Swarm (c) 1979 Subelectro.


- TECHNICAL -
Main CPU : Z80 (@ 3.072 Mhz)
Sound Chips : Tone generator and discrete circuits
Screen orientation : Vertical
Video resolution : 224 x 256 pixels
Screen refresh : 60.61 Hz
Palette colors : 98
Players : 2
Control : 2-way joystick
Buttons : 1

- TRIVIA -
Considered as a hack of "Galaxian", this game seems more like a hack of
"Moon Alien Part 2" by Nichibutsu, but with the graphics changed to look
more like "Galaxian". This explains why the shots move with the ship and
why the fuel gauge is there. On Moon Alien the shots move left/right but
there is no fuel gauge. Galaxian also didn't use a 'title screen' formed
with graphics, it went straight through to 'We are the Galaxians'.

Original releases :
Namco's Galaxian (October 1979)
Licensed releases :
Midway's Galaxian [Upright model] (December 1979)
Midway's Galaxian [Cocktail Table model] (December 1979)
Nichibutsu's Moon Alien [Upright model]
Nichibutsu's Moon Alien [Cocktail Table model]
Unofficial releases :
CGI's Galaxian Part 4
Galaxian Part X
Galaxian Turbo
Space Invaders Galactica
Zaccaria's Super Galaxians
Subelectro's Swarm
PETACO's Zero Time

- SCORING -
Blue Galaxian : 30 points in formation, 60 points in flight
Purple Galaxian : 40 points in formation, 80 points in flight
Red Galaxian : 50 points in formation, 100 points in flight
Flagship : 60 points in formation, 150 points in flight
Flagship : 200 points in flight with one escort
Flagship : 300 points in flight with two escorts, Flagship killed before
both escorts
Flagship : 800 points in flight with two escorts, Flagship killed after
both escorts
