Warp Warp (Rock-ola set 1) - MAME machine

Arcade Video game published 43 years ago:

Warp & Warp © 1981 Namco.

The objective of the game is to pursue the mystery aliens by warping across 2 different worlds: the Space World and Maze World. The player may choose when to warp to a different world, so it is possible to continue playing in the same world throughout the game. In Space World, the character uses a gun to shoot up enemy aliens, and in Maze World, aliens are killed using a time-delay bomb. The delay is controlled by the length of time the button is held down, and the player loses if the character is caught in the resulting explosion.

Power-ups may appear on some levels, and allow the player to shoot exploding bullets or attach bombs directly onto enemy aliens. However, the exploding bullets usable in Space World can only obtained in Maze World, and the power-up to attach bombs onto enemies in Maze World only appears in Space World. Players must alternate turns on the screen in the multiplayer mode.

TECHNICAL
Main CPU: Intel 8080 (@ 2.048 Mhz)
Sound Chips: Custom (@ 2.048 Mhz)

Players: 2
Control: 4-way joystick
Buttons: 1

TRIVIA
Released in July 1981.

This game is known in US as "Warp Warp" (licensed to Rock-ola in August 1981).

SCORING
Yellow Tongue Sticker: 60 points
Orange Tongue Sticker: 90 points
Red Tongue Sticker: 150 points
Two Tongue Stickers at once in maze: 500 points
Frog in field: 500 points

TIPS AND TRICKS

• Easter Egg:

1) Enter service mode.
2) Keep Button1 pressed and enter the following sequence: Right(x2), Down(x6), Left, Up(x4).
'© 1981 NAMCO LTD.' will be added at the bottom of the screen.

SERIES

• Warp & Warp (1981, Arcade)
• Warpman [Model NWM-4500] (1985, Famicom)

PORTS

• CONSOLES:

Casio PV-1000

• COMPUTERS:

[US] MSX (1984)
Sord M-5 "Warp Warp"
[JP] PC [MS Windows, CD-ROM] (dec.24, 1998) "Namco History Vol.4"

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