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Star Castle (スターキャッスル)

Released in 1980

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Manufacturer: Cinematronics
Developer: Cinematronics
Distributor: Cinematronics

Mame ROM Info
starcas1, Star Castle (older)

Display
Vector
Orientation
Horizontal
Resolution
0 x 0
Colors
256, B/W
Genre
Shooting
Attributes
Space
Controls
Buttons
Size/Weight of Upright (boxed weight)
70.0000 " x 30.0000" x 26.5000" , 280.00lb.
'Star Castle' marquee
game marquee

Game Summary

Space - destroy the star castle

Hardware Platform: -Unique or Unknown-

Game Details

B/W vector - destroy walls of castle and destroy the laser cannon within

Coinop.org Member Ratings / Comments

by WildKaarde. Comment: "Goal is to punch a hole through the rings of the castle, and shoot the enemy within. Walls: Wall rotate sometimes in different directions. Walls will regenerate if you completely remove a wall, as well as over time. At least you can bounce off of the walls.... Mines: Enemy "floating mines" pop off of the outermost rotating walls, following mostly gravitic patterns.... More mines as the game progresses. Enemy: Did I mention that the enemy within the castle has a VERY BIG CANNON, which he keeps constantly aimed at you? Make sure to move after you've taken your shot! Cinematronics used colored acetate over the B/W display to fake colored rings. It worked well enough, as the color wasn't very important to the game. " (2002-12-28 16:17:13Z)

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'Star Castle' cabinet photo
cabinet photo
'Star Castle' title screen
title screen
'Star Castle' gameplay screen shot
gameplay screen
'Star Castle' control panel
control panel
'Star Castle' promotional flyer
promotional flyer

"Maybe" Images

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Knowledge Base

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
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The Bronze Age (1971 to 1980) Video Game List
Vers 2.7 May 12, 1998 additions/corrections to aek@spies.com and kk@clickto.com Note: Date may either be release date, date from a manual or schematic, or the date that a game appears in a publication Monitor Type ------------ H-- = Horizontal V-- = Vertical -R- = Raster -V- = Vector --B = B&W --O = Color Overlay --C = Color --P = Projection Name Manuf Date uP Man/ROM # ---- ----- -
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/faqs/list-bronzeagebyyear.html - 30 K - Updated 1999.10.29
Yet Another List
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/kb_dl.aspx/KB/gametech/listbyyear.txt
'H','R','B','Computer Space','Nutting Assoc',1971 'H','R','B','Pong','Atari',1972 'H','R','B','Astro Hockey','Brunswick',1973 'H','R','B','Astro Race','Taito(japan)',1973 'H','R','B','Davis Cup','Taito(japan)',1973 'H','R','B','Elepong','Taito(japan)',1973 'U','R','B','Elimination','Atari/Kee',1973 'H','R','B','Gotcha','Atari',1973 'H','R','C','Gotcha Color','Atari',1973 'H','R','B','Hockey','Ramtek',1973 'H','R','B','Hockey TV','Sega(japan)',1973 'H','R','B','Leader','Midway',1973 'H','R','B','
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/gametech/listbyyear.txt - 18 K - Updated 1999.07.10
/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
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TIME CRISIS ENEMIES GUIDE
Written by Desmond Hew wilddog_tc@hotmail.com Jun 18, 1999 [PLAYSTATION and ARCADE] This FAQ may be electronically reproduced in whole or part, free of charge, as long as credit is given to its author, Desmond Hew. This FAQ is NOT to be altered in any way or used for profitable/promotional purposes of any kind. This document was created and is owned only by me [Desmond Hew]. You can e-mail me at wilddog_tc@hotmail.com on your comments or whatsoever. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/faqs/faq-time crisis.html - 79 K - Updated 1999.07.26
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/kb_dl.aspx/KB/gamemanuals/cine/serv7.tiff
CINEMATRONICS tzzzz__ __zz 1 4GB Pioneer Way. El Cejen, California 92020 Telex—Cinemet 697891 (714)440-2933 ANALOG SWITCH SUBSTITUTION BOARD: 72—10968-XX The industry wide shortage of analog switch (LFl333l) which is used in the Cinematronics Display Assembly, has made it necessary to use a substitution. The replacement part is No H15045 (or H15049). Due to the discrepancy between the pinouts of the LF13331 aid the H15045, itis necessary to add a small printed circuit board to the display assembly to allow
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/kb_dl.aspx/KB/gamemanuals/cine/cineinst_0.1.txt
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File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/gamemanuals/cine/cineinst_0.1.txt - 31 K - Updated 1999.07.14
/kb_dl.aspx/KB/pinouts/star_castle.txt
Star Castle by Cinematronics ---------------------------- Item Description 1 2 3 4 ------------------------------------- Lives 3 Ships / Game - - 4 Ships / Game + - 5 Ships / Game - + 6 Ships / Game + + Coins 1 Coin /1 Credit - - 1 Coin /2 Credits + - 3 Coins/2 Credits - + 3 Coins/4 Credits + +
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/pinouts/star_castle.txt - 0 K - Updated 2003.01.06
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/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
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/kb_dl.aspx/KB/test_equipment/univid 1000/univid_harness.txt
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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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/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/historical documents/atari games vaxmail/vax86.txt
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/kb_dl.aspx/KB/historical documents/atari games vaxmail/vax88.txt
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/kb_dl.aspx/KB/historical documents/atari games vaxmail/vax90.txt
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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).
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