blockade: MAME ROM Information.
History:
Blockade (c) 1976 Gremlin.
This game was two player only, you must have a live human opponent to play against, or else the other players character will go straight into a wall, making for a very quick and boring game. Each player moves their character around leaving a solid line behind them. All moves are made on an invisible grid, so you can only turn at 90 degree angles. To win you must last longer than your opponent before hitting something (first person to hit something loses). The game ended after one player chalked up six wins, but this was operator adjustable down to as low as three.
- TECHNICAL -
This game came in an upright dedicated cabinet. The machine was decorated with only a marquee, which showed the game title. It did not have any other graphics or sideart. The sides were of a dark woodgrain, which probably went nicely in the average pool hall or bowling alley (where most early games were located). The game featured a control panel that was devoid of joysticks, instead you controlled the game using a button for each direction.
Upright cabinet dimensions : 67'' (170cm) High x 28'' (71cm) Deep x 26'' (66cm) Wide. Weight : 290 lbs.
Prom stickers : 1-4
Main CPU : 8080 (@ 2.079 Mhz)
Sound Chips : Samples, Discrete
Screen orientation : Horizontal
Video resolution : 256 x 224 pixels
Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz
Palette colors : 2
Players : 2
Buttons : 4
- TRIVIA -
Released in October 1976.
This was Gremlin's first video game and was very widely copied. It provided Gremlin with a big hit, winning the 'Best of Show' award at the 1976 MOA convention.
- SCORING -
One good strategy is to try and box your opponent in to a small section of the screen, and then just move carefully until they crash.
- SERIES -
1. Blockade (1976)
2. Comotion (1976)
3. Hustle (1977)
- STAFF -
Designed by : Lane Hauck, Ago Kiss, Bob Pecarero
- SOURCES -
Game's rom.
Machine's picture.
All in Color For a Quarter - Keith Smith
MAME Info:
0.31 [Frank Palazzolo]
Samples required
WIP:
- 0.92: Frank Palazzolo added discrete sound to Blockade. Fixed cpu1/gfx1 rom loading.
- 0.36b14: Changed palettesize to 2 colors.
- 0.31: Frank Palazzolo added Blockade (Gremlin 1976). Blockade support is complete with the exception of the square wave music.
Recommended Games (Tron):
Barricade
Bigfoot Bonkers
Blockade
Comotion
Checkmate
Dominos
Embargo
Hustle
Minesweeper
Tron
Toggle
Wit's
Romset: 3 kb / 4 files / 1.48 zip
MAME XML Output:
| | <game name="blockade" sourcefile="blockade.c" sampleof="blockade"> |
| | | <description>Blockade</description> |
| | | <manufacturer>Gremlin</manufacturer> |
| | | <rom name="316-04.u2" size="1024" crc="a93833e9" sha1="e29e7b29900f8305effa700a53806a12bf9d37bd" region="maincpu" offset="0"/> |
| | | <rom name="316-03.u3" size="1024" crc="85960d3b" sha1="aabfe8f9c26126299d6c07a31ef1aac5300deff5" region="maincpu" offset="0"/> |
| | | <rom name="316-02.u29" size="256" crc="409f610f" sha1="0c2253f4b72d8aa395f87cc0abe07f0b46fa538b" region="gfx1" offset="0"/> |
| | | <rom name="316-01.u43" size="256" crc="41a00b28" sha1="2d0a90aac9d10a1ded240e5202fdf9cd7f70c4a7" region="gfx1" offset="0"/> |
| | | <chip type="cpu" tag="maincpu" name="8080" clock="2079000"/> |
| | | <chip type="audio" tag="mono" name="Speaker"/> |
| | | <chip type="audio" tag="samples" name="Samples"/> |
| | | <chip type="audio" tag="discrete" name="DISCRETE"/> |
| | | <display tag="screen" type="raster" rotate="0" width="256" height="224" refresh="60.000000" /> |
| | | <input players="2" coins="1"> |
| | | | <control type="joy" ways="4"/> |
| | | <configuration name="Boom Switch" tag="IN0" mask="4"> |
| | | | <confsetting name="Off" value="0"/> |
| | | | <confsetting name="On" value="4" default="yes"/> |
| | | <configuration name="Lives" tag="IN0" mask="112"> |
| | | | <confsetting name="3" value="96"/> |
| | | | <confsetting name="4" value="80"/> |
| | | | <confsetting name="5" value="48"/> |
| | | | <confsetting name="6" value="112" default="yes"/> |
| | | <driver status="imperfect" emulation="good" color="good" sound="imperfect" graphic="good" savestate="supported" palettesize="2"/> |
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