Mame shows that this is pretty much the same hardware as Space Invaders.
Memory Map
- 0000-1FFF 8K ROM
- 2000-23FF 1K RAM
- 2400-3FFF 7K Video RAM
TODO ... tweak this copy/paste from Space Invaders
I/O Ports
| 0000pr | INP0 | See below |
| 0001pr | INP1 | See below |
| 0002pr | INP2 | See below |
| 0003pr | SHFT_IN | See below |
| 0002pw | SHFTAMNT | See below |
| 0003pw | SOUND1 | See below |
| 0004pw | SHFT_DATA | See below |
| 0005pw | SOUND2 | See below |
| 0006pw | WATCHDOG | See below |
These ports are mapped into the 8080's I/O address space (not the memory space):
Read 00 INPUTS (Mapped in hardware but never used by the code) 01 INPUTS 02 INPUTS 03 bit shift register read Write 02 shift amount (3 bits) 03 sound bits 04 shift data 05 sound bits 06 watch-dog
Port 07 is also demultiplexed. The schematics say the select signal is wired directly to input-port-0's bit 7. This doesn't make sense.
Dedicated Shift Hardware
The 8080 instruction set does not include opcodes for shifting. An 8-bit pixel image must be shifted into a 16-bit word for the desired bit-position on the screen. Space Invaders adds a hardware shift register to help with the math.
16 bit shift register: f 0 bit xxxxxxxxyyyyyyyy Writing to port 4 shifts x into y, and the new value into x, eg. $0000, write $aa -> $aa00, write $ff -> $ffaa, write $12 -> $12ff, .. Writing to port 2 (bits 0,1,2) sets the offset for the 8 bit result, eg. offset 0: rrrrrrrr result=xxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxyyyyyyyy offset 2: rrrrrrrr result=xxxxxxyy xxxxxxxxyyyyyyyy offset 7: rrrrrrrr result=xyyyyyyy xxxxxxxxyyyyyyyy Reading from port 3 returns said result.
Inputs
Port 0 bit 0 DIP4 (Seems to be self-test-request read at power up) bit 1 Always 1 bit 2 Always 1 bit 3 Always 1 bit 4 Fire bit 5 Left bit 6 Right bit 7 ? tied to demux port 7 ? Port 1 bit 0 = CREDIT (1 if deposit) bit 1 = 2P start (1 if pressed) bit 2 = 1P start (1 if pressed) bit 3 = Always 1 bit 4 = 1P shot (1 if pressed) bit 5 = 1P left (1 if pressed) bit 6 = 1P right (1 if pressed) bit 7 = Not connected Port 2 bit 0 = DIP3 00 = 3 ships 10 = 5 ships bit 1 = DIP5 01 = 4 ships 11 = 6 ships bit 2 = Tilt bit 3 = DIP6 0 = extra ship at 1500, 1 = extra ship at 1000 bit 4 = P2 shot (1 if pressed) bit 5 = P2 left (1 if pressed) bit 6 = P2 right (1 if pressed) bit 7 = DIP7 Coin info displayed in demo screen 0=ON Port 3 bit 0-7 Shift register data
Output
Port 2: bit 0,1,2 Shift amount Port 3: (discrete sounds) bit 0=UFO (repeats) SX0 0.raw bit 1=Shot SX1 1.raw bit 2=Flash (player die) SX2 2.raw bit 3=Invader die SX3 3.raw bit 4=Extended play SX4 bit 5= AMP enable SX5 bit 6= NC (not wired) bit 7= NC (not wired) Port 4: (discrete sounds) bit 0-7 shift data (LSB on 1st write, MSB on 2nd) Port 5: bit 0=Fleet movement 1 SX6 4.raw bit 1=Fleet movement 2 SX7 5.raw bit 2=Fleet movement 3 SX8 6.raw bit 3=Fleet movement 4 SX9 7.raw bit 4=UFO Hit SX10 8.raw bit 5= NC (Cocktail mode control ... to flip screen) bit 6= NC (not wired) bit 7= NC (not wired) Port 6: Watchdog ... read or write to reset
Screen Geometry
2400 - 3FFF (1C00 bytes = 256 * 28) 28*8=224. Screen is 256x224 pixels.
The map below shows the raster layout. Take this map and rotate it counter clockwise once. Thus the first byte is lower left. First "row" ends upper left. Last byte is upper right.
2400 2401 2402 .... 241F
01234567 01234567 01234567 .... 01234567
2420 2421 2422 .... 243F
01234567 01234567 01234567 .... 01234567
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3FE0 3FE1 3FE2 .... 3FFF
01234567 01234567 01234567 .... 01234567