Alex releases info about the two PCB stacks and gameplay!
This video is from Nov. 2015 and is the world’s first (modern) look at Sky Skipper running in an arcade cabinet.
The Mission
Saving an “Almost Lost” piece of arcade history… Hot on the heels of the groundbreaking success of the arcade version of Donkey Kong in 1981, several additional game titles were in the release pipeline at Nintendo and Sky Skipper (Sukai Sukippa) was one of those games. It was originally planned for global release in all three of the ‘standard’ arcade cabinet formats: upright, cocktail and cabaret....
From around the web – Level Maps
This content originally appeared on – and is provided by – http://www.slither-gdi.net/ssmaps.htm and is being included here for the sake of completeness. Here we have four high-resolution image maps of the 4 levels in Sky Skipper. Click the thumbnail for the full-size version. What I find to be interesting is the detail on some sprites and the sheer ‘blockiness’ on others. It’s easy to see that even if...
From around the web – Pinout Information
This content originally appeared on – and is provided by – http://www.tvspels-nostalgi.com/pinout_skyskipper.htm. We are including it for historical reference and to preserve the content in case the original site were to disappear. We can make no claim as to the accuracy of the following information. We do need to do a full pin-out exercise on our PCB’s and once that happens, we will update this page with...
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