Journey

Released in 1983

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(1 total votes)

Manufacturer: Bally / Midway

Developer: Bally / Midway

Distributor: Bally / Midway

Mame ROM Info

journey, Journey

Display Raster	Orientation Vertical
Resolution 480 x 512	Colors 64, Color
Genre Shooting	Attributes Platform
Controls 1 Joystick / Button(s)

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Game Summary

The first (and last?) rock-n-roll game.

Hardware Info

Z80 cpu @ 7.5 Mhz
Z80 cpu @ 2 Mhz
AY-8910 audio @ 2 Mhz
AY-8910 audio @ 2 Mhz

Hardware Platform: MCR2

Game Details

5 games in one. You choose a member of the rock group Journey, and enter a mini-game where you use your intrument as weapons. It even has black/white oversized digitized heads of teh band members with little cartoon bodies drawn on them.

If you fall and die, you end up pouting like a little 3-year old. (No crying or screaming or digitized speech)

Ralph Baer (who created the first home video game, the Odyssey 1000, using analog electronics) created a camera that could digitize photos. He sold the invention to Bally Midway in 1982, and they designed a game using it to take snaps of players for the high score table.

They nixed it when they put the game out on test, and someone whipped their "unit" out for the photo. And yes, they used the camera to take the pics of the members of Journey for this game (and the designers, if you can figure out the easter egg in the game!).

Coinop.org Member Ratings / Comments

by BlaineC. Comment: "This game sucked bad... but it was one of the first video games at that time that had detailed graphics (the band member's heads)" (2005-01-05 02:05:43Z)

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Knowledge Base

Konami board numbers, Revision V2.7
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/kb_dl.aspx/KB/faqs/mcrfaq.txt
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/kb_dl.aspx/KB/gametech/journey.txt
As submitted by cjsmith@amoco.com ________________________________________________________________________________ Journey (C) 1983 Bally/Midway (C) 1983 Artist & Friends/Nightmare Inc. Game Design By Marvin Glass & Associates Typed By - Chris J. Smith cjmsith@amoco.com >From the Bally/Midway Parts and Operating Manual OPTION SWITCH SETTINGS Switch No 1 (At B3 - Located on SOund I/O P.C. Board) Function SW#1 SW#2 SW#3 SW#4 SW#5 SW#6 SW#7 SW8 SW#9 SW#10 XX
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/kb_dl.aspx/KB/pinouts/journey.txt
Journey (C) 1983 Bally/Midway (C) 1983 Artist & Friends/Nightmare Inc. OPTION SWITCH SETTINGS Switch No 1 (At B3 - Located on SOund I/O P.C. Board) Function SW#1 SW#2 SW#3 SW#4 SW#5 SW#6 SW#7 SW8 SW#9 SW#10 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- XX XX XX XX XX XX 1 Coin Meter ON ** @ Coin Meters OFF Upright/Mini ON Cocktail Table OFF **Coin Continue (On)
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