Marvin's Maze

Arcade Video game published 42 years ago:

Marvin's Maze (c) 1983 SNK.

A maze game where you fight against Robonoids while trying to clear the maze of dots. Two ways to finish each rack : Eat up all the dots, or destroy a certain number of Robonoids (listed at the bottom of the screen). Two ways to destroy the Robonoids : Shoot them, or remove the ground from under them at certain points of the maze (the 'Trick').

- TECHNICAL -

Game ID : A2003

Main CPU : (2x) Zilog Z80 (@ 3.36 Mhz)
Sound CPU : Zilog Z80 (@ 4 Mhz)
Sound Chips : (2x) General Instrument AY8910 (@ 2 Mhz), Namco (@ 31.25 Khz)

Screen orientation : Vertical
Video resolution : 224 x 288 pixels
Screen refresh : 60.61 Hz
Palette colors : 288

Players : 2
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 1

- TRIVIA -

Released in December 1983.

This game was known in Japan as "ACW".

- SCORING -

1 robonoid : 500
2 robonoids : 1500
3 robonoids : 3500
4 robonoids: 7500
5 robonoids : 15500
Dot : 100
Super Dot : 200
Trick (remove ground from under robonoid) : 500
Bonus at end of round : 500 X number of Robonoids destroyed

- CONTRIBUTE -

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