Cosmic Alien (version II, set 1)
Game Information
| manufacturer | Universal |
| year | 1979 |
| Cloned by | cosmica1 cosmica22 cosmica23 cosmica2a |
| genre | Shoot-'Em-Up |
| downloads | 67 |
Screenshots
Download Details
| split set | cosmica.zip 11.03KiB |
| merged set | cosmica.7z 13.40KiB |
| standalone set | cosmica.7z 9.47KiB |
Game Details
Arcade Video game published 45 years ago:
Cosmic Alien (c) 1979 Universal.
An early vertical space shoot'em up game.
- TECHNICAL -
Game ID : 7910
Main CPU : Zilog Z80 (@ 1.802666 Mhz)
Screen orientation : Vertical
Video resolution : 192 x 256 pixels
Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz
Palette colors : 8
Players : 2
Control : 2-way joystick
Buttons : 1
- TRIVIA -
Cosmic Alien was released in January 1980 (even if title screen says 1979).
Justin Baxter holds the official record for this game with 502,950 points on April 1, 2012.
- SERIES -
Cosmic Series
1. Cosmic Monsters [Upright model] (1979)
2. Cosmic Monsters 2 (1979)
3. Cosmic Guerilla (1979)
4. Cosmic Alien (1980)
5. Devil Zone (1980)
6. Zero Hour (1980)
7. Space Panic (1980)
Driver Details
| source | universal/cosmic.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 | 192 |
| refresh rate | 58.64hz |
Input Details
| player: | 1 |
| type | joy |
| directions | 2way |
| buttons | 1way |
| player: | 2 |
| type | joy |
| directions | 2way |
| buttons | 1way |
Chipset Details
| Zilog Z80 | 1.80mhz |
| Speaker | present |
| Samples | present |
ROM Details
| name | size | crc |
|---|---|---|
| ii-1.e3 | 2.00KiB | 535ee0c5 |
| ii-2.e4 | 2.00KiB | ed3cf8f7 |
| ii-3.e5 | 2.00KiB | 6a111e5e |
| ii-4.e6 | 2.00KiB | c9b5ca2a |
| ii-5.e7 | 2.00KiB | 43666d68 |
| ii-7.n2 | 2.00KiB | aa6c6079 |
| ii-6.n1 | 2.00KiB | 431e866c |
| u7910.d9 | 32.00B | dfb60f19 |
| 9.e2 | 1.00KiB | ea4ee931 |
| 8.k3 | 1.00KiB | acbd4e98 |