Lost In Translation/Grobda

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Grobda
Manufacturer	Namco
Released	1984
Control Method	8-way Joystick 2 Button(s)
Main CPU	(3x) M6809 (@ 1.536 MHz) M6809 (@ 1.536 MHz)
Sound CPU	Mono Namco 15XX (@ 24.000 kHz) DAC
Video Details	Raster (Vertical) 288 x 224 pixels 60.61 Hz 512 Palette colours
Screens	1
ROM Info	11 ROMs 54,048 bytes (52.78 KiB)
MAME ID	grobda · grobda2 · grobda3

About The Game

Grobda is a tank-like arcade video game that uses an overhead view. Enemy tanks attack in waves and they must be destroyed before they do the same to you.

Trivia

Released in December 1984.

Grobda's tank was one of the enemies in "Xevious".

Tips and tricks

Easter Egg

1. Enter service mode.
2. Set coin A to 1 Coin / 1 Credit, set coin B to 1 Coin / 4 Credits, set Freeze to On, set Lives to 1, set Difficulty to Rank C, set Demo Sounds to Off, set Level Select to Off, set Bonus Life to 10k.
3. Press the service switch to display the grid and press (all together) Right+Button1+Start2.
4. '(c) NAMCO LTD. 1984' will appear on the screen.

Staff

Game Designed & Produced By

Masanobu Endoh (EVE200 End)

Programmed By

Hosei Wait

Music Composed By

Yuri Keino

Engineer

Tall Ogawa

Graphic Designed By

You. Shino

Debugged By

Tama Chang

Cabinet and Artwork

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  Grobda cabinet.

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  Grobda flyer.

Ports

Consoles

Sony PlayStation (1996, "Namco Museum Vol.2")

Sony PSP (2005, "Namco Museum Battle Collection")

Computers

PC [MS Windows, CD-Rom] (1997, Namco History Vol.2")

Soundtrack Releases

Album Name	Catalogue No.	Released	Publisher	Comments
The Return of Video Game Music	ALC-22004	1985-06-25	Alfa	Cassette version.
The Best of Video Game Music	32XA-66	1986-04-25	Alfa	CD version.
The Return of Video Game Music	ALR-22004	1985-06-25	Alfa	Vinyl version.
The Return of Video Game Music	SCDC-00122	2001-12-05	Scitron Digital Content	CD version.

References

The contents of this page are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.
The sources used include MAME (version 0.113u2) and history.dat (revision 1.28 - 2008-10-18).
Please see http://www.arcade-history.com for credits.