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

Arcade Video game published 35 years ago by Atari Games Corp.

Listed in MAME

Cyberball 2072 © 1989 Atari Games Corporation.

Cyberball has a new look this year, including : simplified play for beginners, new special challenge game, improved robot buy feature, new robot, new teams and 150 new plays (for a total of 250).

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TECHNICAL/MACHINE PICT.

Owners of the original "Cyberball" cabinets could upgrade to Cyberball 2072 via an Atari Games-produced piggyback board which updated the old Cyberball units to 2072 version.

Main CPU : Motorola 68000 (@ 7.15909 Mhz), MOS Technology 6502 (@ 1.7895 Mhz)
Sound Chips : Yamaha YM2151 (@ 3.579 Mhz), OKI6295 (@ 9.037 Khz)

Players : 2
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 1

TRIVIA

Cyberball 2072 was released in August 1989.

Default highscore 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".

UPDATES

REVISION 1 :
* Build date : OP SYS 22AUG1989 17 :15 :27 / MAIN 23AUG1989 09 :55 :00

REVISION 2 :
* Build date : OP SYS 22AUG1989 17 :15 :27 / MAIN 01SEP1989 15 :00 :16

REVISION 3 :
* Build date : OP SYS 22AUG1989 17 :15 :27 / MAIN 12SEP1989 20 :31 :11

REVISION 4 :
* Build date : OP SYS 13OCT1989 14 :18 :50 / MAIN 13OCT1989 15 :34 :05

SERIES

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

STAFF

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 : Atari Visual Communications Department
Team leader : John Ray

PORTS

CONSOLES:
australia Sony PlayStation 2 (2004) "Midway Arcade Treasures 2"
usa Microsoft XBOX (oct.11, 2004) "Midway Arcade Treasures 2 [Model MWO-3201W]"
usa Nintendo GameCube (oct.11, 2004) "Midway Arcade Treasures 2 [Model DOL-GAYE-USA]"
usa Sony PS2 (oct.11, 2004) "Midway Arcade Treasures 2 [Model SLUS-20997]"
europe Microsoft XBOX (oct.29, 2004) "Midway Arcade Treasures 2"
europe Sony PS2 (oct.29, 2004) "Midway Arcade Treasures 2 [Model SLES-52844]"
usa Sony PSP (dec.13, 2005) "Midway Arcade Treasures: Extended Play [Model ULUS-10059]"
europe Sony PSP (feb.24, 2006) "Midway Arcade Treasures: Extended Play [Model ULES-00180]"
usa Sony PSP [PSN] (june.28, 2010) "Midway Arcade Treasures: Extended Play"
usa europe Microsoft XBOX 360 [XBLA] (sept.5, 2007): Retired in 2010.

COMPUTERS:
usa PC [MS Windows, CD-ROM] (feb.17, 2006) "Midway Arcade Treasures Deluxe Edition"
europe PC [MS Windows, CD-ROM] (mar.17, 2006) "Midway Arcade Treasures Deluxe Edition": by Zoo Digital Publishing.

SOURCES

Game's ROM.
Game's picture.