Knowledge Base
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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/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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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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Taito Board ID List
If you have info for this Taito Board ID list, please submit to this site.
Submitted by Unknown
V1.9 May 19,1998 Sorted By ROM Number ==================== Prom Stickers Board Number Game Notes ------------- ------------ ---- ----- 21J Double Dragon A03 Water Ski A14 - A22 Sea Fighter Poseidon A24 M4300018A Birdie King (198?)
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/kb_dl.aspx/KB/pinouts/taito_boardlist.txt
Taito Board ID List
V5.0 Mar 28, 2001
Sorted By ROM Number
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Prom Stickers Board Number Game Notes
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?? 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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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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/kb_dl.aspx/KB/gametech/majestic12.txt
Here are the switch settings for Majestic 12 (aka Super Space Invaders 91) by
Taito. I got them directly from a Taito manual. I'm confused by the 2/3
player option, BUT that's what the sheet says. No clue. The translation at
the bottom was definitely odd but what can you do? I reproduced it exactly as
written. I HAVE verified the rest of the settings though...
Have fun all!
-Scott
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DIP SWITCH SETTINGS FOR MAJESTIC 12 (aka S
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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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/kb_dl.aspx/KB/historical documents/atari games vaxmail/vax84.txt
Atari/Atari Games VaxMail 1984 Jed Margolin
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From: KIM::SUTTLES 9-JAN-1984 11:40
To: @SYS$MAIL:COINOP
Subj: A neat trick with mail
For all of you who use the MAIL program as a form of
the "paperless office", I have discovered a bug (pronounced
"fea-ture") in same.
It seems that the addressee line (TO: ...) is parsed
independently of file handling. Mail looks at each item in
the list, and checks for a double colon (
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/kb_dl.aspx/KB/pinouts/sspaceinvaders91.txt
SUPER SPACE INVADERS '91
PINOUTS:
SOLDER SIDE COMPONENT SIDE
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A GND 1 GND
B GND 2 GND
C +5V 3 +5V
D +5V 4 +5V
E 5
F +12V 6 +12V
H POST 7 POST
J COIN METER B 8 COIN METER A
K COIN LOCKOUT B 9 COIN LOCKOUT A
L SPEAKER (-) 10 SPEAKER (+)
M SOUND GND 11 SOUND
N VIDEO G 12 VIDEO R
P VIDEO SYNC 13 VIDEO B
R SERVICE SW 14 VIDEO GND
S TILT SW 15
T COIN B 16 COIN A
U 2P SELECT 17 1P
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/kb_dl.aspx/KB/pinouts/super_space_invaders_91.txt
Super Space Invaders 91, Taito
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Dip Switch A
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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Play Style Table * OFF
Upright ON
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Screen Rotation Normal * OFF
Reverse ON
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/kb_dl.aspx/KB/historical documents/atari games vaxmail/vax91.txt
Atari/Atari Games VaxMail 1991 Jed Margolin
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From: GAWD::MCCARTHY "Pat" 2-JAN-1991 12:37:15.74
To: @SYS$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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