Star Tech Journal

Issue: 1995-January - Vol 16 Issue 11

January 1995
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WILLIAMS NINTENDO CONNECTION:
GooD FOR Co1N-OP?
'94
"VIDEO
GAMES" CONSUMER MAGAZINE!
ULTRA 64 NEWS: Editors met
with Nintendo of America's
faceman Howard Lincoln and
were treated to lots of free food
and mysterious talk about
Nintendo's plan for the future.
Lincoln confirmed that Ultra 64
is definitely set for fall '95 release
with the promisecl $250 price
point. He also casually men-
tioned that the Ultra 64 is ...
"more powerful than five 486
computers networked."
To produce a computer as pow-
erful as the Ultra 64 ten years ago,
it would have cost 14 million dol-
lars. Though Ultra 64 is cart-
based, there is a planned CD at-
tachment.
"Killer Instinct" and "Cruisin'
USA" will be available at launch
and there is a planned pack-in but
it has not been announced. Lin-
coln said that "Killer Instinct" for
Ultra 64 will be " ... better than the
arcade version." ( end)
COIN-OP FEEDBACK
Little information is available re-
garding this year's home release
of Williams coin-op titles. Opera-
tors need to know exactly what
are the differences between our
$5000+ cabinets and consumers
$250 game machines.
IT IS OFFICIAL!
WE ARE SEGA PINBALL, INC.
All technical support for Sega
Pinball ( and Data East) pinball
products will be handled through
our toll free number.
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M1DwAv's Ms PAc
Proble111s?
Douglas 'Enzo' McCallum
Shiawassee Technical Services
Lansing, Michigan
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SUBJECT
EDGE CONNECTOR TIRED?
October
1994 issue
of
STAR*TECH Journal: Article
"Bring Back Ms Pac?" by Joe
Schlageter ofKentuckiana Vend-
ing, Evansville, Indiana.
Replace it. Standard edge con-
nector available most anywhere,
no more wires to solder than the
average control panel.
So, BRING BACK YOUR OWN
Ms
PAc!
Notwithstanding the reasons to
manufacture Ms Pac again or not,
Joe can barely keep enough of
them going to satisfy the demand.
Joe!!! You're a technician, bring
back the ones you have!
$14.95
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Save over 30% order the
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OLD FUSE CLIPS?
They're cheap, replace them with
new.
Name:
WANT AN INDEPENDENT POWER
SUPPLY?
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Install one. Eliminate the on-
board supply, hook the 5 volt
right to the supply bus; 12 volts
to the audio supply.
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Any basic switcher will power up
a Ms Pac board. I use a switcher
on the bench for Ms Pac boards
unless I am fixing the on-board
supply itself.
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Wire direct to the board with a
separate connector (ala Galaga ).
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(Please add $3 s/h. Thank you!)
Please do not glob solder on the
PC board edge traces. In fact, the
only pins that burn up are the
power pins , wire around them
and add a Molex connector.
INTHE END
Spend some time on cosmetics
and you have a new game.
In fact , there are many Ms Pac
boards sitting around unused,
make your own conversion kit:
Ms Pac board, power supply,
cabinet of your choice, simplest
of panels, overlay and marquee ...
voila! A new game.
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