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Main data
Romset and name:
terraf Terra Force
Short name:
Terra Force
Manufacturer:
Nichibutsu
Year:
Genre:
Shooter
Category:
Shooter / Flying
Serie:
Moon Cresta
Driver source:
nichibutsu/armedf.cpp
Language:
English
Similar games:
Input / Controls
Players:
Up to 2 players (solo, 2 alternates)
Input:
Joystick 8 ways
Buttons / keys:
Coins:
Cabinet:
Cocktail, Upright
Free-play:
Not supported
Rankings
Average user rating:
AntoPISA BestGame:
70 to 80 (Good)
MASH All-Time:
-
Video
Display:
320x240@59.082013 Hz, CRT 15kHz
Orientation:
Horizontal
Scrolling:
Unknown
Colors:
-
CPU:
Motorola MC68000, Zilog Z80
Audio
Sound:
Audio chips:
8-Bit R-2R DAC, Biquad Filter, Speaker, YM3526 OPL
Romset
First release:
Mame 0.35b11 released on apr-22 1999
Last release:
Mame 0.264 released on mar-26 2024
Clone of:
-
Clones:
Bios:
Not required
Use rom of:
-
Use sample of:
-
Previous romset:
terrafa Terra Force (US set 2)
New romset:
None
Files
Dump:
GOOD
Required files:
Status
OVERALL:
GOOD
Emulation:
Good
Graphic:
Good
Color:
Good
Sound:
Good
Cocktail:
Good
Protection:
Good
Save state:
Supported
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  • Arcade Video game published 37 years ago:

    Terra Force © 1987 Nichibutsu.

    A standard shooter. All levels are divided in 2 parts: overworld with vertical orientation and underground with horizontal.

    TECHNICAL
    Main CPU: Motorola 68000 (@ 8 Mhz)
    Sound CPU: Zilog Z80 (@ 3.072 Mhz)
    Sound Chips: YM3812 (@ 4 Mhz), (2x) DAC (@ 4 Mhz)

    Screen orientation: Horizontal
    Video resolution: 320 x 240 pixels
    Screen refresh: 57.00 Hz
    Palette colors: 2048

    Players: 1
    Control: 8-way joystick
    Buttons: 2 → [A] Shoot, [B] Bomb

    TRIVIA
    Released in December 1987.

    Terra Force uses the same innovative overworld/underground and perspective changing gameplay found in Nichibutsu's earlier game "Mag Max".

    Pony Canyon / Scitron released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (G.S.M. Nichibutsu 1 - D28B0004) on 21/09/1988.

    TIPS AND TRICKS
    • Terra Force power-ups
    B: bomb power-up
    L: laser firepower
    S: speed-up
    P: force field

    SERIES
    • Moon Cresta (1980)
    • Terra Cresta (1985)
    • Dangar - Ufo Robo (1986)
    • Terra Force (1987)
    • Terra Cresta II - Mandoraa no Gyakushuu (1992, NEC PC Engine)

    STAFF
    Game designer: Shigeki Fujiwara
    Game programmers: Kakefu, Shinya Okuda
    Character designers: Takanori Tanaka, Yuki Yasuda
    Title designer: Shinji Kubota
    Sound composer: Noburu Yoshida
    Sound programmer: Yoshinori Mitta
    Hardware engineer: Isao Shiki

    PORTS
    • CONSOLES:
    [JP] Sony PlayStation 4 [PSN] (nov.17, 2016) "Arcade Archives - Terra Force [Model CUSA-04470]"

    CONTRIBUTE
    Edit this entry: https://www.arcade-history.com/?&page=detail&id=2872&o=2
    Informations provided by © Alexis Bousiges
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    NOTICE: The short version was discontinued in November 2019
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