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800 Fathoms

Game Information
manufacturer Amenip (US Billiards Inc. license)
year 1981
Clone of mariner
genre Shoot-'Em-Up
downloads 30
Screenshots
800fath title
800fath snap
800fath gameover
800fath scores
800fath bosses
Download Details
split set 800fath.zip 5.48KiB
parent set mariner.zip 16.71KiB
merged set mariner.7z 13.91KiB
standalone set 800fath.7z 13.79KiB
Game Details

Arcade Video game published 43 years ago:

800 Fathoms (c) 1981 U.S. Billiards.

An old horizontally scrolling shoot'em up with a vertically scrolling background. The player has to guide a submarine armed with torpedoes and missiles through five levels while fighting different underwater terrors. At the end of each area the boss-submarine appears.

- TECHNICAL -

Cabinet dimensions : 67.5'' high x 25.5'' deep x 28'' wide
Weight : 235 lbs

Main CPU : Zilog Z80 (@ 3.072 Mhz)
Sound Chips : General Instrument AY8910 (@ 1.78975 Mhz)

Screen orientation : Vertical
Video resolution : 224 x 256 pixels
Screen refresh : 60.61 Hz
Palette colors : 114

Players : 2
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 2

- TRIVIA -

Driver Details
source galaxian/scramble.cpp
driver status imperfect
emulation status good
save states supported
sound imperfect
channels 1
Screen Details
display screen
type raster
orientation vertical
width 256
height 224
refresh rate 60.61hz
Input Details
player: 1
type joy
directions 8way
buttons 2way
player: 2
type joy
directions 8way
buttons 2way
Chipset Details
Zilog Z80 3.07mhz
Speaker present
AY-3-8910A PSG 1.54mhz
ROM Details
name size crc
tu1.2h 4.00KiB 5dd3d42f
tm2.2k 4.00KiB efe7ca28
tm3.2l 4.00KiB 027881a6
tm4.2m 4.00KiB a0fde7dc
tu5.2p 4.00KiB f864a8a6
tm8.5f 4.00KiB 70ae611f
tm9.5h 4.00KiB 8e4e999e
t4.6e 32.00B ca42b6dd
t6.6p 256.00B ad208ccc
t5.7p 32.00B 1bd88cff