Category: Arcade

The arcade standard isn’t a single home machine, but custom coin-operated system boards built by manufacturers like Sega, Namco, and Capcom starting in the 1970s. Hardware evolved from single 8-bit CPUs (like the Zilog Z80) and discrete logic chips to powerful multi-processor boards with custom 2D sprite/tile generators, and later, advanced 3D GPUs. Standardized connection systems like JAMMA allowed operators to swap game PCBs into universal cabinets with arcade monitors running at low 15 kHz resolutions.

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Spectar (Arcade Game)
Spectar, released by Exidy in 1980, is the follow-up of Targ. Gameplay is apparently unchanged, you control a vehicle called Whummel into a 9x9 grid maze, chasing down, and being chased by, the alien invaders. Targs have evolved into the more dangerous Rammers, and Spectars appears more often, shooting at player's ship. Read more about Spectar (Arcade Game)