Galaxian sprites upgrade#

Midway Galaxian Parts and Operating Manual. Zig Zag (LAX, 1982) - bootleg of Dig Dug another version also exists on Namco Galaga hardwareД«ootlegs of Valadon Automation's Bagman, Nintendo's Donkey Kong Junior, Konami's Scramble and Universal's Lady Bug also exist using this system board.Video Pool (1981) - bootleg of Video Hustler.It contained Pac-Man and Galaxian on one board, changed using a DIP Switch. Ghostmuncher Galaxian (1981) - bootleg of Pac-Man and Galaxian.Batman Part 2 (1981) - bootleg of Phoenix.Sky Raiders (1980) - bootleg of Gingateikoku no Gyakushu.Space Battle (1980) - bootleg of Gingateikoku no Gyakushu.Fantazia (1980) - bootleg of Moon Cresta.Zero Time (Petaco SA, 1979) - hack of Galaxian.Super Galaxians (1979) - hack of Galaxian.Space Invaders Galactica (1979) - hack of Galaxian.Galaxian Turbo (1979) - hack of Galaxian.Galaxian Part X (1979) - hack of Galaxian.Galaxian Part 4 (1979) - hack of Galaxian.Defend the Terra Attack on the Red UFO (no manufacturer credited, undated).Driving Force (Shinkai Inc., 1984) - another version also exists on Namco Pac-Man hardware.Dingo ( Ashby Computers & Graphics, 1983).Sky Base (Omori Electric Co., Ltd., 1982).Check Man ( Jaleco/Zilec-Zenitone, 1982).Azurian Attack (Rait Electronics Ltd., 1982).Gingateikoku no Gyakushu (also known as UniWar S) ( Irem, 1980).War of the Bugs - or Monsterous Maneuvers in a Mushroom Maze (Armenia, 1981).

4 Fun in 1 (Armenia/Food and Fun, 1981).

Super Moon Cresta ( SEGA/ Gremlin, 1980).

Crazy Kong (1981) - bootleg of Nintendo's Donkey Kong.

The following Konami games were running on the Galaxian-derived Konami Scramble hardware:

King & Balloon (1980) - one of the first games to feature synthesized voices.

Galaxian (1979) - Namco's first big hit.

Main article: Sega Z80 List of Namco Galaxian arcade games Namco It added the following color palette upgrades: Originally created by Konami for Super Cobra (1981), it was used from 1981 to 1984.

Graphical capabilities: Side-scrolling ДЄn upgraded version of Konami Scramble was the Super Cobra hardware.

Sound chips: 2x AY8910 1.78975 MHz (6 square wave channels & 2 noise channels combined), 6x Konami custom RC 1.78975 MHz, DAC.

Sound CPU: Zilog Z80 1.78975 MHz (8-bit & 16-bit instructions 260,000 instructions per second).

Konami Scramble includes the following upgrades: It is based on the Namco Galaxian hardware, and is part of the Galaxian hardware family. The Konami Scramble hardware, originally created for Konami's The End (1980) and Scramble (1981), was used from 1980 to 1984.

Galaxian sprites upgrade#

It adds the following upgrade to the color palette: Ghostmuncher Galaxian is a Pac-Man clone running on Namco Galaxian bootleg hardware.

Namco King & Balloon Sound Section: DM ( DPCM).

Sound CPU: Zilog Z80 2.5 MHz (8-bit & 16-bit instructions 364,000 instructions per second).

King & Balloon (1980) adds the following audio upgrades:

Sprite capabilities: Line buffer, 8x8 to 16x16 sizes, 4 colors per sprite, 15 sprites (7 main sprites, 7 shells, 1 missile) per scanline, 240 sprite pixels per scanline, sprite flipping, sprite animation.

Bitmap layer: Star generator, vertical scrolling.

Tilemap layer: 8x8 tile sizes, vertical scrolling, column scroll.

Overscan resolution: 384x264 (horizontal), (horizontal), 264x384 (vertical).

Display resolution: 256x224 (horizontal), 224x256 (vertical).

GPU chipset: Namco custom video hardware.

One programmable 4/8-bit waveform channel.

Sound chips: Namco custom sound hardware.

CPU: Zilog Z80 3.072 MHz ( 8-bit & 16-bit instructions 0.45 MIPS).

According to Family Computer designer Masayuki Uemura: Nintendo also credited the Namco Galaxian hardware as the basis for their own Nintendo Classic hardware used for the Radar Scope and Donkey Kong arcade games, and subsequently the Family Computer ( Nintendo Entertainment System) console. The Namco Galaxian hardware was widely used by other game companies during the golden age of arcade video games, including Centuri, Gremlin, Irem, Konami, Midway, Nichibutsu, SEGA, and Taito, as well as bootleg manufacturers. Namco Galaxian also introduced a sprite line buffer system, which was adopted by later arcade system boards from other companies. Its introduction of colorful tilemap graphics distinguished it from the Taito 8080 monochrome framebuffer system of Space Invaders. It used specialized graphics hardware supporting RGB color, multi-colored sprites and tilemap backgrounds. The Namco Galaxian is an 8-bit, two-dimensional, arcade system board, that was first used by Namco in 1979. For the specific arcade game, see Galaxian. This article is a generic description of Namco's 'Galaxian' hardware.