Knowledge Base
1996.09.29 GUIDE TO LOWER MAINLAND ARCADES
VERSION 1.0a : 1996.09.29 by Glenn Tarigan Additional comments by "Moby" Henry Kong Andrew Chang Feel free to distribute this document. Make sure the credits remain intact. I'd like to get some comments, especially from people who have been to any of the arcades mentioned here. What can I do to improve this guide? Do you have any details or opinions to add? Note: "Lower Mainland" refers to a southwest portion of British Columbia, Canada. The major arcades listed so far
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Typical Failures of Early Williams Games
From: woodcock@crchh75b.bnr.ca (Gregg Woodcock) Newsgroups: rec.games.video.arcade.collecting Subject: Re: Typical Failures of Early Williams Games Date: 22 Feb 1994 23:29:15 GMT richard.l.schieve (rls@cbnewsc.cb.att.com) wrote: > Several people have asked me to repost some of my old articles. > I suspect many have seen the following which was one of my first > "Tech Tips" ;-) Sorry to do this to you again, Rick, but I have added a BUNCH of stuff to your file and would like to "share", too (I c
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The REAL "PONG" FAQ Version 1.02
10 Nov.1997 Creator & Maintainer: Sly D.C. *** Special Edition *** O.K.,Here's the legal stuff: Copyright (c) 1997, Sylvain De Chantal All rights reserved. This document may be copied, in whole or in part, by any means provided the copyright and contributors sections remain intact and no fee is charged for the information. Contributors retain the copyright to their individual contributions. The data contained here in is provided for informational purposes
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Addresses FAQ (North American) for rec.games.video.arcade.collecting
Created and maintained by Tony Jones (tony@rtd.com) $Revision: 1.3 $ $Date: 1997/12/24 18:35:05 $ Thanks to: Rick Schieve Greg Woodcock (obsolete component vendors) If you have additions, corrections and (especially) more precise information about the products each supplier offers, please send me e-mail -- thanks! Contents: 1a) Game Manufacturers 1b) Game Manufacturers no longer in business. 2) Informational sources 3) Auction houses 4a) Distributors (Coin-op/United S
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Pinouts for Atari Video Pinball (1979):
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Typed up by
Andy Welburn - 10th April 2000
http://www.willowsp.u-net.com/andy/arcade.htm
warlords@ukvac.org.uk
This info was obtained from a original Video Pinball
Operations manual.
Do bear in mind that this game runs on a Black + White
monitor, so you'll have to work out some kind of hack
before you can convert it to JAMMA ;)
44-pin edge connector
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16.5v CT
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FAQ POSTING (rgva.marketplace)
From: tony_jones@no.spam Newsgroups: rec.games.video.arcade.marketplace Subject: FAQ POSTING (rgva.marketplace) Frequently Asked Questions rec.games.video.arcade.marketplace $Revision: 1.2 $ $Date: 1997/11/05 03:24:21 $ This is the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) list for the Usenet newsgroup rec.games.video.arcade.marketplace. This FAQ is posted weekly and the current copy should be considered to supersede all previous postings. This
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Early Atari documentation list
Submitted by Gregg Woodcock (woodcock@bnr.ca)
Here is a pretty complete list of documentation for Atari's early arcade video games. Note that "TM" stands for "Technical Manual" and "DP" stands for "Drawing Package [supplement]" which was later renamed to "SP" which stands for "Supplement Package". I am not sure what "CO" stands for but the "C" could be for "Correction" because most of the CO documents were errata or addendums to the manuals. In addition, most Atari games had "ST" documents which w
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LIST: Atari Games
ROMs Manuals Game Name -------------- --------- --------------------------------------- 422 Super Pong TM-001 Mazer Blazer TM-004 Gran Trak 20 TM-008 Qwak TM-010 Tank TM-011 Gran Trak 10 TM-019 Pursuit TM-021 Twin Racer TM-025 Anti-Aircraft TM-027 Jet Fighte
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Yet Another List
O-Taito is the Old Taito pinout on wiretap. N-Taito is the New-Taito pinout (Like Elevator Action). Quote by R. Schieve: "Taito.pin will match most for power, ground, monitor, and speaker connections but inputs are usually quite different." DECO/Data East is the Data East pinout. See Ring King.pin or KarateChamp.pin.I AtariV is Black Widow and Gravitar and Space Duel Konami if the Konami pinout. See Konami\Rush'n'Attack.pin. BZone is Battle Zone and Red Baron Tehkan games seem to follow th
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Street Fighter 2 FAQ
Rank Character Score %age Crushes Crushed by ----------------------------------------------------------------- 1) Guile 71 59.2 Balrog (10) Sagat/Ryu (3) 2) Sagat 70 58.3 E. Honda (8) Blanka (3) 3) M. Bison 69 57.5 Balrog (8) Guile/Zangief (4) 4) Vega 68 56.7 Dhalsim (9) Guile/E. Honda (4) 5) Ryu 67 55.8 Balrog (9) Sagat (3) 6) Blanka 62 51.7 CL/Dh/Sag (7) Balrog
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LIST: JAMMA Games
H '88 Games Konami 1988 JAMMA 1941 Capcom 1990 JAMMA V 1943: The Battle of Midway Capcom 1988 JAMMA H 3 Wonders Capcom 1991 JAMMA H 9 Ball Shoot Out Bundra JAMMA V Aero Fighters McO'River 1992 JAMMA H Air Buster Namcoi/Kaneko 1990 JAMMA V Ajax
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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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Newsgroups: rec.games.video.arcade.collecting
From: cpdist@skyenet.net (John Pierce)
Subject: VS PINBALL DIP&PIN (CPDIST)
Message-ID: <DEtLC2.128@iquest.net>
Sender: news@iquest.net (News Admin)
Organization: IQuest Network Services
X-Newsreader: Forte Agent .99a.107
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 1995 01:23:15 GMT
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PINBALL
( FILE 351 )
( VS SYSTEM 44P ) ( VS SYSTEM 36P )
PARTS SOLDER PARTS
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PINBALL ACTION, TEHKAN
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====================================================================
Solder Side | Parts Side
================================|===================================
2P START (BALL) | A | 1 |
2P TILT | B | 2 | 2P LEFT FLIPPER
2P RIGHT FLIPPER | C | 3 |
| D | 4 |
1P START (BALL) | E | 5 |
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Video Pinball, Atari (1979)
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This game runs on a Black + White monitor.
44-pin edge connector
----------------------------------------------------
16.5v CT | 1 | A | 16.5v CT
+10v UNREG | 2 | B | +10v UNREG
LOCKOUT COIL | 3 | C | COIN COUNTER
ANODE 6 | 4 | D | ANODE 7
+5v | 5 | E | CATHODE 1
CATHODE 2 | 6 | F | CATHODE 3
ANODE 5 | 7 | H | CATHODE 4
ANO
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Crazy Climber - DIPswitch settings:
SW1 SW2 SW3 SW4 SW5 SW6 SW7 SW8
3 Climbers OFF OFF
4 Climbers ON OFF
5 Climbers OFF ON
6 Climbers ON ON
Extra at 30K OFF
Extra at 50K ON
Normal Op. OFF
Test patterns ON
1 coin/1 play OFF
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/kb_dl.aspx/KB/gametech/text/bagman.txt
From: king@rtsg.mot.com
/---------------\
| B A G M A N |
\---------------/
Bagman DIP Switch Settings --
Function Switch Number
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |Deflt|
------------------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
Number 2 | OFF | OFF | | | | | | | |
of
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* From: phil@magneto.ee.cornell.edu (Phil Erickson)
Stern: SCRAMBLE - two board version (L-1200-1 and L-1200-2)
A (down) B (up)
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-5V 1 +12V
SPKR1 2 SPKR2
2P fire 1 3 2P fire 2
2P left 4 2P right
1P start 5 2P start
1P fire 2 6 2P up
1P fire 1 7 service
1P right 8 1P left
1P up 9 2P down
Coin 1
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Typed in by Jonathan Deitch (jdeitch@umiami.miami.edu)
Game : Mag Max (or Mac Max or something like that)
44 Pin Wiring List
Parts Side | Solder Side
--------------------------------|-----------------------------------
Player 1 Down | 2 | 1 | Player 1 Up
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Typed in by Jonathan Deitch (jdeitch@umiami.miami.edu)
DIP Switch #1
/-----------------------------------------------------------------\
| | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 |
------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Number of Players 3 | OFF OFF |
| Number of Players 4 | ON OFF |
| Number of Players 5 | OFF ON |
| Number of Players 6
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/kb_dl.aspx/KB/gametech/board pinouts/crazyclimber.txt
From: jdeitch@gisatl.fidonet.org
* From: IN%"petro@silver.ucs.indiana.edu" "!! Bad Dog !!"
Game: Crazy Climber (Upright)
44 Pin Wiring List
|
--------------------------------|-----------------------------------
Left Stick - UP | 1 | 2 | Left Stick - DOWN
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Left Stick - LEFT
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/kb_dl.aspx/KB/gametech/board pinouts/donkeykong.txt
From: jdeitch@gisatl.fidonet.org
Donkey Kong, DK II, Mario Bros, etc. Typed in by : Rick Schieve
A - GND 1 - GND
B - GND 2 - GND
C - +5 3 - +5
D - +5 4 - +5
E - +12 5 - +12
F - -5 6 - -5
H - COIN 1 7 - COIN 2
J - 1P START 8 - 2P START
K - 1P RIGHT 9 - 2P RIGHT
L - 1P LEFT 10 - 2P LEFT
M - 11 -
N - 1
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Typed in by Jonathan Deitch (jdeitch@umiami.miami.edu)
Game : Mag Max (or Mac Max or something like that)
44 Pin Wiring List
Parts Side | Solder Side
--------------------------------|-----------------------------------
Player 1 Down | 2 | 1 | Player 1 Up
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GAME...............PINBALL ACTION
MANUFACTURER.......TEHKAN
BOARD NUMBER/s.....6001-NEW
TYPED BY...........Adrian Purser
DATE...............18-AUG-99
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Solder Side | Parts Side
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2P START (BALL) | A | 1 |
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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/gametech/gorf.txt
From: jdeitch@gisatl.fidonet.org
* From: IO91461@maine.maine.edu (Tom Nezwek)
Gorf
=====================================================================
Left Coin Slot and Base Adjustment Switches
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Switch 1 Switch 5 Switch 5
======== ======== ========
OFF OFF
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/kb_dl.aspx/KB/gametech/board pinouts/kangaroo.txt
Kangaroo, Atari. Typed in by Barry Brumitt
2 boards.
56 pin logic board:
W - 5v Ret (ground)
19 - -Sense (tied to ground on PCB?)
21 - +Sense (tied to ground on PCB?)
Y - 5v
Z - 12vDC
D - invert (tie externally to 16)
16 - ground (tie externally to D)
C - sound (tie externally to 18)
18 - ground (tie externally to C)
T - Spkr Ret (ground?)
15 - Speaker
A - Start 1
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Typed in by Jonathan Deitch (jdeitch@umiami.miami.edu)
44 Pin wiring chart for Galaxian
SOLDER SIDE | PARTS SIDE
------------------------------------|--------------------------------------
GND | A | 1 | GND
--------------------------------|---|---|----------------------------------
GND | B | 2 | GND
--------------------------------|---|---|----------------------------------
+5 VDC | C | 3 | +5 VDC
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How to WIN at NBA JAM! by Randolph S. Vance and William G. Henderson
E-Mail: RSVANC00@mik.uky.edu (NeXT Mail) WGHEND00@mik.uky.edu (NeXT Mail) Version 1.13 Revised: August 18th, 1993 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Introduction. Are you tough enough to take on all 27 of the NBA teams? If you think you are, get set for the most intense basketball video game you'll ever play! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- History. Versio
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Samurai Shodown Mini-FAQ
____ _ _ _ _ _ ____ _ _ / ___/ / |/ v \| | | | _ \ / | | | |__ / | | | | | |_| |/ | | Samurai Shodown mini-FAQ \__ \/ / | | | | | | | _ </ / | | Release 10 ___|/ _ | |_| | |_| | | \/ _ | | 11-05-93 | __/_/ |_|_| |_|\___/|_| /_/\|_|_| |/____ _ _ ___ ____ ___ _ _ __ _ / ___| | | |/ _ \| _ \ / _ \| |_| | \| | | |__ | |_| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | \__ \| _ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ___| | | | | |_| | |_| | |_| | | | | | ___/|_| |_|\___/ ____/ \___
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Newsgroups: rec.games.video.arcade.collecting
From: rls@intgp8.ih.att.com (-Schieve,R.L.)
Subject: Re: how do you find the +5,+12,-5 voltages on a board, don't
have pinouts?
Date: Sun, 31 Jul 1994 18:20:21 GMT
In article <5i2SznW.bubsy@delphi.com>, <bubsy@delphi.com> wrote:
>How do you find out which pins are which voltages on a board that you
>have no pinouts for?
>erik
Here is an old posting of mine that many have seen but maybe some
of the new people are interested:
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Hyper Fighting: Ken Strategy Guide
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Technical Information
Note: The information and links on this page might get moved around quite a bit before things get all sorted out. I'm just going to start putting up all kinds of information that I've had archived away, so please pardon the mess! :)
Identifying Unknown Board Sets Back in 1994, Rick Schieve wrote an article about how to identify unknown boards. This article gives some quick tips on how to figure out what the pinouts are for an unknown PCB. The text is moderately technical so if you're not sure what R
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'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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Atari/Atari Games VaxMail 1986 Jed Margolin
___________________________________________________________________________
From: ERNIE::GRAHAM 2-JAN-1986 10:21:33.70
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC:
Subj: ATARI GAMES 401-K PLAN
John Klein asked me to put the following memo out on junk mail:
TO: All Employees
FROM: John Klein/Dennis Wood
We are quite pleased to report that our 401-K Plan has gotten off
to an excellent start. As of today we had 118 employees making
contributions to the Plan.
We encoura
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Atari/Atari Games VaxMail 1985 Jed Margolin
___________________________________________________________________________
From: KIM::SHEPPERD 4-JAN-1985 17:20
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK.UAF
Subj: Printer in Rains's area
There is another printer hooked up now in the phone closet near Rains's office.
It's known as RAINS$PRINT and if you want it to be the default printer for you
then put the following in your LOGIN.COM file:
$ ASS 'f$log("RAINS$PRINT")' SYS$PRINT
The physical name is TXD5:, but I advise
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Atari/Atari Games VaxMail 1991 Jed Margolin
___________________________________________________________________________
From: GAWD::MCCARTHY "Pat" 2-JAN-1991 12:37:15.74
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC: MCCARTHY
Subj: New employee.
If you haven't already noticed or been introduced, we have a new
employee starting today.
His name is John Moore. He is a hardware design engineer in the
Electrical Design group, reporting to me. His office is the corner
cubicle just outside my office.
Drop by and say Hi.
_____
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