Tailgunner
Game Information
| manufacturer | Cinematronics |
| year | 1979 |
| Cloned by | skyfire |
| genre | Flying |
| downloads | 65 |
Screenshots
Download Details
| split set | tailg.zip 7.78KiB |
| merged set | tailg.7z 6.46KiB |
| standalone set | tailg.7z 6.22KiB |
Game Details
Arcade Video game published 45 years ago:
Tail Gunner (c) 1979 Vectorbeam.
- TECHNICAL -
Main CPU : CCPU (@ 5 Mhz)
Sound Chips : Discrete Circuitry
Players: 1
Control: stick
Buttons: 2
- TRIVIA -
Tail Gunner was released in November 1979.
Vectorbeam was bought out by Cinematronics after Tail Gunner was released. Once the game was released, Vectorbeam was closed down.
Exidy licensed Tail Gunner for production of cockpit units with the name of "Tail Gunner 2".
Licensed to Sega for Japan market.
A Tail Gunner unit appears in the 1982 movie 'Tron'.
- STAFF -
Produced by: Tim Skelly
Designed & programmed by: Dan Sunday, Larry Rosenthal
Driver Details
| source | cinematronics/cinemat.cpp |
| driver status | good |
| emulation status | good |
| save states | supported |
| channels | 1 |
Screen Details
| display | screen |
| type | vector |
| orientation | vertical |
| width | N/A |
| height | N/A |
| refresh rate | 38.00hz |
Input Details
| player: | 1 |
| type | stick |
| directions | N/A |
| buttons | 2way |
Chipset Details
| Cinematronics CPU | 4.98mhz |
| Speaker | present |
| Tail Gunner Sound Board | present |
| Netlist Sound Device | present |
ROM Details
| name | size | crc |
|---|---|---|
| tgunner.t70 | 2.00KiB | 21ec9a04 |
| tgunner.p70 | 2.00KiB | 8d7410b3 |
| tgunner.t71 | 2.00KiB | 2c954ab6 |
| tgunner.p71 | 2.00KiB | 8e2c8494 |
| prom.f14 | 256.00B | 9edbf536 |
| prom.e14 | 32.00B | 29dbfb87 |
| prom.d14 | 32.00B | 9a05afbf |
| prom.c14 | 32.00B | 07492cda |
| prom.j14 | 32.00B | a481ca71 |
| prom.e8 | 32.00B | 791ec9e1 |