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Romset and name:
stratgyx Strategy X
Short name:
Strategy X
Manufacturer:
Konami
Year:
Genre:
Shooter
Category:
Shooter / Driving Vertical
Serie:
-
Driver source:
galaxian/scobra.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:
Not supported
Rankings
Average user rating:
AntoPISA BestGame:
50 to 60 (Not Good Enough)
MASH All-Time:
-
Video
Display:
256x224@60.606061 Hz, CRT 15kHz
Orientation:
Horizontal
Scrolling:
Unknown
Colors:
-
CPU:
Zilog Z80
Audio
Sound:
Audio chips:
AY-3-8910A PSG, Speaker
Romset
First release:
Mame 0.31 released on apr-25 1998
Last release:
Mame 0.264 released on mar-26 2024
Clone of:
-
Clones:
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 43 years ago:

    Strategy X © 1981 Konami.

    Advance to the base and destroy Emmortalian.

    Even Patton would spend all his quarters attempting to advance through the four attack levels (and base) of Strategy X, Konami's latest tank attack video game. The tank commander's life isn't an easy one.

    Part 1: Defend yourself against rotating cannons.
    Part 2: Watch out for attacking Jeeps.
    Part 3: Careful! Here come attacking and shooting tanks.
    Part 4: Rotating cannons again, but this time against a moving background.
    Part BASE: Destroy bricks, watch out for colored bombs, don't disregard rotating cannons either and move until you reach an octagonal mine. Destroy it.

    Aside from an on-going battle, he has to watch out for obstacles and rough terrain. Brick walls destroy tanks, although they can be shot away. TNT, rather nasty stuff... explodes when shot, but destroys all objects in the area. Stay off pink backgrounds. If an alien base is found and destroyed, advance to the next level of difficulty.

    Strategy X. There's never been a war game like it. It blows minds, and quarters.

    TECHNICAL
    GAME ID: GX306

    Main CPU: Zilog Z80 (@ 3.072 Mhz)
    Sound CPU: Zilog Z80 (@ 1.78975 Mhz)
    Sound Chips: (2x) General Instrument AY8910 (@ 1.78975 Mhz)
    Screen orientation: horizontal
    Screen resolution: 256x224

    Players: up to 2 (alternate)
    Control: 8-way joystick
    Buttons: 3
    → [A] = fire, [B] = rotate turret left, [C] = rotate turret right

    TRIVIA
    Strategy X was released in October 1981.

    Licensed to Stern for US manufacture and distribution (December 1981).
    A silent engine sound taken from Scramble is played during part 4.

    'Emmortalian' is spelled as 'Immortalian' on Japanese flyer of Strategy X. Mine is written as 'Mein' also on Japanese flyer.

    You can continue a game: just press fire (discharge) button after you inserted an additional coin.

    All the scores are anonymous.

    A bootleg of this game is known as "Strong X" and is labeled as 1982 release.

    SCORING
    • 1 second of play: 10 points.
    • Fuel dock (only when refueling): 100; 200 or 300 points (always randomly).
    • TNT: 50 points.
    • Cannon: 80 points.
    • Jeep: 100 points.
    • Tank: 100 points.
    • Base (Immortalian): 999 points.

    TIPS AND TRICKS
    • Extra life is earned at 10000 points (the only point threshold), other extra life is earned after destruction of base at flag 1.
    • Rotate the turret: required to destroy a cannon (or anything else) when you're hidden behind the walls.
    • Don't drive into any mine: doing so causes a tank destruction and life loss. Beware of them when you're on a slip zone (ice).
    • Watch the fuel: when you hear a signal, stop at a fuel dock and refuel, even if the meter is barely filled. Always refuel to the upper limits independently on the tank's content.
    • TNT packages in part 'base' are multi-color. These packages are timed bombs. Don't come too close when a bomb is flashing fast - this means the bomb is about to explode.
    • Destroy the base from the outside - inside destruction will cause a life loss.

    PORTS
    • CONSOLES:
    [US] Atari 2600 (1981) [Model RC-101-X 02]

    CONTRIBUTE
    Edit this entry: https://www.arcade-history.com/?&page=detail&id=2643&o=2
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