Re: Asteroids versions?

There were different board verisions:
    01 status used 12 PROMs
    02 status used 3 ROMs at C1, D/E1, & F1
    03 status used either 12 PROMs or 6 PROMs
    04 status used 3 ROMs at C1, D/E1, & F1
    05 & 06 status used 3 ROMs at E/F2, H2, & J2

    01 thru 05 used rate multiplier ICs where 06 used PROMs.

As far as I know, though, there are TWO versions of the actual
software, the original (where you could hide on the opposite side
of the screen from the small saucer and it would only shoot across
the screen) and the version that allowed the small saucer
to wrap shots.

JOE.MAGIERA@a1il.ameritech.com wrote:

> Does anyone know (in pretty high confidence), how many different (ROM)
> versions there ever were for Asteroids? The various emulator sites list
> two versions, but I once asked Rick Schieve and he (admittedly guessing)
> felt there were several.
>
> I must have at least 4 different "makes" of Asteroids boards. By this I
> mean they must have been produced in a different batch, even though they
> were exactly the same game i.e., the name "Asteroids" is in different
> places on the board. I have one that has it "Asteroid" - singular, not
> plural.
>
> What's the story? Please let me know. Thanks,
>
> Joe
>
> joe.magiera@ameritech.com
Received on Fri Dec 25 13:13:54 1998