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Marchen Maze

Arcade Video game published 36 years ago by NAMCO, Ltd.

Listed in MAME

Marchen Maze screenshot

Marchen Maze © 1988 Namco.

The player take control of a girl named Alice who walks over scrolling platforms, through nine different isometric worlds and she must knocks enemies over the edge with her bubble blower, while collecting various powerups along the way. Holding the fire button down generates bigger bubbles. The enemies attack shooting marbles at her, that can make she fall over the edge unless they are avoided or jumped over.

TECHNICAL

Namco System 1 hardware
Game ID : MM

Main CPU : 6809 (@ 1.536 Mhz)
Sub CPU : 6809 (@ 1.536 Mhz)
Sound CPU : 6809 (@ 1.536 Mhz)
MCU : HD63701 (@ 1.536 Mhz)
Sound Chips : Yamaha YM2151 (@ 3.57958 Mhz), Namco advanced 8-channel stereo WSG, stereo DAC

Screen orientation : Horizontal
Video resolution : 288 x 224 pixels
Screen refresh : 60.61 Hz
Palette colors : 24-bit RGB palette

Players : 2
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 2

TRIVIA

Released on July 1988 in Japan.

Marchen Maze is based on the Alice in Wonderland story.

Victor Entertainment released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Namco Video Game Graffiti Vol.5 - VDR-5300) on 21/08/1989.

STAFF

Game designers : NAK & Take
Designers : Take & MY & POP
Programmer : XVX
Data : NAK
Back ground music : S. Kobayashi
Alice's voices : E. Shitara
Sound : PXX

PORTS

CONSOLES:
NEC PC-Engine (1990)

COMPUTERS:
Sharp X68000 (1988)

SOURCES

Game's ROM.