sarge: MAME ROM Information.
History:
Sarge (c) 1985 Bally Midway.
- TECHNICAL -
Bally Midway MCR 3 hardware
[No. 0B88]
Main CPU : Z80 (@ 5 Mhz)
Sound CPU : M6809 (@ 2 Mhz)
Sound Chips : DAC
Screen orientation : Horizontal
Video resolution : 512 x 480 pixels
Screen refresh : 30.00 Hz
Palette colors : 64
Players : 2
Control : Double 2-way joystick (Vertical)
Buttons : 2
- TRIVIA -
Released in October 1985.
Considered by some to be the grandfather of all real-time video battle-games, Sarge was the first coin-op game to give players the ability to deploy multiple vehicles against common adversaries and, of course, each other.
Sarge is also probably the first real 'start-to-finish' design collaboration between artist/animator Brian Colin and programmer Jeff Nauman.
From Brian Colin, Lead Artist on Sarge : "The realistically depicted female soldier featured in the game generated so much interest when it was first introduced that, part-way through it's production run, we slipped a hidden player incentive. With the machine's internal DIP switches set a certain way, players who achieved a rank of Colonel were greeted with a winking, sexy GI Jane wearing little more than a smile.
The DIP switches should be set as follows : 0011000100.
To see if the switches are set correctly, look at the girl at the start of the game. If she is wearing a low-cut T-shirt, then the 'hidden player incentive' is on.".
- STAFF -
Software : Jeff Nauman
Artists : Brian Colin, Sharon Perry
Sounds : Bob Libbe, Neil Falconer
Hardware : Cary Mednick, Steve Ackerman
Mechanical : John Kubik
Added support : Jim Belt
- PORTS -
* Consoles :
Atari 7800 (unreleased prototype)
- SOURCES -
Game's rom.
Machine's picture.
MAME Info:
0.30 [Brad Oliver, Aaron Giles]
Artwork available
WIP:
- 0.145u7: Added 'Midway Turbo Chip Squeak Sound Board' sound and left/right Speaker.
- 6th September 2010: Mr. Do - Sarge is complete, thanks to Kiltron for cleaning, and to TrevEB for acquiring the bezel.
- 0.122u6: Replaced M6809 CPU3 with M6809E (8MHz).
- 0.98u1: Changed M6809 CPU2 clock speed to 2MHz. Changed to double 8-way joystick.
- 0.53: Changed palettesize from 128 to 64 colors.
- 0.30: Brad Oliver and Aaron Giles added Sarge (Bally Midway 1985). Nicola Salmoria added alternate controls in Sarge, they are available only when the -cheat option is specified.
- 30th September 1997: Clay Cowgill dumped Sarge.
PLAY INSTRUCTIONS:
- Insert coin and press Switch button to enter battle.
- Destroy all enemy vehicles to earn a promotion Bonus.
- All surviving armies advance to the next battle.
- Push switch button to change vehicles. Tank and Helicopter weapons: Pull Trigger for ground grenades. Hit Thumb button for Air Assault.
Other Emulators:
* Retrocade
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Strategy X
Super Tank
NATO Defense
Commando (Sega)
Minefield
Ozon I
Progress
Sarge
T.N.K. III
Tank Busters
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Tank Force
Iron Fortress
Romset: 224 kb / 10 files / 76.8 zip
MAME XML Output:
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| | | <description>Sarge</description> |
| | | <manufacturer>Bally Midway</manufacturer> |
| | | <rom name="cpu_3b.bin" size="32768" crc="da31a58f" sha1="29b97caf61f8f59042519a6b501cd1d15099dd59" region="maincpu" offset="0"/> |
| | | <rom name="cpu_5b.bin" size="32768" crc="6800e746" sha1="018c2b622b3654530ebc2c299b3f745777163d4b" region="maincpu" offset="8000"/> |
| | | <rom name="tcs_u5.bin" size="8192" crc="a894ef8a" sha1="7f53927fc185fff8ba1b1747f0d565e089d879e6" region="tcs:cpu" offset="c000"/> |
| | | <rom name="tcs_u4.bin" size="8192" crc="6ca6faf3" sha1="4647e633dd11f55a65c3acf81adeb3af93624991" region="tcs:cpu" offset="e000"/> |
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| | | <rom name="spr_8e.bin" size="32768" crc="93fac29d" sha1="3d144208eca3b5377689e69da4505187a3d20d4f" region="gfx2" offset="0"/> |
| | | <rom name="spr_6e.bin" size="32768" crc="7cc6fb28" sha1="5fe24d5114551b4a4bf303cd612da332555c0f93" region="gfx2" offset="8000"/> |
| | | <rom name="spr_5e.bin" size="32768" crc="c832375c" sha1="dfb7782b13e1e959e0ecd5da771cd38962f6952b" region="gfx2" offset="10000"/> |
| | | <rom name="spr_4e.bin" size="32768" crc="c382267d" sha1="6b459e9ec7948a529b5308357851a0bede085aef" region="gfx2" offset="18000"/> |
| | | <rom name="a59a26axlcxhd.13j.bin" size="1" status="nodump" region="pals" offset="0"/> |
| | | <rom name="a59a26axlbxhd.2j.bin" size="1" status="nodump" region="pals" offset="0"/> |
| | | <rom name="a59a26axlaxhd.3j.bin" size="1" status="nodump" region="pals" offset="0"/> |
| | | <rom name="0066-314bx-xxqx.6h.bin" size="1" status="nodump" region="pals" offset="0"/> |
| | | <rom name="0066-316bx-xxqx.5h.bin" size="1" status="nodump" region="pals" offset="0"/> |
| | | <rom name="0066-315bx-xxqx.5g.bin" size="1" status="nodump" region="pals" offset="0"/> |
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| | | <chip type="cpu" tag="maincpu" name="Z80" clock="5000000"/> |
| | | <chip type="cpu" tag="tcs:cpu" name="M6809E" clock="8000000"/> |
| | | <chip type="audio" tag="lspeaker" name="Speaker"/> |
| | | <chip type="audio" tag="rspeaker" name="Speaker"/> |
| | | <chip type="audio" tag="tcs" name="Midway Turbo Chip Squeak Sound Board"/> |
| | | <chip type="audio" tag="tcs:dac" name="DAC"/> |
| | | <display tag="screen" type="raster" rotate="0" width="512" height="480" refresh="30.000000" /> |
| | | <input players="2" buttons="2" coins="2" tilt="yes"> |
| | | | <control type="doublejoy" ways="vertical2" ways2="vertical2"/> |
| | | <dipswitch name="Service Mode" tag="MONO.IP0" mask="32"> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="Off" value="32" default="yes"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="On" value="0"/> |
| | | <dipswitch name="Free Play" tag="MONO.IP3" mask="8"> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="Off" value="8" default="yes"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="On" value="0"/> |
| | | <dipswitch name="Coinage" tag="MONO.IP3" mask="48"> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="2 Coins/1 Credit" value="32"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="1 Coin/1 Credit" value="48" default="yes"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="1 Coin/2 Credits" value="16"/> |
| | | <driver status="good" emulation="good" color="good" sound="good" graphic="good" savestate="supported" palettesize="64"/> |
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