game
| title | Express Raider (US set 1) |
| set name | exprraid |
| manufacturer | Data East USA |
| year | 1986 |
| genre | Platform (hof) |
| category | Platform / Fighter Scrolling (hof) |
| driver status | good |
| driver source | exprraid.c |
| snapshots | PS: in game
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/ artwork: flyer
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| rating |   69% after 42 votes |
| clones | Express Raider (US set 2) Western Express (bootleg set 1) Western Express (bootleg set 2) Western Express (World?) |
display
| colour emulation | good |
| palette | 256 |
| display type | raster |
| orientation | horizontal |
| resolution | 240x240 |
| frequency | 60.000000Hz |
sound
| sound emulation | good |
| channels | mono |
controls
| players | 2 |
| nplayers | 2P alt |
| controls | 8 way joystick |
| buttons | 2 |
| coin slots | 2 |
hardware
| cpu | DECO CPU16 @ 4MHz |
| cpu | M6809 @ 2MHz |
| audio | YM2203 @ 1.5MHz |
| audio | YM3526 @ 3.6MHz |
data
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additional information
| info | 0.34b4 [Ernesto Corvi] WIP:
Recommended Games (Western): Gun Fight Boot Hill Dead Eye Sheriff Indian Battle Lasso Pioneer Balloon Wild Western The Tin Star Bank Panic Cheyenne Wanted Wild Gunman (PlayChoice-10) Gun.Smoke Express Raider Iron Horse Ninja Kazan Showdown Yukon Blood Bros. Sunset Riders Sunset Riders (bootleg of Megadrive version) Heated Barrel Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa Lethal Enforcers II: Gun Fighters Charlie Ninja Bang! Rapid Fire (Western) Romset: 418 kb / 20 files / 155.9 zip |
| history | Express Raider (c) 1986 Data East. The wild west-themed Express Raider is seperated into 2 different game types; a sideways scrolling fighting sequence and a shooting sequence. The player controls a train robber, or 'Express Raider', and must try to steal the bags of money from the moving locomotives. During the fighting sequence, the Raider must fight the bank teller, hit the coyotes and then jump onto the train before it speeds away. Once on the train, he must fight his way past other enemies and avoid various projectiles, such as bottles, bullets and shovels full of coal. Players must be careful to duck under the low signs that come along as the train is travelling. Also, once a train carriage is clear of enemies, a bomb will appear between the current carriage and the next; players must quickly jump over to the next carriage before the bomb goes off, otherwise the Raider will fall from the train and a life is lost. If the Express Raider manages to reach the train engine, the loot will be captured and the game will then move on to the shooting sequence. In the shooting sequence, the Express Raider rides a horse and must shoot at the enemies that appear from the windows of a train carriage. They will shoot back at the player and throw various objects. Players can hit the DUCK button to avoid the enemy attacks. A woman will appear at regular intervals offering the player a bag of money, if the player shoots the woman, a life is lost. After the shooting sequence has been completed, the game will start over again with an increased level of difficulty. - TECHNICAL - Main CPU : M6502 (@ 4 Mhz), M6809 (@ 2 Mhz) Sound Chips : YM2203 (@ 1.5 Mhz), YM3526 (@ 3.6 Mhz) Screen orientation : Horizontal Video resolution : 240 x 240 pixels Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz Palette colors : 256 Players : 2 Control : 8-way joystick Buttons : 2 - TRIVIA - Released in January 1986. This game is known outside US as "Western Express". Gary Hatt holds the official record for this game with 197,200 points. - PORTS - * Consoles : Nintendo Wii (2010, "Data East Arcade Classics") * Computers : Amstrad CPC (1986) Commodore C64 (1987) Sinclair ZX Spectrum (1987) - SOURCES - Game's rom. Machine's picture. Edit this entry at Arcade-History.com: http://www.arcade-history.com/?n=express-raider&page=detail&id=778&o=2 |
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