Maniac Square (unprotected, Version 1.0, Checksum BB73) - MAME machine

Arcade Video game published 32 years ago:

Maniac Square © 1992 Gaelco.

TECHNICAL
Main CPU: Motorola 68000 (@ 13 Mhz)
Sound Chips: GAELCO (@ 13 Mhz)

Screen orientation: Horizontal
Video resolution: 320 x 240 pixels
Screen refresh: 59.10 Hz
Palette colors: 65520

Players: 2
Control: 8-way joystick
Buttons: 1

TRIVIA
Releases in April 1992.

The final version (that is very different) was released in 1996, 4 years after the prototype (see Updates section for more info).

Default highscore table (RANKING):
NALME SCORE
1 PAB 200
2 TOM 180
3 RIC 160
4 JPC 140
5 EVM 120
6 JQB 100
7 GIF 80
8 ARJ 60
9 GOJ 40

UPDATES
Differences between the Prototype version (Game ID: 922804/2) and the final release:

• The Prototype uses a OKI6295 @ 8 Khz instead of the GAELCO @ 13 Mhz.
• The Prototype has a very different soundtrack, which creates a different atmosphere when playing the game (Prototype has guitar music, Final release has folk songs, such as Barnacle Bill).
• In the Prototype version there is a digital scoreboard that was not there in the final version.
• In the final release, there are no special blocks and helps.
• In the final release, when only one player plays, the playing area is centered in the screen.
• In the final release, when there is only one player playing the game, the screen has only one playing field.
• The final release is an endurance game, while the Prototype is ala Tetris from Atari, a levels game.

STAFF
Programmers: Tomas Cepeda, Pablo Martinez, Raul Izquierdo
Graphic designer: Gerardo Oporto

CONTRIBUTE
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