Lost In Translation/Hydra

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Hydra
Hydra marquee.
No screen shot.
Hydra control panel.
Manufacturer Atari Games
Released 1990
Control
Method
Analog joystick
Pedal
6 Button(s)
Main CPU 68000 (@ 14.318 MHz)
M6502 (@ 1.790 MHz)
Sound CPU Mono
YM2151 (@ 3.579 MHz)
OKI6295 (@ 1.193 MHz)
Video
Details
Raster (Horizontal)
336 x 240 pixels
59.92 Hz
1,280 Palette colours
Screens 1
ROM Info 42 ROMs
2,622,976 bytes (2.50 MiB)
MAME ID hydra · hydrap · hydrap2

About The Game

Hydra is an arcade video game.

An abstract racing game in which the player takes on the role of a special government courier, who must deliver a number of secret cargoes to their various destinations at the end of each stage. Gameplay consists of piloting a heavily-armed hovercraft over a series of waterways, avoiding or destroying the enemy craft and barriers that litter each level. Progress is hampered by mines, enemy hovercraft, logs and other obstacles. Money bags can be collected as well as extra fuel.

On-board fuel depletes at a steady pace and players must keep a look out for additional fuel cells. In addition to a forward-firing gun, the hovercraft is equipped with a 'Boost' function. Providing the player has enough boost fuel, the craft can be made to fly in the air for a limited time; useful for avoiding enemies and barriers, as well as for gaining access to certain bonus items.

Trivia

Released in June 1990.

Updates

REVISION 1 :

  • Build date : OS : 03MAY1990 19 :41 :10 / PROG : 14MAY1990 09 :57 :52

REVISION 2 :

  • Build date : OS : 25MAY1990 11 :50 :03 / PROG : 25MAY1990 12 :36 :10

REVISION 3 :

  • Build date : OS : 04JUN1990 18 :58 :46 / PROG : 08JUN1990 14 :19 :52

Staff

Project Leaders
Dennis Harper
Milt Loper
Programmers
Dennis Harper
Andrew Burgess
Animators
Deborgh Short
Nick Stern
Chuck Eyler
Will Noble
Sharon Plotkin
Audio
Don Diekneite
Brad Fuller
Hardware
Sam Lee
Technicians
Cris Drobny
Gleen McNamara
Product Manager
Linda Benzler
Project Supervisor
Chris Downend
Cabinet
Ken Hata
Mike Jang
Ralph Perez
Controls
Jack Aknin
Video Imaging
Rob Rowe
Andrew Burgess

Cabinet and Artwork

Ports

Box art for the DoMark port of Hydra.
Computers
Amstrad CPC (1990)
Atari ST (1991)
Commodore C64 (1991)
Commodore Amiga ("Hydra", 1991, DoMark)
Atari Lynx (1992)


External Links


The contents of this page are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.
The sources used include MAME (version 0.113u2) and history.dat (revision 1.28 - 2008-10-18).
Please see http://www.arcade-history.com for credits.