Astro Blaster (アストロブラスター)

Released in 1981

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(2 total votes)

Manufacturer: Sega

Developer: Sega

Distributor: Sega

Display Raster	Orientation Vertical
Resolution 224 x 256	Colors 65, Color
Genre Shooting	Attributes [no data]
Controls 4 Buttons

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Game Summary

Space - Shoot aliens & dock with mothership

Hardware Platform: G80 raster

Game Details

Astro Blaster is the unofficial sequel to Astro Fighter. As such it is a great improvement. The game features 29 different attack waves, spread over 6 sectors. Between sectors, the player negotiates a meteor shower, and then docks with a mothership. One of the first games to speak to the player. This would say such things as "Fuel status marginal" and "Laser temperature critical". In addition to the conventional left-right-fire buttons, there was also a Warp button. The Warp could be used once in a sector, and it slowed down the action to almost a standstill, during which the voice would count down from 10 until normal speed was resumed.

Coinop.org Member Ratings / Comments

by settingsons. Comment: "When I played this in the arcades in my early teens, it was by far the best shoot 'em up around. As previously mentioned the cabinet used to shake and rumble with the roar of the ships engine. It really sent the pulse racing. I play this with Mame now, and still get the same excitement from the game. Totally underrated - a lost gem." (2005-03-19 11:57:05Z)

by Reinen. Comment: "I`ve only ever seen this game in one place - and man, they had the volume on it pumped up so loud the entire cabinet shook, you`d walk away with a piercing ringing in your ears after ten minutes of gameplay. `Pilots needed for sector wars - Play Astro Blaster!` You wanna see the cabinet rumble (literally) when the asteroid (?) field drops down on you. Superb game!" (2003-02-18 09:21:38Z)

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Gremlin/Sega EPROM / Board Numbers
Submitted by Unknown Gremlin/Sega EPROM / Board Numbers Manual Part Numbers: ------------------- Head-On 420-0193 Gee Bee 420-0199 Monaco GP 420-0358 Head On 2 / Invinco 420-0359 Astro Fighter 420-0410 or 420-0411 Carnival 420-0498 Moon Cresta 420-0518 Space Firebird 420-0533 Astro Blaster 420-0552 Space Tactics 420-0556 Pulsar 420-0601 G08 Color X/Y 420-0605 Spac
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/gametech/sega-gremlineprom.html - 5 K - Updated 2000.01.20

Sega Convert-a-Game EPROM Mapping
Submitted by Unknown Begin End Board --------------------------------------- 8 18 Space Odyssey Back Scene Hardware 1 808 812 Astro Blaster Speech board 829 Astro Blaster CPU EPROM 837 852 Astro Blaster 888 906 Space Odyssey 959 Space Odyssey 960 968 Space Fury 969 Space Fury, and cocktail and upright Eliminators CPU EPROM 970 972 Space Fury speech board 1158 1170 Eliminator ??? 1200 1212 El
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/gametech/segaconvertaeprommap.html - 1 K - Updated 2000.01.20

Arcade PCB Pinouts
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LIST: SEGA Video Games in Japan
http://jedi.seg.kobe-u.ac.jp/~miyamo/game/ Year Title Title (Kanji) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1973 Pong Tron ポントロン Pong Tron II ポントロン２ Hockey TV ホッケーＴＶ 1974 Mini Hockey ミニホッケー Table Hockey テーブルホッケー Goal Kick ゴールキック 1975 Balloon Gun バルーンガン Erase イレース
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Astro Blaster pinouts
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Sega G80 Hardware Reference
Version 1.20 25 Oct 1997 Main Processor: Z80 at 3.86712 MHz (vector games) Z80 at 8.00000 MHz (raster games) Sound Processor: 8035 Test button on CPU board asserts NMI 40Hz interrupt from vector timing board There is an 8*8 hardware multiplier on the XY control board Memory Map 0000 - 07FF 2k ROM on CPU board (power on diagnostics) 0800 - BFFF 46k ROM board C800 - CFFF 2k RAM on CPU board D000 - DFFF downloadable RAM on universal sound board E000 - EFFF 4k Vector RAM E000 - E
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Seaga/Gremlin X-Y FAQ
======================== The Sega/Gremlin X-Y FAQ version 1.6 written by: Mark Jenison ======================== 1. Introduction 2. The X-Y Convert-a-Game system a. The System 1. CPU boards 2. X-Y timing and control boards 3. Sound boards 4. EPROM boards b. Monitor: Electrohome G08 X-Y c. Power supply 3. Games a. Space Fury b. Star Trek c. Eliminato
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/kb_dl.aspx/KB/pinouts/astroblaster.txt
ASTRO BLASTER STD VIDEO J5 J1 ------- --------- 1 -12V 1 VID 2 +12V 2 3 AC OR +12 3 VID 4 GND 4 5 GND 5 VID 6 GND 6 7 -5V 7 8 +5V 8 9 +5V 9 SYNC 10 +5V 10 11 12 13 14
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The Sega/Gremlin X-Y FAQ
======================== The Sega/Gremlin X-Y FAQ version 1.6 written by: Mark Jenison ======================== 1. Introduction 2. The X-Y Convert-a-Game system a. The System 1. CPU boards 2. X-Y timing and control boards 3. Sound boards 4. EPROM boards b. Monitor: Electrohome G08 X-Y c. Power supply 3. Games a. Space Fury b. Star Trek c. Eliminato
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Arcade Game Cheats
--- 720 --- (Contributor: unknown) In the ramp section, levels 8, 9, and 10: holding down the kick and jump buttons simultanously on the lip of the ramp will boost your air. This trick only works when you're going the correct speed (usually your third or fourth jump), and only once (as far as I can tell) per ramp session per level. ----------- Afterburner ----------- (Contributor: Anthony D. Chen) key: S - start button V - vulcan cannon M - missle F - foot sensor (only on sit-down version) stag
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