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THE HISTORY OF CINEMATRONICS AND A DESCRIPTION OF THEIR VECTOR GAMES
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COPYRIGHT 1994, 1995
REVISION NUMBER: 2.0
REVISION DATE: 23 December 1994
REVISION HISTORY: 1.0 (02/11/92 - First attempt at listing and ordering
all Cinematronics games.)
REVISION HISTORY: 2.0 (12/23/94 - Rearranged sections, added new sections
for Barrier, Speed Freak, Boxing Bugs,
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Armor Attack Switch Settings
Submitted by Unknown
From page 2-2 of the Armor... ...Attack manual: ARMOR ATTACK OPTION SWITCHES LOCATED ON LOGIC BOARD AT POSITION E-2 +-----------+ |OFF ON | | ==== 1 | \ JEEPS PER GAME | ==== 2 | / SEE TABLE ONE | ==== 3 | \ CREDITS PER GAME | ==== 4 | / SEE TABLE TWO | ==== 5 | SOUND IN ATTRACT MODE | ==== 6 | NOT USED | ==== 7 | DIAGNOSTIC - ON: NORMAL PLAY | | OFF: TEST PATTERN +-----------+ +-------+-------+-------+ +-
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FAQ: Conversion v1.1
COPYRIGHT 1994 REVISION NUMBER: 1.1 REVISION DATE: 02 November 1994 REVISION HISTORY: 1.1 (02/11/94 - Clarified technical details in {6.4}, Added a few words on manuals in {7.3} and analog controllers in {8.1.3}) REVISION HISTORY: 1.0 (01/11/94 - First public release; FTP only) CREATED BY: Doug Jefferys, Steve Ozdemir THANX TO: Wayne Aiken, Graham Bisset, Duncan Brown, David Hanes, Tony Jones, John Keay, Patti Ozd
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A Random Games-list
Game Name Manufacturer Year Pinout Class ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ V 005 Sega 1981 18 Wheeler Midway 1979 3D Bowling MED 1978 H 720 Degrees Atari Games 1986 800 Fathom USB 1982 H Aeroboto William
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The Bronze Age (1971 to 1980) Video Game List
Vers 2.7 May 12, 1998 additions/corrections to aek@spies.com and kk@clickto.com Note: Date may either be release date, date from a manual or schematic, or the date that a game appears in a publication Monitor Type ------------ H-- = Horizontal V-- = Vertical -R- = Raster -V- = Vector --B = B&W --O = Color Overlay --C = Color --P = Projection Name Manuf Date uP Man/ROM # ---- ----- -
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/kb_dl.aspx/KB/historical documents/atari games vaxmail/vax86.txt
Atari/Atari Games VaxMail 1986 Jed Margolin
___________________________________________________________________________
From: ERNIE::GRAHAM 2-JAN-1986 10:21:33.70
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: ATARI GAMES 401-K PLAN
John Klein asked me to put the following memo out on junk mail:
TO: All Employees
FROM: John Klein/Dennis Wood
We are quite pleased to report that our 401-K Plan has gotten off
to an excellent start. As of today we had 118 employees making
contributions to the Plan.
We encoura
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DECO (Data East) board list
This is a Data East (DECO) board ID list. If you have any additional information, please submit it. Name Date Cpu Board/Prom #s Manual PN Astro Fighter Apr,1980 6502 DE-012,014,38 | Mad Alien Nov,1980 6502 DE-044,045,046,047 (UP-5) | Mole Hunter Jul,1980 6502 DE-??? | Terranean Nov,1980 2x6502
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/kb_dl.aspx/KB/gametech/listbyyear.txt
'H','R','B','Computer Space','Nutting Assoc',1971
'H','R','B','Pong','Atari',1972
'H','R','B','Astro Hockey','Brunswick',1973
'H','R','B','Astro Race','Taito(japan)',1973
'H','R','B','Davis Cup','Taito(japan)',1973
'H','R','B','Elepong','Taito(japan)',1973
'U','R','B','Elimination','Atari/Kee',1973
'H','R','B','Gotcha','Atari',1973
'H','R','C','Gotcha Color','Atari',1973
'H','R','B','Hockey','Ramtek',1973
'H','R','B','Hockey TV','Sega(japan)',1973
'H','R','B','Leader','Midway',1973
'H','R','B','
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Arcade Game Cheats
--- 720 --- (Contributor: unknown) In the ramp section, levels 8, 9, and 10: holding down the kick and jump buttons simultanously on the lip of the ramp will boost your air. This trick only works when you're going the correct speed (usually your third or fourth jump), and only once (as far as I can tell) per ramp session per level. ----------- Afterburner ----------- (Contributor: Anthony D. Chen) key: S - start button V - vulcan cannon M - missle F - foot sensor (only on sit-down version) stag
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/kb_dl.aspx/KB/pinouts/armor_attack.txt
Armor Attack
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+-----------+
|OFF ON |
| ==== 1 | \ JEEPS PER GAME
| ==== 2 | / SEE TABLE ONE
| ==== 3 | \ CREDITS PER GAME
| ==== 4 | / SEE TABLE TWO
| ==== 5 | SOUND IN ATTRACT MODE
| ==== 6 | NOT USED
| ==== 7 | DIAGNOSTIC - ON: NORMAL PLAY
| | OFF: TEST PATTERN
+-----------+
+-------+-------+-------+ +-------+-------+-------+
| | | JEEPS | | | |CREDITS|
|SWITCH |SWITCH | PER | |SWITCH |SWITCH
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TIME CRISIS ENEMIES GUIDE
Written by Desmond Hew wilddog_tc@hotmail.com Jun 18, 1999 [PLAYSTATION and ARCADE] This FAQ may be electronically reproduced in whole or part, free of charge, as long as credit is given to its author, Desmond Hew. This FAQ is NOT to be altered in any way or used for profitable/promotional purposes of any kind. This document was created and is owned only by me [Desmond Hew]. You can e-mail me at wilddog_tc@hotmail.com on your comments or whatsoever. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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/kb_dl.aspx/KB/gametech/conversion_faq_v1.1.txt
1.0) Conversion FAQ:
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COPYRIGHT 1994
REVISION NUMBER: 1.1
REVISION DATE: 02 November 1994
REVISION HISTORY: 1.1 (02/11/94 - Clarified technical details in {6.4},
Added a few words on manuals in {7.3}
and analog controllers in {8.1.3})
REVISION HISTORY: 1.0 (01/11/94 - First public release; FTP only)
CREATED BY: Doug Jefferys, Steve Ozdemir
THANX TO: Wayne Aiken, Graham Bisset, Duncan Brown, David Hanes,
To
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/kb_dl.aspx/KB/gametech/cinemonitorrepair.txt
From: zonn@concentric.net (Zonn Moore)
Newsgroups: rec.games.video.arcade.collecting
Subject: Re: TECH:Cinematronics vectors
Date: Tue, 18 Mar 1997 06:55:00 GMT
Organization: Concentric Internet Services
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/kb_dl.aspx/KB/gametech/cinematronicsconversions.txt
STEPS TO RO -> RO + SC or SC -> SC + RO CINEMATRONIC CONVERSION
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PARTS FOR SIMPLE CONVERSION: Rip Off (RO) control panel and RO (or Star
Castle (SC)) motherboard. A SC (or RO) sound
board. 9 pin molex connectors (plus 8 male
pins and 1 female pin) to power each of the
sound boards. One 9 pin molex connector
(plus 1 male pin and 8 femail pins) to tap into
the cabinets power to the sound board.
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/kb_dl.aspx/KB/gametech/armorattack.txt
If there is a test pattern then it is in Diagnostic mode...
From page 2-2 of the Armor... ...Attack manual:
ARMOR ATTACK OPTION SWITCHES
LOCATED ON LOGIC BOARD
AT POSITION E-2
+-----------+
|OFF ON |
| ==== 1 | \ JEEPS PER GAME
| ==== 2 | / SEE TABLE ONE
| ==== 3 | \ CREDITS PER GAME
| ==== 4 | / SEE TABLE TWO
| ==== 5 | SOUND IN ATTRACT MODE
| ==== 6 | NOT USED
| ==== 7 | DIAGNOSTIC - ON: NORMAL PLAY
| | OFF: TEST PATTERN
+-----------+
+-------+---
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