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Desert Gun 1977 Midway

1977

Desert Gun (c) 1977 Midway.
A first-person shoot'em up.

>>> TECHNICAL DETAILS
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Game ID : 618
Main CPU : 8080 (@ 1.9968 Mhz)
Sound Chips : Discrete circuitry
Screen orientation : Horizontal
Video resolution : 256 x 224 pixels
Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz
Palette colors : 2
Players : 1
Control : lightgun
Buttons : 1

>>> TRIVIA
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Released in July 1977.
Desert Gun was originally named 'Road Runner (Midway Mfg. Co. [USA])'. The name was changed when Midway merged with Bally who had a game by the same title. According to Jay Fenton, the real reason for the name change was to avoid legal problems with Warner Bros.

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

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