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Off The Wall 1991 Atari Games

1991

Off The Wall (c) 1991 Atari Games.
Atari's superb variant on 'Breakout' has up to 3 players bouncing balls, breaking bricks, and ultimately trying to get the ball into the exit. Also includes multiplayer 'bonus rounds' where players compete to be the last man standing in a 'Pong' match.

>>> TECHNICAL DETAILS
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Game ID : 136090
Main CPU : 68000 (@ 7.15909 Mhz), M6502 (@ 1.7895 Mhz)
Sound Chips : YM2151 (@ 3.579 Mhz)
Screen orientation : Horizontal
Video resolution : 336 x 240 pixels
Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz
Palette Colors : 2048
Players : 3
Control : dial
Buttons : 4

>>> TRIVIA
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Released in October 1991.
If a ball is kept in play long enough, the speed meter will go up to 'Hyper Speed', 'Ludicrous Speed', and 'They've Gone Plaid!' - all references to Mel Brooks' Star Wars parody, 'Spaceballs'.

>>> DESIGNERS / PROGRAMMERS / STAFF
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Team Leader : John Ray (JMR?)
Music : John Paul (JFP)
SFX : Brad Fuller (BAF)
Others from highscore table : (RI ), (GAM), (ES ), Kelly Turner (KFT), Norm Avellar (NLA), (JMM), Kris Moser (KEM), (GFM), Sam Comstock (SWC), (PAT), Tim Hubberstey (TJH)

>>> GAME PORTS TO OTHER SYSTEMS
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* Consoles :
Atari 7800 (unreleased prototype)
Nec PC-Engine (unreleased prototype)
Sega Game Gear (unreleased prototype)

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

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