Head on
Head on | |
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Studio | Sega / Gremlin |
Publisher | Sega et al. a. |
Erstveröffent- lichung |
04/ 1979 |
genre | Maze / retro |
Game mode | 1 or 2 players at the same time (depending on the version) |
control | 4-way joystick ; 1 button (acceleration) |
casing | default |
Arcade system | VIC Dual = CPU : Z80 (@ 1.93356 MHz) or 8080A Sound CPU: none or i8048 Sound Chips: samples (or AY-3-8910 ) |
monitor | Raster resolution 256 × 224 (4: 3 horizontal) Color palette: 64 |
information | Predecessor to Pac Man |
Head On is a computer game that was produced as an arcade game in 1979 by the Gremlin company . There were also arcade versions of Sega and Irem . Shortly thereafter, it was also used for several home computers, e.g. B. ported the VC 20 and Commodore 64 . The game is a maze game like Pac-Man , but the player controls a car.
The game had a small guest appearance in the 1982 film " Die schrillen Vier auf Fahrt " - in the English "National Lampoons Vacation" with Chevy Chase and Beverly D'Angelo .
Game flow
Screen layout
There is a maze of 5 rectangular lanes (3 or 4 for porting). The first is on the outside of the screen, the others are tapered inwards. In the middle of all directions there are openings where the lane can be changed.
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SCORE | | | | | | | | | | | |_____ _____| | | | | | |_________ _________| | | | |_____________ _____________| | |_________________ _________________|
Goal of the game
As with Pac-Man, the aim of the game is to collect all the points on the trail. Then comes a new level . The player's car must not collide with a computer-controlled car. It cannot be slowed down or stopped, only accelerated by pressing a button. There are several computer cars in later levels. There are also versions in which two real players can compete against each other.
Ports
Arcade versions
- Gremlin 1979 (1 and 2 player versions)
- Irem, ca.1979
- as Invinco / Head On Sega 1979 (with Space Invaders clone )
- Head On N , Nintendo 1979
- Head On 2 Sega 1979
Home computer (selection)
- VC 20
- C64 (1982)
- Amiga as Car Wars
- Sega Saturn (1997, compilation)
- Game Boy
- Apple II
- Spectravideo as "Killer Car"
- ZX Spectrum as Car Chase (3 lanes)
- Texas Instruments TI-99 / 4A as Car Wars
- VTech Laser-VZ as a crash
- Mobile game
Similar games
- Dodge 'Em (1979, probably after Head On, same optics)
- Crash ( Exidy , 07/1979)
- Space Chaser ( Taito , 1979) with rockets
- Rally-X ( Namco , 10/1980) with screen scrolling
- Puckman / Pac-Man (Namco, 1980)
Web links
- Head On in the Killer List of Video Games (English)
- Arcade history entry