Aqua Rush

27 Years old Arcade Video game NAMCO, Ltd. [Japan]

Aqua Rush © 1999 Namco.

An upside down tetris type game, where you can elongate any of the 3 xxx points separately on a block to connect that certain block without any gaps. The game is quite addictive but gets very tough after the first few levels.

TECHNICAL

Namco System 12 hardware
Game ID : AQ

Main CPU : PSX (@ 16.9344 Mhz), H8/3002 (@ 14.7456 Mhz)
Sound Chips : C352 (@ 14.7456 Mhz)

Screen orientation : Horizontal
Video resolution : 640 x 480 pixels
Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz
Palette colors : 65536

Players : 2
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 6

TRIVIA

Released in October 1999.

UPDATES

AQ1/VER.A1
* Software version : AQ1/VER.A1 (Japan)
* Build date : 13:32:33, OCT 12 1999

STAFF

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Director : Eiji Yoshida
Programmer : Yasumichi Donishi
Visual director : Taro Okamoto
Sea creatures designer : Kanako Iwasaki
Stage designer : Hiroko Noguchi
Effect designer : Fuminori Isuchiya
Title logo & graphic designer : Syunichi Yoshida
BGM composer : Akitaka Tohyama
BGM compose help : Yoshihito Yano
BGM & SE composer : Satoru Kosaki
Game tuning : Yasuki Nakabayashi
Debug & Assist : Masanao Kukoda, Makoto Kiyokawa, Takashi Kohara, Takeharu Konodu
Supervisors : Katsuo Nakamura, Hajime Nakatani
Producer : Toshio Natsui

SOURCES

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ROM dump (MAME).
Game's screenshots.
Official website: http://www.bandainamcogames.co.jp/am/vg/aquarush/