Steel Worker © 1980 Taito.
The player is cast as the chief engineer of a construction site. They must use a 2-way joystick to select one of ten different types of girders (with a button to confirm his choice) in order to build a bridge so that the Steel Worker may safely walk from one side of the site to the other. If the Steel Worker falls off the bridge, it will cost him a life and he will be resurrected back on that left side of the site.
The player also has another button to reverse the direction of the Steel Worker - but it can only be used a maximum of nine times. You will receive 50 points for every girder you connect (up to a maximum of fifteen can be used for every stage). There is a a bonus for having the Steel Worker reach that right side of the site. See scoring section for details.
Main CPU : Intel 8080 (@ 2 Mhz)
Sound CPU : Texas Instruments SN-76477
Players : 2
Control : 2-way joystick
Buttons : 2
Released in March 1980 in Japan.
Also released as a Cocktail model : "T.T Steel Worker".
Each girder you connect | 50 points. |
Successful crossing scores bonus points. Awarded as follows | |
1st frame | 100 points. |
2nd frame | 400 points. |
3rd frame | 200 points. |
4th frame | 200 points. |
5th frame | 300 points. |
6th frame | 300 points. |
Up to 1,000 bonus points can be scored for one crossing. |
Machine's picture.