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Romset and name:
megazoneh Mega Zone (program code H)
Short name:
Mega Zone
Manufacturer:
Konami (Kosuka license)
Year:
Genre:
Shooter
Category:
Shooter / Driving Vertical
Serie:
-
Driver source:
konami/megazone.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:
Supported
Rankings
Average user rating:
AntoPISA BestGame:
-
MASH All-Time:
-
Video
Display:
288x224@60.60606 Hz, ruotato di 90°, CRT 15kHz
Orientation:
Vertical
Scrolling:
Unknown
Colors:
-
CPU:
Intel 8039, KONAMI-1, Zilog Z80
Audio
Sound:
Audio chips:
8-Bit R-2R DAC, AY-3-8910A PSG, RC Filter, Speaker
Romset
First release:
Mame 0.189 released on aug-30 2017
Last release:
Mame 0.271 released on oct-31 2024
Clone of:
megazone Mega Zone (program code L)
Bios:
Not required
Use rom of:
-
Use sample of:
-
Previous romset:
megazonec Mega Zone (Kosuka 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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  • Init
  • Driver
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  • 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
    Informations provided by © Alexis Bousiges
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    NOTICE: The short version was discontinued in November 2019
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