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800 Fathoms

Arcade Video game published 43 years ago by US Billiards, Inc.

Listed in MAME

800 Fathoms screenshot

800 Fathoms © 1981 U.S. Billiards.

An old horizontally scrolling shoot'em up with a vertically scrolling background. The player has to guide a submarine armed with torpedoes and missiles through five levels while fighting different underwater terrors. At the end of each area the boss-submarine appears.

TECHNICAL/MACHINE PICT.
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Cabinet dimensions : 67.5'' high x 25.5'' deep x 28'' wide
Weight : 235 lbs

Main CPU : Zilog Z80 (@ 3.072 Mhz)
Sound Chips : General Instrument AY8910 (@ 1.78975 Mhz)

Screen orientation : Vertical
Video resolution : 224 x 256 pixels
Screen refresh : 60.61 Hz
Palette colors : 114

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

TRIVIA

800 Fathoms is known outside US as "Mariner".

SOURCES

Game's ROM.
Machine's picture.