Armor Attack

Cinematronics · 1980

by Daniel Ferrer

Details

Original hardware

Cinematronics CCPU

Romset

roms/armora.zip

Controls

Button 3 inserts a coin, button 4 starts; button 1 fires, button 2 drives forward, the stick left and right turns. On the web: C, V, Z and X, and the arrow keys.

Analog controls

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Orientation

Horizontal game: drawn rotated 90°

Last update

2026-11-08

Changelog

1. v1.22026-11-08
   • The romset can live in any folder of the card. The game looks in .roms/, then roms/, then searches the whole card, and remembers where it found it (.conf/<romset>.loc), so the next start goes straight there; if it is moved, it is searched for again.
   • Settings go in .conf/ and romsets in .roms/: the UVMC2's menu hides folders whose name starts with a dot, so the card shows only the games. A card set up before keeps everything: the old config/ and roms/ are still read, and nothing is written to them any more.
   • Without the romset on the card the screen says ROM FILE NOT FOUND and the name of the zip it wants.
2. v1.12026-11-05
   • Built with uvmc2-sdk v1.4.12: the Vectrex Studio intro and the options screen at start, which 1.0 did not show, and the frame filler that fits the refresh period.
3. v1.02026-11-04
   • The controls respond: the cabinet's switches were read as all on, which turned Service Mode on and left the game on a fixed screen.
   • Sound, through the jack: the cabinet's sound circuits as the seven recordings MAME plays, embedded in the game and mixed at MAME's balance.
   • Runs at the arcade's own 38 Hz; at 50 it played a third too fast.
   • The buildings and walls (the cabinet's plastic overlay) drawn at the game's own dim level; they were barely visible.
   • An options screen at start: screen vertical or horizontal, refresh, brightness and calibration.