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Asteroide (Maxenti 1980)


[ Game Info | Pictures | Manuals/Datasheets | Repair/Restore | ROMs | Reproductions/Spares | Mixed Stuff ]

NEW (19. April 2006) :  Data/Pictures/Information from Marco Vernillo (Owner)
What's missing           :  Flyer, production numbers, manufacturer info, owner's manual


Game Info

Overview - Asteroide is a copy of Atari's Asteroids. The italian company Maxenti built this cab and used parts (PCBs and Control Panel) of the clone manufacturer SIDAM who developed an own Clone of Asteroids (own PCB's and own cab) named Asterock. The color scheme on the Control Panel is the same as the original Asteroids, but has a different control panel layout and -graphics. The bezel around the monitor is black and the sideart is completely different. Maxenti used a vector monitor from Hantarex (Italy).

Description - Same gameplay as Asteroids from Atari. You find your spaceship suddenly to appear in the middle of an asteroid field. To get relief for yourself from the dangerous situation you need to blast away the slow-moving asteroids that drift randomly through space and are blocking the way to further levels. When hit, the large asteroids will break in two smaller pieces that need to be shot at again making two more fragments that need a last shot to be dust eventually and dissappear. You control your ship by rotating it left or right and you can accelerate with the "Thrust" button. Take care, you are in space, so no braking via air friction. To stop your ship from travelling endlessly int the sam direction you need to turn 180° and press the "Thrust" button again until you stop. From time to time saucers will appear and shoot around, randomly in the beginning, but then more and more precisely into the player's spaceship direction. The smaller kind of saucer is deadly with the 3rd or 4th shot if the player doesn't react. As a last resort you have the ability to use the "Hyperspace" button to suddenly dissappear from your current place in space and reappear at another random location on the screen. However you don't know where you will reenter the universe, it may happen just right into an asteroid! Once all asteroids have been shot away the next level starts with more asteroids and saucers appearing earlier and more often.

Cabinet Types Upright, Released 1980  

PCB(s)
- The CPU is a 6502A running at 1.5Mhz with 6k of ROM (six 2708 EPROMs) for the actual game. The PCB was manufactured by SIDAM under the name "Asterock".

Monitor
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Hantarex MTRV - 19" BW Vector Monitor

Original Game
- Asteroids by Atari

Prototypes - not known

Other  Info Sources

» Upright Cabinet [ link ]
» PCB [ link ]
» Monitor Hantarex MTRV [ link ]



Manuals/Datasheets/Technical Info

Asteroide Upright
» Asterock Schematics, though not specifically for Asteroide ( scanned in by Simon Hanlon www.hanlon.info ) - sidam_asterock_schematics.pdf
» Asterock Operator's Manual ( scanned in by Marco Vernillo www.vernimark.com ) - asterock_manual.pdf
» Hantarex MTRV BW XY Monitor - Manual incl. Schematics - Hantarex MTRV
» Theory of Vector Generators & Vector Monitors - The secret life of Vector Generators  -  The secret life of of Vector MonitorsProgramming the Vector GeneratorTheory of Vector Generators - AVG Description (Atari Internal) 5.2 MByte
» "A Hitchhikers Guide to the Atari Digital Vector Generator" ( Philip Pemberton, Dec. 2005) - [ PDF ]
» Datasheets for electronic components - CPU 6502A - EPROM2708 - PROM 82S129 - Static RAM 2114 - D/A Converter AD561J - TTL Logic 74LSxx 


Repair/Restore/Improve

Repair Tips   (Note: This is meant for the Atari Asteroids machine, but it may help although the SIDAM Asterock PCB is different in some areas.)
» Asteroids Troubleshooting Encyclopedia - http://www.ionpool.net/arcade/asteroidtech/asteroidsrepair.html
» Asteroids troubleshooting Tips from Star Tech Journal - debug_ast.gif
 
Restore Pages - Nothing yet known specifically for this machine. Maybe you want to lookup the Asteroids Page

Improvements/Add-ons  - Nothing yet known specifically for this machine. Maybe you want to lookup the Asteroids Page.




ROMs (EPROM/PROM
)

» Asterock PCB ROMS as .zip file.  Eight 2708 EPROMs needed - asterock_roms.zip



Reproductions/Spares

Spares - have a look at the "Link Collection" section to find sources. I can help out with electronic components, if you don't find them elsewhere. A non conclusive list is in the "Electronics / Parts" section.
Reproductions - Nothing yet known specifically for this machine.







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