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Romset and title:
armedf Armed F (Arcade)
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Publisher:
Nichibutsu
Year:
1988
Cores:
YM3812, DAC
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First release:
Mame 0.227 released on dec-31 2020
Last release:
Mame 0.278 released on jun-30 2025
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  • Arcade Video game published 37 years ago:

    Armed Formation © 1988 Nichibutsu.

    A vertically scrolling shoot'em up.

    TECHNICAL
    Main CPU: Motorola 68000 (@ 8 Mhz)
    Sound CPU: Zilog Z80 (@ 3.072 Mhz)
    Sound Chips: YM3812 (@ 4 Mhz), (2x) DAC (@ 4 Mhz)

    Screen Orientation: Vertical
    Video Resolution: 256 x 224 Pixels
    Screen Refresh: 57.00 Hz
    Palette Colors: 2048

    Players: 2
    Control: 8-Way Joystick
    Buttons: 2
    → Shoot, Formation

    TRIVIA
    Armed Formation was released in August 1988.

    Also licensed to Fillmore.

    Pony Canyon / Scitron released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Armed F, Crazy Climber 2 - PCCB-00020) on February 21, 1990.

    STAFF
    Director: Takanori Tanaka
    Planner: Tomoaki Kabayashi
    Main Programmer: Shinya Okuda
    Programmers: Osamu Tomiyama, Satoshi Fujiwara
    Main Designers: Hisaya Tsutsui, Shinji Kubota
    Designer: Takanori Tanaka
    Musician: Takeshi Yoshida
    Hard Enginner: Isao Shiki
    Special Thanks: Hiroshi Kitabata

    PORTS
    • CONSOLES:
    [JP] NEC PC-Engine (mar.23, 1990) "Armed Formation F [Model PV2004]"
    [JP] Sony PS4 [PSN] (may.27, 2016) "Arcade Archives - Armed F [Model CUSA-04469]"
    Sony PlayStation 4 [PSN] [US] (may.26, 2016) "Arcade Archives - Formation Armed F [Model CUSA-05184]"

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