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Main data
Romset and name:
megazonb Mega Zone (Kosuka set 1)
Short name:
Mega Zone
Manufacturer:
Konami / Kosuka
Year:
1983
Genre:
Shooter
Category:
Shooter / Driving Vertical
Serie:
-
Driver source:
megazone.c
Language:
-
Similar games:
Input / Controls
Players:
Up to 2 players (solo, 2 alternates)
Input:
Joystick 8 ways
Buttons / keys:
1
Coins:
2
Cabinet:
-
Free-play:
Not supported

Rankings
Average user rating:
AntoPISA BestGame:
-
MASH All-Time:
-
Video
Display:
288x224@60 Hz, ruotato di 90°, CRT 15kHz
Orientation:
Vertical
Scrolling:
Unknown
Colors:
-
CPU:
I8039, M6809, Z80
Audio
Sound:
Mono
Audio chips:
AY-3-8910A, DAC, RC Filter
Romset
First release:
Mame 0.84 released on jul-02 2004
Last release:
Mame 0.132u5 released on jul-16 2009
Clone of:
megazone Mega Zone (program code L)
Bios:
Not required
Use rom of:
-
Use sample of:
-
Previous romset:
None
New romset:
megazoneb Mega Zone (unknown program code 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 megazone - Mega Zone (program code L)
    Arcade Video game published 41 years ago:

    Mega Zone © 1983 Konami.

    A great action shoot'em up game.

    Take the control of an amphibious Rocket Tank, and your mission is to advance through infested enemy territory, you must choose your path carefully and take precise aim, increase your fire power collecting twelve power item pods; "MEG" stay alert to all enemy's moves. Your encounter a multitude of enemies varies depending on which path you choose. The screen continues until reach the ominous "Megazone" and annihilate the giant mechanical eyeballs the fortress Command tower which is only vulnerable when open. Your next mission awaits...

    TECHNICAL
    Game ID: GX319

    Main CPU: Motorola M6809 (@ 2.048 Mhz), Zilog Z80 (@ 3.072 Mhz)
    Sound CPU: I8039 (@ 477.266 Khz)
    Sound Chips: General Instrument AY8910 (@ 1.78975 Mhz), DAC, (3x) RC (@ 1.789772 Mhz)

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

    TRIVIA
    Mega Zone was released in March 1983.

    Also licensed to Kosuka for manufacture and distribution.

    There is many unused graphics on the grahic ROM, including the wolf enemy from "Pooyan"!.

    Yashiro Oda holds the official record for this game with 2,228,650 points.

    UPDATES
    Second revision:
    • Build date: Oct. 11, 1983

    First revision:
    • Build date: Sep. 20, 1983

    STAFF
    Staff: Koji Hiroshita, Y. Sakamoto, T. Fujiwara, N. Inoue, S. Fukutake

    CONTRIBUTE
    Edit this entry: https://www.arcade-history.com/?&page=detail&id=1597&o=2
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