Lost In Translation/Swimmer

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Swimmer
Manufacturer	Tehkan
Released	1982
Control Method	8-way Joystick 1 Button(s)
Main CPU	Z80 (@ 3.072 MHz) Z80 (@ 2.000 MHz)
Sound CPU	Mono (2x) AY-3-8910A (@ 2.000 MHz)
Video Details	Raster (Horizontal) 256 x 224 pixels 60.00 Hz 290 Palette colours
Screens	1
ROM Info	18 ROMs 55,840 bytes (54.53 KiB)
MAME ID	swimmer · swimmera · swimmerb

About The Game

Swimmer is an arcade video game.

Trivia

One of the first game created by the dynamic duo Nishizawa/Ishizuka, who later became the core of Westone (aka the developers of the "Wonder Boy/Monster World" saga).

The main enemies in the first three racks -- Turtles, Crabs and Waterbugs -- would show up in Mario Brothers in the next year.

Scoring

Target	Points
Strawberries	100, 200, 300, or 400
Bananas	200, 400, 600, or 800
Grapes	300 600, 900 or 1,200
Grapefruit(?)	400, 800, 1,200, or 1,600
Other Fruits	50, 100, 150, or 200
Enemies (after getting target)	200

Bonus, first three racks : 1000 points if all strawberries are picked up.

Bonus, fourth rack : 0-10,000 points, depending on whether you've picked up four of each of the fruits.

Tips and tricks

Try to eat as many fruits in a row as you can. Once you miss a fruit, you will start scoring again at the lowest point level.

Staff

Programmed By

Michishito Ishizuka

Sound By

Michishito Ishizuka

R. Kawamoto

Hardware By

Y. Kotoyori

M. Yoneda

Debug By

Michitaka Tsuruta (Quoted as M.Tsujii)

Music By

Ryuichi Nishizawa

Cabinet and Artwork

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  Swimmer arcade cabinet.

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  Swimmer flyer.

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  Back of the Swimmer flyer.

Ports

Consoles

Microsoft XBOX (2005, "Tecmo Classic Arcade")

Soundtrack Releases

Album Name	Catalogue No.	Released	Publisher	Comments
Tecmo Game Music	28XA-95	1986-09-25	Alfa Records	CD version.
Tecmo Game Music	ALC-22906	1986-09-25	Alfa Records	Cassette version.
Tecmo Game Music	ALR-22906	1986-09-25	Alfa Records	Vinyl version.

References

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.