Lost In Translation/Solar Fox
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| Manufacturer | Bally Midway |
| Released | 1981 |
| Control Method |
4-way Joystick 2 Button(s) |
| Main CPU | Z80 (@ 2.496 MHz) Z80 (@ 2.000 MHz) |
| Sound CPU | Stereo (2x) AY-3-8910A (@ 2.000 MHz) |
| Video Details |
Raster (Vertical) 512 x 480 pixels 30.00 Hz 32 Palette colours |
| Screens | 1 |
| ROM Info | 17 ROMs 81,952 bytes (80.03 KiB) |
| MAME ID | solarfox |
About The Game
Solar Fox is an arcade video game shoot-em-up and Pac-Man-type game all in one.
The playing field is square and only has walls on the outside. Each wall has a moving cannon mounted that will fire odd shaped torpedoes at your ship. Scattered around the inside will be a bunch of pellets in various simple patterns. To complete each level you have to drive over, or shoot all of the pellets. If done quickly enough the game will skip a level (going from 1 to 3, etc.).
Trivia
This game came in a grey dedicated cabinet with side-art of a spaceman's head inside an arrow shaped logo. The monitor was mounted deep inside the game, and what the player saw was actually a mirror (a lot of old games were like that).
A Solar Fox unit appears in the 1983 movie 'Joysticks'.
Staff
- Programmed By
- Jack Pearson
- Sound Programmed By
- Ben Blish
Cabinet and Artwork
Solar Fox arcade cabinet.
Solar Fox flyer.
Back of the Solar Fox flyer.
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Ports
- Consoles
- Atari 2600 (1983)
- Computers
- Commodore C64 (1983)
