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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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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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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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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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/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/spacedue.txt
SPACE DUEL
1 GND A GND
2 +5 B +5
3 +22 C
4 -22 D
5 E +10.3 UNREG
6 R COIN F LOCK OUT
7 SELECT LED H L COIN (CNTR)
8 LEFT 2 J START LED
9 SHIELD 2 K LEFT 1
10 THRUST 1 L SHIELD 1
11 SELECT M THRUST 2
12 SW GND N SW GND
13 SW GND P
14 SLAM R
15 S AUX COIN
16 L COIN T SELF
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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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Konami board numbers, Revision V2.7
Submitted by Graham Bisset (boards@nmisystems.demon.co.uk)
Konami board numbers, Revision V2.7 (c) 1995-1997 Graham Bisset, All rights reserved. This document can be freely copied so long as all credit to myself remains and the document remains INTACT! The latest revision of this document is always available from : http://www.nmisystems.demon.co.uk/konami.htm -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Last updated : 5/4/98 (UK date format) Changes since last update : +1 Changes made
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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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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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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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/kb_dl.aspx/KB/pinouts/space_duel.txt
"Space Duel" (Atari, 1981)
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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 +22 VDC
D 4 -22 VDC
10.3 VDC E 5
COIN LOCKOUT F 6 COIN CTR R
COIN CTR L H 7 SELECT LED
START LED J 8 ROT L P2
ROT L P1 K 9 SHIELD
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Gremlin/Sega EPROM / Board Numbers
Submitted by Unknown
Gremlin/Sega EPROM / Board Numbers Manual Part Numbers: ------------------- Head-On 420-0193 Gee Bee 420-0199 Monaco GP 420-0358 Head On 2 / Invinco 420-0359 Astro Fighter 420-0410 or 420-0411 Carnival 420-0498 Moon Cresta 420-0518 Space Firebird 420-0533 Astro Blaster 420-0552 Space Tactics 420-0556 Pulsar 420-0601 G08 Color X/Y 420-0605 Spac
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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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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 encoura
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/kb_dl.aspx/KB/gametech/spaceduel.txt
From the manual (TM-181; 1st printing):
Table 1-1 Game Option Settings
(Settings of 8-Toggle Switch on Space Duel game PCB at D4)
8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Option
On Off 3 ships per game
Off Off 4 ships per game $
On On 5 ships per game
Off On 6 ships per game
On Off *Easy game difficulty
Off Off Normal game difficulty $
On On
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/kb_dl.aspx/KB/pinouts/konami.txt
> Konami Connector <
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Amidar, Bimmelbahn, Circus Charly, Commando (Konami), Dommy, Eggs, Frogger,
Iron Horse, Jail Break, Juno First, Kicker, Locomotion, Lost Tomb,Mega Zone,
Mikie, Moonwar, Nemesis, Pandora's Palace, Pooyan, Road Fighter, Rock'n Rope,
Rush 'n Attack, Scramble, Scrambled Egg, Space Pilot, Strategy X, Super Basketball,
Super Cobra, The End, Time Pilot, Time Pilot '84, Turpin, Turtles, Tutankham,
Yie Ar Kung Fu,
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/kb_dl.aspx/KB/pinouts/bosconian.txt
BOSCONIAN
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PARTS SIDE SOLDER SIDE
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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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/kb_dl.aspx/KB/pinouts/pinout_help.txt
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Title : Arcade Game Pinouts :
Date : 09-January-2003 :
Source : taken from the Conversion FAQ v1.1 :
by Doug Jefferys, Steve Ozdemir :
and pinout identification by Tim Lindquist :
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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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Atari/Atari Games VaxMail 1990 Jed Margolin
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From: BERT::LTURNER 2-JAN-1990 15:43:12.18
To: @SYS$MAIL:EVERYBODY
CC: LTURNER
Subj: New Baby
This is to annouce the arrival of a new addition at the
Moore house. His name is Evan Alexander Bettencourt Moore.
He was born on Saturday, December 30, at 10:21A.
Weight -- 7 lbs 10 oz
Height -- 20 1/2 inches
Mother and baby are home and doing well.
_____________________________
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Atari/Atari Games VaxMail 1991 Jed Margolin
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From: GAWD::MCCARTHY "Pat" 2-JAN-1991 12:37:15.74
To: @SYS$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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