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Blockade hardware was created in 1976 by Gremlin Industries for the arcade game Blockade. It uses an Intel 8080 CPU and custom graphics and sound circuitry.
Technical specifications
- CPU: Intel 8080A @ 2 MHz[1] (8-bit instructions, 0.29 MIPS)
- Sound chip: Custom (mono)
- RAM: 1.25 KB (256 bytes main, 1 KB video)[2]
- Colors: 2 (monochrome)[1]
- Display resolution: 256×224 pixels[1]
- Refresh rate: 60 Hz[1]
List of games
- Blockade (1976)
- Comotion (1976)
- Hustle (1977)
- Minesweeper (1977)
- Blasto (1978)
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