Star Tech Journal
Issue: 1986-February - Vol 7 Issue 9 - Page 6
STAR•TECH Journal
February 1988 (Bl
from the plug to the control panel.
9ega I 8 CIIHaIP.l"IR Kit
by
Erickson
SUnmit Amusement
St. Paul, MN
Todd
First, it is necessary to welcane Sega
back into business in this country. 'l'heir
past includes such greats as ftDilA(X) GP &
'lURBO. '1'he new conpmy is headed by two
ex-Atari leaders Gene Lipkin and Tan
Petit.
Kits, as we all know, are a necessity for
our industry. Not every location needs or
deserves a Sega HAm-oN or an Atari
GlWNI'LET, but they do need a good $1000
game.
Having assenbled a few kits over the last
few years, I have cane to the caiclusion
that many of the people selling kits have
never put one together. All that is
necessary is a board with pinout_s or
schematics so we can derive pinouts
ourselves. An analogy would be to say that
we need a dictionary to figure out a
crossword puzzle.
The important factor here is time. I don't
want to spend 8 hrs. building a game "tthen
4 hours is sufficient.
OIOPLIFTER has added a new dimension to
the kit business if it is standardized. I
feel there should be a plug between the
control panel and the game. Sega has
included this in their kit. 'l'he control
panel is the mst time consuming part of
the game conversion. An example of the
plug should be:
finl
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Signal,
Commn
start 1
Start 2
Button 1
Button 2
Button 3
Button 4
~
finl
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
Sega has assigned a nunber to each wire on
the control panel. This is a different
nunber fran the one on the plug. The wire
ends also are nunbered.
A little extra confusion always makes the
job mre interesting!
External volume controls are always handy.
I never liked the idea of spending 10
minutes to adjust the volmne of the game
like on some of the dedicated games.
Adjusting the options is as confusing on
this game as any other game. If dip
switches are used, they should be clearly·
labeled.
Incane has been very good for this game.
'l'he graphics are excellent. When I
initially placed this game on location,
the difficulty was set oo "hard". I then
had to back the game off to "easy". We
need mre than 2 difficulty settings for a
game. Too many great games have been
ruined by not enough option settings. '!he
game is also in need of a time analysis.
Many of our games today arrive from Jap:in.
What may be a good setting for the game in
Japan, may not be appropriate for a bar or
arcade in the U.S.
With limited incane reports on this game,
I feel this is a good buy for arcade/young
people locations. Most of the items
nentioned apply to other kits also.
Signal
Up 2
Right 2
Left 2
Down 2
Up 1
Right 1
Left 1
Down 1
This system with a 4X4 plug will work with
99% of the games. With this plug wired on
all kits, often there will be only one or
two wires to change, if any. All games
with a joystick and fire button would be
the same. If the new game had 2 buttons,
it would be necessary to add only one wire
NA■ UFACTURER 1 S ■ UMBERS
Customer Serv;ce
Arachnid 800/435-8319
Atar;/Nemco 408/434-3950
Bally Midway Senta 312/451-9200
Cinematron;ca 819/582-7000
Data East 408/288-2071
Exidy 800/538-8402
I. C. E. 800/342-3433
Konami 312/384-1388
Magic 401/948-2010
Memetron 312/595-2828
Merit 215/839-4700
Nichibutau 213/408-0515
Nintendo 800/833-3238
Premier 312/350-0400
Romatar 213/539-2744
Saga 408/435-0201
Univid 800/321-2778
Wico 800/323-4258
Williama 312/287-2240
February 1988 (Bl
from the plug to the control panel.
9ega I 8 CIIHaIP.l"IR Kit
by
Erickson
SUnmit Amusement
St. Paul, MN
Todd
First, it is necessary to welcane Sega
back into business in this country. 'l'heir
past includes such greats as ftDilA(X) GP &
'lURBO. '1'he new conpmy is headed by two
ex-Atari leaders Gene Lipkin and Tan
Petit.
Kits, as we all know, are a necessity for
our industry. Not every location needs or
deserves a Sega HAm-oN or an Atari
GlWNI'LET, but they do need a good $1000
game.
Having assenbled a few kits over the last
few years, I have cane to the caiclusion
that many of the people selling kits have
never put one together. All that is
necessary is a board with pinout_s or
schematics so we can derive pinouts
ourselves. An analogy would be to say that
we need a dictionary to figure out a
crossword puzzle.
The important factor here is time. I don't
want to spend 8 hrs. building a game "tthen
4 hours is sufficient.
OIOPLIFTER has added a new dimension to
the kit business if it is standardized. I
feel there should be a plug between the
control panel and the game. Sega has
included this in their kit. 'l'he control
panel is the mst time consuming part of
the game conversion. An example of the
plug should be:
finl
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Signal,
Commn
start 1
Start 2
Button 1
Button 2
Button 3
Button 4
~
finl
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
Sega has assigned a nunber to each wire on
the control panel. This is a different
nunber fran the one on the plug. The wire
ends also are nunbered.
A little extra confusion always makes the
job mre interesting!
External volume controls are always handy.
I never liked the idea of spending 10
minutes to adjust the volmne of the game
like on some of the dedicated games.
Adjusting the options is as confusing on
this game as any other game. If dip
switches are used, they should be clearly·
labeled.
Incane has been very good for this game.
'l'he graphics are excellent. When I
initially placed this game on location,
the difficulty was set oo "hard". I then
had to back the game off to "easy". We
need mre than 2 difficulty settings for a
game. Too many great games have been
ruined by not enough option settings. '!he
game is also in need of a time analysis.
Many of our games today arrive from Jap:in.
What may be a good setting for the game in
Japan, may not be appropriate for a bar or
arcade in the U.S.
With limited incane reports on this game,
I feel this is a good buy for arcade/young
people locations. Most of the items
nentioned apply to other kits also.
Signal
Up 2
Right 2
Left 2
Down 2
Up 1
Right 1
Left 1
Down 1
This system with a 4X4 plug will work with
99% of the games. With this plug wired on
all kits, often there will be only one or
two wires to change, if any. All games
with a joystick and fire button would be
the same. If the new game had 2 buttons,
it would be necessary to add only one wire
NA■ UFACTURER 1 S ■ UMBERS
Customer Serv;ce
Arachnid 800/435-8319
Atar;/Nemco 408/434-3950
Bally Midway Senta 312/451-9200
Cinematron;ca 819/582-7000
Data East 408/288-2071
Exidy 800/538-8402
I. C. E. 800/342-3433
Konami 312/384-1388
Magic 401/948-2010
Memetron 312/595-2828
Merit 215/839-4700
Nichibutau 213/408-0515
Nintendo 800/833-3238
Premier 312/350-0400
Romatar 213/539-2744
Saga 408/435-0201
Univid 800/321-2778
Wico 800/323-4258
Williama 312/287-2240
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