs view in Games Database view in KLOV view in System16 view in The Arcade Flyer Archive view in VGMuseum Gamepics |
bookmarkable frame
|
2004-2010 MAWS all copyrights belong to their respective owners
