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Hard Hat

Game Information
manufacturer Exidy
year 1982
genre Maze
downloads 44
Screenshots
hardhat title
hardhat snap
hardhat gameover
hardhat scores
Download Details
split set hardhat.zip 19.49KiB
merged set hardhat.7z 16.34KiB
standalone set hardhat.7z 16.35KiB
Game Details

Arcade Video game published 42 years ago:

Hard Hat (c) 1982 Exidy.

You are a carpenter and you are being chased by hammers and whirlwinds through a grid of scaffolding. You can move the scaffolding to move letters and spell EXIDY and HARD HAT.

- TECHNICAL -

The hardware is identical to another Exidy game, "Pepper II".

Main CPU : MOS Technology M6502 (@ 705.562 Khz)
Sound CPU : MOS Technology M6502 (@ 894.886 Khz)
Sound Chips : Custom (@ 894.886 Khz)

Screen orientation : Horizontal
Video resolution : 248 x 256 pixels
Screen refresh : 57.00 Hz
Palette colors : 8

Players : 1
Control : 4-way joystick
Buttons : 1

- TRIVIA -

Released in November 1982. It was taunted as the 'First Educational Coin-Op Game'.

- STAFF -

Driver Details
source exidy/exidy.cpp
driver status good
emulation status good
save states supported
channels 1
Screen Details
display screen
type raster
orientation horizontal
width 256
height 256
refresh rate 60.00hz
Input Details
player: 1
type joy
directions 4way
buttons 1way
Chipset Details
MOS Technology 6502 705.56khz
MOS Technology 6502 894.89khz
Exidy SFX+PSG present
Speaker present
ROM Details
name size crc
hhl-2.11a 4.00KiB 7623deea
hhl-2.10a 4.00KiB e6bf2fb1
hhl-2.9a 4.00KiB acc2bce5
hhl-2.8a 4.00KiB 23c7a2f8
hhl-2.7a 4.00KiB 6f7ce1c2
hhl-2.6a 4.00KiB 2a20cf10
hha-1.5a 2.00KiB 16a5a183
hha-1.6a 2.00KiB bde64021
hha-1.7a 2.00KiB 505ee5d3
hhl-1.11d 2.00KiB dbcdf353