Halley's Comet 1986 Taito
1986
Halley's Comet (c) 1986 Taito.
A space-shooter. Protect the earth from falling comets and asteroids.
>>> TECHNICAL DETAILS
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Prom Stickers : A62
Main CPU : M6809
Sound CPU : Z80
Sound Chips : (4x) AY8910
Screen orientation : Vertical
Video resolution : 240 x 256 pixels
Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz
Palette colors : 1536
Players : 2
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 2
>>> TRIVIA
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Licensed to Coin-It for US distribution.
This game was inspired by the actual 'Comet Halley' (pronounced HAL-lee). It was named after 'Edmund Halley', who calculated its '76-year orbital period'. Comet Halley was visible in 1910 and 76 years after, in 1986 (The feb. 9 exactly), just the year when this game was released by Taito :). Its next perihelion passage will be in 2061.
>>> TRICKS AND TIPS
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* Space Humor? : When you start a new game and after the RESCUE THE EARTH FROM THE COMETS ! message appears, you can move your ship over it. The text will get erased, and the following message will appear over it : DO NOT ERASE '.
* Level Boss Trick : Shoot all but one of these squares and then press the hyperspace button (the smart-bomb) when the final square is lit. You should now receive 1,000,000 points! (this works for all level bosses).
* Another Tip : When the game is in Game Over mode, you can actually control the ship at one point. This is rather useless, but fun!
>>> DESIGNERS / PROGRAMMERS / STAFF
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From highscore table : Kouju Miki (K.M), (NIG), (LSI), Hisayoshi Ogura (OGR), (E.T)
>>> GAME PORTS TO OTHER SYSTEMS
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* Consoles :
Sony PlayStation 2 (2007, 'Taito Memories II Vol. 2')
>>> OTHER GAME RESOURCES
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Game's rom.