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Looper

Game Information
manufacturer Orca
year 1982
clone of changes
other clones changesa looper
genre N/A
downloads 0
Screenshots
looper title
looper title
Download Details
split set looper.zip 7.99k
parent set changes.zip 20.80k
standalone set looper.7z 18.65k
Game Details
Arcade Video game published 43 years ago:

Looper (c) 1982 Orca.

This maze game is quite similar to "Pac-Man". The player controls a caterpillar that crawls along the branches of a maze-like tree eating nuts and strawberries while avoiding deadly bugs and a hungry bird. The caterpillar changes into a butterfly after everything has been eaten.

The caterpillar must eat all the strawberries and nuts on each level to become a butterfly. Eating a strawberry temporarily makes the caterpillar invincible allowing it to kill the deadly bugs and score 400 bonus points ber bug. If the caterpillar remains still for too long, an invincible owl (replaced by an invincible bat in later levels) will appear. If your catepillar moves, the owl or bat will disappear. If your catepillar remains still, the invincible owl or bat will chase the caterpillar, albiet not very effrctively.

When the caterpillar crosses over a pivot branch, all the branches will rotate at once, and any bugs that are on those branches will fall off and score 400, 800, 1600 and 3200 points, depending on the amount of bugs killed. Keep an eye out for the flowers that will appear below the house - they will reward you between 400 and 3200 points, depending on the level.

- TECHNICAL -

Main CPU : Zilog Z80 (@ 3.072 Mhz)
Sound Chips : General Instrument AY8910 (@ 1.5 Mhz)

Players : 2
Control : 8-way joystick

- TRIVIA -

Later re-released as "Changes".

- CONTRIBUTE -

Edit this entry: https://www.arcade-history.com/?&page=detail&id=1407&o=2
Driver Details
source orca/marineb.cpp
status good
emulation good
savestate supported
Screen Details
display screen
type raster
orientation horizontal
width 256px
height 224px
refresh 60mhz
Input Details
player 1
type joy
buttons N/A
directions 8
player 2
type joy
buttons N/A
directions 8
Chipset Details
name Zilog Z80
clock 2.86mhz
name Speaker
clock N/A
name AY-3-8910A PSG
clock 1.43mhz
ROM Details
name size crc
changes.1 4.00k 56f83813
changes.2 4.00k 0e627f0b
changes.3 4.00k ff8291e9
changes.4 4.00k a8e9aa22
changes.5 4.00k f4198e9e
looper_7.bin 8.00k 71a89975
looper_6.bin 8.00k 1f3f70c2
changes.1b 256.00b f693c153
changes.1c 256.00b f8331705