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Silent Scope 1999 Konami

1999

Silent Scope (c) 1999 Konami.

>>> TECHNICAL DETAILS
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Konami Hornet Hardware
Main CPU : PPC403 (@ 32 Mhz), 68000 (@ 16 Mhz), (2x) ADSP21062 (@ 36 Mhz)
Sound Chips : RF5C400 (@ 36 Mhz)
Screen orientation : Horizontal
Video resolution : 512 x 384 pixels
Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz
Palette colors : 65536
Players : 2
Control : 8-way Joystick
Buttons : 3

>>> TRIVIA
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Cobra and Hornet, the 2 bosses for stage 1 have their codenames based on Konami's Cobra Hardware (which runs the 1997 fighting game 'Fighting Bujitsu') and Hornet hardware (which runs Silent Scope).
The twin bosses codenamed 'Tom and Jerry' have their code name inspired by the cartoon cat and mouse duo of the same name.
The female boss, Monica is probably named after Monica Lewinsky who was the intern involved in a scandal with then president Bill Clinton.

>>> TRICKS AND TIPS
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* Professional Challenges : Put coins in, hold trigger, and press Start. Still holding trigger, highlight mode of your choice, then press Start(x4).
* Night Vision Challenges : Put coins in, then hold trigger and press Start. Still holding it, guide it onto the mode of your choice and press Start(x5).
* Professional Night Challenges : Put coins in, hold trigger, and press Start. Still holding trigger, highlight a mode of your choice, and press Start(x6).

>>> GAME SERIES
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1. Silent Scope (1999)
2. Dark Silhouette - Silent Scope 2 (2000)
3. Silent Scope EX (2001)
4. Silent Scope 3 (2002, Sony PlayStation 2)
5. Silent Scope - Fortune Hunter (2002 - Gambling game also featuring Silent Scope EX)

>>> DESIGNERS / PROGRAMMERS / STAFF
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Executive Producers : Fumiaki Tanaka, Hiroyasu Machiguchi
Directors : Masaki Kukino, Shigenobu Matsuyama
Producer : Shigenobu Matsuyama
Game Main Programmer : Hardboilder Shin
System Programmer : Yoshihisa Inoue
Enemy & Camera Programmer : Yoshito Fukuda
Effect Programmer : Teck Niihama
Chief Designer : Masaaki Kukino
Map Designer : Yutaka Fujiwara
Character Designer : Yoshinobu Saito
Motion Designers : Hiro Moriyama Kazuya Inoue
Sound Effect : Masahiro Ikariko
Music Composer : Jimmy Weckl
Hardware Engineers : Hitoshi Konishi, Tatsuya Kobayashi, Masakatsu Watanabe, Hidekazu Yamashita, Satoshi Ueda
Mechanical Engineers: Yuji Tamura, Koichi Nishio, Hirofumi Nagao, Manabu Akita
Industrial Designers : Hiroyuki Muraki, Makiko Otomi
Product Designers : Hideaki Minoda, Hiroyuki Sugimoto
Original Game Idea : Yoshitaka Komiya

>>> GAME PORTS TO OTHER SYSTEMS
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* Consoles :
Sega Dreamcast (2000)
Sony PlayStation 2 (2000)
Nintendo Game Boy Advance (2002)
Microsoft XBOX (2004, 'Silent Scope Complete')

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

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