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M.A.C.H. 3

Released in 1983

Member Rating

*****
(4 total votes)

Manufacturer: Mylstar
Developer: Mylstar
Distributor: Mylstar

Mame ROM Info
mach3, M.A.C.H. 3
Display
Raster
Orientation
Horizontal
Resolution
256 x 240
Colors
16, Color
Genre
Full-Motion Video
Attributes
Simulation
Controls
1 Joystick / Button(s)
Size/Weight of Upright
69.0000 " x 24.5000" x 36.0000"
Size/Weight of Cockpit
63.5000 " x 29.5000" x 83.0000"
'M.A.C.H. 3' marquee
game marquee

Game Summary

Flying - Destroy ground and air targets. Has a fighter game and a bomber game. AKA Mach 3, M.A.C.H. III

Hardware Info

I86 cpu @ 5 Mhz
M6502 cpu @ 1 Mhz
M6502 cpu @ 1 Mhz
DAC audio
DAC audio
AY-8910 audio @ 2 Mhz
AY-8910 audio @ 2 Mhz

Hardware Platform: Laser

Game Details

First game to use a combination of laserdisc video backgrounds with computer generated overlaid targets, enemies, shots, etc.

M.A.C.H. III is actually two games: First, a fighter game where the video is shot from the nose of a plane flying through canyons and over various landscapes; second, a bombing game where the video is shot straight down from a plane flying over factories, plants, naval yards, and airports.

M.A.C.H. III uses the same main CPU & sound boards as Q*Bert, but adds a video mixer board and a Pioneer PR-8210 laserdisc player for the laserdisc video.

Mylstar came out with a conversion kit for M.A.C.H. III to make it an Us Vs Them. The kit is a new marquee, cabinent graphics, laserdisc & ROMS; it uses the same electronics, laserdisc player, and controls as M.A.C.H III

M.A.C.H III was available as both an upright and a sit-down/cockpit game.

Coinop.org Member Ratings / Comments

***** by jukeboxjunkyard. Comment: "Great game...anyone interested in a brand new in the crate game?? email me jonandcourtnie214@hotmail.com" (2005-07-12 22:15:40Z)

***** by jeffkics. Comment: "I would really like to have this game somehow, in a MAME or on a distributed working disk. Anyone with info let me know, jeffkics@hotmail.com" (2004-02-18 13:04:58Z)

***** by erdropoff. Comment: "This was my favorite game I would love a chance to play it again. " (2004-01-26 15:54:33Z)

***** by atomicarcade. Comment: "I remember the game well. Excellent game play. " (2002-12-17 22:51:33Z)

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'M.A.C.H. 3' cabinet photo
cabinet photo
'M.A.C.H. 3' title screen
title screen
'M.A.C.H. 3' gameplay screen shot
gameplay screen
'M.A.C.H. 3' control panel
control panel
'M.A.C.H. 3' promotional flyer
promotional flyer

Knowledge Base

Technical Information
Note: The information and links on this page might get moved around quite a bit before things get all sorted out. I'm just going to start putting up all kinds of information that I've had archived away, so please pardon the mess! :) Identifying Unknown Board Sets Back in 1994, Rick Schieve wrote an article about how to identify unknown boards. This article gives some quick tips on how to figure out what the pinouts are for an unknown PCB. The text is moderately technical so if you're not sure what R
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Atari/Atari Games VaxMail 1985 Jed Margolin ___________________________________________________________________________ From: KIM::SHEPPERD 4-JAN-1985 17:20 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK.UAF Subj: Printer in Rains's area There is another printer hooked up now in the phone closet near Rains's office. It's known as RAINS$PRINT and if you want it to be the default printer for you then put the following in your LOGIN.COM file: $ ASS 'f$log("RAINS$PRINT")' SYS$PRINT The physical name is TXD5:, but I advise
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/kb_dl.aspx/KB/pinouts/mach3.txt
GOTTLIEB INFORMATION: M.A.C.H. 3 PINOUTS ---------------------------------------------- CPU MA-498 (A1) SOLDER | COMPONENT -------------+--------------- _______ +5V |A | 1| GND +5V |B | 2| GND +5V |C | 3| Reset |D | 4| Coin Meter |E | 5| GND |F | 6| |H | 7|
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/kb_dl.aspx/KB/historical documents/atari games vaxmail/vax91.txt
Atari/Atari Games VaxMail 1991 Jed Margolin ___________________________________________________________________________ From: GAWD::MCCARTHY "Pat" 2-JAN-1991 12:37:15.74 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: MCCARTHY Subj: New employee. If you haven't already noticed or been introduced, we have a new employee starting today. His name is John Moore. He is a hardware design engineer in the Electrical Design group, reporting to me. His office is the corner cubicle just outside my office. Drop by and say Hi. _____
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Gottlieb System Boards Info
Submitted by Unknown Last updated: November 27, 1996 Gottlieb Video System Boards * GV-100 Reactor uses a MA-289 board which looks very similar to the GG-III system board with 2 noticeable exceptions, no battery & smaller 2732 type program roms near the edge connector (instead of the 2764's). It should be possible to adapt this game to run on the GG-III system board. GG-III system board are marked C-22248-3 and will run the following games... * GV-102 Mad Planets
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