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Star Hawk (スターホーク)

Released in 1981

Member Rating

*****
(1 total votes)

Manufacturer: Cinematronics
Developer: Cinematronics
Distributor: Cinematronics

Mame ROM Info
starhawk, Star Hawk

Display
Vector
Orientation
Horizontal
Resolution
0 x 0
Colors
256, ?Unknown?
Genre
Shooting
Attributes
Shooting
Controls
1 Joystick / Button(s)
Size/Weight of Upright
72.0000 " x 28.0000" x 30.0000"
'Star Hawk' marquee
game marquee

Game Summary

Space - shoot ships over space station

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

Awkward and sensitive joysticks - 2 player - obviously inspired by star wars trench sequence - b/w vector with colour overlays

Coinop.org Member Ratings / Comments

***** by Manta9914. Comment: "I remember this game from a long time ago, it was one of the first that I played in an actual arcade. At the time, these graphics were so cool and the sound effects were excellent but the game itself was challenging. Excellent game!" (2003-07-17 18:27:36Z)

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X-Arcade Controller
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'Star Hawk' cabinet photo
cabinet photo
'Star Hawk' title screen
title screen
'Star Hawk' gameplay screen shot
gameplay screen
'Star Hawk' control panel
control panel
'Star Hawk' promotional flyer
promotional flyer

"Maybe" Images

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Star Wars side art. Star Wars cabinet.

Knowledge Base

/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
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
LIST: NAMCO Video Games in Japan
Year Title ------------------------------- 1978 Gee Bee 1979 Bomb Bee Galaxian Cutie-Q 1980 Nabaron Kaitei Takarasagashi SOS Puck-Man King & Balloon Tank Battalion Rally-X 1981 New Rally-X Warp & Warp Galaga Bosconian 1982 Dig Dug Pole Position Super Pac Man Xevious 1983 Mappy Pac & Pal Phozon
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/faqs/list-namcojapan.html - 3 K - Updated 1999.07.27
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
Samurai Shodown Mini-FAQ
____ _ _ _ _ _ ____ _ _ / ___/ / |/ v \| | | | _ \ / | | | |__ / | | | | | |_| |/ | | Samurai Shodown mini-FAQ \__ \/ / | | | | | | | _ </ / | | Release 10 ___|/ _ | |_| | |_| | | \/ _ | | 11-05-93 | __/_/ |_|_| |_|\___/|_| /_/\|_|_| |/____ _ _ ___ ____ ___ _ _ __ _ / ___| | | |/ _ \| _ \ / _ \| |_| | \| | | |__ | |_| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | \__ \| _ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ___| | | | | |_| | |_| | |_| | | | | | ___/|_| |_|\___/ ____/ \___
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/faqs/faq-samurai shodown mini.html - 73 K - Updated 1999.10.29
/kb_dl.aspx/KB/historical documents/atari games vaxmail/vax85.txt
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
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/historical documents/atari games vaxmail/vax85.txt - 233 K - Updated 2004.09.13
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
/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
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
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/faqs/faq-arcade cheats.html - 112 K - Updated 1999.10.30
/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
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/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/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$MAIL:EVERYBODY CC: LTURNER Subj: New Baby This is to annouce the arrival of a new addition at the Moore house. His name is Evan Alexander Bettencourt Moore. He was born on Saturday, December 30, at 10:21A. Weight -- 7 lbs 10 oz Height -- 20 1/2 inches Mother and baby are home and doing well. _____________________________
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/historical documents/atari games vaxmail/vax90.txt - 537 K - Updated 2004.09.13
/kb_dl.aspx/KB/historical documents/atari games vaxmail/vax91.txt
Atari/Atari Games VaxMail 1991 Jed Margolin ___________________________________________________________________________ From: GAWD::MCCARTHY "Pat" 2-JAN-1991 12:37:15.74 To: @SYS$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. _____
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/historical documents/atari games vaxmail/vax91.txt - 834 K - Updated 2004.09.13

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