Space Launcher 1979 Nintendo
1979
Space Launcher (c) 1979 Nintendo.
Frogger before Frogger? Nintendo takes on another popular early game genre (missile shooting upwards) and gives it its own twist : both there and back.
>>> TECHNICAL DETAILS
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Main CPU : 8080 (@ 2.016 Mhz)
Sound CPU : I8035 (@ 400 Khz)
Sound Chips : DAC, SN76477 (@ 400 Khz)
Screen orientation : Vertical
Video resolution : 224 x 256 pixels
Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz
Palette colors : 8
Players : 2
Control : 2-way joystick
Buttons : 1
- SCORING -
Knocking out ships : 50-100 points (first two attempts)
Landing in top docks : points above docking station
Safely Landing on the ground : 500 points
Point values increase as you become more successful.
>>> TRICKS AND TIPS
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* Use rockets to get up faster. Lay off the rockets only to get around a moving mine or to avoid ramming an enemy ship.
* Spend as little time underneath a ship as you can. Enemy shots move quickly in this game.
* When you start going downward, don't go sideways until after you've hit one of the upper level ships. Your ship isn't immune to the sides of the docking station.
* Again, use the rockets. Again, missiles move fast and it is best to be speeding away from the ships. You also get to the ground faster.
>>> OTHER GAME RESOURCES
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Game's rom.