Spectar (revision 1?)
Spectar, released by Exidy in 1980, is the follow-up of "Targ". Gameplay is apparently unchanged, you control a vehicle called Whummel into a 9x9 grid maze, chasing down, and being chased by, the alien invaders. Targs have evolved into the more dangerous Rammers, and Spectars appears more often, shooting at player's ship.
You use a 4-Way joystick to guide your vehicle in the maze, and a pushbutton to shoot at enemies. Up to 2 players can alternate in gameplay.
The most noticeable difference from his predecessors is that to complete a level you can now collect all the gems in the maze, in a "Pacman"-like game or destroy all of the Rammers (like in "Targ"). Rammers and Spectars continue to appear from flashing pods, so you cannot rest and plan your course easily, or you will be overwhelmed by the alien force.
Graphic is highly improved compared to his predecessor : The maze now has barricades that must be avoided or can be used as a shielding against the enemies, and has ten environment settings, changing from the 'square-block town' of Targ to a city, a forest, a lunar landscape and many more. The enemies too are smarter and faster, and the fact that they go on spawning from the pods makes the game a even more frenzy challenge.
You use a 4-Way joystick to guide your vehicle in the maze, and a pushbutton to shoot at enemies. Up to 2 players can alternate in gameplay.
The most noticeable difference from his predecessors is that to complete a level you can now collect all the gems in the maze, in a "Pacman"-like game or destroy all of the Rammers (like in "Targ"). Rammers and Spectars continue to appear from flashing pods, so you cannot rest and plan your course easily, or you will be overwhelmed by the alien force.
Graphic is highly improved compared to his predecessor : The maze now has barricades that must be avoided or can be used as a shielding against the enemies, and has ten environment settings, changing from the 'square-block town' of Targ to a city, a forest, a lunar landscape and many more. The enemies too are smarter and faster, and the fact that they go on spawning from the pods makes the game a even more frenzy challenge.
Spectar (revision 1?)
Télécharger Spectar (revision 1?)
Contents of the ROM :
Technical
CPU
- maincpu M6502 (@ 0 Mhz)
Chipset
- DAC
Display
- Orientation Yoko
- Resolution 255 x 255
- Frequency 59.996811 Hz
Controlers
- Number of players 1
- Number of buttons 1
- Kind of controler joy (4 ways)
Spectar (revision 1?) Screenshots
Clones of Spectar (revision 1?)
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Scoring for Spectar (revision 1?)
Run over a dot : 20 points.
Hit a targ (red ships) : 10 X rack number.
Hit a spectar (green ships) : 100-500 points.
Finish off rack : 1000 X rack number.
Hit a targ (red ships) : 10 X rack number.
Hit a spectar (green ships) : 100-500 points.
Finish off rack : 1000 X rack number.
Spectar (revision 1?) and M.A.M.E.
0.34b2 [Al Kossow]
0.30 [Dan Boris, Neil Bradley]
Artwork available
Samples required (Targ)
NOTE:
- The original ROM images for Side Track (c) 1980 Exidy have been made available for free, non-commercial use. Authorization from H.R. Kaufmann, president of Xidy.
WIP:
- 0.147u2: Any added clone Rallys (alternate bootleg of Spectar).
- 0.135u3: f205v added clones Panzer (bootleg of Spectar). Team Europe and Rades added clone Phantom (bootleg of Spectar). Changed description of clone 'Rallys (bootleg?)' to 'Rallys (bootleg of Spectar)' and 'Phantomas' to 'Phantomas (bootleg of Spectar)'.
- 0.129: MooglyGuy added savestate support to Spectar and clones.
- 16th October 2006: Mr. Do - Bobby Tribble sent me a BUNCH of photographs. I worked on the easy ones first: Spectar bezel.
- 0.93: Removed Custom sound.
- 0.74u2: Pierpaolo Prazzoli added clone Phantomas (Jeutel 1980).
- 1st October 2003: Pierpaolo Prazzoli added Phantomas (a clone of Spectar) to the Exidy driver.
- 0.69: MASH added clone Rallys (bootleg?).
- 0.36b6: Changed description to 'Spectar (revision 3)'.
- 0.36b5: Changed description to 'Spectar (revision 2)'.
- 0.34b2: Al Kossow added Spectar (revision 3). Changed parent description to 'Spectar (revision 1?)'. Renamed (spectar) to (spectar1).
- 0.33RC1: Added DAC sound.
- 0.31: Dan Boris added sound to Spectar (need samples). Mike Balfour added high score saving to Spectar.
- 0.30: Dan Boris added Spectar (Exidy 1980).
LEVELS: 7 (endless)
Other Emulators:
* Retrocade
Romset: 14 kb / 7 files / 9.41 zip
0.30 [Dan Boris, Neil Bradley]
Artwork available
Samples required (Targ)
NOTE:
- The original ROM images for Side Track (c) 1980 Exidy have been made available for free, non-commercial use. Authorization from H.R. Kaufmann, president of Xidy.
WIP:
- 0.147u2: Any added clone Rallys (alternate bootleg of Spectar).
- 0.135u3: f205v added clones Panzer (bootleg of Spectar). Team Europe and Rades added clone Phantom (bootleg of Spectar). Changed description of clone 'Rallys (bootleg?)' to 'Rallys (bootleg of Spectar)' and 'Phantomas' to 'Phantomas (bootleg of Spectar)'.
- 0.129: MooglyGuy added savestate support to Spectar and clones.
- 16th October 2006: Mr. Do - Bobby Tribble sent me a BUNCH of photographs. I worked on the easy ones first: Spectar bezel.
- 0.93: Removed Custom sound.
- 0.74u2: Pierpaolo Prazzoli added clone Phantomas (Jeutel 1980).
- 1st October 2003: Pierpaolo Prazzoli added Phantomas (a clone of Spectar) to the Exidy driver.
- 0.69: MASH added clone Rallys (bootleg?).
- 0.36b6: Changed description to 'Spectar (revision 3)'.
- 0.36b5: Changed description to 'Spectar (revision 2)'.
- 0.34b2: Al Kossow added Spectar (revision 3). Changed parent description to 'Spectar (revision 1?)'. Renamed (spectar) to (spectar1).
- 0.33RC1: Added DAC sound.
- 0.31: Dan Boris added sound to Spectar (need samples). Mike Balfour added high score saving to Spectar.
- 0.30: Dan Boris added Spectar (Exidy 1980).
LEVELS: 7 (endless)
Other Emulators:
* Retrocade
Romset: 14 kb / 7 files / 9.41 zip
