Squash (Itisa)

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EMU Infos
dumper f205v
date 10/06/2008
emulator MAME 0.125u5
dev David Haywood
PCB Infos
name squaitsa on Arcade Database
description Squash (Itisa)
year 1984
manufacturer Itisa - Valadon - Gecas

Technical references

CPUs

QTY Type clock position function
1x SGS Z8400AB1-Z80ACPU 8-bit Microprocessor - main
2x AY-3-8910 Programmable Sound Generator - sound
1x LM380 - Audio Amplifier - sound
1x oscillator 18432

ROMs

QTY Type position status
7x 2732 dumped
2x MMI6331 dumped

RAMs

QTY Type position

PLDs

QTY Type position status

Others

1x 22x2 edge connector
1x trimmer (volume)
1x 8 DIP switches bank

Notes

This is a strange thing: the PCB is marked "Valadon Automation (C) 1983" and "Fabrique sous licence par GECAS/MILANO" (manufactured under license from GECAS/MILANO)"
But if you look in ROM 7 with an HEX editor you can see the following: "(C) 1984 ITISA" and "UN BONJOUR A JACQUES DE PEPE PETIT AND HENK" ( a good morning to Jaques from Pepe Petit and Henk". These are the programmers in ITISA, Henk Spits, Josep M. Petit, Josep Morilas, the very same 3 persons working on BOTANIC (1984)(ITISA).
Game writings in the EPROM are in English and Spanish.

So we have an English/Spanish game with a French easter egg on a French PCB manufactured under license from an Italian company! Let's call it melting pot!

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