Tournament Cyberball 2072 (1989) - Arcade Video game by Atari Games Corp.

37 Years old Arcade Video game Atari Games Corp. [CA, USA]

Tournament Cyberball 2072 © 1989 Atari Games Corp.

This update to Cyberball 2072 includes the following changes :
* New 'Game Breakers' mode.
* Added Rookie mode.
* Bugfixes, in particular the onside kick.
* Added 100 additional plays.
* Introduced the powerback.

TECHNICAL / MACHINE PICT.

Game ID : 136073

Main CPU : (3x) 68000 (@ 7.15909 Mhz), MOS Technology 6502 (@ 1.789772 Mhz)
Sound Chips : Yamaha YM2151 (@ 3.579545 Mhz), (2x) DAC (@ 3.579545 Mhz)

Players : 4
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 1

Machine Picture
(members only)

TRIVIA

Tournament Cyberball 2072 was released in October 1989.

Default high-score contains nicknames in homage for other Atari games including :
* PAPERBOY for Paperboy
* ASTEROID for Asteroids
* GAUNTLET for Gauntlet
* GRAVITAR for Gravitar
* TEMPEST for Tempest
* CENTIPED for Centipede
* STARWARS for Star Wars
* AKKAARRH for Akka Arrh
* TOOBIN for Toobin'
* ESCAPE for Escape From The Planet of the Robot Monsters.

A Tournament Cyberball 2072 4 player unit appears in the music video for "Kid Candy" by the grunge rock group Seaweed.

UPDATES

REVISION 1 :
* Build date (OP SYS) : P1 : 17AUG1989 09 :14 :21 / P2 : 07AUG1989 14 :57 :35
* Build date (MAIN) : P1 : 08MAR1987 05 :56 :56 / P2 : 15AUG1989 14 :51 :24

REVISION 2 :
* Build date (OP SYS) : P1 : 18SEP1989 11 :50 :53 / P2 : 17AUG1989 09 :54 :48
* Build date (MAIN) : P1 : 08MAR1987 05 :56 :56 / P2 : 30AUG1989 14 :40 :08

SERIES

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1. Cyberball - Football in the 21st Century (1988)
2. Cyberball 2072 (1989)
3. Tournament Cyberball 2072 (1989)

STAFF

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Programmer / designer : John Salwitz
Artist / designer : Dave Ralston
Technician : Rob Rowe
Software support : Paul Kwinn
Animators : Mark West, Will Noble, Deborah Short
Audio group : Brad Fuller, Don Diekneite, Byron Sheppard
Head coach : Chris Downend
Product manager : Jerry Momoda
Cabinet designer : Dave Cook
Cabinet graphics by Atari Visual Communications Department.
Team leader : John Ray

PORTS

CONSOLES

Atari Lynx

(1991) Tournament Cyberball 2072 [Model PA2038]
Microsoft XBOX 360

(nov.6, 2012) Midway Arcade Origins
Sony PlayStation 3

(nov.6, 2012) Midway Arcade Origins [Model BLUS-31083]

Microsoft XBOX 360 (nov.15, 2012) Midway Arcade Origins
Sony PlayStation 3

(nov.15, 2012) Midway Arcade Origins [Model BLES-01768]

SOURCES

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ROM dump (MAME).
Game's picture.