Cerberus
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Description
Players fly around attempting to pick up pods and return them to the central space station. Meanwhile, enemy tugs attempt to steal the pods, and enemy destroyers attempt to destroy the player's ship. Each player has unlimited lives; the game is over when all the pods have been stolen by the enemy.
Cerberus was produced by Cinematronics in 1985.
Cinematronics released 33 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1976. Cinematronics was based in United States.
Other machines made by Cinematronics during the time period Cerberus was produced include: Express Delivery, Space Ace, World Series Baseball, Brix, Cosmic Chasm, World Series - The Season, Info-Mania / Reflex, Mayhem 2002, Power Play, and Baseball The Season
Specs
| Name | Cerberus |
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| Developer | Cinematronics (United States) |
| Year | 1985 |
| Type | Videogame |
| KLOV/MOG # | 7301 |
| Class | Wide Release |
| Genre | Shooter |
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| Conversion Class | Cinemat System |
| # Simultaneous Players | 2 |
| # Maximum Players | 2 |
| Game Play | Joint |
| Control Panel Layout | Multiple Player |
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| Sound | Amplified Mono (one channel) |
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Trivia
This is the earliest known Cinemat game.
VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Cerberus Census
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Flyers
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Technical
This game uses the standard Cinemat hardware: a Z80 driving the primary game, and a second Z80 to draw sprites. Sound is generated via an AY-8910 PSG audio chip and a DAC that reads samples from video memory.
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