Arcade Video game published 30 years ago:

Maniac Square (c) 1996 Gaelco.

- TECHNICAL -

Main CPU: Motorola 68000 (@ 13 Mhz) Sound Chips: GAELCO (@ 13 Mhz)

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

- TRIVIA -

The final version (that is very different) was released in 1996, 4 years after the prototype (1992, see Updates section for more info).

Default highscore table (RANKING): NALME SCORE 1 PAB 200 2 TOM 180 3 RIC 160 4 JPC 140 5 EVM 120 6 JQB 100 7 GIF 80 8 ARJ 60 9 GOJ 40

- UPDATES -

Differences between the Prototype version (Game ID: 922804/2) and the final release: * The Prototype uses a OKI6295 @ 8 Khz instead of the GAELCO @ 13 Mhz. * The Prototype has a very different soundtrack, which creates a different atmosphere when playing the game (Prototype has guitar music, Final release has folk songs, such as Barnacle Bill). * In the Prototype version there is a digital scoreboard that was not there in the final version. * In the final release, there are no special blocks and helps. * In the final release, when only one player plays, the playing area is centered in the screen. * In the final release, when there is only one player playing the game, the screen has only one playing field. * The final release is an endurance game, while the Prototype is ala Tetris from Atari, a levels game.

- STAFF -

Programmers: Tomas Cepeda, Pablo Martinez, Raul Izquierdo Graphic designer: Gerardo Oporto

Player layout in our catalog: 2P sim.

If you are exploring by feel rather than by title, jump from the tags above into the matching genre rooms, or return to the Arcade hall for the full wall.

Open Play on this page to start Maniac Square. Keyboard, USB/Bluetooth pads, and the on-screen touch gamepad all work inside the emulator bar. Save states and fullscreen live on that same bar so you can pause mid-session and resume later.

Maniac Square is filed in our catalog as a 1996 release.

Player layout on this cabinet: 2P sim.

Genre tags on Classic Arcade Games: Puzzle.

Credit line lists Gaelco as developer.