> I got my Tempest MG kit today, dropped all my responsibilities and
> installed
> it. The install was easy - actually the MG kit was easier (faster) to
> install than the reset adapter - took about 25 minutes total.
>
> In general it works great, but I have 2 questions (problems?).
>
> 1) The Vortex logo blinks on and off as it appears causing the spot killer
> to blink on and off as well (or vice-versa). Is this normal?
>
Erm... yes and no. The Vortex logo effect is really funky. I think it does
some kind of fast hardware zoom and pallete cycling. (MAME can't reproduce
it for example.) It kinda looks like it flashes and zooms into place
several times a second kinda like a strobe or something. I've never watched
the spot killer when it was happening, but would probably flick on when the
screen is empty during the flashing. Depends a lot on how sensitive your
spot killer is-- they seem to vary a lot.
> 2) The sounds - particulary the sound of the pulsars - seems stiffled, not
> as rich as it was before. Is there something in the kit that could case
> this
> or am I getting a *new* problem with my board.
>
Hmmmm. Not going to be kit related unless you're running Vortex or Aliens
code that might have different sound FX for the Pulsar. (Different filter
in the POKEY for example.)
-Clay
Received on Tue Jul 20 19:04:01 1999
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