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Romset and name:
exterm Exterminator
Short name:
Exterminator
Manufacturer:
Premier Technology
Year:
Genre:
Shooter
Category:
Shooter / 3rd Person
Serie:
-
Driver source:
gottlieb/exterm.cpp
Language:
English
Similar games:
Input / Controls
Players:
Up to 2 players (solo, 2 concurrents)
Input:
Joystick 8 ways, Dial
Buttons / keys:
Coins:
Cabinet:
-
Free-play:
Supported
Rankings
Average user rating:
AntoPISA BestGame:
70 to 80 (Good)
MASH All-Time:
-
Video
Display:
256x240@59.557843 Hz, CRT 15kHz
Orientation:
Horizontal
Scrolling:
Unknown
Colors:
-
CPU:
MOS Technology 6502, Texas Instruments TMS34010
Audio
Sound:
Audio chips:
AD7528 DAC, AY-3-8913 PSG, Gottlieb Sound pin. 5, Speaker, YM2151 OPM
Romset
First release:
Mame 0.34b2 released on aug-30 1998
Last release:
Mame 0.264 released on mar-26 2024
Clone of:
-
Bios:
Not required
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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 35 years ago:

    Exterminator © 1989 Gottlieb.

    A wholly abstract approach to the shoot-em-up genre in which one or two players take control of a disembodied, digitized human hand and must kill the swarms of insects that have infested a street of houses.

    Exterminator is set in a street of houses and players must move from room to room in each property, clearing each one of the infestation, before moving onto the next house. Each player can initially only grab or 'thump' enemies (the latter for ground-based, crawling insects), but a number of power-ups, such as bug spray and somewhat bizarrely, a laser firing finger can be collected to make progress a little easier.

    TECHNICAL
    Game ID: V-101

    Main CPU: (2x) TMS34010 (@ 5 Mhz)
    Sound CPU: (2x) M6502 (@ 2 Mhz)
    Sound Chips: DAC, YM2151 (@ 4 Mhz)

    Players: 2
    Control: dial
    Buttons: 2

    TRIVIA
    Released in February 1989.

    This was the first game to use digitized graphics for every element of the game. It was also the first and only video game produced by Premier Technology and the last to carry the 'Gottlieb' badge. Production numbers are estimated at only 250 units worldwide; the machines proved to be very unreliable in the field and the abstract gameplay was not a huge hit with players. The dedicated and slightly odd cabinet design made it less appealing to operators, since many other games that were being released during that time were conversion kits. Exterminator remains one of the boldest, if least successful moves to bring something genuinely original to an increasingly staid arcade industry.

    TIPS AND TRICKS
    • On the first level inside the kitchens of houses one and 3, the freezer door swings open only once, releasing some floor-based enemies. If you get the hand in laser mode and shoot while the door is open, you will warp to the other house.

    STAFF
    Designed and programmed by: Warren Davis
    Graphics by: Jeff Lee
    Music by: Dave Zabriskie
    Sound by: Craig Beierwaltes

    PORTS
    • COMPUTERS:
    Atari ST (1991)
    Amstrad CPC (1991)
    Sinclair ZX Spectrum (1991)
    Commodore C64 (1991)
    Commodore Amiga (1991)

    CONTRIBUTE
    Edit this entry: https://www.arcade-history.com/?&page=detail&id=780&o=2
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