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GAME SYSTEM CHD BIOS DEVICE PARENT CLONE MECHANICAL SCREENLESS

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Romset and name:
drmicro Dr. Micro
Short name:
Dr. Micro
Manufacturer:
Sanritsu
Year:
Genre:
Platform
Category:
Platform / Run Jump
Serie:
-
Driver source:
sanritsu/drmicro.cpp
Language:
English
Similar games:
Input / Controls
Players:
Up to 2 players (solo, 2 alternates)
Input:
Joystick 4 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:
256x224@60 Hz, ruotato di 270°, CRT 15kHz
Orientation:
Vertical
Scrolling:
Unknown
Colors:
-
CPU:
Zilog Z80
Audio
Sound:
Audio chips:
OKI MSM5205 ADPCM, SN76496, Speaker
Romset
First release:
Mame 0.63 released on jan-12 2003
Last release:
Mame 0.264 released on mar-26 2024
Clone of:
-
Bios:
Not required
Use rom of:
-
Use sample of:
-
Previous romset:
None
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 41 years ago:

    Dr. Micro © 1983 Sanritsu.

    An early platform game in which the player must defeat a mad scientist, avoiding and destroying his evil creations in the process.

    The game consists of 3 single-screen levels:

    On the first the player must move from the left to the right of the screen, dropping down onto constantly moving metal pillars and shooting the enemies.

    On the second level, the player must steer a floating ball around the screen, killing as many enemies as possible. Once enough enemies have been killed, an exit will open which the player must enter. The floating ball gradually diminishes and the player will have to drop to the bottom of the screen several times to get a replacement ball.

    The final screen takes place on the scientist's production line; with machinery that must be carefully negotiated. Two large robots bar the route to the scientist and must be destroyed before the scientist can be reached.

    TECHNICAL
    Main CPU: Zilog Z80 (@ 3.072 Mhz)
    Sound Chips: (3x) Texas Instruments SN76496 (@ 4.608 Mhz), OKI MSM5205 (@ 384 Khz)

    Screen orientation: Vertical
    Video resolution: 224 x 256 pixels
    Screen refresh: 60.00 Hz
    Palette colors: 32

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

    TRIVIA
    The gradually deprecating platforms in this game (in the form of beach-balls) may be the first occurrence of this mechanism in the platform game genre. Numerous other examples would follow, including such examples as the perishable missiles in Contra 3 (SNES) which the player would cling to mid-level for want of sterner grounding.

    While much of the content herein resembles the original Donkey Kong series, little else can be detracted from Dr. Micro in terms of originality.

    The 'Evil Doctor' nemesis may also have established its video gaming roots here- subsequent incarnations are most obvious in the RockMan / MegaMan series.

    Even the title's font seems to resemble Capcom's fine platform / shooter.

    It is also fair to say that Dr. Micro pioneers unusually detailed features for it’s time- the lifeboat beneath our hero's feet, for example, follows him meticulously throughout the first screen.

    The music that plays in the background is the song 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang', originally from the Metro Goldwyn Mayer musical of the same name. You're pretty much going to sing the song at some point if you play the game.

    STAFF
    Developed by: Sanritsu

    CONTRIBUTE
    Edit this entry: https://www.arcade-history.com/?&page=detail&id=685&o=2
    Informations provided by © Alexis Bousiges
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    NOTICE: The short version was discontinued in November 2019
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