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Romset and name:
hunchbak Hunchback (set 1)
Short name:
Hunchback
Manufacturer:
Century Electronics
Year:
Genre:
Platform
Category:
Platform / Run, Jump & Scrolling
Serie:
-
Driver source:
Language:
English
Similar games:
Input / Controls
Players:
Up to 2 players (solo, 2 alternates)
Input:
Joystick 2 ways (horizontal)
Buttons / keys:
Coins:
Cabinet:
Cocktail, Upright
Free-play:
Not supported
Rankings
Average user rating:
AntoPISA BestGame:
30 to 40 (Amendable)
MASH All-Time:
Video
Display:
240x248@60 Hz, ruotato di 90°, CRT 15kHz
Orientation:
Vertical
Scrolling:
Unknown
Colors:
-
CPU:
Signetics 2650
Audio
Sound:
Audio chips:
1-Bit DAC, 4-Bit R-2R DAC, 8-Bit R-2R DAC, Signetics 2636 PVI, Speaker, TMS5100
Romset
First release:
Mame 0.37b10 (0.46) released on dec-05 2000
Last release:
Mame 0.264 released on mar-26 2024
Clone of:
-
Clones:
Bios:
Not required
Use rom of:
-
Use sample of:
-
Previous romset:
None
New romset:
None
Files
Dump:
GOOD
Required files:
Status
OVERALL:
IMPERFECT
Emulation:
Good
Graphic:
Good
Color:
Good
Sound:
Imperfect
Cocktail:
Preliminary
Protection:
Good
Save state:
Supported
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  • Arcade Video game published 41 years ago:

    Hunchback © 1983 Century Electronics.

    Hunchback is a classic and much-copied platform game in which the player takes on the role of the eponymous bell-ringer, Quasimodo, in his quest to rescue the beautiful Esmeralda from the tower of the castle fortress.

    To reach Esmeralda, Quasi must run and jump through a number of screens - each representing part of a castle wall - to reach the tower and complete his rescue. Each screen presents the player with a different set of platform-based obstacles. These range from spear-toting guards, to ramparts and fiery chasms (the latter of which is cleared by carefully timed jumps onto and off a constantly swinging rope).

    Most of the game's screens also feature projectiles - in the form of fireballs and arrows - that must be avoided. These can appear from both the left and right-hand side of the screen and can be moving at one of two different heights and speeds. Some of the trickier screens contain more than one of these projectiles and contact with either a projectile or guard will result in Quasi falling from the castle wall, resulting in the loss of a player life.

    To complicate matters further, each screen must be completed within a strict time limit. This takes the form of an enemy guard climbing the castle walls; if the guard reaches the top of the wall, he will walk towards Quasi to burn the Hunchback with his torch. If Quasi rings the bell before the guard has scaled the wall, a bonus score is rewarded. If five screens are completed without a life being lost, a 'Super Bonus' is awarded.

    A meter at the bottom left corner of the screen - displaying a cutaway of castle ramparts - shows Quasi's progress towards the tower and his beloved Esmeralda. Upon reaching Esmeralda, players must complete a bonus screen - involving using moving ropes to collect bells from a series of platforms - to complete the rescue.

    Once completed, the game starts over with a much higher level of difficulty and tighter time limits.

    TECHNICAL
    CVS [Convertable Video System] Hardware.

    Main CPU: S2650 (@ 894.886 Khz)
    Sound CPU: S2650 (@ 894.886 Khz)
    Sound Chips: (2x) DAC, TMS5110 (@ 640 Khz)

    Players: 2
    Control: 8-way joystick
    Buttons: 2

    Others versions of this game runs on the "Galaxian" hardware, "Donkey Kong" hardware, and "Scramble" hardware.

    TRIVIA
    Released in September 1983.

    This video game is based on the novel 'Le Bossu de Notre Dame', or 'The Hunchback of Notre Dame', by Victor Hugo.

    The name Quasimodo translates as 'half-formed'.

    The hunchback character was originally to be 'Robin Hood'. Hence the green costume and the game stages with arrows. The artist (who drew the Robin Hood character) left the company before the decision to change the theme to 'Hunchback'. By the time a new artist was taken on, the green costume had become accepted and no-one questioned it (someone commented that the Robin Hood character, as drawn, looked like a hunchback).

    Roberto Picelli holds the official record for this game with 478,700 points.

    SCORING
    Scoring points is based on how quickly you can finish a round, although there is no actual on-screen indication as to how much bonus time is left. No points are awarded for merely jumping over obstacles. The best way to achieve a high score is to complete five consecutive screens without losing a life; at the end of each stage a bell is awarded, and once five bells are collected in this way, a Super Bonus worth between 10,000 and 30,000 points is awarded.

    PORTS
    Hunchback was converted to home computers by Ocean Software of Manchester, England and was their first ever arcade conversion.

    • COMPUTERS:
    Commodore C64 (1983)
    Sinclair ZX Spectrum (1984)
    Acorn Electron (1984)
    Amstrad CPC (1986)
    Oric
    Atari 8-Bit

    CONTRIBUTE
    Edit this entry: https://www.arcade-history.com/?&page=detail&id=1154&o=2
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