crater: MAME ROM Information. History:
Crater Raider (c) 1984 Bally Midway.
The player is a tank trying to rescue hostages on worlds with lots of craters (that the player can descend into). Rescuing all hostages, while avoiding (or destroying) other tanks and UFOs advances the player to the next level.
- TECHNICAL -
Bally Midway MCR 3 hardware
[No. 0A57]
Main CPU : Z80 (@ 5 Mhz)
Sound CPU : Z80 (@ 2 Mhz)
Sound Chips : (2x) AY8910 (@ 2 Mhz)
Screen orientation : Horizontal
Video resolution : 480 x 480 pixels
Screen refresh : 30.00 Hz
Palette colors : 68
Players : 2
Control : Dial
Buttons : 3
- SOURCES -
Game's rom.
Machine's picture.
MAME Info:
0.31 [Aaron Giles]
Artwork available
WIP:
- 0.145u7: Added 'Midway SSIO Sound Board' sound. Moved Sound Board prom 82s123.12d to midssio device set.
- 5th August 2007: Mr. Do - Crater Raider bezel, vectored by Jcroach and with color correction by Ad_Enuff.
- 0.98u3: Fixed gfx2 rom loading.
- 0.53: Changed palettesize from 132 to 68 colors.
- 0.33b7: Aaron Giles fixed colors in Crater Raider.
- 0.31: Aaron Giles added Crater Raider (Bally Midway 1984).
PLAY INSTRUCTIONS:
- Rescue 2 survivors to complete mission.
- Go down a crater with a survivor to increase your bonus. Find the number of survivors indicated and transport from home base to collect your bonus.
- Go down a crater with a green flag to increase your shield power.
- First bonus TANK awarded at 3000 pts. Additional TANKS awarded at 15000, 50000, 100000, 150000, 200000 and 250000 pts.
Other Emulators:
* Retrocade
Recommended Games (Cyber Tank):
Tron (Tank stage)
Senjyo
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Crater Raider
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Heavy Metal
Assault
Vindicators
Vindicators Part II
Aurail
Battle of the Solar System
Cyber Sled
Cyber Commando
T-MEK
Guardian Force
Romset: 220 kb / 22 files / 62.7 zip
MAME XML Output:
   | <game name="crater" sourcefile="mcr3.c"> |
   |    | <description>Crater Raider</description> |
   |    | <year>1984</year> |
   |    | <manufacturer>Bally Midway</manufacturer> |
   |    | <rom name="crcpu.6d" size="8192" crc="ad31f127" sha1="d03506570cd08bcdb39d7c6b9de4f9628c7373e9" region="maincpu" offset="0"/> |
   |    | <rom name="crcpu.7d" size="8192" crc="3743c78f" sha1="05605041c7a5ef2a8271cc3dd1aae4c82c8797eb" region="maincpu" offset="2000"/> |
   |    | <rom name="crcpu.8d" size="8192" crc="c95f9088" sha1="2162c4ef2cc29857b10d64ec9e09ca6d086fa9e7" region="maincpu" offset="4000"/> |
   |    | <rom name="crcpu.9d" size="8192" crc="a03c4b11" sha1="6a442a0828942dc51dbe0d3f19be855a52c12f39" region="maincpu" offset="6000"/> |
   |    | <rom name="crcpu.10d" size="8192" crc="44ae4cbd" sha1="2188bf697f1b3fcbb2ad6cbd4d9098e3b8d56a95" region="maincpu" offset="8000"/> |
   |    | <rom name="crsnd4.a7" size="4096" crc="fd666cb5" sha1="257174266e264db8ac9af5f2296fd0a22847f85f" region="ssio:cpu" offset="0"/> |
   |    | <rom name="crsnd1.a8" size="4096" crc="90bf2c4c" sha1="7adfbf2251b5d46043d614554320e2fe544cc570" region="ssio:cpu" offset="1000"/> |
   |    | <rom name="crsnd2.a9" size="4096" crc="3b8deef1" sha1="a14186a33a7b5ca07086ce44fb1c8c64900654d0" region="ssio:cpu" offset="2000"/> |
   |    | <rom name="crsnd3.a10" size="4096" crc="05803453" sha1="1bba85e6494b4f67cea82d61e6cd341337bca998" region="ssio:cpu" offset="3000"/> |
   |    | <rom name="crcpu.3a" size="8192" crc="9d73504a" sha1="23633ce43745c12b59916b85ca92a98e889b884e" region="gfx1" offset="0"/> |
   |    | <rom name="crcpu.4a" size="8192" crc="42a47dff" sha1="cb936ac7ba3dd740c626a11bd6ee3c87dad4e311" region="gfx1" offset="2000"/> |
   |    | <rom name="crcpu.5a" size="8192" crc="2fe4a6e1" sha1="329cf9f71b7cbf2a13a05f9cd3397d73c69da893" region="gfx1" offset="4000"/> |
   |    | <rom name="crcpu.6a" size="8192" crc="d0659042" sha1="8f28155eb2725eaf6d1c410f76a88969541aeef3" region="gfx1" offset="6000"/> |
   |    | <rom name="crvid.a4" size="16384" crc="579a8e36" sha1="1053234b82877f0f8d1a2ce745b853899cfbcc22" region="gfx2" offset="0"/> |
   |    | <rom name="crvid.a3" size="16384" crc="2c2f5b29" sha1="f7c4caabd116d3f861e70c6740cd058479477da7" region="gfx2" offset="4000"/> |
   |    | <rom name="crvid.a6" size="16384" crc="5bf954e0" sha1="8ff9549a0b5d7e6ad4671c29bf04bb9c26a995ad" region="gfx2" offset="8000"/> |
   |    | <rom name="crvid.a5" size="16384" crc="9bdec312" sha1="3a3b44d4f73aad1f0ab2591be479f8472583f20a" region="gfx2" offset="c000"/> |
   |    | <rom name="crvid.a8" size="16384" crc="4b913498" sha1="8aa83fd6f60d6176a8781a906ba75c663ac3f3cb" region="gfx2" offset="10000"/> |
   |    | <rom name="crvid.a7" size="16384" crc="9fa307d5" sha1="ec9ba9c372d62132f02e2a87ed5f602c360755e9" region="gfx2" offset="14000"/> |
   |    | <rom name="crvid.a10" size="16384" crc="7a22d6bc" sha1="c7f97bdf13d52665e61d83b7a8f1621c6df0dbf2" region="gfx2" offset="18000"/> |
   |    | <rom name="crvid.a9" size="16384" crc="811f152d" sha1="f9dee6f95d903a41890fe58bfc0528fecb1d6902" region="gfx2" offset="1c000"/> |
   |    | <rom name="crcpu.10g" size="4096" crc="6fe53c8d" sha1="ceb04916af42d58f3173e5986756a0db8be11999" region="gfx3" offset="0"/> |
   |    | <device_ref name="midssio"/> |
   |    | <chip type="cpu" tag="maincpu" name="Z80" clock="5000000"/> |
   |    | <chip type="cpu" tag="ssio:cpu" name="Z80" clock="2000000"/> |
   |    | <chip type="audio" tag="lspeaker" name="Speaker"/> |
   |    | <chip type="audio" tag="rspeaker" name="Speaker"/> |
   |    | <chip type="audio" tag="ssio" name="Midway SSIO Sound Board"/> |
   |    | <chip type="audio" tag="ssio:ay0" name="AY-3-8910A" clock="2000000"/> |
   |    | <chip type="audio" tag="ssio:ay1" name="AY-3-8910A" clock="2000000"/> |
   |    | <display tag="screen" type="raster" rotate="0" flipx="yes" width="480" height="480" refresh="30.000000" /> |
   |    | <sound channels="2"/> |
   |    | <input players="1" buttons="3" coins="2" tilt="yes"> |
   |    |    | <control type="joy" ways="vertical2"/> |
   |    |    | <control type="dial" minimum="0" maximum="255" sensitivity="25" keydelta="10" reverse="yes"/> |
   |    | </input> |
   |    | <dipswitch name="Service Mode" tag="ssio:IP0" mask="128"> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="Off" value="128" default="yes"/> |
   |    |    | <dipvalue name="On" value="0"/> |
   |    | </dipswitch> |
   |    | <driver status="good" emulation="good" color="good" sound="good" graphic="good" savestate="supported" palettesize="68"/> |
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