hardhat: MAME ROM Information.
History:
Hard Hat (c) 1982 Exidy.
You are a carpenter and you are being chased by hammers and whirlwinds through a grid of scaffolding. You can move the scaffolding to move letters and spell EXIDY and HARD HAT.
- TECHNICAL -
The hardware is identical to another Exidy game, "Pepper II".
Main CPU : M6502 (@ 705.562 Khz)
Sound CPU : M6502 (@ 894.886 Khz)
Sound Chips : Custom (@ 894.886 Khz)
Screen orientation : Horizontal
Video resolution : 248 x 256 pixels
Screen refresh : 57.00 Hz
Palette colors : 8
Players : 1
Control : 4-way joystick
Buttons : 1
- TRIVIA -
Released in November 1982. It was taunted as the 'First Educational Coin-Op Game'.
- STAFF -
Designed & programmed by : Larry Hutcherson
- SOURCES -
Game's rom.
Machine's picture.
MAME Info:
0.34b1 [Al Kossow]
NOTE:
- The original ROM images for Hard Hat (c) 1982 Exidy have been made available for free, non-commercial use. Authorization from H.R. Kaufmann, president of Xidy.
WIP:
- 0.129: MooglyGuy added savestate support to Hard Hat.
- 0.122u4: Zsolt Vasvari fixed the incorrect fading twister in Hard Hat.
- 0.37b5: Removed Samples sound.
- 0.34RC1: Added Samples and Custom sound.
- 0.34b1: Al Kossow added Hard Hat (Exidy 1982). Known issues: Dipswitches and input ports not verified.
PLAY INSTRUCTIONS:
- To scroll screen, knock down posts along any side.
- Letters scroll into screen.
- Push or scroll letters into their dotted outlines.
- Avoid for hammers and storms.
- Be a HARDHAT, go for it!
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Romset: 32 kb / 10 files / 19.2 zip
MAME XML Output:
| | <game name="hardhat" sourcefile="exidy.c"> |
| | | <description>Hard Hat</description> |
| | | <manufacturer>Exidy</manufacturer> |
| | | <rom name="hhl-2.11a" size="4096" crc="7623deea" sha1="3c47c0439c80e66536af42c5ee4e522fea5f8374" region="maincpu" offset="a000"/> |
| | | <rom name="hhl-2.10a" size="4096" crc="e6bf2fb1" sha1="ad41859129774fc51462726a825c0ae16ed81a6e" region="maincpu" offset="b000"/> |
| | | <rom name="hhl-2.9a" size="4096" crc="acc2bce5" sha1="0f7b8cfbd2628b8587c423fbc2c8310d71d8ad2a" region="maincpu" offset="c000"/> |
| | | <rom name="hhl-2.8a" size="4096" crc="23c7a2f8" sha1="5eb1d512d73ba6bd1c23501664b582e9d3cf777f" region="maincpu" offset="d000"/> |
| | | <rom name="hhl-2.7a" size="4096" crc="6f7ce1c2" sha1="356dcea22e50c95a8552566a0fb5f9b4e3e5de2a" region="maincpu" offset="e000"/> |
| | | <rom name="hhl-2.6a" size="4096" crc="2a20cf10" sha1="31eb4556647e78e3d9be1c30d970eac8aaa5cf18" region="maincpu" offset="f000"/> |
| | | <rom name="hha-1.5a" size="2048" crc="16a5a183" sha1="cf3fed55db9c61fd33c222275d472fa109bed081" region="audiocpu" offset="6800"/> |
| | | <rom name="hha-1.6a" size="2048" crc="bde64021" sha1="a403590d5a27b859eaa299e47df4ebd6ce4a5772" region="audiocpu" offset="7000"/> |
| | | <rom name="hha-1.7a" size="2048" crc="505ee5d3" sha1="efa228465688f2bb30f00dc1511cc5f3a287356c" region="audiocpu" offset="7800"/> |
| | | <rom name="hhl-1.11d" size="2048" crc="dbcdf353" sha1="76ea287326a5c9e75e407cc010414212d8fdd52a" region="gfx1" offset="0"/> |
| | | <chip type="cpu" tag="maincpu" name="M6502" clock="705562"/> |
| | | <chip type="cpu" tag="audiocpu" name="M6502" clock="894886"/> |
| | | <chip type="audio" tag="mono" name="Speaker"/> |
| | | <chip type="audio" tag="custom" name="Exidy SFX+PSG"/> |
| | | <display tag="screen" type="raster" rotate="0" width="256" height="256" refresh="59.996811" pixclock="5644500" htotal="336" hbend="0" hbstart="256" vtotal="280" vbend="0" vbstart="256" /> |
| | | <input players="1" buttons="1" coins="2"> |
| | | | <control type="joy" ways="4"/> |
| | | <dipswitch name="Bonus Life" tag="DSW" mask="6"> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="40000" value="6" default="yes"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="50000" value="4"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="60000" value="2"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="70000" value="0"/> |
| | | <dipswitch name="Coinage" tag="DSW" mask="152"> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="2 Coins/1 Credit" value="144"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="Coin A 2C/1C Coin B 1C/3C" value="0"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="1 Coin/1 Credit" value="152" default="yes"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="Coin A 1C/1C Coin B 1C/4C" value="16"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="Coin A 1C/1C Coin B 1C/5C" value="24"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="1 Coin/2 Credits" value="136"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="1 Coin/3 Credits 2C/7C" value="8"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="1 Coin/4 Credits" value="128"/> |
| | | <dipswitch name="Lives" tag="DSW" mask="96"> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="2" value="96"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="3" value="64" default="yes"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="4" value="32"/> |
| | | | <dipvalue name="5" value="0"/> |
| | | <driver status="good" emulation="good" color="good" sound="good" graphic="good" savestate="supported" palettesize="8"/> |
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