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Romset and name:
faxa FAX (alt. questions)
Short name:
FAX
Manufacturer:
Exidy
Year:
1983
Genre:
Quiz
Category:
Quiz / English
Serie:
-
Driver source:
exidy.c
Language:
-
Similar games:
Input / Controls
Players:
Up to 2 players (2 concurrents)
Input:
Unavailable
Buttons / keys:
4
Coins:
2
Cabinet:
-
Free-play:
Not supported

Rankings
Average user rating:
AntoPISA BestGame:
-
MASH All-Time:
-
Video
Display:
256x256@59.996811 Hz, CRT 15kHz
Orientation:
Horizontal
Scrolling:
Unknown
Colors:
-
CPU:
M6502
Audio
Sound:
Mono
Audio chips:
Custom
Romset
First release:
Mame 0.84u6 released on aug-03 2004
Last release:
Mame 0.116u1 released on jun-15 2007
Clone of:
fax FAX
Bios:
Not required
Use rom of:
-
Use sample of:
-
Previous romset:
None
New romset:
fax2 FAX 2
Files
Dump:
GOOD
Required files:
Romset:
Status
OVERALL:
GOOD
Emulation:
Good
Graphic:
Good
Color:
Good
Sound:
Good
Cocktail:
-
Protection:
Good
Save state:
Not supported
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  • NOTICE: These are informations from parent game fax - FAX
    Arcade Video game published 41 years ago:

    FAX © 1983 Exidy.

    Who? When? What? Where? Why? Fax is a trivia game that asks questions about: general knowledge, sports, history and entertainment.

    TECHNICAL
    Main CPU: MOS Technology M6502 (@ 705.562 Khz)
    Sound CPU: MOS Technology M6502 (@ 894.886 Khz)
    Sound Chips: Custom (@ 894.886 Khz)

    Players: 2
    Buttons: 4 (A, B, C, and D)

    TRIVIA
    Released in June 1983.

    Fax came in what was essentially a jukebox cabinet (with a black and woodgrain finish). This was probably because Exidy had hoped to sell this machine to a different market than its normal arcade games. It has a 9in. monitor mounted in the center (with a 'Fax' logo on the monitor bezel), and a row of buttons on each side of the screen. Sales of this title were limited a bit by its $2495 price tag (USD), which was a good $500 over the average arcade game price at the time.

    This game used an advanced (proprietary), compression algorithm to hold nearly 3700 questions in a tiny amount of EPROM space (roughly 128K, which was still a huge amount of storage in 1983, which was why this game was so expensive). Exidy also sold several EPROM replacement kits that provided new questions, but they sold very poorly, and are nearly impossible to find today.

    SERIES
    • FAX (1983)
    • FAX II

    STAFF
    Written by: Vic Tolomei, Larry Hutcherson
    Art by: Mike Craven

    PORTS
    • COMPUTERS:
    Apple II
    PC
    Commodore C64
    Atari 800

    CONTRIBUTE
    Edit this entry: https://www.arcade-history.com/?&page=detail&id=822&o=2
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