Swarm (bootleg?)

Arcade Video game published 46 years ago:

Swarm (c) 1979 Subelectro.

Considered as a hack of "Galaxian", this game seems more like a hack of "Moon Alien Part 2" by Nichibutsu, but with the graphics changed to look more like "Galaxian". This explains why the shots move with the ship and why the fuel gauge is there. On Moon Alien the shots move left/right but there is no fuel gauge. Galaxian also didn't use a 'title screen' formed with graphics, it went straight through to 'We are the Galaxians'.

- TECHNICAL -

Main CPU : Zilog Z80 (@ 3.072 Mhz)
Sound Chips : Tone generator and discrete circuits

Screen orientation : Vertical
Video resolution : 224 x 256 pixels
Screen refresh : 60.61 Hz
Palette colors : 98

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

- SCORING -

Blue Galaxian : 30 points in formation, 60 points in flight
Purple Galaxian : 40 points in formation, 80 points in flight
Red Galaxian : 50 points in formation, 100 points in flight
Flagship : 60 points in formation, 150 points in flight
Flagship : 200 points in flight with one escort
Flagship : 300 points in flight with two escorts, Flagship killed before both escorts
Flagship : 800 points in flight with two escorts, Flagship killed after both escorts

- CONTRIBUTE -

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