Discrete Circuitry-Based Arcade Games
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| Developer
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Misc
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| Type
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Arcade systems
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| Release date
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1971
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| Discontinued
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1979?
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| Emulated
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✓
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The earliest arcade games lacked any type of CPU, consisting only of discrete logic components. The first arcade video game, as well as the first commercial game, released was Computer Space in 1971.
Comparisons
- DICE
- The emulator works by simulating each logic chip on the board individually.
- MAME
- As of version .208, Breakout, Galaxy Game, Pong, Pong Doubles, and Rebound are working in MAME.
- HBMAME
- HBMAME is a derivative of MAME, and contains various hacks and homebrews. It is based on the latest MAME source at the time of release. Has support for a remake of Monaco G.P. which was Sega's final game to rely primarily upon discrete analog circuitry - an oddity for a game made in 1979, some three years after microprocessors were introduced to the market. As this was among the most complex games of its kind, don't bet on seeing it working in MAME anytime soon.
Emulators
Games
| Game
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DICE
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MAME
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HBMAME
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Ports*
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| Anti-Aircraft
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✓ |
✗ |
✗ |
✓
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| Attack
|
✓ |
✗ |
✗ |
✗
|
| Breakout
|
✓ |
✓ |
✗ |
✓
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| Clean Sweep
|
✓ |
✗ |
✗ |
✗
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| Computer Space
|
✗ |
✗ |
✗ |
✗
|
| Crash 'N Score
|
✓ |
✗ |
✗ |
✗
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| Crossfire
|
✓ |
✗ |
✗ |
✗
|
| Death Race
|
✗ |
✗ |
✗ |
✗
|
| Destruction Derby
|
✗ |
✗ |
✗ |
✗
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| Doctor Pong
|
✗ |
✗ |
✗ |
✗
|
| F-1
|
✗ |
✗ |
✗ |
✗
|
| Galaxy Game
|
✗ |
✓ |
✗ |
✗
|
| Gotcha
|
✓ |
✗ |
✗ |
✗
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| Hi-Way
|
✓ |
✗ |
✗ |
✗
|
| Indy 4
|
✓ |
✗ |
✗ |
✗
|
| Indy 800
|
✗ |
✗ |
✗ |
✓
|
| Jet Fighter
|
✓ |
✗ |
✗ |
✓
|
| Monaco GP
|
✗ |
✗ |
✓ |
✓
|
| Outlaw
|
✗ |
✗ |
✗ |
✓
|
| Pin Pong
|
✓ |
✗ |
✗ |
✗
|
| Pong
|
✓ |
✓ |
✗ |
✓
|
| Pong Doubles
|
✓ |
✓ |
✗ |
✓
|
| Pursuit
|
✗ |
✗ |
✗ |
✗
|
| Quadrapong
|
✓ |
✗ |
✗ |
✓
|
| Qwak!
|
✗ |
✗ |
✗ |
✗
|
| Rebound
|
✓ |
✓ |
✗ |
✓
|
| Shark JAWS
|
✓ |
✗ |
✗ |
✗
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| Space Race
|
✓ |
✗ |
✗ |
✓
|
| Steeplechase
|
✓ |
✗ |
✗ |
✓
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| Stunt Cycle
|
✓ |
✗ |
✗ |
✓
|
| TV Basketball
|
✓ |
✗ |
✗ |
✗
|
| Wipe Out
|
✓ |
✗ |
✗ |
✗
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This list is updated as of MAME 0.222, HBMAME 0.222 and DICE 0.9. This currently only lists emulated games and a few noteworthy that are not yet emulated, not all released games.
* Most ports were released for the Atari 2600. Quadrapong and Rebound (as Volleyball) are included in the 2600 game Video Olympics.
External links
This article is a never ending list. It will always need updates, it will likely have new content added to it on a consistent basis, & can never truly be a finished article.
