Star Tech Journal

S*TJ MARCH 1982 16
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"HAUNTED HOUSE" PROM ID
AATOM
AMUSEMENT
COMPANY
13470 Daffodil Way, Chino, California 9171 O
ASTEROIDS UPDATE KIT
02 Version - $22.50 Special
01 Version - $32.50 Special
This Memory Update allows the saucer to shoot more accurately
immediately when it appears on the screen .
SUPER MOONCRESTA KIT- $120.00
Convert your "Mooncresta" to the new "Super Mooncresta"
which is a much faster and superior game.
Easy installation - just plug in 8 memory chips.
*
SUPER GAWIAN KIT - $75.00
This Memory Update Kit increases the speed and difficulty of the
game.
Revitalize player interest and collections.
*
STAR CASTLE SPEED-UP KITS - $45.00
This update makes the game tougher for the experienced players
without hurting the beginner by progressively increasing the
speed of the game.
MISSILE COMMAND UPDATE KIT- $15.00
EAGLE UPDATE KIT - $15.00
This plug in memory chip will increase the difficulty of the
docking portion of the game and create a new challenge for your
players.
•
DONKEY KONG UPDATE KIT - $75.00
* Increases the difficulty of the game so players don't hang on
the game, reaching very high scores.
* Easy plug-in installation
* Revitalize player interest and collections
POP.MAN KIT
* featuring
Update your Pac-Man with this new disappearing maze
Popeye and six warp tunnels.
* Increase collections and player interest.
* Easy plug-in installation
POP-MAN WITH DISAPPEARING MAZE
6 chip set - $120.00 Special
POP.MAN WITHOUT POPEYE
4 chip set - $80.00
"ALL KITS ARE UNCONDITIONALLY GUARANTEED FOR 30 DAYS."
CALL 714-628-5490
" Haunted House" sample games and pro-
duction games. (Sample games serial numbers
end with the letter S and are located on the
right cabinet side above the ball shooter.)
1. The sample game prom #669 and the
production game prom #669/1 cannot be
interchanged nor substituted for one
another. The driver board transistor assigned
to energize the main playfield up-kicker
coil has been changed on all production
games. Q15 (L14) is used in the sample
games while Q58 (Sol. 2) is used in the
production games.
Sample Game Prom Checksum: 3773
Production Game Prom Checksum: 3 lAA
2. The game prom in production games with
serial numbers 05000 through 05308 is
mislabeled. It reads 669. It should read
669/1.
OVERVOLTAGE
PROTECTION
FOR WILLIAMS "DEFENDER"
by DANIEL ZA VARO
SAN FRANCISCO MUSIC AND GAMES
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
In my recent article, "Crowbar Protection
for Williams 'Defender' Rams" (S*TJ, Jan .
'82), I described two methods for protecting
RAM chips from power supply overvoltage
on the "Defender" video game. Williams
uses the same power supply for its new game,
"Stargate". An "Overvoltage PC Board
Assembly" (Williams part #C-8733) is used
on "Stargate", to protect the RAM chips.
Although it is intended for "Stargate", the
board is totally compatible with "Defender".
It is very easy to install; just remove the
power supply cable, insert the board at the
power supply socket, and then reconnect the
cable.
ATARI
"CENTIPEDE"
ERASING HIGH SCORES
by JOE CONNOR
ACTIVE AMUSEMENT
PHILADELPHIA, PA
Some confusion has arisen on erasing the
high score table of "Centipede". The three
highest scores are held in permanent memory
but can be erased during self-test. To
accomplish this, the fire button must be
pressed simultaneously with the one and two
player start buttons. Keep in mind that a
table with "16543-EJD" as the high score
exists in the program and cannot be erased.
However, any scores which are higher than
16543 will be erased using this procedure.
The message 4FF will appear on the upper
left comer of the screen at the completion of
erasing high scores during self-test. (For
information on this and other self-test features,
see the " Centipede" game manual, page 7.)