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Solar Quest

Released in 1981

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Manufacturer: Cinematronics
Developer: Cinematronics
Distributor: Cinematronics

Mame ROM Info
solarq, Solar Quest

Display
Vector
Orientation
Horizontal
Resolution
0 x 0
Colors
256, ?Unknown?
Genre
Shooting
Attributes
[no data]
Controls
Buttons
'Solar Quest' marquee
game marquee

Game Summary

Space - shoot things around a sun

Hardware Info

CCPU cpu @ 5 Mhz
* Samples audio

* Information was extracted from Mame, so "Samples audio" may indicate the game has analog sound hardware.

Hardware Platform: -Unique or Unknown-

Game Details

Escape pods can be caught for extra lives & bombs, or shot for points as they are caught in the star's gravity - generic Asteroids blaster - b/w vector

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'Solar Quest' cabinet photo
cabinet photo
'Solar Quest' title screen
title screen
'Solar Quest' gameplay screen shot
gameplay screen
'Solar Quest' control panel
control panel
'Solar Quest' promotional flyer
promotional flyer

Knowledge Base

/kb_dl.aspx/KB/gamemanuals/cine/cineinst_0.1.txt
CINEINST.TXT Preliminary description of the Cinematronics CPU and instruction set. Version: 0.1 Date: 01/31/97 Author: Zonn Moore E-mail: zonn@concentric.net (as of the above date) Released to the public domain by the author, distribute freely. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- PREFACE This information was gathered solely through the use of the program 'cinesim.c' and few digital data books, (and, well of c
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/gamemanuals/cine/cineinst_0.1.txt - 31 K - Updated 1999.07.14
A Random Games-list
Game Name Manufacturer Year Pinout Class ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ V 005 Sega 1981 18 Wheeler Midway 1979 3D Bowling MED 1978 H 720 Degrees Atari Games 1986 800 Fathom USB 1982 H Aeroboto William
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/faqs/list-randomgames.html - 73 K - Updated 1999.10.29
/kb_dl.aspx/KB/historical documents/atari games vaxmail/vax86.txt
Atari/Atari Games VaxMail 1986 Jed Margolin ___________________________________________________________________________ From: ERNIE::GRAHAM 2-JAN-1986 10:21:33.70 To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK CC: Subj: ATARI GAMES 401-K PLAN John Klein asked me to put the following memo out on junk mail: TO: All Employees FROM: John Klein/Dennis Wood We are quite pleased to report that our 401-K Plan has gotten off to an excellent start. As of today we had 118 employees making contributions to the Plan. We encoura
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/historical documents/atari games vaxmail/vax86.txt - 342 K - Updated 2004.09.13
/kb_dl.aspx/KB/gamemanuals/cine/solarq12.tiff
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File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/gamemanuals/cine/solarq12.tiff - 62 K - Updated 1998.03.22
/kb_dl.aspx/KB/gamemanuals/cine/solarq11.tiff
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File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/gamemanuals/cine/solarq11.tiff - 56 K - Updated 1998.03.22
Yet Another List
O-Taito is the Old Taito pinout on wiretap. N-Taito is the New-Taito pinout (Like Elevator Action). Quote by R. Schieve: "Taito.pin will match most for power, ground, monitor, and speaker connections but inputs are usually quite different." DECO/Data East is the Data East pinout. See Ring King.pin or KarateChamp.pin.I AtariV is Black Widow and Gravitar and Space Duel Konami if the Konami pinout. See Konami\Rush'n'Attack.pin. BZone is Battle Zone and Red Baron Tehkan games seem to follow th
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/faqs/list-yetanothergameslist.html - 49 K - Updated 2002.06.10
FAQ: Conversion v1.1
COPYRIGHT 1994 REVISION NUMBER: 1.1 REVISION DATE: 02 November 1994 REVISION HISTORY: 1.1 (02/11/94 - Clarified technical details in {6.4}, Added a few words on manuals in {7.3} and analog controllers in {8.1.3}) REVISION HISTORY: 1.0 (01/11/94 - First public release; FTP only) CREATED BY: Doug Jefferys, Steve Ozdemir THANX TO: Wayne Aiken, Graham Bisset, Duncan Brown, David Hanes, Tony Jones, John Keay, Patti Ozd
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/faqs/faq-conversion_v1.1.html - 117 K - Updated 1999.07.27
/kb_dl.aspx/KB/gametech/cinematronics-history.txt
THE HISTORY OF CINEMATRONICS AND A DESCRIPTION OF THEIR VECTOR GAMES -------------------------------------------------------------------- COPYRIGHT 1994, 1995 REVISION NUMBER: 2.0 REVISION DATE: 23 December 1994 REVISION HISTORY: 1.0 (02/11/92 - First attempt at listing and ordering all Cinematronics games.) REVISION HISTORY: 2.0 (12/23/94 - Rearranged sections, added new sections for Barrier, Speed Freak, Boxing Bugs,
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/gametech/cinematronics-history.txt - 50 K - Updated 1994.12.28
JAMMA/AAMA Standard Connector Pinouts and JAMMA Game list
JAMMA/AAMA Standard Connector Pinouts and JAMMA Game List
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/gametech/jamma tech.html - 46 K - Updated 2002.05.17
/kb_dl.aspx/KB/datasheets/cinematronics/cineinst.txt
CINEINST.TXT Preliminary description of the Cinematronics CPU and instruction set. Version: 0.1 Date: 01/31/97 Author: Zonn Moore E-mail: zonn@concentric.net (as of the above date) Released to the public domain by the author, distribute freely. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- PREFACE This information was gathered solely through the use of the program 'cinesim.c' and few digital data books, (and, well of course, a schem
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/datasheets/cinematronics/cineinst.txt - 30 K - Updated 1997.02.02
/kb_dl.aspx/KB/gametech/cinemonitorrepair.txt
From: zonn@concentric.net (Zonn Moore) Newsgroups: rec.games.video.arcade.collecting Subject: Re: TECH:Cinematronics vectors Date: Tue, 18 Mar 1997 06:55:00 GMT Organization: Concentric Internet Services Lines: 67 Message-ID: <332e3261.814372@news.concentric.net> References: <01bc3420$86b5f200$228480d0@default> Reply-To: zonn@concentric.net NNTP-Posting-Host: cnc132049.concentric.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Newsreader: Forte Agent .99g/1
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/gametech/cinemonitorrepair.txt - 35 K - Updated 1997.08.07
LIST: JAMMA Games
H '88 Games Konami 1988 JAMMA 1941 Capcom 1990 JAMMA V 1943: The Battle of Midway Capcom 1988 JAMMA H 3 Wonders Capcom 1991 JAMMA H 9 Ball Shoot Out Bundra JAMMA V Aero Fighters McO'River 1992 JAMMA H Air Buster Namcoi/Kaneko 1990 JAMMA V Ajax
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/faqs/list-jamma.html - 27 K - Updated 2000.06.20
/kb_dl.aspx/KB/gametech/cinematronicsconversions.txt
STEPS TO RO -> RO + SC or SC -> SC + RO CINEMATRONIC CONVERSION --------------------------------------------------------------- PARTS FOR SIMPLE CONVERSION: Rip Off (RO) control panel and RO (or Star Castle (SC)) motherboard. A SC (or RO) sound board. 9 pin molex connectors (plus 8 male pins and 1 female pin) to power each of the sound boards. One 9 pin molex connector (plus 1 male pin and 8 femail pins) to tap into the cabinets power to the sound board.
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/gametech/cinematronicsconversions.txt - 25 K - Updated 1994.10.19
/kb_dl.aspx/KB/gametech/conversion_faq_v1.1.txt
1.0) Conversion FAQ: -------------------- COPYRIGHT 1994 REVISION NUMBER: 1.1 REVISION DATE: 02 November 1994 REVISION HISTORY: 1.1 (02/11/94 - Clarified technical details in {6.4}, Added a few words on manuals in {7.3} and analog controllers in {8.1.3}) REVISION HISTORY: 1.0 (01/11/94 - First public release; FTP only) CREATED BY: Doug Jefferys, Steve Ozdemir THANX TO: Wayne Aiken, Graham Bisset, Duncan Brown, David Hanes, To
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/gametech/conversion_faq_v1.1.txt - 115 K - Updated 1994.11.02
/kb_dl.aspx/KB/historical documents/atari games vaxmail/vax88.txt
Atari/Atari Games VaxMail 1988 Jed Margolin ___________________________________________________________________________ From: MIKE::LIEBSTER 4-JAN-1988 14:39:28.82 To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY CC: Subj: PAYMENT OF CONSULTANTS/CONTRACTORS STARTING THIS YEAR WE WILL BE PAYING CONSULTANTS AND CONTRACTORS THROUGH PAYROLL INSTEAD OF ACCOUNTS PAYABLE. THIS WILL ALLOW US TO AUTOMATICALLY KEEP TRACK AND GENERATE YEAR-END 1099 INFORMATION. THIS WILL APPLY TO ALL CONTRACTORS OR COMPANIES THAT ARE NO
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/historical documents/atari games vaxmail/vax88.txt - 293 K - Updated 2004.09.13
/kb_dl.aspx/KB/historical documents/atari games vaxmail/vax90.txt
Atari/Atari Games VaxMail 1990 Jed Margolin ___________________________________________________________________________ From: BERT::LTURNER 2-JAN-1990 15:43:12.18 To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY CC: LTURNER Subj: New Baby This is to annouce the arrival of a new addition at the Moore house. His name is Evan Alexander Bettencourt Moore. He was born on Saturday, December 30, at 10:21A. Weight -- 7 lbs 10 oz Height -- 20 1/2 inches Mother and baby are home and doing well. _____________________________
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/historical documents/atari games vaxmail/vax90.txt - 537 K - Updated 2004.09.13
Cinematronics CPU and instruction set.
Version: 1.0 Date: 07/31/97 Author: Zonn Moore E-mail: zonn@concentric.net (as of the above date) Released to the public domain by the author, distribute freely. Revision History: ----------------- Version 0.1, 01/31/97 Initial release. Version 1.0, 07/31/97 Added Color and Intensity descriptions. Added Description of the Coin Counter. Fixed some bugs in the Vector Draw description (I had the registers backwards).
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/gametech/cineinst.html - 38 K - Updated 2000.01.23

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