Desert Gun
Game Information
| manufacturer | Dave Nutting Associates / Midway |
| year | 1977 |
| cloned by | roadrunm |
| genre | N/A |
| downloads | 91 |
Screenshots
Download Details
| split set | desertgu.zip 5.88k |
| merged set | desertgu.7z 5.37k |
| standalone set | desertgu.7z 5.31k |
Game Details
Arcade Video game published 48 years ago:
Desert Gun (c) 1977 Midway.
A first-person shoot'em up. It takes place in a desert where the player tries to shoot roadrunners, buzzards and other animals.
- TECHNICAL -
Game No. 618
Main CPU : Intel 8080 (@ 1.9968 Mhz)
Sound Chips : Discrete circuitry
Screen orientation : Horizontal
Video resolution : 256 x 224 pixels
Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz
Palette colors : 2
Players : 1
Control : lightgun
Buttons : 1
- TRIVIA -
Released in July 1977.
Desert Gun was originally named "Road Runner (Midway Mfg. Co. [USA])". The name was changed when Midway merged with Bally who had a game by the same title. According to Jay Fenton, the real reason for the name change was to avoid legal problems with Warner Bros.
- CONTRIBUTE -
Edit this entry: https://www.arcade-history.com/?&page=detail&id=626&o=2
Desert Gun (c) 1977 Midway.
A first-person shoot'em up. It takes place in a desert where the player tries to shoot roadrunners, buzzards and other animals.
- TECHNICAL -
Game No. 618
Main CPU : Intel 8080 (@ 1.9968 Mhz)
Sound Chips : Discrete circuitry
Screen orientation : Horizontal
Video resolution : 256 x 224 pixels
Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz
Palette colors : 2
Players : 1
Control : lightgun
Buttons : 1
- TRIVIA -
Released in July 1977.
Desert Gun was originally named "Road Runner (Midway Mfg. Co. [USA])". The name was changed when Midway merged with Bally who had a game by the same title. According to Jay Fenton, the real reason for the name change was to avoid legal problems with Warner Bros.
- CONTRIBUTE -
Edit this entry: https://www.arcade-history.com/?&page=detail&id=626&o=2
Driver Details
| source | midw8080/mw8080bw.cpp |
| status | imperfect |
| emulation | good |
| savestate | supported |
| type | sound |
| status | imperfect |
Screen Details
| display | screen |
| type | raster |
| orientation | horizontal |
| width | 260px |
| height | 224px |
| refresh | 59.54mhz |
Input Details
| player | 1 |
| type | lightgun |
| buttons | 1 |
| directions | N/A |
Chipset Details
| name | Intel 8080 |
| clock | 1.90mhz |
| name | Speaker |
| clock | N/A |
| name | Discrete Sound |
| clock | N/A |
ROM Details
| name | size | crc |
|---|---|---|
| 9316.1h | 2.00k | c0030d7c |
| 9316.1g | 2.00k | 1ddde10b |
| 9316.1f | 2.00k | 808e46f1 |
| desertgu.e | 2.00k | ac64dc62 |