Astro Invader
Game Information
| manufacturer | Konami (Stern Electronics license) |
| year | 1980 |
| clone of | kamikaze |
| other clones | astinvad astinvadb betafrce kosmokil |
| genre | N/A |
| downloads | 0 |
Screenshots
Download Details
| split set | astinvad.zip 6.23k |
| parent set | kamikaze.zip 5.79k ↗ |
| standalone set | astinvad.7z 5.16k |
Game Details
Arcade Video game published 45 years ago:
Astro Invader (c) 1980 Stern Electronics.
Export release. Game developed in Japan. See "Kamikaze" for more information about the game itself.
- TRIVIA -
Released in June 1980.
This game appears in Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers music video for the song 'You Got Lucky' (1982).
Fred Pastore of Medford, Massachusetts, holds the official record for this game with 56,330 points on June 4, 2006.
An Italian bootleg of this game is known as "Kosmo Killer".
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Edit this entry: https://www.arcade-history.com/?&page=detail&id=132&o=2
Astro Invader (c) 1980 Stern Electronics.
Export release. Game developed in Japan. See "Kamikaze" for more information about the game itself.
- TRIVIA -
Released in June 1980.
This game appears in Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers music video for the song 'You Got Lucky' (1982).
Fred Pastore of Medford, Massachusetts, holds the official record for this game with 56,330 points on June 4, 2006.
An Italian bootleg of this game is known as "Kosmo Killer".
- CONTRIBUTE -
Edit this entry: https://www.arcade-history.com/?&page=detail&id=132&o=2
Driver Details
| source | stern/astinvad.cpp |
| status | imperfect |
| emulation | good |
| savestate | supported |
| type | sound |
| status | imperfect |
Screen Details
| display | screen |
| type | raster |
| orientation | horizontal |
| width | 256px |
| height | 224px |
| refresh | 60mhz |
Input Details
| player | 1 |
| type | joy |
| buttons | 1 |
| directions | 2 |
| player | 2 |
| type | joy |
| buttons | 1 |
| directions | 2 |
Chipset Details
| name | Zilog Z80 |
| clock | 1.91mhz |
| name | Speaker |
| clock | N/A |
| name | Samples |
| clock | N/A |
ROM Details
| name | size | crc |
|---|---|---|
| ai_cpu_1.rom | 1.00k | 20e3ec41 |
| ai_cpu_2.rom | 1.00k | e8f1ab55 |
| ai_cpu_3.rom | 1.00k | a0092553 |
| ai_cpu_4.rom | 1.00k | be14185c |
| ai_cpu_5.rom | 1.00k | fee681ec |
| ai_cpu_6.rom | 1.00k | eb338863 |
| ai_cpu_7.rom | 1.00k | 16dcfea4 |
| ai_vid_c.rom | 1.00k | b45287ff |