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Empire Strikes Back, The

Released in 1984

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Manufacturer: Atari
Developer: Atari
Distributor: Atari
Display
Raster
Orientation
Horizontal
Resolution
?Unknown? x ?Unknown?
Colors
?Unknown?, Color
Genre
Shooting
Attributes
3D
Controls
Flight Stick/Yoke
'Empire Strikes Back, The' marquee
game marquee

Game Summary

Space - Fly snowspeeders against Empire

Hardware Platform: -Unique or Unknown-

Game Details

Conversion for Star Wars - 3 sections - Snowspeeder vs. Walkers & droids - Millenium Falcon vs. Tie Fighters - Asteroid storm - colour vector

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'Empire Strikes Back, The' cabinet photo
cabinet photo
'Empire Strikes Back, The' title screen
title screen
'Empire Strikes Back, The' gameplay screen shot
gameplay screen
'Empire Strikes Back, The' control panel
control panel
'Empire Strikes Back, The' promotional flyer
promotional flyer

"Maybe" Images

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Knowledge Base

/kb_dl.aspx/KB/gametech/starwarstoesb.txt
Converting a Star Wars to an Empire Strikes Back arcade game. Version 1.1, Copyright Cliff Koch, 1996 Revision log: 1.0 Original Posting 1.1 Added the data bus wires on the daughterboard netlist (oops). I. Disclaimer Doing this conversion requires reasonable soldering skills. Incorrect wiring could cause damage to the game boards. You do these modifications at your own risk. I did my best to be accurate at describing the conversion, but could have made an
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/gametech/starwarstoesb.txt - 31 K - Updated 1996.07.26
/kb_dl.aspx/KB/historical documents/atari games vaxmail/vax88.txt
Atari/Atari Games VaxMail 1988 Jed Margolin ________________________________________________________________ ___________ From: MIKE::LIEBSTER 4-JAN-1988 14:39:28.82 To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY CC: Subj: PAYMENT OF CONSULTANTS/CONTRACTORS STARTING THIS YEAR WE WILL BE PAYING CONSULTANTS AND CONTRACTORS THROUGH PAYROLL INSTEAD OF ACCOUNTS PAYABLE. THIS WILL ALLOW US TO AUTOMATICALLY KEEP TRACK AND GENERATE YEAR-END 1099 INFORMATION. THIS WILL APPLY TO ALL CONTRACTORS OR COMPANIES THAT ARE N
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/historical documents/atari games vaxmail/vax88.txt - 293 K - Updated 2004.09.13
/kb_dl.aspx/KB/zz-sirdar's stash (not on dvd)/japanesenames.xls
Sheet3 Sheet2 Sheet1 _0000年不明 _1971_1975 _1976_1978 _1979 _1980 _1981 _1982 _1983 _1983_1 _1983_1 _1984 _1985 _1986 _1987 _1988 _1989 _1990 _1991 _1992 _1993 _1994 _1995 _1996 _1997 _1998 _1999 _2000 FoxVideoGames/Taito Hyper Olympic (UK) Vastar パチフィーバー 三機電子 バッグマン Stern/Taito Bad Lands バトルクルーザーM-12 ハリウッド バンポリン Hammer Car ピタゴラスの大占術 Pitchman ピット Pit&Run ファイアーフォックス FightingRoller Phozon ブラスター Pro Soccer プロフィーバー Professor Pacman プロボウリング ベビーパックマン Bally Pole
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/zz-sirdar's stash (not on dvd)/japanesenames.xls - 434 K - Updated 2002.09.24
Arcade PCB Pinouts
Arcade Pinouts 1,003 Entries Last Updated: May30, 2003
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/pinouts/pinout.html - 118 K - Updated 2003.05.30
/kb_dl.aspx/KB/monitortech/gwoodcock_xyhelp.txt
HOW TO DIAGNOSE, REPAIR AND UPGRADE YOUR AMPLIFONE AND WELLS-GARDNER COLOR VECTOR (XY) MONITORS version 6.1 (4-6-96) by Gregg Woodcock (woodcock@nortel.com) This article is Copyright worldwide 1991, 1996; all rights reserved. OFFICIAL CYA LEGAL WARNING AND WAIVER: Although I have made every effort to be precise, this article may contain errors. Even if it does not, some people may still damage their machines or themselves while using the
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/monitortech/gwoodcock_xyhelp.txt - 171 K - Updated 1999.08.01
FAQ: Conversion v1.1
COPYRIGHT 1994 REVISION NUMBER: 1.1 REVISION DATE: 02 November 1994 REVISION HISTORY: 1.1 (02/11/94 - Clarified technical details in {6.4}, Added a few words on manuals in {7.3} and analog controllers in {8.1.3}) REVISION HISTORY: 1.0 (01/11/94 - First public release; FTP only) CREATED BY: Doug Jefferys, Steve Ozdemir THANX TO: Wayne Aiken, Graham Bisset, Duncan Brown, David Hanes, Tony Jones, John Keay, Patti Ozd
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/faqs/faq-conversion_v1.1.html - 116 K - Updated 1999.07.27
Early Atari documentation list
Submitted by Gregg Woodcock (woodcock@bnr.ca) Here is a pretty complete list of documentation for Atari's early arcade video games. Note that "TM" stands for "Technical Manual" and "DP" stands for "Drawing Package [supplement]" which was later renamed to "SP" which stands for "Supplement Package". I am not sure what "CO" stands for but the "C" could be for "Correction" because most of the CO documents were errata or addendums to the manuals. In addition, most Atari games had "ST" documents which w
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/gametech/earlyataridocs.html - 6 K - Updated 2000.01.20
/kb_dl.aspx/KB/gametech/matread.cpp
//-------------------------------------------------------- // Star Wars / ESB Matrix Processor Microcode Disassembler // Version 0.9 by Frank Palazzolo (palazzol@tir.com) // July 28, 1997 //-------------------------------------------------------- /* Readme.txt for matread.exe Frank Palazzolo palazzol@tir.com 7/28/97 Matread.exe is a quick and dirty disassembler for the Atari "Star Wars" and "Empire Strikes Back" Matrix processors. I've compiled it under DJGPP, but it also compiles as a win32 command l
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/gametech/matread.cpp - 3 K - Updated 2000.05.22
/kb_dl.aspx/KB/gametech/empirestrikesback.txt
Empire Strikes Back (Atari, 1985) Switch Settings for Game Play Options: Settings of 8-toggle switch of Star Wars game PCB (at 10D) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 options ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Off On 2 starting shields On On 3 starting shields Off Off 4 starting shields * On Off 5 starting sheilds On
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/gametech/empirestrikesback.txt - 1 K - Updated 1995.11.22
Yet Another List
O-Taito is the Old Taito pinout on wiretap. N-Taito is the New-Taito pinout (Like Elevator Action). Quote by R. Schieve: "Taito.pin will match most for power, ground, monitor, and speaker connections but inputs are usually quite different." DECO/Data East is the Data East pinout. See Ring King.pin or KarateChamp.pin.I AtariV is Black Widow and Gravitar and Space Duel Konami if the Konami pinout. See Konami\Rush'n'Attack.pin. BZone is Battle Zone and Red Baron Tehkan games seem to follow th
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/faqs/list-yetanothergameslist.html - 48 K - Updated 2002.06.10
/kb_dl.aspx/KB/gametech/board pinouts/rotj.txt
RETURN OF THE JEDI PARTS SIDE | SOLDER SIDE ----------------------------------|-------------------------------------- +5V Return | A | 1 | +5V Return ------------------------------|---|---|---------------------------------- +5V Regulated | B | 2 | +5V Regulated ------------------------------|---|---|---------------------------------- Vertical Sync | C | 3 | Comp Sync ------------------------------|---|---|------------------------
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/gametech/board pinouts/rotj.txt - 3 K - Updated 1998.04.22
/kb_dl.aspx/KB/pinouts/empire_strikes_back.txt
Empire Strikes Back (Atari, 1985) --------------------------------- Switch Settings for Game Play Options: Settings of 8-toggle switch of Star Wars game PCB (at 10D) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 options ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Off On 2 starting shields On On 3 starting shields Off Off 4 starting shields * On Off
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/pinouts/empire_strikes_back.txt - 1 K - Updated 2003.01.06
/kb_dl.aspx/KB/gametech/conversion_faq_v1.1.txt
1.0) Conversion FAQ: -------------------- COPYRIGHT 1994 REVISION NUMBER: 1.1 REVISION DATE: 02 November 1994 REVISION HISTORY: 1.1 (02/11/94 - Clarified technical details in {6.4}, Added a few words on manuals in {7.3} and analog controllers in {8.1.3}) REVISION HISTORY: 1.0 (01/11/94 - First public release; FTP only) CREATED BY: Doug Jefferys, Steve Ozdemir THANX TO: Wayne Aiken, Graham Bisset, Duncan Brown, David Hanes, To
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/gametech/conversion_faq_v1.1.txt - 115 K - Updated 1994.11.02
/kb_dl.aspx/KB/pinouts/return_of_the_jedi.txt
Return of the Jedi, Atari 1984 ------------------------------ -----------------------|------------------------- +5V Return | A | 1 | +5V Return +5V Regulated | B | 2 | +5V Regulated Vertical Sync | C | 3 | Comp Sync 5V DC | D | 4 | Horizontal Sync +10.3V DC | E | 5 | | F | 6 | RED | H | 7 | GREEN | J | 8 | BLUE R Audio Return
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/pinouts/return_of_the_jedi.txt - 2 K - Updated 2003.01.06
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File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/faqs/list-randomgames.html - 72 K - Updated 1999.10.29
LIST: Atari Games
ROMs Manuals Game Name -------------- --------- --------------------------------------- 422 Super Pong TM-001 Mazer Blazer TM-004 Gran Trak 20 TM-008 Qwak TM-010 Tank TM-011 Gran Trak 10 TM-019 Pursuit TM-021 Twin Racer TM-025 Anti-Aircraft TM-027 Jet Fighte
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/faqs/list-atari.html - 10 K - Updated 1999.07.27

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