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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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Atari/Atari Games VaxMail 1984 Jed Margolin
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From: KIM::SUTTLES 9-JAN-1984 11:40
To: @SYS$MAIL:COINOP
Subj: A neat trick with mail
For all of you who use the MAIL program as a form of
the "paperless office", I have discovered a bug (pronounced
"fea-ture") in same.
It seems that the addressee line (TO: ...) is parsed
independently of file handling. Mail looks at each item in
the list, and checks for a double colon
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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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Seaga/Gremlin X-Y FAQ
======================== The Sega/Gremlin X-Y FAQ version 1.6 written by: Mark Jenison ======================== 1. Introduction 2. The X-Y Convert-a-Game system a. The System 1. CPU boards 2. X-Y timing and control boards 3. Sound boards 4. EPROM boards b. Monitor: Electrohome G08 X-Y c. Power supply 3. Games a. Space Fury b. Star Trek c. Eliminato
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HOW TO DIAGNOSE, REPAIR AND UPGRADE YOUR
AMPLIFONE AND WELLS-GARDNER COLOR VECTOR (XY) MONITORS
version 6.1 (4-6-96) by
Gregg Woodcock (woodcock@nortel.com)
This article is Copyright worldwide 1991, 1996; all rights reserved.
OFFICIAL CYA LEGAL WARNING AND WAIVER:
Although I have made every effort to be precise, this article may
contain errors. Even if it does not, some people may still damage their
machines or themselves while using the
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/kb_dl.aspx/KB/zz-sirdar's stash (not on dvd)/re_ someone who really knows pacs.nws
You should be able to tell by looking at the overspray under the coin
box, under the marquee brackets and inside the back door. :) If it
yellow it's a Pac. Another way to tell is if the original fuse block
and label stapled next to it. The Amp ratings were higher on Galaxian
ISTR. Last, look under the T-molding. That should give you a good
clue too.
- Mike -
On Tue, 19 Nov 2002 12:53:13 -0500, Douglas Gauck <0k64dgau@gte.net>
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>The cabinets are virtually identical, so it's hard to
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TOTAL CARNAGE
PARTS SIDE CKT SIDE
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1 GND A GND
2 GND B GND
3 +5V C +5V
4 +5V D +5V
5 -5V E -5V
6 +12V F +12V
7 KEY H KEY
8 CTR 1 J CTR 2
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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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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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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. Vers
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POWER SUPPLY REPAIR
Copyright November, 1994 by Randy Fromm We live in a "disposable society." Disposable razors, lighters, pens and a myriad of other items are a part of our daily life. Many operators consider power supplies to be disposable as well. Their rumored inability to be repaired and relatively low cost create the impression of disposability. This is not the case, however. I repair lots of power supplies and it's really quite easy and practical. In fact, a repaired supply may end up having a longer l
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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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Taito Board ID List
V5.0 Mar 28, 2001
Sorted By ROM Number
====================
Prom Stickers Board Number Game Notes
------------- ------------ ---- -----
?? M6100130A Nunchackun
067 M6100654A Xexex Konami 352898B
1-13 M6100047A Ninjakun (1984) (UPL84003A)
1-17 M6100168A SRD Mission (1986) CVG-48C
1-17 M6100213A Darkmist (1
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Army Battlezone (Atari, 1980/1981)
Submitted by Unknown
"Army Battlezone remains a mystery, even to those of us who worked on it." Editor's Notes: I recently had the privilege of discussing Atari history with a member of Atari's development team. This individual worked at Atari for a period of several years, including the "Golden Age", and was a major contributor on many of the classics we've come to know know and love. A note of thanks to him, not just for the information on these pages, but for hours of fun in the arcades.
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"Major Havoc" (Atari, 1983 )
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P20: 44-pin edge connector
component side solder side
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GND A 1 GND
+5V B 2 +5V
C 3
D 4
+10.3 VDC UNREG E 5
SELF TEST F 6 COIN R
H 7 COIN L
J 8 AUDIO 1
COIN AUX K 9 AUDIO 2
FI
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--------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------
| BOSCONIAN |
| Option Switch Settings |
|--------------------------------------------------------------- --------------|
| DIP Switch 6K |
|--------------------------------------------------------------- --------------|
| Coins per credit:
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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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BOSCONIAN
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PARTS SIDE SOLDER SIDE
---------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------
LOGIC GND A 1 LOGIC GND
(-) SPKR B 2 SPKR (+)
C 3 COIN METER
D 4
+12V E 5 +12V
+5v F 6 +5v
LOGIC GND H 7 LOGIC GND
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--------------------------------------------------------------- --
| SWITCHABLE CONVERSION BETWEEN ROBOTRON, JOUST, AND STARGATE |
---------------------------------------------------------------- -
COPYRIGHT 1994
REVISION NUMBER: 1.1 (Minor bug fix: Line 976 now shows the
correct "Y7-X8" connection, not the bogus
"Y7-X7" connection from 1.0)
REVISION DATE: 20 Oct 1994
CREATED BY: Doug Jefferys
STANDARD DISCLAIMER:
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The author hereby grants permission to r
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The Sega/Gremlin X-Y FAQ
======================== The Sega/Gremlin X-Y FAQ version 1.6 written by: Mark Jenison ======================== 1. Introduction 2. The X-Y Convert-a-Game system a. The System 1. CPU boards 2. X-Y timing and control boards 3. Sound boards 4. EPROM boards b. Monitor: Electrohome G08 X-Y c. Power supply 3. Games a. Space Fury b. Star Trek c. Eliminato
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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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Mortal Kombat FAQ Version 5.0
**************************************************************** **************** * * * Mortal Kombat Comprehensive Moves, Combos, Fatalities, and Hints Listing * * (almost FAQ) (Posted at the beginning and middle of each month) * **************************************************************** **************** Version 5.0 (4/28/93) (Last Major Revision for a LONG while) What's New: o Comple
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The Sega Out Run FAQ Version 0.3
Maintained by Chris White Andrew W. Sharples This FAQ may only be reproduced with permission, and must not be edited, altered or modified in any other way. WWW and TXT formats available from : www.diamondblack.demon.co.uk # As the case is with all FAQs, this document is a work in progress. # # Additions, corrections, and comments are very welcome. # [What's New] Version 0.3 - 7th February 1998 * Added : Machine S
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The Dead Battery Society
The Dead Battery Society isn't reall a society at all. It's just a web page.
Membership dues are not required. ;-)
You may have heard the term "suicide battery" used before and wondered what the heck it meant. Several arcade game manufacturers decided it would be a good idea to put a battery on their game boards that, when they die (and they will die), disable the game. Why they did this isn't exactly clear. Is it a way to artificially limit the lifespan of their games? Is it an anti-piracy mea
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Samurai Shodown Mini-FAQ
____ _ _ _ _ _ ____ _ _ / ___/ / |/ v \| | | | _ \ / | | | |__ / | | | | | |_| |/ | | Samurai Shodown mini-FAQ \__ \/ / | | | | | | | _ </ / | | Release 10 ___|/ _ | |_| | |_| | | \/ _ | | 11-05-93 | __/_/ |_|_| |_|\___/|_| /_/\|_|_| |/____ _ _ ___ ____ ___ _ _ __ _ / ___| | | |/ _ \| _ \ / _ \| |_| | \| | | |__ | |_| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | \__ \| _ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ___| | | | | |_| | |_| | |_| | | | | | ___/|_| |_|\___/ ____/ \___
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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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Mortal Kombat 2 FAQ - Revision 10
________________________ MORTAL KOMBAT II FAQ Complete Guide Tenth Revision January 5th, 1994 ineluki@u.washington.edu ________________________ 500 years ago, Shang Tsung was banished to the Earth Realm. With the aid of Goro he was to unbalance the furies and doom the planet to a chaotic existence.
By seizing control of the Shaolin Tournament he tried to tip the scales of order towards chaos. Only seven warriors survived the battles and Shang Tsung's scheme would come to a violent end at the han
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Atari/Atari Games VaxMail 1986 Jed Margolin
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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 encour
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Atari/Atari Games VaxMail 1987 Jed Margolin
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From: KIM::RAINS 2-JAN-1987 10:27:26.19
To: @sys$mail:engineer
CC:
Subj: Computer Health Note #3
VAX-edrin Headache #3
You've been poking around somewhere in another directory (something like
SYS$USERDISK:[FRED.STUFF.MORESTUFF.EVENMORESTUFF]) and now you have found
something you want to get back to or reference with out so much directory name
baggage. Sure, it doesn'
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Atari/Atari Games VaxMail 1989 Jed Margolin
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From: KIM::HALLY 3-JAN-1989 09:01:01.61
To: DENCKER,RAY,HALLY,ROTBERG,BURGESS,MARGOLIN,COMSTOCK,NOBLE,MOSER ,DIEKNEITE,FULLER,GROSSMAN
CC:
Subj: S.T.U.N. TEAM
last update: 1/3/89
Project: S.T.U.N. RUNNER (571)
Planned Field Test: FEB. 89
Planned Finished Goods Assy. JUNE 89
Project Leader: MIKE HALLY
Programmer(s): ED ROTBERG
ANDY BURGESS
Engineer:
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Atari/Atari Games VaxMail 1991 Jed Margolin
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From: GAWD::MCCARTHY "Pat" 2-JAN-1991 12:37:15.74
To: @SYS$MAIL:JUNK
CC: MCCARTHY
Subj: New employee.
If you haven't already noticed or been introduced, we have a new
employee starting today.
His name is John Moore. He is a hardware design engineer in the
Electrical Design group, reporting to me. His office is the corner
cubicle just outside my office.
Drop by and say Hi.
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Atari/Atari Games VaxMail 1992 Jed Margolin
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From: BERT::FRANCES 2-JAN-1992 17:56:52.97
To: MARGOLIN
CC:
Subj: PHONE MESSAGE
DAN ASH 879-3037 10:27AM
NEW 2101 MATERIAL HAS NO BUGS. CALL MARGO FOR MORE INFO.
________________________________________________________________ ___________
From: BERT::BROWN 3-JAN-1992 19:39:22.02
To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY
CC: BROWN
Subj: PREMIUM PAYMENT PLAN, MODIFIED CAFETERIA PLAN
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Atari/Atari Games VaxMail 1988 Jed Margolin
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From: MIKE::LIEBSTER 4-JAN-1988 14:39:28.82
To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY
CC:
Subj: PAYMENT OF CONSULTANTS/CONTRACTORS
STARTING THIS YEAR WE WILL BE PAYING CONSULTANTS AND CONTRACTORS THROUGH
PAYROLL INSTEAD OF ACCOUNTS PAYABLE. THIS WILL ALLOW US TO AUTOMATICALLY
KEEP TRACK AND GENERATE YEAR-END 1099 INFORMATION.
THIS WILL APPLY TO ALL CONTRACTORS OR COMPANIES THAT ARE N
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Hyper Fighting: Ken Strategy Guide
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8/31/95 Typed in by Franklin Bowen (tfbowen@ingr.com or mjrhavoc@clark.net)
(format stolen from Tempest.pin)
2/15/96 Corrected P18 from a 30-pin connector to a 24-pin connector
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Pinouts for "Major Havoc" (Atari, 1983 (according to docs), 1984 (by KLOVDB))
P20: 44-pin edge connector
component side solder side
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GND A 1 GND
+5V
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Atari/Atari Games VaxMail 1990 Jed Margolin
________________________________________________________________ ___________
From: BERT::LTURNER 2-JAN-1990 15:43:12.18
To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY
CC: LTURNER
Subj: New Baby
This is to annouce the arrival of a new addition at the
Moore house. His name is Evan Alexander Bettencourt Moore.
He was born on Saturday, December 30, at 10:21A.
Weight -- 7 lbs 10 oz
Height -- 20 1/2 inches
Mother and baby are home and doing well.
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