Battle of Atlantis (set 1) - MAME machine

Arcade Video game published 43 years ago:

Battle of Atlantis © 1981 Game World.

Your mission: Finish the six tables at all costs by eliminating a maximum of opponents. To Do this you possess a multi-directional laser (ultra-rapid firing) and terrifying torpedo-bombs. Through all 6 tables, build up your bonus by blowing-up the fuel tanks.
Table 1: Avoid and destroy the floating mines.
Table 2: The deadly exploding sharks appear as well as the destroyers (avoid their bombs!). Obliterate them with your laser.
Table 3: You penetrate into an abyssal cavern where redoubtable octopuses lie in wait. The destroyers can only drop their bombs through the thin sides of the cavern.
Table 4: A complex of towers replaces the lower part of the cavern. As well as the destroyers and octopus, the mines reappear in large numbers.
Table 5: Accelerated version of Table 4.
Table 6: You return to Table 1 in an accelerated version but you must face up to all your opponents.

TECHNICAL
Main CPU: Zilog Z80 (@ 3.072 Mhz)
Sound CPU: Zilog Z80 (@ 1.78975 Mhz)
Sound Chips: (2x) General Instrument AY8910 (@ 1.78975 Mhz)

Screen orientation: Vertical
Video resolution: 224 x 256 pixels
Screen refresh: 60.61 Hz
Palette colors: 99

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

TRIVIA
Battle of Atlantis was an original game designed and developed by 'Game World', with the software being commissioned to Comsoft, a software company.

Battle of Atlantis was designed to compete with "Scramble", a leading game at the time.

SCORING
One second of survival: 10 points.
Missile: 100 points.
Base: 100 points.
Fish: 200 points.
Spider: 200 points.
Surface Ship: 500 points.

TIPS AND TRICKS

• Don't stop shooting - a constant stream of bullets and bombs is the best defense!
• If you move up or down while firing, your forward cannon will fire upwards or downwards as well, enabling you to destroy enemies above or below you.
• Destroy surface ships whenever possible as they are worth the most points.

STAFF
Designed and programmed by: Andy Thomason

CONTRIBUTE
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