A Mixed Bag of Information


FAQ's (Frequently Asked Questions) and Mailing Lists

The addresses FAQ The game auctions FAQ (1 March 1993)
Game Collector Evolution FAQ The game buying FAQ (31 March 1998)
RGB -> VGA conversions FAQ RGVAC FAQ (Nov, 1997)
RGVAM FAQ (Nov, 1997) Switch Settings FAQ
Sega XY FAQ 1.6 Bally/Midway MCR System FAQ V1.0
The Arcade Games Folklore/Nostalgia List rec.games.video.arcade Mailserver and FTP information

Arcade Game History

Tron Design Document
Army Battlezone, part 1 Army Battlezone, part 2
Steve Ozdemir's Cinematronics History V2.0 SpaceWar History

Atari Game Hardware Info

bljohn's Atari ROM and Manual List
Part Numbers for Atari Manuals Star Wars Repair Hints
Info on Tempest ROM revisions Trak Ball Basics
Greg Woodcock's XY Repair FAQ v6.1 Wintron replacement HV pinout
Asteroids Error Codes

Cinematronics Game Hardware

Cinematronics Repair Hints Cinematronics HV Tech

Williams Game Hardware Info

Williams ROM Revs Typical Failures of Early Williams Games
Defender Error Codes Defender Setup
Robotron Repair Hints Sinistar Joystick Hack
Stargate Control Panel Robotron Bug
Joust ROMs correction & Robotron bug detailed info

Board Lists

Identifiying Unknown Boards bljohn'sGame number lists Game List
David Holcomb's Game list May 22,1995 Jim Hernandez's Game list Sep, 1999 (3700+ games)
Capcom Game List DECO Board List Exidy Board List
Fabtek Game List Gottlieb Game Info Gremlin/Sega Board List
Sega Japan Game List Sega Prom List Sega Converta Game ROM numbers
Irem Board List Jaleco Game List Kaneko Game List
Konami Board Numbers (V3.0) Latest Konami List
Omari Electric Board list Orca Board list NAMCO Games In Japan
Nichibutsu Game List Seibu Game List SNK Board List
Taito Board List Taito Game List Toaplan Game List
Universal Game List UPL Game List

Board and Manual Info

List of Bad Monitor Capacitors and Symptoms Cinemat System Debugging
Hantarex repair article Pg 1 Hantarex repair article Pg 2 Hantarex repair article Pg 3
JAMMA Origins paper JAMMA Game List Out Run FAQ
Omega Race Encoder Power Supply Repair Raster Monitors
Star Tech Pointer Using Older Nintendo Monitors in New Conversions Address For WICO

Misc

Nintendo video inversion (from Joel Rosenzweig) Nintendo colour inversion Nintendo color inverter
Scan of color inverter schematic A CMOS self-powered sync inverter/combiner Wells-Garner NTSC converter pinout
A Big List of IC Pinouts TMS 2716 pinouts

Game Cheats

Cheat List Info Arcade Cheat List from 28 Apr 1992
Ghosts 'N Goblins Story and How-to-play. Mortal Kombat Moves
Mortal Kombat 2 Moves Mortal Kombat 3 FAQ
How to WIN at NBA JAM! PacMan Gold Bar
Samurai Shodown FAQ part 1/2 SF2 FAQ
SF2 Ken SF2 Moves

Misc

Coin Op Database readme Coin Op Database zip file
Lower Mainland Arcade Guide Coin-Op Museum List of Games
The Virtual Coin-Op Museum
Williams Web Page Announcement