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Cyberball 2072 1989 Atari Games

1989

Cyberball 2072 (c) 1989 Atari Games.
Cyberball has a new look this year, including : simplified play for beginners, new special challenge game, improved robot buy feature, new robot, new teams and 150 new plays (for a total of 250).

>>> TECHNICAL DETAILS
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Owners of the original 'Cyberball' cabinets could upgrade to Cyberball 2072 via an Atari Games-produced piggyback board which updated the old Cyberball units to 2072 version.
Main CPU : 68000 (@ 7.15909 Mhz), M6502 (@ 1.7895 Mhz)
Sound Chips : YM2151 (@ 3.579 Mhz), OKI6295 (@ 9.037 Khz)
Screen orientation : Horizontal
Video resolution : 672 x 240 pixels
Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz
Palette colors : 2048
Players : 2
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 1

>>> TRIVIA
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Released in November 1989.
Default highscore contains nicknames in homage for other Atari games including :
* PAPERBOY for 'Paperboy'
* ASTEROID for 'Asteroids'
* GAUNTLET for 'Gauntlet'
* GRAVITAR for 'Gravitar'
* TEMPEST for 'Tempest'
* CENTIPED for 'Centipede'
* STARWARS for 'Star Wars'
* AKKAARRH for 'Akka Arrh'
* TOOBIN for 'Toobin''
* ESCAPE for 'Escape From The Planet of the Robot Monsters'.

>>> GAME UPDATES
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REVISION 1 :
* Build date : OP SYS 22AUG1989 17 :15 :27 / MAIN 23AUG1989 09 :55 :00
REVISION 2 :
* Build date : OP SYS 22AUG1989 17 :15 :27 / MAIN 01SEP1989 15 :00 :16
REVISION 3 :
* Build date : OP SYS 22AUG1989 17 :15 :27 / MAIN 12SEP1989 20 :31 :11
REVISION 4 :
* Build date : OP SYS 13OCT1989 14 :18 :50 / MAIN 13OCT1989 15 :34 :05

>>> GAME SERIES
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1. Cyberball - Football in the 21st Century (1988)
2. Cyberball 2072 (1989)
3. Tournament Cyberball 2072 (1989)

>>> DESIGNERS / PROGRAMMERS / STAFF
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Programmer / Designer : John Salwitz
Artist / Designer : Davis A. Ralston
Physicist / Programmer : Paul kwinn
Hardware designer : Doug Snyder
Technician : Rob Rowe
Animators : Mark West, Will Noble, Deborah Short
Audio group : Brad Fuller, Hal Canon, Don Diekneite
Product manager : Jerry Momoda
Cabinet designer : Dave Coox
Cabinet graphics by Atari Visual Communications.

>>> GAME PORTS TO OTHER SYSTEMS
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* Consoles :
Microsoft XBOX (2004, 'Midway Arcade Treasures 2')
Nintendo GameCube (2004, 'Midway Arcade Treasures 2')
Sony PlayStation 2 (2004, 'Midway Arcade Treasures 2')
Sony PSP (2005, 'Midway Arcade Treasures - Extended Play')
* Computers :
PC [MS Windows, CD-ROM] (2006, 'Midway Arcade Treasures Deluxe Edition')

>>> OTHER GAME RESOURCES
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Game's rom.
Machine's picture.

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